Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
GEophysical Modelling of Shelf-to-Basin Processes (GEM-SBP)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Destination: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Portugal
Call: ERA Fellowships (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-02, 2023)
Start date: 2024-10-15
End date: 2026-10-14
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 172618.56
EU funding (EUR): 172618.56
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Shelf-to-basin sedimentary processes entail intricate interactions between the ocean sub-mesoscale and the near-seafloor sediments. These processes hold significant multidisciplinary importance, given their ecological impact, relevance to marine geo-hazards, and role in shaping continental margins and global climate. However, there's a gap in quantitative tools to model and characterize these processes simultaneously considering oceanographic and near-seafloor sediments properties. In GEM-SBP I will use ultra-high-resolution seismic reflection data (UHRS) to create a set of modelling techniques able to couple both domains. The Southeastern Levant Basin (SLB) will serve as a natural laboratory for studying the interaction between the sedimentological and oceanographic domains. This semi-enclosed basin features a single sediment source and a multitude of morphologically complex features formed by sediment transport mechanisms. I will first develop novel seismic processing workflows tailored for ocean and near-seafloor sediments imaging that will consistently yield a seismic image depicting both domains and their interaction. I will then develop and implement an iterative geostatistical seismic inversion procedure able to invert the processed UHRS for high-resolution ocean (i.e., temperature and salinity) and near-seafloor geotechnical models. I intend to leverage the most recent advances in deep learning to build a spatial regression model and predict these properties in 3-D by integrating spaceborne earth observation data. Our models will provide insights into the sediment transport mechanisms dynamics and will pave the way for a new set of methodologies for studying these phenomena on a global scale. I intend to raise society's awareness about the global impact of oceanographic and seafloor processes, through outreach, communication and dissemination activities aiming to foster a multi-stakeholder environment (i.e., industry, academia and public) within the project.

Keywords: ultra high resolution seismic shelf to basin processes seismic oceanography geostatistical inversion
Developing a medical device that uses smartphone application for remote medical monitoring based on AI to reinforce autonomy at home. (PRESAGE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: France
Call: EIC Accelerator 2025 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-01, 2025)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1750000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1750000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The global aging population is facing a sharp rise in chronic diseases, multimorbidity, and acute health issues, leading to increased emergency department visits and hospitalizations. This situation, compounded by a critical shortage of caregivers, underscores the urgent need for comprehensive, integrated healthcare solutions that enhance patient outcomes and operational efficiency. AURA CARE Monitor by PRESAGE addresses this unmet need by offering a cutting-edge, non-intrusive device designed to revolutionize the monitoring of seniors' daily activities. Utilizing advanced radar detection and sound recognition technologies, AURA CARE seamlessly tracks movement, social interactions, and emotional states in real-time. The device operates discreetly in the background, without the need for wearables or constant interaction, thereby preserving the privacy and dignity of seniors. The system integrates radar and sound sensors to create a holistic view of seniors' activities, with AI algorithms analysing data to identify subtle changes that may indicate health issues. Caregivers benefit from automatic data collection, real-time alerts, and detailed reports, enabling immediate interventions and the development of personalized care plans. This innovative solution not only improves care quality but also supports seniors in maintaining their independence and quality of life, while significantly reducing the burden on caregivers.

Keywords: ageing,wellbeing,healthcare system,algorithms and complexity,radar technology,sound recognition technology
Breakthrough one-step, low-energy conversion technology for cost-efficient production of GHG saving sustainable fuels from waste. (ROW2FUEL)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Spain
Call: EIC Accelerator Open 2024 (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-02, 2024)
Start date: 2025-03-01
End date: 2027-02-28
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3571427.14
EU funding (EUR): 2499999.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

XFuel is an innovative SME with R&D headquarters in Mallorca, Spain, with the mission to decarbonise the transport sector NOW. The transport sector is responsible for a quarter of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, rising to 30% by 2050, and needs to tackle decarbonisation with great urgency. While electrification is a critical step towards a more sustainable future, this approach is not feasible for all vehicles and segments, and much of the transportation sector will remain liquid fuel-dependent. In particular for the marine and aviation transportation segments, with a fuel market size of $380Bn, growing to $900Bn by 2030, will need to rely on sustainable fuels to meet the 2030 decarbonization targets. XFuel has developed proprietary breakthrough conversion technologies to produce high-grade transportation fuels with certified GHG saving (>80%) from fossil waste hydrocarbons or biomass. XFuel’s fuels are drop-in: compatible with fossil fuel specifications, combustion engines and infrastructure, allowing for direct replacement. The technology's feedstock flexibility allows large volumes of sustainable fuels to be produced. The cost effectiveness of the revolutionary low-energy conversion process makes it possible for the first time to sell low carbon fuels at fossil fuel market price, in this way disrupting the sustainable fuels market and addressing the enormous market opportunity of the global transportation fuels market. XFuel's commercial strategy is based on decentralised fuel production, building scalable biorefineries directly at the location of consolidated feedstock. XFuel will enter into joint ventures with feedstock providers and will close the value chain by closing sales agreements with off-takers. With fuel sales starting in 2027, XFuel is achieving a return on investment (ROI) 4 years after the start of the EIC accelerator project.

