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Next generation solar active facade element Solar ventilation air preheater SVAP (SVAP)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Lithuania
Call: Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for a low carbon and efficient energy system (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2017-04-01
End date: 2017-09-30
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Buildings are responsible for 40% of the energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions in the EU. According to Directive 2010/31/EU, all new buildings in the EU should be nearly zero-energy buildings (NZEB) by the end of 2020. The amount of the solar energy that is not collected from the facades contributes to CO¬2 emissions and the use of fossil fuel that could otherwise be avoided. Collecting solar energy from facades is a new and necessary trend in NZEB facades. As a result of our R&D efforts, Saulės vėjo aruodai (SVA) has developed the patented Solar Ventilation Air Preheater (SVAP). SVAP heat exchanger construction solve the following problems that persist in the state-of-the art products: (1) the regulation of the solar attack angle, (2) minimising the local and linear resistance of air movement inside the heat exchanger, (3) maximising the capture of solar radiation inside the heat exchanger, (4) allowing the design of transparent modules (because of the front and back slats’ construction), (5) integrate photovoltaic modules on the front slats and capture the reflection of long infrared rays from the crystalline silicon cells. Our product addresses a market that is worth over 10 BN EUR. This project will undertake a feasibility study, including a full business plan, to verify the technological, practical and economic viability of SVAP project in beachhead markets.

Keywords: active facades,solar heat exchanger,pv t
Microscopic Probes of Inflationary Cosmology (INFPROBES)

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: Physics
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2017-10-01
End date: 2019-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 177598.8
EU funding (EUR): 177598.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The theory of cosmic inflation is the current paradigm for early universe cosmology. I propose a research and training programme centered around two themes in inflationary cosmology. First, I will determine new signatures of high-energy physics in inflation i) by finding new shapes of non-Gaussianity, in particular signatures from the tower of higher-spin states predicted in high-energy completions of gravity such as string theory, and also ii) by studying natural extensions of the tensor sector, in particular higher spin fields with partial gauge symmetries, and the imprints left by these fields in tensor non-Gaussianity and in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation. To achieve i) and ii), I will use methods of field theory in curved backgrounds, as well as general symmetry properties of cosmological correlation functions. Second, I will study quantum instabilities in de Sitter space, as well as an analogue in flat space, a constant background electric field. The instabilities will be determined by studying response functions and vacuum polarization in strong fields. The signatures proposed in the first theme will provide tools to perform particle spectroscopy and determine the field content of inflation. The effects proposed in the second theme are a potential microscopic mechanism for the dynamics of inflation. This programme will be conducted at the University of Amsterdam, giving me access to a wide network of collaborators in the fields of high-energy physics and cosmology, and provide me extensive training in various aspects of inflationary cosmology, CMB physics, string theory and the dynamics of systems out of equilibrium. The skills acquired in this proposal will tie excellently with my previous formation in cosmological perturbation theory, single-field inflation, and the dS/CFT correspondence.

Keywords: inflation,de sitter space,non gaussianities,string theory,out of equilibrium dynamics
Redesigning European cropping systems based on species MIXtures (ReMIX)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Theme: Sustainable agriculture and forestry
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Spain,Italy,Sweden,Greece,Sweden,China,Poland,Switzerland,Hungary,Switzerland,France,France,France,France,France,France,Netherlands,Netherlands,Denmark,United Kingdom,Denmark
Call: Teaming up for good: Exploiting the benefits of species diversity in cropping systems (H2020-SFS-2016-2, 2016)
Start date: 2017-05-01
End date: 2021-04-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5986158.0
EU funding (EUR): 5000000.0
Participants: 34
Project status: CLOSED

