Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
A Remote-carboxylation Strategy for Alcohols via a Dual-catalytic System (ALCO2-FUNC)

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: Spain
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2020-03-01
End date: 2022-02-28
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 160932.48
EU funding (EUR): 160932.48
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The ability to introduce functionality into molecules in a regio- and chemoselective selective manner is of primary importance in the construction of high value molecular compounds but still remains a major challenge for synthetic chemists. The utilization of functionalities present in readily available and inexpensive starting materials to direct the introduction of further complexity is an attractive strategy which has become increasingly popular. Despite recent advances, the remote-functionalization of aliphatic alcohols still remains largely underdeveloped. Considering their prevalence in natural products, compounds displaying important biological activities and chemical feedstocks, efforts to address this problem are deemed necessary. ALCO2-FUNC will make use of an easily installed α bromo-silyl tether to direct functionalization at neighbouring sites. The tether will partake in single electron transfer with a suitable nickel catalyst, initiating a directed radical rebound cascade. The merger of (reductive) nickel catalysis with photoredox catalysis will exploit advantages of both disciplines, enabling the development of a divergent strategy by careful control of key catalytic steps. Furthermore, carbon dioxide will be utilized as a C1 synthon to provide a valuable carboxylation strategy. To such end, simple alcohols will be converted to their β-carboxylated counterparts (via regioselective 1,5 hydrogen atom transfer) or remotely-carboxylated (following a nickel chain-walking sequence). Taken together, the synergy between photoredox and nickel catalysis will be employed in ALCO2-FUNC to develop novel synthetic strategies to access high value compounds from simple precursors. The proposed methodology is expected to operate under mild conditions (room temperature, low-energy irradiation) increasing functional group compatibility and setting the basis for the implementation in the late-stage functionalization of advanced pharmaceuticals.

Keywords: photoredox,visible light,dual catalytic,nickel,electron transfer,carboxylation,regioselective,chain walking,divergent
European Vehicle Taxation (VTAX)

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: Spain
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 160932.48
EU funding (EUR): 160932.48
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Transport remains a challenge, it is responsible of around 30% of global energy consumption and one of the major source of global pollution. Vehicles remain the dominant source of transport emissions and are responsible for 15% of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions. A clear paradigm shift is needed to initiate the transition from fossil fuel-based driving towards mobility based on renewable resources, in particular towards electrification of transport through mass market take-up of BEVs. There are a number of technological burdens that need to be solved first, it will take another 5-7 years before these limitations are really solved to become competitive with ICEs. Hence, the reason for this project: re-thinking of road taxation systems starting from alternative inputs, including micro-mobility and SDGs as the main driver, to identify short(er) term solutions towards the initiation of a real transition and to prepare a smart, suitable and solid taxation system. The role of taxes is important to support the transition towards a fair green mobility. Transport taxation is a broad topic and this research is focused on vehicle taxation including all taxes connected to vehicles registration, purchase, ownership and use. This choice reflects also the new needs created by the pandemic: transport models and car industry are in crisis. Due to the crisis, a momentum is created to accelerate the shift from fossil fuel to BEV driving, including a re-thinking of the vehicle taxation system. The overall objective of VTAX is to develop the fundaments for a new Mobility Taxation System, based on SDGs and alternative modes of electrified transport. The fellowship will last 24 months and will be carried out in Universidad San Pablo CEU (Madrid, Spain) with a secondment of 4 months at the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).

