Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
ValChem - Value added Chemical building blocks and lignin from wood (ValChem)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Bio-based Industries
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: BBI (Art-187)
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Sweden,Finland,France
Call: Chemical building blocks and value-added materials through integrated processing of wood (H2020-BBI-PPP-2014-1, 2014)
Start date: 2015-07-01
End date: 2019-06-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 18502703.25
EU funding (EUR): 13125940.15
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

ValChem demonstrates the technical and economic viability of sustainable and integrated process from wood to a selected platform chemical and lignin based performance chemicals. ValChem will demonstrate that this process can produce wood-based chemicals that are competitive with identical or similar-in-application products based on fossil raw materials in terms of quality and production cost. ValChem utilizes existing demonstration plants of the project partners. All process parts have been demonstrated at least in pilot scale before. "Wood to sugars and crude lignin process" has been verified in demonstration scale for ethanol production, but in this project it will be combined with "sugar to platform chemical" process, for which the company has been using first generation sugars so far. Crude lignin from wood disintegration process will be upgraded to be suitable for reactive applications (different types of reactive resins). The process will demonstrate the valorization of over 75 % of the wood raw material. Pre-marketing and application tests are done at potential customers. Lignin based performance chemicals’ focus is in high value added reactive applications (value >6 times higher than lignin energy value). The largest markets for the targeted platform chemical are unsaturated polyester resins, paints and coatings, and industrial (heat-transfer and de-icing) and personal care (value 2-3 times higher than current products). Potential plants based on this technology will be located in rural areas due to feedstock availability. Only sustainably sourced wood will be used. The sustainable forestry and wood-harvesting will be proven by internationally accepted PEFC and FSC certificates. The ValChem project will be a boost in the Biobased chemical development and open up for further actors to invest in and continue the development for a sustainable industrial sector.

Keywords: wood,lignin
HEIMDALL - MULTI-HAZARD COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR DATA EXCHANGE, RESPONSE PLANNING AND SCENARIO BUILDING (HEIMDALL)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens
Theme: Increase Europe's resilience to crises and disasters
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Spain,Italy,Spain,Germany,Greece,France,Denmark,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: Integrated tools for response planning and scenario building (H2020-SEC-2016-2017-1, 2016)
Start date: 2017-05-01
End date: 2021-01-31
Duration (months): 45.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8585414.19
EU funding (EUR): 7836370.63
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

The project aims at improving preparedness of societies to cope with complex crisis situations by means of providing integrated tools to support efficient response planning and the building of realistic multidisciplinary scenarios. The project will design and develop a system for improving response planning strategies and scenario building (TRL 7 or 8) and facilitating organizational coordination among many actors, integrating a wide range of support tools to be used operationally by a large variety of stakeholders (firefighting units, medical emergency services, police departments, civil protection units, command and control centres). The devised system shall integrate existing and newly developed tools to enhance the cooperation between autonomous systems (satellite-, sea-, land- and air-based) from different agencies as well as to consolidate the methodology for cross-border scenario-building. The project shall investigate the currently existing tools and methodologies with the involvement of local authorities and end users and provide mechanisms to enhance cooperation among all involved actors. The main domains to be taken into account are: • The EU Civil Protection Mechanism (natural and man-made disasters, including events affecting critical infrastructure) • IPCC recommendations in relation to extreme climatic events • The Sendai Framework The project shall develop on the basis of realistic scenarios in specific geographical areas with the close involvement of local authorities. Since the expected TRL is 7 or 8, the prototype shall be demonstrated by the end of the project in a realistic environment. Although the project will develop a flexible system which should be adaptable to integrate multiple hazard-specific tools, the main scenarios considered for the time being are: forest fire, flood, flash floods and landslides.