ReMIX will exploit the benefits of species mixtures to design more diversified and resilient agro-ecological arable cropping systems less dependent on external inputs. Based on a multi-actor approach, ReMIX will produce new knowledge that is both scientifically credible and socially valuable in conventional and organic agriculture. It will tackle practical questions and co-design ready-to-use practical solutions adapted to producing mainly grain cash crops in diverse EU pedo-climatic conditions. ReMIX will: 1) overcome barriers to stimulate the adoption of species mixtures by farmers and in agri-food chains, 2) unravel mechanisms of plant-plant interactions to maximize resource use efficiency, 3) determine the role of species mixtures in controlling diseases, pests and weeds and alleviating yield damages, 4) demonstrate the role of species mixtures in improving ecosystem service provision and development of resilience to biotic stress, 5) identify key traits and create novel breeding and phenotyping methods and tools adapted to species mixtures, 6) generate novel breeding material adapted to grain legume/cereal mixtures, 7) develop generic rules for assembling species for efficient cash crop production using process-based simulation models, 8) develop new management techniques to optimise species mixtures performance, 9) optimise settings and specifications for agricultural machines for harvesting and separating grains, and 10) develop a tool box, an educational serious game and technical booklets for farmers and advisors. The project will span from the specification of end-user needs and the co-design of in-field and on-farm experiments to demonstrations with evaluation of new varieties and practices. ReMIX will contribute to the adoption of productive and resilient agricultural systems based on plants diversity, to increase legume production and competitiveness in EU and to healthier diets based on plant proteins from cereals and legumes.

Keywords: intercropping,species mixtures,cereals,management practices,machinery,toolbox,organic and conventional agriculture,grain production,pests and diseases management,climate variability
Global data justice in the era of big data: toward an inclusive framing of informational rights and freedoms (DATAJUSTICE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Institutions, Governance and Legal Systems
Panel description: Political science, international relations, law
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2017-STG, 2017)
Start date: 2018-03-01
End date: 2023-02-28
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1495986.0
EU funding (EUR): 1495986.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The increasing adoption of digital technologies worldwide creates data flows from places and populations that were previously digitally invisible. The resulting ‘data revolution’ is hailed as a transformative tool for human and economic development. Yet the revolution is primarily a technical one: the power to monitor, sort and intervene is not yet connected to a social justice agenda, nor have the organisations involved addressed the discriminatory potential of data technologies. Instead, the assumption is that the power to visualise and monitor will inevitably benefit the poor and marginalised. This research proposes that a conceptualisation of data justice is necessary to determine ethical paths through a datafying world. Its two main aims are: first, to provide the first critical assessment of the case for, and the obstacles to, data justice as an overall framework for data technologies’ design and governance. Second, to present a conceptual framework for data justice, refining it through public debate. The project will develop an interdisciplinary approach integrating critical data studies with development studies and legal philosophy. Using Sen's Capabilities Approach, it will conceptualise data justice along three dimensions of freedoms: (in)visibility, digital (dis)engagement, and nondiscrimination. Multi-sited ethnography in combination with digital methods will be used to build a conceptual framework, which will then be tested and shaped by debates held in nine locations worldwide. The research is groundbreaking in terms of 1) its use of the Capabilities Approach to address the social impacts of data technologies; 2) its integrative approach to problems previously addressed by the fields of law, informatics and development studies, and 3) its aim to reconcile negative with positive technologically-enabled freedoms, integrating data privacy, nondiscrimination and non-use of data technologies into the same framework as representation and access to data.

Keywords: critical data studies,ict4d,privacy,informatics
Novel anaerobic digestion fertiliser unit (ADFU)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2018)
Start date: 2019-05-01
End date: 2019-10-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Use of anaerobic digestion (AD) is rapidly growing worldwide. Despite the many benefits, there is an increasingly serious problem of disposing large volumes of nutrient rich liquid waste produced called digestate. Digestate is commonly used as a raw liquid fertiliser on land, with associated problems of run-off, leaching and eutrophication of water courses. In addition, there are other complications linked to storage of the digestate and this is further compounded by regulations which govern disposal and its direct application onto fields. This issue is likely to worsen with the increased capacity in AD technology forecast and these simple disposal techniques are unsustainable, placing further pressure on the AD industry and diminishing its green credentials. We have developed novel methods to convert the waste liquor from AD into a low cost, granular fertiliser. The contained liquor nutrients are concentrated onto readily available solids to higher levels which can be stored and transported easily, and later used as a fertiliser. We have successfully manufactured and tested a prototype bolt-on device, which can be attached to final processing stage. The remaining liquid will be of such low nutrient and organic quality that it can be easily disposed of via wastewater or discharged into water bodies. The system will be designed to avoid any changes or modifications to new and existing AD plants and their processes. With this funding we intend to expand the already successful operational technology by establishing a clear path to commercialisation through conducting AD plant, market and IP research. We plan to gather market intelligence, develop the go-to-market strategy and business plan, and conduct both a partner and IP search, with the aim to test product feasibility. The European AD market, largest in the world, is growing to reach around €8bn by 2024 with over 17,000 plants already operational which is a substantial market for this young company to transform.