Keywords: sustainable fuel,waste conversion,biofuel,low carbon fuel,recycled carbon fuel,advanced fuel,marine fuel,circular economy,ghg savings
Sugar-Free Natural Beverages without Ingredient Alteration (Sugar-Free-BlueTree)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Israel
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1850000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1850000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Natural beverages such as orange juice and cow milk contain 9 grams and 5 grams of sugar per 100 ml, respectively. With the growing awareness that sugar content in beverages leads to multiple health issues such as obesity, several countries are actively working to reduce sugar consumption. Stricter regulations are pushing beverage manufacturers to find solutions to maintain the relevance of the segment and ensure continued consumption. Existing solutions suffer from limitations such as taste and chemical composition alteration without complete sugar reduction. BlueTree’s turnkey solution reduces sugar content in natural juices and skim milk up to 50 and 90%, respectively, meeting the regulatory requirements with a minimal alteration in taste while keeping the nutritional characteristics and chemical composition (sans sugar) intact. The proposed solution is based on filtration and adsorption and does not require any additives, enzymes, or other chemical substances. The removed sugar from beverages is fit for consumption and contributes to sustainable consumption and production goals. In this project, BlueTree is focused on developing, optimizing, and scaling up the production process of sugar-free skim milk from the prototype stage.

Keywords: sugar free,sugar reduction,lactose removal,filtering,adsorption,diabetes,and obesity
Urban biography of a cosmopolitan African capital (Afropolis Tungul)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Study of the Human Past
Panel description: Archaeology and history
Countries involved: Poland
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2022-COG, 2022)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999950.0
EU funding (EUR): 1999950.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The project aims at writing an urban biography of Tungul (Old Dongola, Sudan). The use of the native Nubian designation of the city underscores its medieval African heritage, while the “biographical” approach aids in conceptualizing the city as a complex, living organism. Tungul was originally the capital of the kingdom of Makuria which transformed into a city-state under the patronage of Funj sultans (16th–19th cent.). Makuria was a medieval African kingdom that thrived in the Middle Nile Valley from the end of the 4th cent. to the late 15th cent. CE. This project is a multidisciplinary attempt at gaining a profound understanding of settlement persistence in riverine Africa and it intends to amass extensive documentation of a medieval and pre-modern city. The biography will be based on analyses of Tungul’s urban design and planning, built structures, material culture, bioarchaeology, as well as micromorphology and geochemistry. The results will significantly contribute to the Nubian datasets and offer new perspectives for broader archaeological and theoretical studies on urbanism and complex societies. The proposed biography will focus on three entangled and mutually inclusive research themes: the capital’s cityscape, its design and planning; the city’s inhabitants; climate and environment. The project intends to venture beyond the traditional narratives, steeped in either ecological or political determinism, to create a balanced narrative devoting equal attention to climatic, environmental, socioeconomic and political factors. The majority of work will focus on the collection and analysis of data on Tungul in the Makurian period (4th–15th centuries). However, the research objectives require combining this material with data for the Funj period (16th–19th centuries), which constitutes an outcome of the ERC Starting Grant UMMA, and with other information obtained through decades of excavations, to consolidate the results of all research conducted at Tungul.

Keywords: biography,urbanism,africa,nubia,makuria,funj,sudan
Intelligent Robotic Endoscopes for Improved Healthcare Services (IRE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Digital
Destination: Digital & Emerging Technologies for Competitiveness and Fit for the Green Deal
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: AI-DATA-ROBOTICS (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Denmark,Spain,France,Netherlands,Germany
Call: Novel paradigms and approaches, towards AI-driven autonomous robots (AI, data and robotics partnership) (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-03-01
End date: 2028-02-29
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6189085.0
EU funding (EUR): 6189082.0
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

In Intelligent Robotic Endoscopes (IRE) for Improved Healthcare Services we envision creating intelligent robotics solutions, extending current endoscope technology with robotics control that is based on learning from currently collected human operator data, coupled with novel bio-mechanical modeling techniques, and sensory feedback as well as soft robotics phantom for training. The challenge with colonoscopy is that the success rate of detecting cancer depends on the skills of the clinician that operates the endoscope. From a health and societal perspective, the number of colonoscopies is bound to increase as they are the only way to screen patients for early cancer detection. Many European countries have national screening programs. This is a very big market in need of improved technology. IRE enables a new generation of intelligent robots that through data, simulation and learning can interact with the interior of a living human while communicating with a human operator. The huge variation of human anatomy and the dynamic effect of human physiology make it a complicated navigational task to use endoscopes. Entanglement, haemorrhage, and perforation risks create a critical and difficult environment to navigate autonomously in where even trained human operators meet challenges. We exploit one of the largest datasets on real-life colonoscopies with more than 2,000 operations to learn safe navigation, combined with simulated training on a population of biomechanical models of the abdominal region. IRE boosts the design and configuration of the robotic endoscope using digital twins and simulation, and careful inclusion of clinicians will speed up the process of integration. IRE will raise the level of autonomy by building upon simulation, imaging, and learning to yield an increased interpretation and understanding of the complex real- world environments, capable of anticipating the effect of human motions, adapting and replanning to avoid entanglement.