Keywords: multi hazard,early detection,earth observation,integrated systems
IOT- & Blockchain-Enabled Security Framework for New Generation Critical Cyber-Physical Systems In Finance Sector (CRITICAL-CHAINS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens
Theme: Improve cyber security
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Italy,Italy,Austria,Germany,Estonia,Türkiye,Türkiye,France,Netherlands,United Kingdom
Call: Digital security, privacy, data protection and accountability in critical sectors (H2020-SU-DS-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-07-01
End date: 2022-09-30
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4985547.5
EU funding (EUR): 4182154.25
Participants: 13
Project status: SIGNED

Irregular and unaccountable transactions, cyber threats, non-user-friendly inefficient or impractical banking processes, complex contracting procedures and cumbersome financial market and insurance infrastructures constitute obstacles to European open market development. CRITICAL-CHAINS delivers a novel triangular accountability model and integrated framework supporting accountable, effective, accessible, fast, secure and privacy-preserving financial contracts and transactions to protect against illicit tranasctions, illegal money trafficking and fraud on FinTech e-operations. This is an innovative cloud-based “X-as-a Service” solution stack including several layers: 1) Data integrity checking by involving financial institutions in the distributed Blockchain network; 2) Transaction and financial data flows analytrics, modelling and mining; 3) Threat Intelligence & Predictive Modelling for Inter-Banks and Internet Banking, insurnace and financial market infrastructures; 4) Multilateral Biometric-based and Role-based Authorisation & Authentication; 5) Hardware Security Module (HSM) enabled Cyber-Physical Security, embedded systems & IoT security for secure access using Security-Privacy-Contexts Semantic Modelling; 6) Secure and smart use of Blockchain based on keyless signature infrastructure and hybrid (a)symmetric cryptography utilising truly random key generation. CRITICAL-CHAINS is to be validated within 4 case studies aligned with 3 critical sectors: banking, financial market infrastructures and the insurance sector. This will evaluate system reliability, usability, user-acceptance, social, privacy, ethical, environmental and legal compliance by scrutiny of the geo-political and legal framework bridging the European economy with the rest of the world. The Consortium respresents a strong chemistry of relevant expertise and an inclusive set of stakeholders comprising end-users (customers), CERTS, the financial sector (Banks & CCPs) and the Insurance sector

Keywords: blockchain,embedded systems security,workflow modelling,biometric engineering,privacy and accounatbility by design
CARe in an INterGenerational context How do changes in family formation trajectories reflect in later intergenerational relations? A three-generations perspective (CARING)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Germany
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2017-09-01
End date: 2019-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 171460.8
EU funding (EUR): 171460.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

How do changes in early family formation trajectories reflect on later intergenerational relations and care support across generations? Early life choices in the process of family formation reflect in the availability of later potential for care giving, or demands for it. CARING investigates the contribution of early family formation trajectories on explaining differences in intergenerational relations and support patterns later in life. Country differences in the demography of family-linked life stages, and how these reflect on caring responsibilities, have remained largely unexplored. But the timing of family formation and dissolution, childbirth and grand-parenting are key transitions with bearing on entitlements and obligations to inter-household (reciprocal) solidarity and support. To address these issues CARING will explore the effects of family diversification (childlessness, union dissolution and fertility postponement) on intergenerational relations and support in 5 selected countries: Italy, Germany, France, Denmark and Czech Republic. Sequence analysis on data from SHARE surveys will compare family trajectories (partnerships and fertility over 34 years, at ages 16-49) for individuals from the birth cohorts 1927-56. Family formation trajectories will contribute to the study of: current patterns of relations, upward support and downward support through hierarchical multinomial logit models. Results will be validated on fertility trajectories for larger sample sizes and younger birth cohorts (1957-64). The project will adopt a comparative multi-generational perspective with a focus on three generations, helping shed light on the ‘caring potential’ for the new generations, experiencing longer and thinner (beanpole) families and increasing rates of childlessness. CARING is relevant for the Pillar of Social Rights in the Work Programme and responds to the Europe 2020 strategy objective of an inclusive growth in face of progressive aging in European societies.

