Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Imaging Elasticity of Advanced Engineering Materials (ImagingElasticity)

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: United Kingdom
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-08-01
End date: 2028-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 276187.92
EU funding (EUR): 276187.92
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

ImagingElasticity is a project to develop, for the first time, a system to measure and image the elasticity of materials non-destructively. Determining elasticity of new material, typically a sample of a novel alloy or one innovatively fabricated, is crucial to understand its mechanical properties. Measuring local elasticity over a large area – imaging elasticity – is an important step forward, allowing to characterize its spatial distribution resulting from specialized treatments (typically heterogeneous thermal or mechanical processing) or specifically designed fabrication (e.g., additive manufacturing). The elasticity imaging will also provide a high-throughput characterization method, supporting rapid development of new materials. Along with the development of the method, we will apply it to the progress of biomedical β-Ti alloys intended for bone implants. To achieve biomechanical compatibility, leading to higher duration of the implant, the implant’s stiffness (i.e., its elasticity) should be very low compared to typical values of metals – but the strength and wear resistance must remain high. There is extensive research to find the right chemical composition and processing, which will be significantly accelerated by the newly developed characterization method. At the heart of this proposal is the use of a new technique for computing the solutions to the wave-propagation problem which the researcher has co-developed – the Ritz-Rayleigh method. This method will be adapted for the purpose and combined with spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy (SRAS), a unique laser-ultrasonic method for localized measurement of surface acoustic wave velocity developed by the supervisor and his team. This pairing is ideal for the researcher’s career development (by acquiring new research skills supervised by experts in optics and soft skills at the host-institution courses) and also for the host group, leaving a long-lasting impact of the newly developed method.

Keywords: ultrasonics,elasticity,microstructure,materials design,laser ultrasonics,surface acoustic waves,numerical modelling,biomedical materials
ECOsystem-based governance with DAnube lighthouse Living Lab for sustainable Innovation processes (EcoDaLLi)

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: Germany,Austria,Hungary,Croatia,Serbia,Romania,Bulgaria,France,Georgia,Greece,United Kingdom
Call: Danube river basin lighthouse – coordination activities (HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-02, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2026-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2684875.0
EU funding (EUR): 2684875.0
Participants: 18
Project status: SIGNED

The 2030 & 2050 Green Deal goals push EU towards integrated solutions & clear targets. EcoDaLLi, embedded in the Mission 'Restore our Ocean, seas & waters by 2030' will help achieve freshwater targets of European Green Deal, integrating a systemic approach for restoration, protection & preservation for the entire Danube Basin, provided by coordinated actions. The main objective of EcoDaLLi is to centralise Danube governance structures in terms of innovative solutions for improved ecological restoration, protection and preservation of the Danube basin and its Delta by fostering a stronger innovation ecosystem within a well-connected Practices Living Lab System, supported by a digital Portal, completly linked to the Mission Implementation Platform. Innovative solutions open new opportunities for better water restoration, taking into consideration social innovation aspects, reducing climate change effects and reducing also costs. An improved governance at Danube Basin level, based on dedicated EcoDaLLi tools will foster such innovative solutions, change mindsets on water ecosystems restoration and climate change and develop value chains based on ecosystem services. This will contribute to the decarbonisation goal of Green Deal, cleaner water, improved state of the environment, land creation of jobs in sensitive areas along the basin, especially in the Danube Delta. EcoDaLLi will support innovators connect to governance structures, providing and maintaining networks, trough dedicated Living Labs for knowledge co-creation, workshops, a custom made digital portal for synergies, and innovation support services, to experiment with new solutions, helping the innovation ecosystem to create circular services towards Sustainable Blue Economy in the Danube Basin and beyond.

