Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Privacy preserving identity management for digital wallet and secure data sharing and processing for cyber Threat intelligence data (PRIVIDEMA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Civil Security for Society
Theme: Civil Security for Society
Destination: Increased Cybersecurity
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,France,Türkiye,Finland,Switzerland
Call: Privacy-preserving and identity management technologies (HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-11-01
End date: 2027-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3847664.38
EU funding (EUR): 3133964.75
Participants: 8
Project status: SIGNED

PRIVIDEMA represents an industry-driven initiative to advance privacy-preserving technologies in the application areas of cyber threat intelligence, data protection, and identity management. This multifaceted project operates across various research and innovation maturity levels, with the overarching goal of introducing more robust, user-friendly and scalable privacy and security technologies for the European ecosystem. Key components of PRIVIDEMA include: 1. Development of open-source tools, hosting networking events, and initiation of capacity-building efforts to democratize technology access and empower cybersecurity professionals. 2. Advancement of homomorphic encryption capabilities, implementation of hardware acceleration methods, and improvement of Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) usability. 3. Creation and demonstration of a prototype European identity wallet featuring issuer and relaying party functionalities. 4. Development and demonstration of a prototype European privacy-preserving cyber threat data processing system, with real-world testing and validation of innovative technologies. Aligned with the objectives of Horizon Europe, PRIVIDEMA actively contributes to increased cybersecurity, data and network protection, and the establishment of robust digital infrastructures. The project distinguishes itself through its commitment to supporting SMEs as well as promoting open-source development, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and privacy-by-design principles. The solution-oriented approach positions PRIVIDEMA as a pivotal force in advancing cyber-resilient digitalization and the data economy in Europe. PRIVIDEMA's connection to various European strategic initiatives underscores its relevance, with a clear emphasis on real-world applications, innovation beyond the state-of-the-art, and a strategic trajectory toward market-ready solutions.

Keywords: private by design,cyber security,biometric data,authentication factor,identity digital wallet,cyber threat intelligence,homomorphic encryption,federated learning
Landscape Laboratories: Design strategies for sustainable and beautiful urban landscapes in the Anthropocene (LANDLABS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Doctoral Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Germany,Denmark,Norway,Slovenia,Portugal,Austria
Call: MSCA Doctoral Networks 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-10-01
End date: 2028-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1615989.6
EU funding (EUR): 1615989.6
Participants: 12
Project status: SIGNED

LANDLABS operates in six landscape laboratories all over Europe, all of which are urban landscapes characterized by heavy industrial influence. Its goals are the development of new theories for understanding urban landscapes in the Anthropocene and new methods to design them for higher sustainability and beauty. This is necessary because industrial urban landscapes are currently not appropriately recognised in terms of their contributions to sustainability and beauty. The reason for this deficit is the prevalent dualistic concept of nature versus culture in Western countries, which sees landscapes as green, natural counterparts to humanly shaped environments. This concept neglects the potential of industrial urban landscapes for sustainability and beauty. Yet, the current notion of the Anthropocene as a new geologic epoch has shaken up established Western concepts of nature by declaring that every cubic centimetre on the planet has been influenced by humanity - there is no nature out there which is unaffected by humans. LANDLABS assumes that the conditions understood through the concept of the Anthropocene call for new ways of understanding and designing urban landscapes in order to increase their sustainability and beauty. LANDLABS explores new perspectives on the interconnectedness between humans, animals, plants, water or technologies in these landscapes. The young researchers in LANDLABS will first propose new interdisciplinary theory components, second they will develop design scenarios and design strategies for the six landscape laboratory sites through an innovative research-through-design approach, and third they will develop new transferable design strategies for urban landscapes in the Anthropocene which lead to higher sustainability and beauty. LANDLABS offers young researchers the possibility to contribute to the highly topical issue of the green transition of cities in accordance with the European Green Deal and United Nations Goals of Sustainability.