Keywords: intergenerational relations,demographics,care,sequence analysis,family formation,aging,fertility
Biomimetic Dicopper Architecture for Catalytic Oxygen Activation (BiomCatOx)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-03-01
End date: 2020-02-29
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 175419.6
EU funding (EUR): 175419.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

BiomCatOx will explore a unique catalyst design for the valorisation of hydrocarbons by oxygen insertion into a C–H bond under mild reaction conditions and using O2 as cheap and benign oxidant. The key concept of BiomCatOx is to rigorously control the activation of O2 and the formation of metal-based reactive oxygen species (ROS) to accomplish selective and catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons. The novelty of BiomCatOx lies in the design of the catalyst that consists in connecting a heavily truncated protein as electron relay for controllable intramolecular electron transfer (IET) to a synthetic oxidation catalyst. The intramolecular electron transfer can be rationally custom-tailored and therefore provides strict control on the reactivity of the catalytic center and on the formation of the ROS. BiomCatOx will use a stepwise approach involving (i) the development of copper-NHC complexes as powerful catalysts for the formation of ROS and hydrocarbon oxidation, (ii) the development of a copper peptide derived from the azurin active site for efficient electron transfer, and (iii) the covalent connection of the two copper sites into a peptide-complex dicopper conjugate for controlled intramolecular electron transfer. The implementation of BiomCatOx will provide efficient catalytic systems and fundamental insights into electron transfer, and discloses a new catalyst design concept. BiomCatOx is highly interdisciplinary and merges organometallic chemistry, homogeneous catalysis, enzymology, and spectroscopy. This training at the University of Bern (CH) and of Nottingham (UK, secondment) will convey a unique skill set. Together with the personalized career development plan, I will gain significant scientific and soft skills to boost my career and to become an internationally recognized academic leader in Europe at the bioinorganic chemistry/catalysis interface. Communication and management trainings will increase my competence and strongly support my career perspectives.

Keywords: dioxygen activation,copper complexes,electron transfer,hydrocarbon oxidation,n heterocyclic carbenes
LIghtweight Battery System for Extended Range at Improved SafeTY (LIBERTY)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Germany,Germany,Germany,Germany,Germany,Austria,Romania,Belgium,Belgium,Belgium,France,France,France,Netherlands
Call: Next generation and realisation of battery packs for BEV and PHEV (H2020-LC-BAT-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-01-01
End date: 2024-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 10859545.5
EU funding (EUR): 9132126.99
Participants: 16
Project status: SIGNED

LIBERTY’s overall target is upgrading EV battery performance, safety and lifetime from a lifecycle and sustainability point of view. The key objectives of LIBERTY are to achieve a range of at least 500 km on a fully charged battery pack, halved charging times, an ultimate safe battery system, a long battery lifetime of over 300,000 km for first life, the ability to reuse the battery pack for second life applications and sustainability over the battery pack’s entire life cycle. These objectives will be achieved by developing a new battery system through smart combinations and implementation of innovations developed in LIBERTY, including a compact and safe battery pack based on high energy density cells and light-weight materials housing which is crash resistant; a versatile battery management system resulting in optimal performance and safety over the system’s total lifetime (first and second life); high accuracy state estimators allowing fast charging, enhancing range and lifetime, and guaranteeing ultimate safety and diagnostics; and an innovative thermal management system ensuring safety and preventing battery degradation during fast charging. These innovations will be demonstrated in a Mercedes EQC. To ensure that at the end of life, battery packs can be dismantled efficiently and safe, LIBERTY will design a (semi) automated battery dismantling procedure thereby reducing costs for recycling and reuse. Since current standards for performance and safety testing have limitations for testing of developments like the ones targeted in LIBERTY, future-proof testing protocols will be developed for standardised EV safety as well as performance testing. The innovations within LIBERTY lead to a compact high-performance battery pack with advanced diagnostic and control features and functionalities. In terms of consumer’s values, it brings extended range, short charging times, long distance travel capability, safety, reliability, user confidence and affordability.