Keywords: anaerobic digestion,nutrient management,recycling,circular economy,fertilizer,fertiliser,compost,landfill,nutrients,device,manufacture,waste,digestate
AN INNOVATIVE COLLABORATIVE CIRCULAR FOOD SYSTEM TO REDUCE FOOD WASTE AND LOSSES IN THE AGRI-FOOD CHAIN (FOODRUS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Theme: Sustainable and competitive agri-food sector for a safe and healthy diet
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,Spain,Spain,Spain,Spain,Italy,Spain,Belgium,Bulgaria,Romania,Slovakia,Slovakia,Slovakia,Greece,Hungary,Denmark,Denmark,Denmark,Denmark,Denmark
Call: Reducing food losses and waste along the agri-food value chain (H2020-RUR-2020-1, 2020)
Start date: 2020-11-01
End date: 2024-04-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6710338.75
EU funding (EUR): 5999207.51
Participants: 33
Project status: SIGNED

It is evident that current food supply chains are notoriously inefficient and show vulnerabilities from initial agriculture production down to the final household consumption and the management of the waste generated. FoodRUs strategy has been built on the basis of the three fundamental pillars of food sovereignty to undertake Food Waste Prevention challenge being Circular Economy a mandatory model from which to generate, implement and replicate solutions, in different value chains. The reasoned application of these basic principles where FoodRUs strategy is applied, will assure resilient and sustainable local and regional Bioecosystems thanks to a multi-actor and multidisciplinary approach. FoodRUs will deployed 23 technological, social, financial, legal, educational, political, labelling and organizational innovative solutions involving the mobilization and active participation of more than 40 actors to overcome the specific challenges of the selected value chains and follower regions consisting on: experts on agro-industry, Life Cycle Assessment , social innovation and social economy, sensitisation , culinary arts, nutrition, labelling, fiscality and ICT tools; municipalities; policy makers; ethical finance organizations, stakeholders of the entire food value chains (producers, farmers, retailers, packaging and logistics services, restoration sector, consumers associations and communities); waste managers; entrepreneurs; ONGs; food banks; social kitchens; educational centres and civil associations. FoodRUs will screen 3 value chains focused on 3 specific types of food in Europe: -Cross-regional Spanish pilot (SPP) focused on vegetables and IV range salads -Danish pilot (DP) that will analyse the value chain for meat and fish -Slovak pilot (SLP) analysing the bread value chain FoodRUs will actively involve 6 European regions as Followers: (Valencia (Spain), Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Budapest (Hungary), Linz (Austria), Plovdiv (Bulgaria) and Halandri (Greece)

Keywords: circular economy,sustainability,food waste,waste management,bioeconomy,digital technologies
Disruptive solution for sexual criminal identification (Themis)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: France
Call: SME instrument (H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020-3, 2020)
Start date: 2020-07-01
End date: 2022-12-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2483086.25
EU funding (EUR): 1738160.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

More than 5 million rapes are committed globally each year and 1 woman out of 5 will face rape during her lifetime. For 1 000 rapes, only 4.6 rapists will go to jail because rape is highly under-reported but also because police uses tools that can only detect 10% of sperm traces on crime scene. AXO Science is a biotech created in 2010 that develops innovative products for forensic science, police and justice. With this Themis project, the company introduces “STK Spray”, an on-scene sperm-revealing technology that will disrupt the way crime scene investigation is conducted in case of rape. While forensic lamps fail to detect 90% of sperm traces on a scene, resulting in lengthy and often pointless screening of samples sent to labs, STK Spray sharply reveals the presence of sperm on any floor, object, skin, hair, grass… in one single minute. This is a game-changer for Crime Scene Technicians (CST). A major bottleneck for police investigation and sexual offenders DNA identification is unlocked in a few sprays. This performance is backed by a successful proof of concept done during SME Phase 1 project SexAssault-ID. In this Themis project, AXO Science will scale-up this technology and prepare for a massive commercialisation of the product worldwide. STK Spray is a perfect match with AXO Science’s current forensic product portfolio, enabling it to become a one-stop-shop for CST and the first world leader for on-scene sperm trace detection. AXO Science will leverage its existing network of customers and distributors to ease STK Spray market access. This project will trigger durable, hyper growth at AXO Science. The company expects to grab a 17% share of the 134M€ sperm detection market by 2025. It will also achieve a deep organisational transformation with the doubling of headcount by 2022, creation of two subsidiaries overseas by 2025 and its mutation from a research SME to a global business company with three-digit valuation objectives within a decade.