Keywords: site based research interconnectedness anthropocene research through design sustainability beauty design strategies design scenarios
Empowering climate-smart, circular, and zero-waste use of underutilized wood from the forest and building stock in the construction sector to support the New European Bauhaus (WoodStock)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Land, ocean and water for climate action
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Norway,Netherlands,Finland,France,Ireland,Poland,Slovenia
Call: Climate-smart use of wood in the construction sector to support the New European Bauhaus (HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-01, 2024)
Start date: 2024-11-01
End date: 2028-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6974006.13
EU funding (EUR): 6861253.27
Participants: 13
Project status: SIGNED

WoodStock is a multifaceted project dedicated to advancing climate-smart wood construction practices in alignment with the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative. A primary focus is the quantification and mapping of wood resources, including under-utilized streams, using a novel Tier 3 level Harvested Wood Products methodology and dynamic Material Flow Analysis modelling to gain insights into wood utilization potential, climate mitigation impacts, and resource availability. This also entails a robust dynamic Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology for the assessment of environmental, social, and economic impacts associated with various resource streams and scenarios. WoodStock will tap into collective expertise to develop zero-waste and circular building designs, harnessing the power of digital twins, assessing human health and well-being aspects by co-creation activities with a multitude of actors, following the NEB principles and values, in 6 Living Labs (LLs) in 6 different European regions. Through systemic circular solutions for zero-waste and community-based wood construction, aligning novel business strategies with policy recommendations, and dedicated demo, training and educational activities the project endeavours to incentivize climate-smart and increased sustainable wood use in construction. An inspirational climate-smart guideline document for circular use of wood streams, a WoodBook with building blueprints based on the NEB values, beautiful, together and sustainable, and an EU-roadmap for the future are some of the Key Exploitable Results (KERs) that will be available on the European Wood Construction Observatory (EWCO). This observatory will be a central, AI-powered hub for best practices, guidelines, and innovative solutions, facilitating knowledge exchange and collaboration among stakeholders, and ensuring the longevity and impact beyond the project's lifetime, in alignment with the NEB Academy.

Keywords: climate smart,circular,zero waste,underutilized wood resources,material flow analysis,dynamic lca,carbon storage,renovation,living labs,beautiful,together,sustainable,neba,observatory
Supramolecular Self-Replicating Antimicrobials (Replicate)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Synthetic Chemistry and Materials
Panel description: New materials and new synthetic approaches, structure -properties relations, solid state chemistry, molecular architecture, organic chemistry
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499496.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499496.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

This project aims to address the urgent need for new antimicrobial agents by developing a conceptually new strategy to damage bacterial membranes with supramolecular fibres. Dormant (non-assembling) precursors will accumulate in the membrane of bacteria for in situ switch-on of self-assembly and membrane lysis. Specific metabolic routes of bacteria, absent in mammalian cells, will be used to transport supramolecular precursors into the membrane of bacteria with full cell specificity. Once in the membrane, precursors will combine to generate self-assembling peptide amphiphiles (PAs). Importantly, once formed, the supramolecular assemblies can catalyse their own synthesis in bacterial membranes, causing a dramatic acceleration in PA production and antimicrobial fibrillation. This unprecedented antimicrobial design borrows concepts from cooperative self-assembly, supramolecular autocatalysis and rational peptide design, leading to a self-amplified therapeutic action. This will be the first self-replicating antimicrobial that can make copies of itself to boost membrane damage once activated in target pathogens. Co-assembly of PAs and their precursors will create catalytic microenvironments by templation of reactive building blocks. Overall, this project will lay down structural and mechanistic determinants for biological membrane interfacing with targeted and self-replicating supramolecular nanomaterials. In a broader picture, the REPLICATE technology aims to spark a re-conceptualisation of drug design by drawing the attention to supramolecular therapeutics, which may open new exciting opportunities in biomedicine not accessible from traditional single-molecule drugs.

