Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Exploring Asgard archaea to illuminate the prokaryote-to-eukaryote transition (PRO2EUK)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Environmental Biology, Ecology and Evolution
Panel description: Ecology, biodiversity, environmental change, evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology, microbial ecology, marine biology, ecophysiology, theoretical developments and modelling
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2018-COG, 2018)
Start date: 2019-06-01
End date: 2024-05-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The origin of the eukaryotic cell, with its complex structural features, marks one of the prime hallmarks in the evolution of life on Earth. Still, the events that led to the emergence of cellular complexity in eukaryotic cells are a matter of hot debate. Current data supports scenarios in which an archaeal host cell and an alphaproteobacterial (mitochondrial) endosymbiont merged, triggering the emergence of the first eukaryotic cell. The host cell was recently shown to share a common ancestry with the Asgard archaea, an archaeal superphylum uniquely displaying a number of eukaryotic features. However, important details about the nature of the archaeal host and the presumed syntrophic interaction between this host and the alleged mitochondrial endosymbiont remain elusive, limiting our current understanding about the early stages of eukaryogenesis. In the current proposal, I aim to gain new insights in the emergence of eukaryotic cellular complexity by focusing on the newly discovered Asgard archaea. First, I will acquire and screen numerous environmental samples and employ state-of-the-art genome-resolved metagenomics approaches to lay out the diversity of the Asgard superphylum at the genomic level. By performing in-depth phylogenomic analyses of the newly generated genomic data, I will pinpoint the position of eukaryotes in the Tree of Life, and reconstruct the evolutionary history of eukaryotic genome content using advanced ancestral genome reconstruction algorithms. Next, I will develop in situ culturing and innovative cell extraction techniques that allow me to determine metabolic and syntrophic properties of Asgard archaeal cells, and to study their cells in ultra-high resolution. Altogether, the proposed research will provide novel insights into the genomic and cell-biological identity and nature of our closest prokaryotic relatives, and reveal, in more detail than ever before, the events that led to the emergence of complex cell types on Earth.

Keywords: archaea,eukaryogenesis,endosymbiosis,metagenomics,mitochondria,origin of eukaryotes,microbial evolution,microbial diversity,cellular complexity,tree of life,phylogenomics,phylogenetics
ENHANCEMENT OF BLACKSEA INNOVATION CAPACITY (B-SEENOVA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: Specific Grant agreement
Countries involved: Türkiye,Türkiye,Türkiye
Call: H2020 ENTREPRISE EUROPE NETWORK SGA4 2020-2021 (H2020-EEN-SGA4-2020-2021, 2019)
Start date: 2020-01-01
End date: 2021-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 78431.25
EU funding (EUR): 78431.25
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

ENHANCEMENT OF BLACKSEA INNOVATION CAPACITY In this manner, this project aims to take action in the region by giving services for “Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMEs” as part of the activities of B-SEEN consortium in order to improve the innovation management capacity of SMEs in the Middle and Eastern Black Sea Regions of Turkey. The specific objectives of the project are; • To enhance the innovation management capacities of 59 SMEs in the region who are more capable of growth and internationalization by a diagnostic audit. • To prepare tailor made action plans for these selected SMEs to improve their capacities of managing innovation process and by this action to provide them to know how to sustain the improved capacity. • To support these 59 SMEs to implement the prepared action plan. • To raise awareness of the SMEs in the region about H2020 SME Instrument calls and to encourage them about preparing proposals. • If it will be applicable - due to the fact that it can be given only to the SMEs that are supported by SME Instrument of H2020 programme- to provide maximum 8 Key Account Management service in order to ensure the successful implementation of their Projects. It is assumed that with the project that will be implemented in the region; • Growth, revenue and profit from SME innovation will be enhanced, • Fresh thinking and new value will be asset to the organization, • Future market needs and possibilities will be understood better and that will capture value proactively • Risks will be identified and mitigated better, • Collective creativity and intelligence of the organization will be enhanced • Collaboration with partners for innovation will create value • Employee involvement in the organisation will be motivated and teamwork and collaboration will be fostered.

