Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
KAM2WestPoland 2019 – Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMEs in the area of West Poland in 2017-2018 (KAM2WP2019)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: Specific Grant agreement
Countries involved: Poland,Poland,Poland,Poland,Poland,Poland,Poland,Poland
Call: EEN H2020 SGA3 (H2020-EEN-SGA3-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-01-01
End date: 2019-12-31
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 46125.0
EU funding (EUR): 46125.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of the project is to contribute to and enhance the innovation potential and innovation management skills within SMEs in the West Poland area. The project will follow a developed methodology to help the regional businesses to increase their innovation capacity and to innovate profitably. The project will be implemented via 2 specific schemes: 1) Service ‘Key account management for SME Instrument beneficiaries’. This service will be aimed at SMEs which will be successful in applying for the SME Instrument Programme under the Horizon 2020 (Phase I and / or Phase II). Upon the receipt of the information (potential beneficiary’s contact details) from the EC/ EASME, the project partner will contact the potential beneficiary in order to explain the service and convince the SME to apply for the coaching scheme. 2) Service: ‘Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SME’s’. This service will be aimed at promising SMEs capable of growth and successful internationalisation that have real potential for innovation via proper development of their products, processes, services or business model but who lack the right skills, knowledge and experience to manage the innovation activities. The aim of this scheme is to first of all support those SMEs in order to make them unlock their potential for better management of the processes linked to innovation.

Keywords: innovation management,capacity building,innovation expert,sme instrument,horizon 2020,key account management,enhancing innovation performance
Mental health advocacy: Reassessing the history of mental health organizations in the second half of the twentieth century (ADMEHE)

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: France
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2019-08-01
End date: 2021-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 185076.0
EU funding (EUR): 185076.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The research examines the history of advocacy and self-advocacy for mental disorders, mental retardation and autism after WWII, when mental health advocacy gained momentum in the Western world. It focuses on the unexplored Greek case, but situates it within the broader history of social and mental health movements in Europe and North America, based on secondary literature and original comparative research on Greek and French patients’, families’ and professionals’ organizations. Using archival and published material, oral history interviews, questionnaires, as well as data from the observation of and participation in the work of a Greek organization, the Society of Social Psychiatry and Mental Health (SSP&MH), the research adopts an interdisciplinary and comparative approach, combining history with sociology and anthropology, and comparing the Greek and French examples. In these ways the study will offer a better understanding and the critical reassessment of the history of mental health advocacy in the West. To implement the project, Dr Kritsotaki will move from Greece to CERMES3, Paris, France, to sharpen her knowledge and skills in history and undertake systematic training in sociology and anthropology, especially in the skills connected with questionnaire-based surveys, fieldwork and participant observation. She will also collaborate with present-day Greek and French mental health organizations and will complete a secondment of two months in the SSP&MH, gaining hands-on experience on mental health advocacy and enhancing her communication, cooperation, coordination and management skills. Thus the research will address the both the history and contemporary state of advocacy and mental health movements, will achieve its dissemination and communication aims and will enhance its social impact, while at the end of the action the researcher will have attained a reinforced and mature research position and new career prospects in academia and advocacy.

Keywords: mental health,psychiatry,advocacy,social movements
Aeroponic Inulin and Rubber (AIR)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Society and Enterprise panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2018-03-01
End date: 2020-02-29
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 177598.8
EU funding (EUR): 177598.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Natural rubber is an essential commodity for the European society. However, the natural rubber market is seriously endangered. Finding an alternative rubber source for the rubber tree is an urgent issue for EU. The EU has funded several projects on alternative rubber crops in the past. Taraxacum koksaghyz (TKS) was identified as the most promising alternative. However, this wild plant is small and does not produce sufficient rubber to be economically profitable. Rubber production can be increased by plant breeding and by improving the growing conditions. In “AIR” I will apply cutting edge technologies of both fields, hosted by KeyGene, a forerunner SME in development of the TKS rubber production chain. I will be using pre-breeding material that KeyGene has developed by interspecific crosses between TKS and large common dandelions. I will make pre-breeding material true-breeding by introgression of apomixis traits. Apomixis is clonal reproduction by seeds and holds great potential for agriculture. KeyGene is a world leader in apomixis research. I will also optimize production of rubber dandelions under artificial growth conditions, such as hydroponical cultivation, variable light spectra by LEDs, salt and mechanical stress. Plants will be digitally phenotyped and gene expression will be monitored. Based on the experiences from the research phase, a 3D farming growth experiment will be conducted. This has never been done before and its economics will be calculated. Being able to produce its own rubber from dandelions the EU will stabilize and lower rubber prizes for European citizens and will produce high quality inulin for food and bioplastics. Good quality jobs will be created in rural and urban areas, and the CO2 emissions will be decreased. The fixation by apomixis in a sexual species will be a show case for other sexual crops and therefore a step forward for the solution of feeding a growing world population.