Keywords: self assembly,peptide amphiphiles,supramolecular autocatalysis,self replication,nanofibres,antimicrobials
Local Chemical AI: Achieving Transferability and Interpretability in Machine Learning Models through Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules. (LocalChemAI)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: Luxembourg,Canada
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-06-01
End date: 2027-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 200400.0
EU funding (EUR): 200400.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Despite its remarkable accuracy, Machine Learning (ML) in chemistry faces significant challenges in transferability and interpretability, which limits its effectiveness in broader chemical contexts beyond the training data. I aim to overcome these limitations by leveraging Quantum Chemical Topology (QCT) for a physically rigorous atoms-in-molecules (AIM) fragmentation. This approach allows for the unbiased decomposition of molecular properties into local (atomic and interatomic) contributions. By integrating this precise partitioning with cutting-edge ML techniques, I seek to develop AI systems that not only predict molecular properties with high accuracy but also provide insights into underlying physical principles, resulting in more interpretable and generalizable predictions. The anticipated advancements are expected to benefit fields such as drug design, materials science, and the creation of transferable ML Force Fields (FFs) capable of accurately predicting the behavior of large and complex chemical systems. The project is structured around 4 main work packages (WPs), along with one devoted for data management, career development and dissemination. WP1 will focus on assembling a comprehensive and unbiased database of QCT-AIM properties within the CHONSFCl chemical space, serving as the foundation for model development. WP2 will employ advanced data analysis and pattern recognition techniques to explore relationships between local and global chemical properties, aiding in the refinement of predictive algorithms. WP3 will involve constructing and training predictive algorithms based on local QCT contributions, ensuring their physical accuracy and capability to extrapolate to new chemical contexts. Finally, WP4 will evaluate the applicability of these predictive tools by reconstructing molecular energy landscapes and exploring the inverse design of novel molecules, emphasizing the identification and creation of molecular scaffolds with tailored properties.

Keywords: quantum chemical topology,machine learning based force fields,explainable artificial intelligence,drug design
Innovative sorting facility for the circularity of aluminium scraps (SortCAS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-07-01
End date: 2024-12-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 203464.32
EU funding (EUR): 203464.32
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

As the second most widely used metal in the world (only after iron), aluminium plays a key role in realizing the circular economy and the climate neutrality of both EU and our world. In essence, aluminium has the potential to be a fully circular material that can be repeatedly recycled without losing its properties. However, many recycled aluminium scraps of EU are currently contaminated with high-level impurities, which make them not suitable for reuse. This causes a loss of around one million tonnes of scraps per year in EU and hinders the achievement of circularity. This project will develop an innovative facility for the automated sorting of high-quality aluminium scraps. The facility will be based on three innovative technologies, i.e., singulation, multi-sensor system and ejection. It will be developed with an interdisciplinary approach that combines particle technology, computational modelling, advanced sensors, artificial intelligence (AI), and automation. Through a close collaboration with an industrial partner Reukema, the developed technologies will be carefully validated and integrated into a sorting facility at an industrially applicable scale (e.g., at least 4 tons per hour of clean sorted and specified scrap alloys). The completion of the project will constitute a big advancement in the circularity of aluminium scraps, and will contribute to the substantial reduction of resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

Keywords: aluminium,scrap sorting,recycling,particle flow,discrete element method
Aid from Islamic Donors in conflict zones (ISLAMICAID)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Italy,United States
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2028-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 265099.2
EU funding (EUR): 265099.2
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

ISLAMICAID has the overall objective to provide a broader understanding of humanitarian aid in conflict zones as implemented by Islamic actors and improve the dialogue between Western and Gulf donors. The Action has two specific objectives. One is related to Islamic social welfare instruments and their contribution to social protection and economic empowerment. The second concerns the foreign aid of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE and the implementation through different channels, including charity organisations. These two objectives will consider interventions in three conflict zones, such as Yemen, Sudan, and Syria, from 2015 to 2022. The necessity to enhance the coordination of aid interventions and expand the resource base for humanitarian financing makes this research relevant in terms of timing and scope. The Action aims to contribute to the DG ECHO Humanitarian Logistics Policy, which promotes effective coordination with other humanitarian organisations in complex crises. Not only does the research fill the gap in the literature, but it also analyses aid practices from a top-down and bottom-up approach with an anthropological perspective through fieldwork and ethnographic research, which will produce new evidence of Islamic financing instruments, Gulf donors' decision-making process, and everyday humanitarian negotiation practices of organisations in the field. Through the collaboration between UNIVE and Princeton University, and the supervision of Prof. Legrenzi and Prof. Haykel, the MSCA will allow me to expand my previous study on Islamic aid practices, receive training in anthropology, ethnographic research and social network analysis, and become an expert in Gulf donors and humanitarian financing in conflict zones. I will productively engage with the US academic circle, acquire new knowledge and expertise, bring it back to Europe, and ultimately build my future academic career in Europe with strong networks in the Gulf States and the US.