Keywords: turkey,tr83,tr90,samsun,enterprise,europe,network,business,innovation,project
Delfzijl Joint Development of green Water Electrolysis at Large Scale (Djewels)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: FCH2 (Art-187)
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,Italy,Belgium,France,Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands
Call: Demonstration of a large-scale (min. 20MW) electrolyser for converting renewable energy to hydrogen (H2020-JTI-FCH-2018-1, 2018)
Start date: 2020-01-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 41967250.0
EU funding (EUR): 10999999.0
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

Djewels demonstrate the operational readiness of 20 MW electrolyser for the production of green fuels (green methanol) in real-life industrial and commercial conditions. It will bring the technology from TRL 7 to TRL 8 and lay the foundation for the next scale-up step, towards 100 MW on the same site. Djewels will enable the development of next generation of pressurised alkaline electrolyser, by developing embarking more cost efficient, better performing, high current density electrodes, preparing the serial manufacturing of the stack and scale-up of the balance of plant components . Economies of scale combines with the flexible and optimized operation of the electrolyser, applying advanced electricity procurement and arbitrage strategies will ensure a low cost of hydrogen for the end-user during the 3 years of operation. This project will demonstrate the conditions for a profitable business cases for green hydrogen production as an input for green (or low-carbon) methanol production towards large-scale deployment in Europe before 2030. Djewels will be located in Delfzijl industrial park, where AkzoNobel already produces hydrogen through a chlor-alkali process and where the (bio)methanol producer, BioMCN, is also located. Delfzijl industrial park has with a direct connection to the electricity transmission grid, and low distribution network charges within. Other hydrogen industry clients in Delfzijl create further conditions for scaling up green hydrogen production. Beyond Delfzijl, the park is connected via a dense gas networks to other large-scale chemical and (petro)chemical hydrogen clients in the Netherlands and Germany. These could allow Djewels to be a stepping stone towards the creation of a new hydrogen valley, in line with the ambitions of the FCH2-JU and the regional roadmap, within the industrial cluster of Delfzijl, the Northern Netherland and beyond.

Keywords: green hydrogen,green methanol,large scale electrolysis,green chemicals
Mainstreaming Ecological Restoration of freshwater-related ecosystems in a Landscape context: INnovation, upscaling and transformation (MERLIN)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Climate action, environment,  resource efficiency and raw materials
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,Spain,Israel,Germany,Spain,Germany,Germany,Spain,Germany,Spain,Germany,Belgium,Finland,Croatia,Hungary,Romania,Belgium,Poland,Sweden,Finland,Poland,Sweden,Norway,Hungary,Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands,Denmark,United Kingdom,Portugal,Denmark,United Kingdom,Portugal,United Kingdom,Portugal
Call: Restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services (H2020-LC-GD-2020-3, 2020)
Start date: 2021-10-01
End date: 2025-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 22066224.64
EU funding (EUR): 21245938.88
Participants: 46
Project status: SIGNED

Europe's environment is in an alarming state, with climate change effects aggravating. To secure economic prosperity, human wellbeing and social peace, systemic transformative change of our society is imperative. Ecosystem restoration using nature-based solutions (NbS) is key to this change, in which freshwaters hold a pivotal role. MERLIN will demonstrate freshwater restoration best-practice; implement innovative NbS at landscape-scale; upscale systemic restoration seizing green growth and private investment opportunities; mainstream restoration by co-development with local communities and economic sectors; multiply solutions for transformative restoration to key players of systemic change. MERLIN will capitalise on successful freshwater restoration projects across Europe. Success factors of 17 flagship projects will be scrutinized, generating a blueprint for proficient NbS implementation. With investments of 10 mio Euro in hands-on upscaling measures along scalability plans, MERLIN will transform these projects into beacons of innovation for systemic change. Upscaling to the European level, MERLIN will identify landscapes with high potential for transformative restoration and will analyse cost-benefits of restoration scenarios. Economic analyses of European regions will seize green growth opportunities arising from restoration. MERLIN will delineate models for private investment into restoration alongside public funding. MERLIN's initiatives will co-design win-win solutions with economic sectors (agriculture, water supply, insurance, navigation) and local communities, spearheading systemic economic, social and environmental change. The MERLIN Academy and virtual marketplace will multiply innovations to the community of practice, investors and policy makers across Europe and beyond. MERLIN is committed to a sustainable, climate-neutral and -resilient, inclusive and transformative path, mainstreaming restoration as a cornerstone for systemic change.