Keywords: rubber,new crops,aeroponics,hydroponics,apomixis,3d farming
Expanding our knowledge on Citizen Science through analytics and analysis (CS-Track)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Science with and for Society
Programme: Integrate society in science and innovation issues, policies and activities in order to integrate citizens' interests and values and to increase the quality, relevance, social acceptability and sustainability of research and innovation outcomes in various fields of activity from social innovation to areas such as biotechnology and nanotechnology
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Spain,Spain,Austria,Germany,Israel,Finland,Greece,Belgium
Call: Consolidating and expanding the knowledge base on citizen science (H2020-SwafS-2019-1, 2019)
Start date: 2019-12-01
End date: 2023-01-31
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2270283.75
EU funding (EUR): 2270283.75
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The Call focuses on Citizen Science (CS), understanding it in a comprehensive way and inviting projects to deepen and broaden our knowledge on CS activities and their impact. Indeed, overcoming present hurdles on the way to reach that knowledge will enable the potential benefits of CS – on individual citizens, organizations, and society at large – to be realized more effectively and frequently. This is the aim of our proposed project, CS-Track, which will seek this increased knowledge by “observing” a large and diverse set of CS activities, gathering data from the web, interviews of involved players, etc., and from a more direct inspection of running activities. Vast amounts of data will thus be studied, relying for this on (1) web-based analytics, i.e. the use of computational analyses to study CS activities based on their manifestations and traces on the web and social media, and (2) deepening and combining these analyses with approaches known from social studies through multi-perspective analysis and triangulation. Our data analytics and analysis will target both “own” aspects and developments of the CS activities (organizational/operational characteristics, scientific outcomes, good practices, individual/group learning, other success or failure indicators, etc.), and societal aspects, related to the impact of those activities on society, such as gender, age, geographical and socio-economic differences; science as a discipline and its role in society, changing attitudes to science, women in science, etc. This will enable us to understand complex processes, disseminate good practices and formulate knowledge-based policy recommendations intended to optimize CS to make it a major, positive factor for EU’s society and economy. The project will last 36 months, involving 9 partners from 7 countries.

Keywords: citizen science,knowledge base,activity observation,analytics,policy recommendations,science literacy,attitudes to science in society,social studies,triangulation,multi perspective analysis
Autonomous sensorized rollers for industrial conveyors for failure early detection (GAZIMO)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2019)
Start date: 2019-08-01
End date: 2020-01-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Conveyors are the most common system to move materials in different sectors like: mining, steel, chemical, thermal, etc... Fuel prices and difficult access places make conveyors the best option not only in terms of speed or convenience but mainly due to economical reasons. However, conveyors suffer from a pandemic disease: their rollers. Every conveyor is mainly composed of three kind of components: rollers, belt and drums. The rollers are the main critical part, suffering from corrosion, abrasion and the contact of the materials which are being transported make the rollers collapse. Their lifespan is very dependent on the environment and the materials carried, but the results are always fatal: belt deterioration and sudden stop of the whole conveyor. Taking into account that the average conveyor length is more than 10Kms (reaching in some cases 100Kms) and that many conveyors operate 24x7, the economic losses of an unexpected stop can reach to millions of Euros. Nowadays, in order to diagnose a possible roller failure and detect it as soon as possible there are several methods, among them the most widespread is a visual test. These tests involve several inaccuracies as the measures are done by ear which is open to human errors, lack of precision and obviously lack of objectivity between different cases. ULMA Conveyor Components is an SME devoted to the design, manufacturing and commercialization of conveyor components, in the year 2012 the R&D department started a new project to offer their customers the best in class rollers to avoid unexpected stops. The developed rollers (GaZiMo), with the first prototype recently implemented and tested, incorporates sensors, a communication module, an autonomous energy generation and a new design in order to obtain in real time the technical parameters, the general status, and their exact position in the conveyor in order to detect and replace a failed roller before it collapses and provokes a complete stop of the system.