Keywords: demonstrated lightweight battery system,versatile bms,adaptive state estimation functions,increase of the safety,performance range,charging time,lifetime and sustainability of li ion batteries
Digital Twin Technology to Predict Individual Response to Pharmacological Treatments in Ovarian Cancer (ITHACA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Global Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Italy,Australia
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2021-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 257209.92
EU funding (EUR): 257209.92
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Personalised medicine (PM) is a novel approach to medical care that customises each treatment not just to the disease but also to the patient. While the advantages of this framework are widely recognised and its development is acknowledged as a fundamental societal challenge by the H2020 program, clinical applications are still limited, due to the increased complexity and costs, with respect to the current standard of care. ITHACA aims at developing an innovative PM toolkit that, relying on an advanced computational simulator, innovative in-vitro techniques and standard clinical data could provide an efficient and ethical framework for the screening of different ovarian cancer therapies and the identification of the most effective for each subject. This project builds on my experience with computational modelling and multidisciplinary research environments, to develop a programmable in-silico simulator capable of reproducing the patient-specific response to standard and novel ovarian cancer treatments. This tool will be extensively validated with both standard and primary cell lines and will then be used to determine patient-specific therapy outcome (RECIST 1.1 criteria) in women affected by ovarian cancer. Additionally it will be integrated in a novel bioreactor system for the in-vitro study of metastasization in HGSC. This compound device will allow for automatic treatment optimisation within an accurate and unique experimental model for this disease, and will thus provide an effective platform for personalised treatments development. Funding of this action will be a fundamental opportunity of career development, that will support my training in a highly innovative, interdisciplinary field while fostering the achievement of professional independence. Additionally the results of ITHACA will lead to high profile, impactful publications and provide the scientific community with enabling tools for the extensive application of PM in the clinic.

Keywords: mathematical model of cancer,therapy outcome prediction,3d cell culture,translational cancer research
Building the first 1,000-qubit quantum computer to restore Europe’s lead in the second quantum revolution (Prometheus)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Finland
Call: SME instrument (H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020-3, 2020)
Start date: 2020-08-01
End date: 2022-10-31
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3567500.0
EU funding (EUR): 2497250.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

IQM is a spin-out from Aalto University’s Quantum Computing and Devices (QCD) group and the Finnish State Research Centre (VTT). We were established to commercialise superconducting qubit and quantum information processing technologies. We have assembled the largest (25+) quantum hardware team among private European quantum computing companies. We are well positioned to develop the first commercial 1,000-qubit quantum computer: Prometheus. Prometheus will be the most advanced quantum computer in the world: 1,000 qubits represent the order of magnitude required to run commercially-viable quantum algorithms as well as the number needed to implement a few error-corrected logical qubits, assuming the current error rates (~0.1%) of physical qubits. This ambitious project is made possible by IQM’s key quantum processor innovations: 1) faster qubit reset with patented quantum-circuit refrigerator technology, 2) faster qubit readout with patent-pending multi-channel qubit measurement scheme, 3) faster logic gates with high-anharmonicity qubit design, and 4) novel micro-fabricated components (microwave amplifiers, low-temperature electronics, cabling and connectors). In the short-term (3 years), we will deliver 5- to 20-qubit devices to supercomputing centres, so they can experiment with noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) algorithms. We already have seen interest from organizations like CSC Finland, LRZ Munich and A*STAR IHPC. In the mid-term (5 years), we will deliver the first 1,000-qubit device expected to achieve superior performance to solve concrete industrial problems. We already have interest from large industrial customers such as Airbus, Volkswagen and Covestro to use our quantum computers to tackle problem such as traffic flow optimization and battery chemical structure simulation. We are ideally positioned to lead the second quantum revolution in Europe and become a European unicorn.

Keywords: quantum computing,hardware,quantum processor,quantum computer
Power Density improvement demonstrated on a certified engine (SMM)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky 2
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: CS2 (Art-187)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Power Density improvement demonstrated on a certified engine (H2020-CS2-CFP01-2014-01, 2014)
Start date: 2016-01-01
End date: 2018-03-31
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 825357.5
EU funding (EUR): 500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

SMA currently manufacture a 4 cylinder air cooled diesel engine. It will render this product more competitive in the market place if it has a higher power output (+20%) and is lighter (10%). This proposal by Ilmor Engineering Ltd presents a program of work to achieve these objectives. It is proposed to use start of the art analysis techniques and invent solutions for:- a. Cooling the cylinder head. b. Improved strength coupled with simplified assembly and manufacturing of the crankcase. c. Improved layout of the engine with regard to the turbocharger position.

Keywords: diesel,ic engine,aircooled,weight,mass,power output,durability,installation,layout,turbocharger