Keywords: humanitarian aid gulf states foreign aid islamic social welfare instruments conflict affected contexts
Together Toward Effective Due Diligence in Minerals Value Chains (DiliCHANCE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Industry
Destination: Increased Autonomy in Key Strategic Value Chains for Resilient Industry
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Austria,Germany,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Belgium,Netherlands,France,Ghana
Call: Addressing due diligence requirements in raw materials supply chains. (CSA) (HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01, 2024)
Start date: 2024-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2664266.07
EU funding (EUR): 2200000.0
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

The European Union (EU) under its political economic prosperity and sustainability agenda perceives due diligence (DD) as a means and an end: DD is urgently needed for (a) assuring sufficient supply of raw materials (primary and secondary) critical for the EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors, and (b) changing sourcing and business practices to minimize societal and environmental harm in- and outside the EU in the light of the Europe 2030 Agenda and SDGs. For that purpose, the EU and its Member States deployed a mix of different instruments aiming at responsible sourcing and supply chain DD. These instruments cover a variety of requirements both horizontal (proposed upcoming Critical Raw Materials Act and Directive for Corporate Due Diligence and Corporate Accountability) and product or commodity specific levels (i.e. Conflict Minerals Regulation, Battery Regulation). These diverse frameworks of legal requirements for DD processes set and enforce standards for business, regulate markets, and, ultimately, foster a level playing field – i.e. a state in which conditions in a competition or situation are fair for everyone. Even though front runner companies, policy and civil society call for mandatory DD, the majority of EU based companies are currently struggling to implement DD: Only one third of larger EU companies practices voluntary DD covering human rights and the environment, while only one in seven companies claim to cover the entire value chain. The DiliCHANCE Project aims to fundamentally reshape the current DD operational system: Looking into DD solutions from a holistic three-pronged approach - tools, business practice, and assurance & verification - assessing their efficacy and engaging in capacity building with key decision-makers from business and policy, as well as civil society will unlock industrial leadership for key EU mineral value chains.

Keywords: due diligence,responsible business conduct,minerals supply chain,critical raw materials,human rights,environment,supply chain responsibility,
Innovation in Vision Research Postdoctoral Training Network (INNOVISION)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Countries involved: Ireland,Canada,United States,United Kingdom,Portugal,Spain
Call: MSCA COFUND 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-COFUND-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-01-01
End date: 2030-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1692000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1692000.0
Participants: 18
Project status: SIGNED

With the increasing global incidence of vision impairment and ocular disease due to aging, chronic disease, and environmental factors, the need for pioneering, interdisciplinary and intersectoral research in vision science has never been greater. The 60-month INNOVISION Programme will recruit, train, and accelerate the careers of 12 research fellows in innovative, cutting-edge techniques to tackle ocular disease and vision impairment. Each researcher will be recruited for 30 months as full-time employees, with two calls throughout the programme recruiting six researchers each. INNOVISION will adhere to best practices in recruitment and employment, aligning to the EU’s Charter and Code for Researchers. The complexity of ocular disease demands a multifaceted approach to research that transcends traditional, siloed disciplinary boundaries. INNOVISION uses the “bottom up” research approach to address this, allowing researchers to select their supervisor, design their project, determine their secondments, and build both themselves as researchers, as well as their project goals and aims. As such, INNOVISION ingrains insights from various fields such as nanomedicine, genetics, pharmacology, chemistry, molecular biology, psychology, medicine, veterinary medicine, engineering, ophthalmology, artificial intelligence, and social sciences such as global and public health and ethnographic studies (among others), into the comprehensive training programme. Collaboration across sectors—such as academia, industry, and patient advocacy groups—ensures that research findings are not only scientifically robust but also practically applicable, facilitating the translation of discoveries from the lab to the clinic. Equally important is the need to reach out to the public and incorporate Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) initiatives, which ensure that research is aligned with the real-world needs and priorities of those directly affected by ocular disease and vision impairment.

Keywords: researcher training,global health,public health,innovation,vision,ocular,disease,blindness