Keywords: vehicle taxation,sdgs,road transport,fiscal policy,shared mobility,micro mobility
Cold Molecules for Fundamental Physics (CoMoFun)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Fundamental constituents of matter
Panel description: Particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas, and optical physics
Countries involved: Germany,United Kingdom
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2020-STG, 2020)
Start date: 2021-05-01
End date: 2026-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1875750.0
EU funding (EUR): 1561158.74
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Laser cooling of atomic gases in a magneto-optical trap (MOT) has revolutionized modern physics. A MOT uses precisely tuned lasers and a magnetic field to cool atoms and trap them. It has enabled the invention of precise instruments, such as atomic clocks, magnetometers, gravimeters and accelerometers. It has also enabled new fundamental research with unprecedented precision and the study of matter dominated by quantum effects. However, there is still potential to push the boundaries of science and technology: using ultracold molecules. Project CoMoFun aims to do just this, creating a high-density ultracold gas of polar molecules by laser cooling to build a new platform for fundamental research. A high-density ultracold gas of polar molecules has a wide range of new applications. It can be used to study a dipolar quantum gas, to test fundamental physics and to store and process quantum information efficiently. An array of polar molecules, all interacting with each other via controllable and strong interactions, can serve as a universal simulator for more complex quantum systems that cannot be modeled by a computer. Simulating such strongly-interacting many-body systems from the bottom-up will aid the understanding of fascinating phenomena such as high-temperature superconductivity and exotic forms of magnetism. Recently, it has become possible to make a MOT of molecules. However, the density of the molecules is far too low for most applications. CoMoFun will increase the density by five orders of magnitude by laser-cooling stable and deeply-bound aluminum monofluoride molecules. The high density provides an excellent starting point to investigate evaporative cooling to quantum degeneracy. The molecules can then be arranged in a regular array by loading them into a trap formed by interfering laser beams. This instrument can then be used for precision measurements and applications in quantum information and simulation, to realize the full potential of molecular MOT.

Keywords: ultracold molecules,quantum simulation,laser cooling,precision measurements
Functional high-throughput analysis of the role of microRNAs in cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury (microCardio)

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: Portugal
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-03-01
End date: 2018-02-28
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 148635.6
EU funding (EUR): 148635.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Ischemia-reperfusion injury is a major cause of morbidity and mortality transversal to different clinical settings and pathologies, including myocardial infarction. Ischemia is characterised by insufficient supply of blood to tissues causing tissue oxygen deprivation. Importantly, damage by prolonged ischemia is further aggravated by reperfusion, leading to irreversible tissue damage. Identifying and understanding the factors contributing to ischemia-reperfusion injury is essential to counteract the irreversible damage and to potentially develop novel therapeutic approaches to intervene in myocardial infarction. Recent studies have shown that microRNAs control various aspects of heart disease, including ischemia-reperfusion injury. Although a few microRNAs have already been implicated in this process, a comprehensive analysis of the functional role of microRNAs in cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury is still missing. The main goal of this project is to identify microRNAs controlling the resistance/susceptibility of cardiomyocytes to ischemia-reperfusion injury and characterise the molecular mechanisms underlying their function. This will be achieved through the combination of gain- and loss-of-function high-throughput screenings using genome-wide microRNA libraries, and deep-sequencing analysis of microRNA expression in conditions mimicking ischemia and ischemia-reperfusion in vitro and in vivo. The identification and characterisation of the molecular targets of the selected microRNAs will entail a combination of computational and experimental approaches This project uses innovative experimental approaches and will unravel a previously unappreciated network of microRNAs and microRNA targets critical to ischemia-reperfusion injury, which may reveal novel opportunities for therapeutic intervention, with important clinical implications.

Keywords: microrna,high throughput screening
‘We’re not neo-Nazis anymore’: Radicalisation strategies in online far-right propaganda and disinformation campaigns (RADICALISATION)