Keywords: nature based solutions,ecosystem restoration,european green deal,transformative systemic change
A CONTINUOUS IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION MONITORING SYSTEM FOR ONLINE SERVICES USING AUTOMATIC FACE, VOICE AND KEYSTROKE RECOGNITION (SMOWL)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2, 2018)
Start date: 2018-09-01
End date: 2020-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 839250.0
EU funding (EUR): 587475.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

SMOWL is a practical and reliable solution for online user identification and monitoring. It consists in a new cyber-security service covering the need for a continuous, automatic and scalable authentication of online user’s identity and monitoring. The technology, based on continuous automatic facial, voice and keystroke recognition, can be applied to numerous sectors. Within SMOWL project, it is implemented into the e-learning growing market, where a substantial need has been detected for online proctoring and remote invigilation services.

Keywords: e learning,proctoring,student authentication,computer vision,cloud computing,facial recognition,voice recognition,typing pattern recognition
Solar Heat for Industrial Process towards Food and Agro Industries Commitment in Renewables (SHIP2FAIR)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Low-cost, low-carbon energy supply
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,Italy,Spain,Austria,Spain,Spain,Belgium,Switzerland,France,France,France,Portugal
Call: Near-to-market solutions for the use of solar heat in industrial processes (H2020-LCE-2017-RES-IA, 2017)
Start date: 2018-04-01
End date: 2023-06-30
Duration (months): 63.0
Total project cost (EUR): 10141361.43
EU funding (EUR): 7996793.25
Participants: 20
Project status: SIGNED

SHIP2FAIR aims to foster the integration of solar heat in industrial processes (SHIP) from the agro–food sector, by developing and demonstrating a set of tools and methods for the development of industrial solar heat projects during its whole life-cycle. Thus, the project results will consist in a (1) Replication tool for easily assessing the techno-economic feasibility of a SHIP project and supporting its design; (2) a Control tool understand as a DSS to support the operation of the complete process, (3) a comprehensive guide for supporting stakeholders in the design, commissioning and operation of their SHIP projects, and (4) a complete capacity building program, addressing both professionals and students interested in SHIP applications in the agro-food sector. These results will be demonstrated and validated at 4 demo-sites, including representative use cases of the agro-food sector like spirits distillation (Martini & Rossi), ham drying (ABC Industries), sugar boiling (RAR Group) and wine fermentation and stabilization (RODA Wineries). As a results of this demonstration, SHIP2FAIR, aims to achieve up to a 40% of solar fraction with a total of 2.9 kW of installed power for producing 4.04 GWh and allowing 403 m3 of fossil fuels and 1,145 TeqCO2 per year. In order to fulfil these challenges a competitive consortium of EU leading entities has been gathered including 4 RTOs (CIRCE, CEA, ISMB and BE2020) 2 Engineering companies (RINA-C and SOLID), 2 Solar Technology Providers (TVP and ISG) and, 4 agro-food companies already mentioned, 2 sectorial associations (EUREC and SCOOP) and one Utility (EDF), addressing the complete SHIP projects value-chain.

Keywords: ship,solar thermal,industrial processes,agro food sector,thermoeconomic analysis,process control,thermal integration
The role of depth perception during prey capture in the mouse (MouseDepthPrey)

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: Germany
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): 159460.8
EU funding (EUR): 159460.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The perception of depth entails the non-trivial transformation from two 2-D images captured by the retinas to a unified 3-D representation of the environment. This computation has been under scrutiny for long, but there are still many unanswered questions about how different depth cues, such as motion parallax and stereopsis, are utilized, and about the neural mechanisms underlying depth perception. In this work, I propose employing predatory behavior in the mouse, a visually guided, robust behavior, as a paradigm to answer some of these questions. For this, I will adapt existing freely behaving virtual reality technology for rendering an environment that will elicit prey capture behavior in the mouse. I will then systematically modulate the depth cues available to the animal to determine the main contributors to estimating the distance to the prey. Since the brain regions involved in depth computations are not well defined, I will subsequently use a head-fixed paradigm to perform functional, single-cell resolution calcium imaging of cortical neurons across visual areas during binocular presentation of prey-like stimuli. This will allow for identification of the neural correlates of the relevant depth cues and their location. Given that the behavior likely relies on binocular cues, imaging will target the primary visual cortex (V1) and its neighboring higher visual areas. V1 is likely the first site of meaningful integration of signals from the two eyes, and its surrounding areas also contain binocular regions. Finally, using the neural evidence acquired, I will image during freely moving behavior to identify the way depth cues are processed for successful prey capture.

