Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Active Learning with Large Language Models for Cross-lingual Pseudo-labeling in Computational Social Science (LACOS)

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: Austria
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 214344.72
EU funding (EUR): 214344.72
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Large Language Models (LLMs) have become ubiquitous in the area of Natural Language Processing (NLP). This project aims to advance the applications of LLMs in the multidisciplinary field of Computational Social Science (CSS). Specifically, LLMs are often used to pseud-label (at scale) variables in data that are of interest to social scientists (e.g., a psychologist would look for emotion markers, an economist for statements about money, a human rights researcher for toxic language etc.) I will develop and test novel tooling for applying LLMs to efficiently pseudo-label CSS data in a cross-lingual setting. The project will proceed in three phases. First, a dataset and methodology for evaluating the language robustness of LLMs (isolated from all other confounding factors) will be developed. Second, using this methodology a set of general best practices will be determined for the scenario of applying LLMs to cross-lingual pseudo-labeling for CSS. Finally, both existing and novel active learning approaches will be investigated to minimize the manual annotation effort required to oversee the pseudo-labeling process. Using insights from this project a user-friendly freely publicly available tool for pseudo-labeling using LLMs will be published. The methods will be tested on two example tasks: toxicity detection and disinformation detection. Overall, the project results will make the work of CSS researchers more efficient in terms of both time and financial resources. Moreover, the cross-lingual nature of the tool will make it applicable to languages other than English, including small and low-resourced languages. Consequently, this project will contribute to make tooling accessible to a wide and diverse set of CSS researchers, increasing the outreach and inclusivity of CSS research and fostering international collaboration.

Keywords: natural language processing,computational social science
Mechanism of transmembrane signalling by EGFR (EGFR_Cryo-ET)

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: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Germany
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-08-01
End date: 2027-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 202125.12
EU funding (EUR): 202125.12
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

According to the latest estimates from the European Cancer Information System, the incidence and mortality from cancer is projected to increase in the next 20 years. Therefore, there is a strong urge to design safe and effective therapeutic approaches to manage cancer progression and ease the burden of the disease. Although the etiology of cancer is highly complex and multifactorial, disruption of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) function is commonly associated with the development of several types of cancers. Despite being in the spotlight since its discovery in the late 70’s, several important aspects of EGFR function (e.g oligomerization and receptor bias) still remain largely unexplored. Inspired by this gap of knowledge, the main aim of this proposal is to shed light into the molecular mechanisms governing EGFR oligomerization and signaling. EGFR in dimeric and oligomeric assemblies will be resolved by Cryo-Electron Tomography (Cryo-ET) in near-native conditions. As substantial differences in the transmission of response between dimer and oligomeric EGFR states can arise (receptor bias), these aspects will also be extensively validated/analyzed in vitro. Cryo-ET is revolutionizing the field of structural biology, as proteins can now be resolved without laborious purification protocols which potentially alter structure and function of target proteins. Although promising, this technique is still at early stages of development and only large proteins have been successfully resolved. By resolving the structure of a relatively small and flexible protein, the boundaries of this technique would be expanded and be more applicable for the structural characterization of transmembrane receptors. From the biological point of view, knowing the conditions in which EGFR assemblies are formed and that these assemblies have distinct signal properties, specific therapeutic approaches can be designed to treat cancer minimising the occurrence of side effects.

Keywords: egfr,cancer,structure,cryo electron tomography
TWINNING TO SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TRANSITION (TWINN2SET)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Greece,France,Norway
Call: Twinning (HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2026-03-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1491971.25
EU funding (EUR): 1491970.0
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