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: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Austria,Hungary,United States
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2020-04-15
End date: 2023-04-14
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 235191.81
EU funding (EUR): 235191.36
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The European Union (EU) is facing a high-level security threat by the re-emergence of the far right, indicated by a recent significant increase in far-right violence, often underreported to the police and by the media. The timeliness of this project is indicated by the alarming rate of radicalisation in the EU: the use of the internet for the fast-paced dissemination of far-right ideology and mobilisation of radicalised individuals from white supremacist movements pose an enhanced security threat to the EU and an ‘existential threat’ to fundamental European values such as ‘non-discrimination, tolerance, and equality’ as per Article 2 of the Treaty of EU. The primary goal of this project is to identify radicalisation strategies in online far-right propaganda, in order to gain a deep understanding of its linguistic repertoire and contribute to its prevention. Specifically, the main research question of is how radicalisation strategies of European far-right narratives deploy a wide range of nuanced semiotic, linguistic and visual meaning-making resources in order to recruit potential new members. Understanding the appeal of the European far right is therefore an urgent priority: the increasing normalisation of populist radical rhetoric is evidenced by 1) these voices gaining traction in recent elections and referenda and 2) increased incidents of hate speech and hate crime. By investigating extremist online propaganda, the ultimate goal of this interdisciplinary project is twofold: 1) to contribute new knowledge relevant to a range of disciplines, and 2) to lay the foundations for the creation of educational and deradicalisation programmes. This focus on far-right radicalisation strategies is consistent with the policy objective of ‘develop[ing] joint programmes on countering violent extremism and radicalisation’, set out in the European Commission’s document 'A Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy'.

Keywords: far right extremism,radicalisation,criminogenic intent,affiliation,iconisation,propaganda analysis,emotion,big data analysis,social semiotics,multimodal discourse analysis
SMART CITY NAVIGATION TOOL FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED (EVA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Hungary
Call: Small business innovation research for Transport and Smart Cities Mobility (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2017-09-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

EVA VISION Ltd have developed a voice controlled eyewear based on Augmented Reality (AR) for visually impaired people that recognises objects, texts, signs and verbally describes what it sees. It also works together with Smart City solutions to give a seamless and safe indoor-outdoor navigation experience since the biggest challenge blind people have to face is mobility. We have ideated EVA as a global product, able to cope with the expectations and requirements of customers from the European and international markets. EVA is addressed with the European Accessibility Act (EAA), since afford innovative solutions to improve the mobility of citizens with disabilities in order to ensure their equal social participation. In addition, our product will contribute to support the deployment of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS), a milestone initiative of European Commission towards cooperative, connected and automated mobility. EVA is a wireless, discreet, easy to use wearable technology that makes the invisible audible The main objective of our EVA project is to commercialize our solution in the market of “Global Assistive Technologies for Visually Impairment”. Currently, there are an estimated 285 million people to be visually impaired worldwide. From these data 39 million are blind and 246 million have low vision and about more than 20 million are living in the European Union alone. During the commercialisation of our EVA technology we expect to sell more than 9,000 units in five years with a Return of the Investment (ROI) around 5. Initially our target clients will be visually impairment that include legal blindness, people with low vision and sigh loss cause by aging (elderly people) and municipalities and public transports that will allow the use of their installations and infrastructure.

Keywords: indoor outdoor navigation,visually impaired,augmented realiy,smart city mobility
TEST-INNOVATIVE LOAD APPLICATION MONITORING SYSTEMS (TEST-inn)

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: Spain
Call: Representative HLFC Leading Edge structure – Torsion and Bending Stiffness Test (H2020-CS2-CFP06-2017-01, 2017)
Start date: 2018-03-01
End date: 2020-02-29
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 490506.25
EU funding (EUR): 489881.25
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of this proposal is to overcome the conventional experimental set-up commonly used in structural testing as the proposed for measuring the torsional and bending stiffness of the HLFC Leading Edge configurations by experimental testing. Conventional instrumentation for measuring displacement, like LVDT contact sensing elements; or for stress measuring, like strain gauges or punctual data obtained from fiber Bragg grating, will be replaced for several newfangled solutions in order to develop a new and an innovative monitoring system for the qualitative and quantitative assessment of stress-strain events during structural testing such as overloads, defects appearance or even defect growth. For uniform load application, improved innovative technology will include, a combination of direct uniform load application, with an emerging technology probed successfully for others applications, capable to apply uniform loads for complex tunable elastic strains. This issue will allow control the deformation process as decided for torsion bending of wanted strain case. For the innovative monitoring system, classical punctual and contact strain measurement, will be replaced by a combination of novel SHM (Structural Health Monitoring) sensors in order to qualitative and quantitative assessment of stress-strain during structural testing. Four emerging technologies will be previously proved in laboratory for ensuring a properly performance during the test. These technologies will include elements for the first damage detection; the identification and quantification of stress-strain events, overloads and hot-spot point with non-contact measuring elements; the quick overall deformation measurement for FEM correlations; and the continuous strain measurements for internal areas or areas difficult to be instrumented with other techniques. All of these with the objective of ensuring an efficient, high quality testing that reduces the product development time risk and cost.