Keywords: prey capture,virtual reality
Causes and consequences of variation in the mammalian microbiota (MUSMICRO)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Environmental Biology, Ecology and Evolution
Panel description: Ecology, biodiversity, environmental change, evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology, microbial ecology, marine biology, ecophysiology, theoretical developments and modelling
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2019-STG, 2019)
Start date: 2020-02-01
End date: 2025-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1771166.0
EU funding (EUR): 1771166.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The mammalian gut teems with a particularly dense and diverse microbial community, the composition of which varies widely among hosts. A large body of laboratory work suggests these communities provide important functions for the host – including nutrition, pathogen protection and immune development – but we know very little about what shapes the mammalian gut microbiota, and how it affects the host, in natural populations. A major barrier to progress is a lack of powerful investigative tools for most wild animal species. I will overcome this by studying a natural population of the species that has the best laboratory tools, and knowledge, for the mammalian microbiome: the house mouse. Specifically, I will set up a new wild house mouse system and use it to address three broad questions: 1) what drives natural variation in the gut microbiota? 2) does microbiota variation predict fitness traits in the wild? and, critically, 3) does microbiota variation causally affect fitness-relevant traits? To do this, I will pair detailed, longitudinal studies of wild mice with controlled experiments in the lab, making use of state-of-the-art tools for this species, including: (i) faecal transplant experiments with germ-free animals, to test the phenotypic impact of different wild mouse microbiotas (ii) high resolution genotyping methods and (iii) new radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology we have recently developed for monitoring wild rodent survival and behaviour. By doing so, this project will directly tackle the key unanswered question: does the composition of the mammalian gut microbiota actually matter in nature?

Keywords: gut microbiota,adaptation,house mouse,fitness,survival,community
Coupled cluster theory for polaritons: changing molecular properties with quantum light (QuantumLight)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Physical and analytical chemical sciences
Panel description: Analytical chemistry, chemical theory, physical chemistry/chemical physics
Countries involved: Norway
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANT (ERC-2020-ADG, 2020)
Start date: 2022-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The chemistry of light-matter states (polaritonic chemistry) is a relatively new research area in chemistry. Recent experiments have demonstrated that molecular polaritons can have a profound impact on the outcome of chemical reactions taking place inside cavities. Molecular polaritons are formed when the molecular degrees of freedom couple strongly with the modes of a quantum field. From a theoretical point of view the experiments are highly complex, with many different interactions taking place, and a detailed theoretical understanding of the observations is still uncertain. The mission of QuantumLight is to explore, using advanced theoretical modeling, the phenomena that arise when quantum fields interact with molecules and the possibilities that emerge for chemistry. Detailed theoretical and computational understanding of these phenomena will open completely new ways to control and manipulate molecular systems and study new states of matter. The theoretical foundation is cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED), and it will, when combined with the methodologies of quantum chemistry, enable a predictive computational framework for interpretation and future design of polaritonic chemistry. The QuantumLight project will develop and apply accurate electronic structure methods for molecules interacting with quantum fields, in particular coupled cluster theory. Different types of quantum fields will be studied, focusing on those that appear inside optical cavities and the surface plasmon polariton field that is formed by metallic nanoparticles and nanogaps. Applications of the methodology will include ultrafast dynamics in photochemistry, molecules in chiral cavities, electron-photon dynamics, X-ray spectroscopy in cavities, and polariton-assisted chemical reactions.

Keywords: molecular polaritons,coupled cluster theory,strong coupling,quantum cavities,quantum plasmonics,polaritonic chemistry,nonadiabatic dynamics,photochemistry,chiral cavities