EU is facing a pressing challenge to transition into a carbon neutral economy 2050, with an intermediate target of 55% CO2 reduction emissions in comparison to 1990. Greece is lagging behind in the energy transition process due to a number of reasons such as: • high share of natural gas in the electricity generation mix on a permanent basis • use of fossil fuels (lignite) in high-demand periods • lack of industrial plans to exploit CO2 capture and storage technologies as well as perspectives for CO2 export in other countries • lack of geothermal energy penetration into the electricity mix Geosciences play a fundamental role in research activities tackling new energy transition themes through the use of underground resources, such as the geological storage of CO2 and hydrogen and geothermal energy. This is the foundation of TWINN2SET project. It will be implemented as a partnership between the Institute of Geoenergy of the Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas (EL), the University of Stavanger (NO) and the IFP Energies Nouvelles (FR), in the domains of 1) Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), 2) Deep Geothermal Energy and 3) Subsurface Hydrogen Storage. The project consists of a capacity building & mentoring programme in the above three areas which will be complemented by an exploratory project focusing on Hydrogen storage in Geological formations, fostering interdisciplinary competencies at the interplay of a promising energy vector with subsurface reservoir characterisation, modelling and monitoring. The TWINN2SET project will provide a coherent network that will strengthen interactions between members of the consortium. More specifically, TWINN2SET will enable the newly established IG/FORTH to participate in the European R&I process on Energy Transition.

Keywords: energy transition geothermal energy co2 storage underground hydrogen storage capacity building
Fundamental Limits of Sensing Systems (FLoSS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Systems and Communication Engineering
Panel description: Electrical, electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2023-COG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-06-01
End date: 2029-05-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1994961.0
EU funding (EUR): 1994961.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

This project derives information-theoretic fundamental limits and tradeoffs of classical and quantum distributed sensing (detection and estimation) systems, which are key in the Industry 4.0, smart cities, environmental applications, autonomous vehicles, etc. Our limits will: 1) serve as benchmarks for practical designs; 2) characterize the inherent tradeoffs; and 3) provide engineering guidelines. So far, a technique is missing that can derive the limits of modern distributed sensing systems with multiple decision centers, multiple objectives, and interactive and sequential behaviours. For the emerging field of quantum sensing even the limits of simple distributed systems have not been derived. With our recent converse proof technique (which already served to establish limits of detection, channel coding, and compression problems) we have a powerful tool for obtaining the desired strong or probability-of-error dependent converse proofs.

Keywords: information theory,statistics,quantum information theory
Directing Energy Flow in Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes for Enhanced Optoelectronics (DEF-TUBES)

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: Italy,United States
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-05-01
End date: 2028-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 396991.08
EU funding (EUR): 396991.08
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (s-SWCNTs) are a unique class of semiconductor.s-SWCNTs hold significant promise for improving next generation optoelectronics because of their chirality dependent band, stability, conductivity and solution-processability. More importantly, unlike the most common bulk semiconductors, s-SWCNT are intrinsically 1D. That means that, films made of aligned tubes can transport energy along a specified direction, allowing potentially to control energy and exciton flow in previously unprecedented ways. However, even if films of aligned s-SWCNT have been experimentally demonstrated, directional charge flow has not yet been measured nor has the absorbed light energy been converted into electricity. The main aim of this project is to fabricate thin-film and devices of aligned SWCNT to investigate directional energy flow and its conversion into electrical current, by leveraging ultrafast spectroscopies. This work is driven by three primary goals:1) isolating s-SWCNTs, depositing thin-films and incorporating them into photovoltaic devices; 2) exploiting two-dimensional electronic and photocurrent spectroscopy to examine the energy flow channels and kinetics, and 3) to explore ultrafast free-charge generation with sub-15 fs time resolution to understand how to enhance device performance. This research methodology involves the development of innovative s-SWCNT device architectures, consisting of layered films with controlled bandgap gradients and aligned tubes, in order to optimize exciton and energy directionality and efficiency. Cutting-edge spectroscopic techniques will enable comprehensive mapping of the of energy and exciton dynamics. Thought the integration of expertise from the hosting institutions; this project will contribute significantly to the understanding and employment of 1D energy flow in semiconducting materials, facilitating the development of more effective electronics and optoelectronics.