Keywords: justice,victim protection,police,semen localisation,suspect identification,presumptive tests,sexual assault,biological traces identification,profiling,dna collection
Boosting conversations to disrupt horticulture trading (Consentio)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2018)
Start date: 2018-12-01
End date: 2019-03-31
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

More than 75% of commercial transactions between companies in the F&V (fruits and vegetables) sector are initiated with an instant messaging conversation that is followed by a long process with many interactions on different channels (emails, calls, etc.). Easing these interactions will improve the efficiency supply chain and will have a high economic impact. This impact is strengthened in the F&V sector because it deals with perishable products and the amount of goods lost along the distribution chain and retailers due to degradation and expiring “best-before-dates” is moving further along, 7.5% Consentio is a digital application (App & Desktop) with a conversational approach that mechanizes a large share of selling/buying flows in the F&V market. It strengthens the existing relationships between stakeholders and increases the global efficiency of the sector. New commercial opportunities could stem out as well. Although there are some marketplaces oriented to the horticulture field, our main difference with respect them is that we target the whole market taking advantage the existing relationships that at present account for the 90% of the volume of activity. We are also working to integrate conversations with legacy systems to enable an end-to-end management of transactions. Our team is innovative and well balance with high experience in setting successful start-ups with technological foundations and with demonstrated know-how in technology and management fields. We have also tested an MVP (minimum viable product) in several countries with potential customers that have showed a high interest in acquiring our application. We have obtained 850K Euros in venture capital funding, but we need 1.2 M Euros to have a full version with capability to disrupt the horticulture supply chain. This investment will have also a high impact in our company it will imply the creation of 18 jobs and a ROI of 3,25 in the first three years.

Keywords: conversational commerce,horticulture trading,horticulture supply chain
Optimising Nutritional Health and Wellbeing Through Local Sustainable Food Systems - NuFEAST (Nutrition - Food (for) Everyone's health, Available, Sustainable and Trusted) (NuFEAST)

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: Life Sciences
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-09-02
End date: 2017-09-01
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 195454.8
EU funding (EUR): 195454.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The WHO European Region has the highest incidence (and increasing) of obesity and non-communicable diseases (including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and food related cancers) caused by dietary factors. Localisation of sustainable food systems and processes that comprise a sustainable diet is a possible means to tackle this problem. There is a need to develop new research approaches to identify how these initiatives can promote nutritional well-being, to shape future nutrition and food policy and to document the new skills required by the public health nutrition workforce to support and foster healthy diets. This project will capitalise on the complementary expertise of the Fellow (with extensive practice experience in Australia and New Zealand as a community nutritionist) and the interdisciplinary research skills and expertise at Bournemouth University (BU) to generate new knowledge and understanding of the contribution of local food sustainable systems to nutritional health and well-being. This will be a unique, systematic research programme that combines quantitative and qualitative research methodologies which will enable first steps for the design of a model of nutritional health and well-being and identification of new competencies for training in public health nutrition. The key outcomes of this research will be i) a Toolkit for monitoring and optimising gains in nutritional health and well-being and ii) new Guidelines to deliver new competencies for the public health nutrition workforce. This knowledge will contribute towards shaping future policy directions in food and nutrition for EU citizens. The Fellow will be up-skilled (in new research skills and techniques) to advance her career significantly, to translate her background knowledge into a continuing research environment and to build and maintain links with other public health researchers in sustainable food environments throughout Europe, while maintaining strong links in Australia.

Keywords: nutritional health and wellbeing,sustainable food systems,sustainable diet,sustainable food,food policy,qualitative and quantitative methodologies,ethnography,nutrition