Keywords: mining,conveyors,maintenance,rollers,smart
Creating a sustainable, flourishing industry: digitizing the traditional cut-flower industry (FLOURISH)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2019)
Start date: 2019-12-01
End date: 2020-05-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

BloomyPro, located at the flower The variety of flowers at a supermarket is drastically minimized compared to the endless number of flowers that are available. A result of the risks associated with managing inventory and profit margins of short life products as flowers. Trading of flowers in this market still happens via time-consuming, old-fashioned steps involving physical selection of bouquets that fast, customer demand-based decisions on assortment impossible. While emerging digital technologies as AI could greatly improve processes, the current way of working does not allow implementation to this. At Bloomy, we want to change this and embark on a digital revolution with our software platform that facilitates the interaction between retail suppliers and supermarkets. Our team has a solid track record with >25 years in the floral industry combined with experience in entrepreneurship, marketing and commercialization of in digital solutions. BloomyPro has >6000 3D images to design and present your digital flower assortment connected to real-time day-prices and inventory. The platform is designed for a new way of trading to overcome current risks with flower sales and give supermarkets a larger role in determining their assortment. Active users are currently retail suppliers yielding an annual revenue of €200 000, and we are seeking to expand to supermarkets where BloomyPro can have a significant impact. Well-illustrated by our market study showing that TESCO can reduce 7.5% waste and 10% flower-associated cost by using BloomyPro. We aim to market BloomyPro as Software as a Service to large supermarkets with initial focus on UK, DE and FR. Strategically choses because of a high percentage of flower being sold via supermarkets and a retail market dominated by only a few large players. With the FLOURISH project we aim to strengthening our market insight (barriers, business model) and prime for growth to enter this market (marketing strategy and technical feasibility).

Keywords: flowers,digitization,retail,suppliers,supermarkets,artificial inteligence,algorithms,data analysis
an advanced thermal insulating material with improved properties based on NanoCELLular polymers (nCell)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
Theme: Nanotechnologies
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Accelerating the uptake of nanotechnologies, advanced materials or advanced manufacturing and processing technologies by SMEs (H2020-SMEINST-1-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-03-01
End date: 2016-08-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The overall aim of nCell project is to introduce in the international market a novel generation of advanced thermal insulating materials, which are based on low-density nanocellular polymers. The concept of nCell lies in the reduction of the cell size of the insulating materials from the micro-scale to the nano-scale. Their disruptive properties, at least 2 times better than those of the best conventional thermal insulating materials, combined with competitive prices will allow a quick penetration in the market. Currently, 9600 millions of m2 of thermal insulating materials are annually produced which are mainly applied in the building sector. However, this sector is subjected to very strict regulations regarding energy efficiency due to current EU policies. In fact our project is clearly aligned with the main EU policies regarding energy efficiency. For these reasons, there is a good business opportunity for companies able to produce highly efficient and cost-effective thermal insulating materials. CellMat Technologies wants to introduce their nCell materials in this market and the funding provided by SME instrument represents an excellent opportunity in the current business plan of the company, which will be based on produce and commercialize nCell materials. The specific objectives in this Phase 1 of SME instrument is the development of a feasibility study in order to study and evaluate the main working parameters of our current business plan and to reconsider them if necessary before entering a Phase 2 project.. The business plan of the company has been initially estimated for the period 2017-2022 with the production at industrial scale starting in 2019. We have predicted that the accumulative sales will be of around 38 million euros in the period 2019-2022 with a positive cash flow from 2020. The accumulated profit will be 5 million euros and the number of employees will be over 30 in 2022.