Keywords: danube innovation community,practices living labs,networks,lighthouse charter
Illiberal Administrative Behaviour: exploring the implementation of illiberal policies and strategies for prevention (ILLADMIN)

Framework: Horizon Europe — 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: Spain
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-10-01
End date: 2030-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Democracy is at risk, also from the inside. Today, some civil servants are mandated to implement illiberal policies, defined as those including anti-plural (discouraging dissent and promoting homogeneity) or anti-institutional values (rejecting separation or supervision of power). Civil servants who oppose these policies face severe criticism and replacement. Conversely, others may behave illiberally and comply with the implementation request. Since public bureaucracy is essential for effective governance, the question of whether civil servants will implement illiberal policies, thereby displaying illiberal administrative behaviour, arises. Yet, it is surprising how little we know about this behaviour, why it occurs, and how it can be prevented. To investigate these questions this project: (1) defines and elaborates a conceptual map of illiberal administrative behaviour, and empirically examines civil servants’ positions on it; (2) identifies the determinants of illiberal administrative behaviour; (3) examines how civil servants can align with liberal democratic values to reduce their likelihood of implementing illiberal policies. The empirical analysis focuses on 10 countries from 5 administrative traditions and implements an integrative multi-method approach combining panel surveys with different measurement strategies and experiments. The project breaks new ground in the study of illiberalism in public administration and offers fresh insights on the current crisis of liberal democracy. Theoretically, it conceptualizes illiberal administrative behaviour, elucidating the conceptual underpinnings of this phenomenon. Empirically, it develops measurement tools for assessing illiberal administrative behaviour among civil servants, examines its primary determinants, and explores innovative mechanisms to counteract these processes. These contributions are developed by adopting an innovative interdisciplinary strategy.

Keywords: illiberal democracy,public administration,unethical behaviour,illiberal policies,governance politicization
Advancing Semiconductor Reliability with Device Aware Testing for Next-Generation Non-Volatile Memory Technologies (POPCORN)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Transition
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: Transition Open 2024 (HORIZON-EIC-2024-TRANSITION-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-03-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499375.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499375.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Non-volatile memory (NVM) technologies are essential to modern society, supporting key functions in healthcare, automotive safety, and communication infrastructure. These cases highlight the importance of NVM reliability and the need for rigorous testing of memory semiconductors to protect technologies that impact millions of lives. Advanced memory technologies come with unique physical properties and new failure modes, making traditional testing methods less effective. This can lead to test escapes—defective chips passing undetected—posing risks to critical applications. It also lowers yields (the percentage of defect-free chips) and raises operational costs. Our solution, the Device Aware Testing (DAT) platform, integrates precise physical defect modeling into the testing process. This improves fault detection accuracy by two orders of magnitude, reducing the likelihood of defective chips reaching the market and improving product reliability. The POPCORN project will develop and demonstrate a prototype of the DAT platform in real-world settings, advancing it to Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6. Key activities include building a scalable defect and model library, automating fault modeling, and test generation, and demonstrating the platform in an industrial setting. By the project’s end, we expect societal and economic benefits, including improved semiconductor quality, increased reliability of critical technologies, and a boost in Europe’s semiconductor industry. With interest from major players in the industry, the project is on track to launch its market-ready product by 2031, offered via a Software as a Service (SaaS) model for sustainable profitability.

Keywords: device aware testing,non volatile memory,semiconductor reliability,fault detection,emerging memory technologies,reram,stt mram,test automation,semiconductor testing
A genetic engineering approach for Lignification of cell walls from Moss to develop novel wood-like biomass. (LigMo)

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: France,Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-02-03
End date: 2027-02-02
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 211754.88
EU funding (EUR): 211754.88
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

In the current context of climate change, transitioning from a petroleum-based economy to more sustainable alternatives is of top priority. Wood is one of the most abundant renewable resources with established roles in the furniture, construction, paper and energy sectors. Because of this, demand for wood is increasing as policies around the world promote energy generation from wood, risking increased deforestation and exchange of diverse forests for monoculture plantations. The industrial applications of wood depend on its composition, specifically that of lignin in the secondary cell wall (SCW). Although much is known about lignification through extensive research on Arabidopsis thaliana and other vascular plants, there are still knowledge gaps involving the initiation and control of lignin polymerization that remain to be addressed in order to outline the core set of genes associated with the emergence of lignin. In these lines, the long-term goal of this proposal is to engineer innovative wood-like biomass by introducing lignin-biosynthetic genes in fast-growing moss to establish new types of biomaterials, potentially reducing the use of wood in certain applications and alleviating increasing pressures on forests. Mosses are land plants lacking lignified vascular tissues but have homologous genes to most steps in lignin biosynthesis. We hypothesize that the lack of lignin in mosses makes them potential model systems to determine how lignin polymerization and SCW formation occur in plants. In this proposal, we will systematically transform the model moss Physcomitrium patens, with genes from vascular plants until canonical lignin is observed in its cell wall. The outcomes of this work will pave the way for innovative biomass sources and potentially provide insights into tailoring lignin composition and transferring such knowledge to existing agricultural biomass. This approach also promises to become a powerful tool for basic research in the study of lignin.