Keywords: shape memory alloys sma,acustic emission ae,digital image correlation dic 3d,laser scanner,fiber optic rayleigh scatter fors
The Role of Memory for Economic Belief Formation (MEMEB)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Individuals, Markets and Organisations
Panel description: Economics, finance and management
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2020-STG, 2020)
Start date: 2020-12-01
End date: 2025-11-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1279361.0
EU funding (EUR): 1279361.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Beliefs and expectations play a major role in economic analysis. In the proposed research, I seek to advance our empirical understanding of belief and expectation formation processes by incorporating memory patterns. Intuitively, memory plays a crucial role in the process of belief formation and the evolution of belief distortions, as large parts of the information used when forming beliefs is retrieved from memory. While recent theoretical work has begun to recognize the important role of memory for belief formation, empirical research is virtually non-existent. Accordingly, this research sets out to study the role of memory for belief formation in a set of key domains of behavioral economics. In parts 1a and 1b, I propose to study the role of associative recall in expectation formation. The principle of associative recall posits that current cues trigger the recall of past news that are mentally associated with the cue. Two central predictions that emerge from this principle are: (i) context-cued associative recall can lead to overreaction; (ii) context-cued associative recall can create belief spillovers. I plan to test both predictions in tailored lab experiments. In part 2a, I seek to study the implications of memory for reference-dependent behavior. Reference-dependent preferences are at the heart of many behavioral theories. Yet, the nature and determinants of reference points remains an open issue. I plan to experimentally study how memory shapes reference points. Memory patterns can endogenize the reference point and will deliver precise conditions as to when reference points can be expected to be determined by rational expectations, and when they are more likely to be backward-looking. In the final part of this proposal, I plan to study a key puzzle in behavioral economics. Why are so many people naïve about their present bias? In this project, I propose to experimentally study the role (imperfect) memory plays in generating and maintaining naïveté.

Keywords: behavioural economics,experimental economics,belief formation,expectation formation,memory
The Transformation of Post-War Education: Causes and Effects (SCHOOLPOL)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Social World and Its Diversity
Panel description: Sociology, social psychology, social anthropology, education sciences, communication studies
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2017-STG, 2017)
Start date: 2018-05-01
End date: 2024-04-30
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1376080.0
EU funding (EUR): 1376080.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The educational context that children are born into dramatically shapes their life chances, affecting not only their future economic well-being but also their propensity to participate in civic and political life. That education matters is hardly a new insight; however, an increasing body of research points to the importance of varying educational contexts on a range of outcomes. Despite these insights, we have little systematic comparative data on the educational contexts in which most the current adult population was actually educated, the political determinants of these contexts, or their long-term impact on a range of social and political outcomes. SCHOOLPOL proposes three innovative and high-reward work streams aimed at filling these lacunae. It will create the first systematic database of a) educational policy from 1945-2015 and b) regional educational performance from 1980-2015 across advanced democracies. Building on insights from both sociological studies of educational choice, economic analyses of geographic sorting, and recent work in political science on educational investment, SCHOOLPOL will reshape our understanding of education politics, showing how broad public objectives (growth, equality) in educational provision interact with the private objectives of organized groups and voters in particular communities to shape different distributions of educational resources and quality. Finally, SCHOOLPOL investigates the consequences of earlier political choices over education on long-term social and economic outcomes, examining the link between varying cohort educational experiences and social mobility and political participation using new and existing surveys. This innovative project breaks new ground in both the study of education and advanced political economies, providing crucial resources to policymakers and academics alike in understanding and crafting school reform.

Keywords: education policy,local education reform,historical data,social mobility