Keywords: advanced thermal insulating materials
Testing Fundamental Physics with Highly Charged Ion Clocks (FunClocks)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Fundamental constituents of matter
Panel description: Particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas, and optical physics
Countries involved: Germany
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): 2445950.0
EU funding (EUR): 2445950.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Precision spectroscopy of highly charged ions (HCI) provides insight into atomic systems in which electrons are highly correlated, strongly relativistic, and experience strong internal fields. Thus, HCI are excellent systems to probe and refine our understanding of physics under these extreme conditions. They are the most sensitive known atomic species to probe for possible changes in fundamental constants and offer advantageous properties to study coupling of hypothetical dark matter fields to normal matter. For these applications, high-precision optical spectroscopy of HCI is required. In the past, the spectroscopic resolution of optical transitions in HCI was limited by Doppler-broadening to hundreds of megahertz. We have recently demonstrated the first hertz-level laser spectroscopy of an optical fine-structure transition in highly charged argon using sympathetic cooling and quantum logic with a co-trapped logic ion in a Paul trap, improving the spectroscopic precision by nine orders of magnitude compared to the previous state-of-the-art. Here, we propose to further develop quantum techniques for controlling HCI and to push spectroscopic resolution in order to realise next generation optical clocks based on promising reference transitions in HCI. We will employ these novel types of optical clocks to advance our understanding of atomic structure and to probe for physics beyond the standard model. Sub hertz-level isotope shift spectroscopy of highly charged calcium ions will be performed to improve current bounds on hypothetical fifth forces that couple neutrons and electrons. Furthermore, we will perform optical clock-type spectroscopy on HCI that offer up to a 20-fold higher sensitivity to a possible change in the fine-structure constant and a non-gravitational coupling between dark matter and normal matter than existing clocks. Through frequency comparisons with other clocks, we will improve bounds on these new physics effects.

Keywords: quantum logic spectroscopy,highly charged ions,optical clocks,dark matter searches,variation of fundamental constants
Decentralized Blockchain-based Organizations for Bootstrapping the Collaborative Economy (P2PMODELS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Computer science and informatics
Panel description: Informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2017-STG, 2017)
Start date: 2018-01-01
End date: 2022-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1498855.0
EU funding (EUR): 1498855.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The Collaborative Economy (CE) is rapidly expanding through new forms of Internet labor and commerce, from Wikipedia to Kickstarter and Airbnb. However, it suffers from 3 main challenges: (1) Infrastructure: centralized surveillance that the central hubs of information exercise over their users, (2) Governance: disempowered communities which do not have any decision-making influence over the platform, and (3) Economy: concentration of profits in a few major players who do not proportionally redistribute them to the contributors. How can CE software platforms be implemented for solving these challenges? P2PMODELS explores a new way of building CE software platforms harnessing the blockchain, an emerging technology that enables autonomous agent-mediated organizations, in order to (1) provide a software framework to build decentralized infrastructure for Collaborative Economy organizations that do not depend on central authorities, (2) enable democratic-by-design models of governance for communities, by encoding rules directly into the software platform, and (3) enable fairer value distribution models, thus improving the economic sustainability of both CE contributors and organizations. Together, these 3 objectives will bootstrap the emergence of a new generation of self-governed and more economically sustainable peer-to-peer CE communities. The interdisciplinary nature of P2PMODELS will open a new research field around agent-mediated organizations for collaborative communities and their self-enforcing rules for automatic governance and economic rewarding. Bringing this proposal to life requires a funding scheme compatible with a high-risk/high-gain vision to finance a fully dedicated and highly motivated research team with multidisciplinary skills.

Keywords: blockchain,decentralized systems,multi agent systems,collaborative economy,peer to peer,online communities,collaboration,governance,e democracy,cryptocurrencies,framework,platforms,models