Keywords: lignin physcomitrium patens genetic engineering phenylpropanoid pathway
SUN-PERFORM: Synthetic biology United with Nanotechnology – A Biohybrid Approach to Improve Light-harvesting and CO2 Fixation for High Performance Sustainable Solar Fuel Production (SUN-PERFORM)

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: Netherlands,Portugal
Call: Hop-on facility (HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-03, 2025)
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 596316.25
EU funding (EUR): 596316.25
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The advancement of direct solar fuel technologies is key to provide a sustainable, secure energy supply for the EU and other global regions, and for the challenging-to-electrify aviation and maritime sectors. State-of-the-art technologies for solar fuel production (including natural photosynthesis) suffer from low solar-to-fuel conversion efficiency, low production rates and prohibitively high costs. Within the framework of SUN-PERFORM, we will address these critical limitations through an innovative biohybrid approach based on innovations in nanotechnology and synthetic biology. SUN-PERFORM aims to: 1) to develop artificial nanocrystal light-harvesting systems, to efficiently harvest a larger part of the solar light spectrum, 2) to generate advanced microalgal solar cell factories, by introducing synthetic pathways for a more efficient, rapid conversion of light energy and CO2 into lipid fuel precursors. Microalgal lipids are promising hydrocarbons for fuels, being already approved production pathways for Sustainable Aviation Fuel. However, current lipid production is still too inefficient and slow, hindering the cost-effective generation of renewable fuels. Through the implementation and integration of groundbreaking innovations at a pilot scale, SUN-PERFORM aims to achieve a remarkable four-fold increase in the existing solar-to-fuel efficiency. This will be demonstrated across two case studies reflecting the different solar irradiances received in Europe and Africa. In addition to technical advancements, SUN-PERFORM will comprehensively evaluate the sustainability, techno-economic and social aspects of this novel route, to guide its development as a truly sustainable, secure and affordable production platform. Diverse stakeholders, including industry and several partners in Africa, will be involved in SUN-PERFORM to support the global development and the European leadership and export position for solar fuel technology.

Keywords: bioenergy,microalgae,co2 fixation pathways,nanocristals,metabolic engeneering
A NOVEL FIRST-IN-CLASS MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY, CIT-013, TARGETING NETOSIS TO EFFECTIVELY TREAT A BROAD SPECTRUM OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASES. (CITNET-013)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Citryll, a biopharmaceutical company founded in 2015, is at the forefront of redefining treatment for immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs). Since its inception, the company has established an experienced management with top-tier board members and a scientific advisory team. With this strong team, Citryll has successfully raised €18.5m in Series A funding (2020). Its pioneering monoclonal antibody, CIT-013, uniquely targets Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) and NETosis-induced inflammation, a key mechanism in IMIDs. CIT-013 stands out as a dual-action NETosis inhibitor, making it a first-in-class, disease-modifying therapeutic. 12 million patients across the US and EU suffer from Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) - a lifelong, recurring, debilitating condition causing abscesses and scarring on the skin that is difficult to manage and greatly impacts the quality of life. With only 2 targeted therapies currently approved showing only 16-24% efficacy compared to placebo, the treatment burden is high due to recurrence and the need for surgeries. Recently, three Phase 1 studies with CIT-013 were completed, which demonstrated safety and pharmacological activity. Phase 2a studies in RA and HS patients are expected to start in 2024. Citryll aims to capture a significant portion of the €153.5B global IMID market, initially focusing on the HS and auto-immune markets. CIT-013 has the potential to treat 60,000 HS patients and generate annual peak sales of €2.4B in HS alone. Successful proof-of-concept in patients will enable multiple strategic options to drive further clinical trials and commercialization on a stand-alone basis or with pharmaceutical partners. EIC funding is critical for Citryll to reach major value inflexion points in HS, validating CIT-013 for broader applications and strengthening our position in the IMIDs’ spectrum. It also empowers continued development in pivotal HS clinical studies to bring highly necessary targeted therapies to HS patients.