Keywords: material science,carbon nanotubes,ultrafast spectroscopy,two dimensional electronic spectroscopy
SmartAqua4FuturE - SAFE (SAFE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Denmark,Ireland,Spain,Finland,Portugal,Poland,Norway,United Kingdom,Belgium,China,Chile
Call: Integrated and sustainable freshwater bioeconomy: Combining aquaculture, biodiversity preservation, biotechnology and other uses (HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01, 2022)
Start date: 2022-11-01
End date: 2026-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4490926.25
EU funding (EUR): 4488423.0
Participants: 16
Project status: SIGNED

The objective of SAFE project is to reduce the environmental impact and improve the viability of the FW aquaculture by applying circular economy approaches to the valorisation of solid and liquid wastes from recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) and integThe main objective of SAFE project is to reduce the environmental impact and improve the viability of the FW aquaculture by applying circular economy (CE) approaches to the valorisation of solid and liquid wastes from recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) and integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) systems. The economic viability of FW aquaculture will be improved through major advances in management systems and the integration of waste streams from FW aquaculture systems (FWAS) into the aquaculture feed chain. SAFE will enable the uptake of these solutions through local and regional scale demonstrations across the EU and will document the necessary management and governance conditions for successful transferability. The multidisciplinary expertise of the consortium across a wide range of systems, species and geographies will target the enhancement of species of particular biodiversity concerns, such as European native crayfish. We will improve the sustainability of FW aquaculture production and investigate the feasibility of diversification through the culture of under-represented species (perch) and valuable crayfish species with declining populations. Lastly, we will compare the experiences of EU FW aquaculture to Chinese FWAS and value chains, the largest, fastest-growing and most diverse aquaculture sector in the world, using mutual knowledge sharing to improve the sustainability of aquaculture in China and the EU. SAFE, through extensive dissemination activities, knowledge transfer programmes, training workshops and collaborative engagement with industry and stakeholders, will support the development of professional skills and competencies of the FW aquaculture both within the EU and partner countries.

Keywords: biodiversity
HIGH-EFFICIENCY HIGH-POWER LASER BEAMING IN-SPACE SYSTEMS BASED ON SIC Hop-on (RePowerSiC Hop-on)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Portugal
Call: Hop-on facility (HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-03, 2025)
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 519613.75
EU funding (EUR): 519613.75
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

RePowerSiC-Hop-On complements the RePowerSiC effort by adding a perovskite Laser Power Converter (LPC) alongside SiC devices. It creates a dual, risk-balanced route to high-efficiency power beaming for space applications. The focus is a tunable wide-bandgap perovskite absorber stack optimised for monochromatic violet/green light (400–550 nm) and packed in a hermetic space-grade thin-glass encapsulation. RePowerSiC-Hop-On pursues ambitious and verifiable targets >70% conversion efficiency with perovskite LPC and >50% reduction in package weight. Devices are developed, built, and stressed on high-power laser benches under vacuum, thermal, and radiation impacts to simulate space environments. Benchmarking with state-of-the-art SiC receivers will be reported, clarifying trade-offs between efficiency, stability, and mass, and accelerating credible steps in technology readiness. The University of Porto leads with partners in modelling, fabrication, and high-power laser testing. UP integrates new materials, device engineering, and thin-glass encapsulation, targeting a reproducible LPC demonstrator. Impact in open science: datasets (optical/thermal constants and stress-test protocols), open-access publications and reference procedures that European labs and university teams can adopt. Exploitation focuses on ready outputs: thin-glass encapsulation and perovskite LPC for power-beaming. Together with targeted training and outreach, these lower entry barriers for research groups and small companies broaden European capacity to develop efficient, lightweight power-beaming hardware for space applications.