Keywords: clinical development,antibody therapeutics,hidradenitis suppurativa,rheumatoid arthritis,autoimmune diseases
MAterials for Smarter AUTonomous sensOrs (MASAUTO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Doctoral Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Portugal,United Kingdom,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Spain,Czechia,Switzerland,Italy
Call: MSCA Doctoral Networks 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-03-01
End date: 2029-02-28
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2336280.69
EU funding (EUR): 2234692.8
Participants: 14
Project status: SIGNED

MASAUTO is a research and training program for 10 early stage researchers (ESRs), focusing on developing a new generation of materials that will overcome the current bottlenecks in the capability and capacity of autonomous sensors. The design of materials for remote sensing applications, such as real-time information on climate changes or for intelligent transportation systems, still represents an enormous challenge. The ongoing exponential growth of the internet of things (IoT) ecosystem - which could reach a trillion devices in the near future - poses a serious challenge in terms of powering and interconnecting the underlying devices. The full potential of the IoT will only be achievable if devices i) have a reliable and sustainable autonomous power supply, and ii) are capable of processing information with reduced power requirements. A promising approach to address the first challenge is the use of an energy harvester-supercapacitor combination, while for the second challenge a promising strategy is the use of non-volatile random access memories. It's, therefore, crucial to develop materials for energy harvesting and storage, as well as low loss electronics. Through MASAUTO, we will create a highly trained cohort of scientists and technologists, enabling rapid and broad commercialization and implementation of technology in public and private research centers and in industrial institutions. The ESRs will acquire a solid multidisciplinary scientific training, from basic science to industrial applications, which will enable them to generate new scientific knowledge of the highest impact. MASAUTO will also deliver practical training on transferable skills in order to increase employability prospects and to provide the researchers with access to highly skilled employment opportunities in the private and public sectors. The overarching aim of the network is to position Europe as a leader in autonomous sensors for smart healthcare, automotives, industry and agriculture.

Keywords: oxides thin films eco friendly sustainable ferroelectrics perovskite inspired materials indoor photovoltaic hafnia zirconia energy harvesting energy storage non volatile memory
Combinatorially and Algebraically Decomposing Search spaces: Better Worst-case Bounds for Hard Search Tasks (COALESCE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Computer Science and Informatics
Panel description: Informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2024-COG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-05-01
End date: 2030-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1877500.0
EU funding (EUR): 1877500.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Search tasks are computational tasks with a curious property: while their solutions are easily verifiable when given, finding those solutions from scratch appears much more arduous. A central algorithmic paradigm to solve such tasks is that of search space decomposition. This paradigm solves a search task by breaking it up in subtasks such that a solution to the original problem can be quickly recovered from solutions of the subtasks. Despite its basic nature and its ubiquitous use, it still holds many mysteries. The mission of COALESCE is to develop a broad theory to design and analyze search space decompositions to solve fundamental search tasks as fast as possible in the standard model of worst-case analysis. Strikingly, such a theory has not been developed yet. Our theory will be a coalescence of two established theories: - Combinatorial search space decompositions have been studied for graph problems in the area of width parameters, but only focus on decomposing the input and not the search space. - Algebraic decompositions such as factorizations of matrices and tensors that are of low rank or sparse, have been studied in the area of algebraic complexity, but only for very few problems and not in combination with search space decompositions. In this proposal, I identify concrete research problems from Parameterized and Fine-Grained Complexity (two prominent subfields of Theoretical Computer Science) that serve as stepping stones towards a model for search space decompositions beyond input decompositions, as well as a theory to analyse their algorithmic power based on combinatorial and algebraic decompositions. Now is the right moment for this project: the joint power of combinatorial and algebraic decompositions is still barely understood and not yet fully exploited. COALESCE will combine these (and many more) tools in novel ways that transcend existing approaches, and bring a rich theory on the search space decomposition methods entirely within reach.

Keywords: complexity theory,parameterized complexity,fine grained complexity,algebraic decompositions