Keywords: power converters,wireless energy transmission,laser remote transmission,efficiency limits,high power density,advanced materials,green technology,innovative technology,perovskite
EnLIGHTening future Schools to deliver BLUE Sustainability in Europe (BlueLightS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Mission
Theme: Ocean, seas and waters
Destination: Ocean, seas and waters
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,Belgium,Portugal,Croatia,Greece,Spain,Finland,Romania,Sweden,Ireland
Call: Student and school activities for the promotion of education on ‘blue’ sustainability and the protection of marine and freshwater ecosystems (HORIZON-MISS-2022-OCEAN-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3001053.75
EU funding (EUR): 2999806.25
Participants: 25
Project status: SIGNED

BlueLightS aims at strengthening blue education in Europe to set the right conditions for the cost-effective implementation of the next Mission upscaling phase. BlueLightS will work on four axes that are central to the project's legacy by: (1) significantly increasing the number of blue challenges implemented in schools as well as the number of accredited blue schools joining the european Blue school network; (2) in coherence with the inclusiveness principles of the EU Green Deal, contributing to the diversification of blue schools, including schools from inland territories, vocational schools, schools for children and youth with disabilities...; (3) contributing to enhancing the quality and ambition of blue education projects by applying open schooling and citizenship education principles that are key to (future) citizens' engagement into blue sustainability; (4) bringing the blue education concept and vision into the (national) education system of EU Member States, mobilising education stakeholders into the co-design and experimentation of a blue education framework, as well as the development of road maps for strengthening blue education . To deliver its ambitions, BlueLightS builds on: the development and facilitation of an active blue education community of practice; the application of a strong participatory philosophy; the establishment of synergies with both Mission Ocean and EU4Ocean coalition/Network of Blue Schools processes; the integration of the blue education concept into the activities, events and communication of "others" at different scales; the development of well targeted comunication, dissemination and exploitation activities; the priority given to activities implemented in 9 "experimentation" countries representing diverse blue education maturity levels, complemented by the sharing of experiences at the lighthouse scale and support to blue schools in all EU countries.

Keywords: ocean literacy
AmmoNia baseD membRane rEActor for green Hydrogen production (ANDREAH)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Hydrogen
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: CLEANH2 (JU-JTI)
Countries involved: Spain,Netherlands,Italy,Germany
Call: Ammonia to Green Hydrogen: efficient system for ammonia cracking for application to long distance transportations (HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-2, 2022)
Start date: 2023-07-01
End date: 2027-06-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2980361.25
EU funding (EUR): 2980361.25
Participants: 12
Project status: SIGNED

While many hard-to-abate sectors would benefit from a wide availability of green ammonia in Europe, the development of ammonia cracking technologies remains a prerequisite to unlock the full potential of ammonia as a hydrogen carrier. ANDREAH’s main objective is to provide a quantum leap in the development of advanced ammonia decomposition technologies to produce ultra-pure hydrogen (>99.998%) by developing an innovative system based on a Catalytic Membrane Reactor (CMR) for the cracking of Ammonia. In this way, optimised heat management, improved conversion per pass and purification/recycling for more cost-efficient and resource-effective ammonia decomposition at lower temperatures (400-450ºC) compared to conventional systems resulting in a decrease of CAPEX and OPEX of the system, that will bring the decentralized cost of H2 from 5.51 euro/kg to 4.27 euro/kg, with a decrease of 22.5%. For this purpose environmentally friendy and with less CRMs (80-90% less compared to conventional packed bed systems) structured catalyts will be developed and scaled up and integrated with advanced H2 selective Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes and coupled with a sorbent-based hydrogen polishing step for fuel cell grade. Moreover, the complete system will be validated at TRL5 at the facilities of VTTI in the port of Rotterdam. Finally, a complete LCA, LCC and HSA will be performed over the entire value chain of ANDREAH. Appart from the different exploitable results of the project, the ambition of ANDREAH is to create a spin-off company that can exploit the advanced ammonia cracking system. KIC InnoEnergy supported more than 480 cleantech start-ups in the last decades and will provide support and advice to launch and boost the new spin-off.

Keywords: membrane reactor,catalyst,sorbent,ammonia,cracking