Keywords: simulation driven deep learning,autonomous control of soft robots,robot navigation in human body,design fabrication of soft robots,intelligent robotic endoscope
Supporting the inclusion, wellbeing, and growth of rural areas through multi-actor Smart Villages labs for enhanced governance frameworks (INSPIRE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Resilient, inclusive, healthy and green rural, coastal and urban communities
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Netherlands,Spain,Greece,Czechia,Türkiye,Slovakia,Poland,France,Ireland,Romania
Call: Enhancing social inclusion in rural areas: focus on people in a vulnerable situation and social economy (HORIZON-CL6-2023-COMMUNITIES-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4999991.25
EU funding (EUR): 4999991.25
Participants: 18
Project status: SIGNED

INSPIRE project supports sustainable and inclusive development of European rural areas by promoting social wellbeing and inclusion of rural dwellers and vulnerable groups. In particular, the project contributes to advancing in a multi-dimensional way the concept of social inclusion in rural areas, and supports the access to high-quality social services by rural citizens through a series of awareness-raising, capacity-building, and pilot deployment activities that focus on social entrepreneurship in a set of 7 different pilot territories (e.g., coastal, rural, peri-urban, mountainous). To realise its objectives, the project provides a novel territorial typology of rural areas, sets up and operationalises "Smart Village labs", and enhances governance frameworks and informed policy making through E-Democracy and user-innovation techniques, to eventually deliver a dedicated Rural Social Inclusion Policy Dashboard.

Keywords: rural development,vulnerable groups,social entrepreneurship,social services,social economy,social inclusion,governance frameworks,smart village,computational social sciences,user innovation
Recyclable Energy-Efficient Rare-Earth Nitrides Power Electronics (REGEN-PE)

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: Germany
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-16
End date: 2026-09-15
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 173847.36
EU funding (EUR): 173847.36
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

REGEN-PE is driven by the vision to revolutionize power electronics by developing high-quality YAlN layers that not only enable affordable ultra-efficient performance but also promote sustainability through recycling. To achieve this ambitious goal, we adopt an ambitious approach that combines material density functional theory (DFT) simulations, sputtering and MOCVD for epitaxy, along with chemical and optical characterization techniques for material development. The project includes the successful integration of YAlN into cutting-edge electronic device structures, projected to surpass the GaN performance limit, which requires their design, fabrication, and electrical characterization. However, what sets the REGEN-PE project apart is its unwavering commitment to sustainability. By developing a novel method for material recovery, we aim to establish a precedent for recyclable semiconductor technology. REGEN-PE promotes a circular engineering approach, which sets the stage for the future of high-performance green power electronics.

Keywords: circular engineering,nitrides,semiconductor recycling,power transistor,yttrium aluminum nitride
Towards Sustainable Land-use Strategies in the Context of Climate Change and Biodiversity Challenges in Europe (EUROPE-LAND)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Climate
Destination: Climate sciences and responses for the transformation towards climate neutrality
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Greece,Estonia,Denmark,Portugal,Italy,Romania,Poland,Latvia,Slovakia,Austria,Czechia,Lithuania,Finland
Call: Social science for land-use strategies in the context of climate change and biodiversity challenges (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D1-01-two-stage, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2027-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6288178.75
EU funding (EUR): 6288178.75
Participants: 16
Project status: SIGNED

Aligned with the European leading efforts in climate science and multiple initiatives on climate action and sustainability, the project Towards Sustainable Land-use Strategies in the Context of Climate Change and Biodiversity Challenges in Europe (EUROPE-LAND) focuses on the integration of natural and social sciences to identify, develop, test and implement integrated tools to improve the understanding of the factors behind land-use decisions as well as the stakeholders’ awareness and engagement in terms of climate change and biodiversity challenges. EUROPE-LAND expects to go beyond the state-of-the-art and fill in specific gaps associated with integrated indicators for monitoring land use and land cover change, the effects of awareness and behavioural typologies on pathways to more sustainable land use across Europe, and interactive tools to explore land use under different scenarios and with participatory approaches. The project also intends to challenge the dominant narrative through its choice of case studies – particularly comparing Eastern and Western European situations, while also devoting special attention to the role of stakeholders in land-use decisions. EUROPE-LAND integrates 12 EU member states and consists of 7 work packages with tasks associated with assessing land-use behaviour across Europe, investigating the awareness of key land-use related stakeholders about climate change and biodiversity challenges and their willingness to contribute to addressing them, mapping land use and land cover patterns, and constructing integrated assessment modelling approaches. The project will also produce an interactive toolbox designed in a user friendly way, to allow users via the web to experiment with different land-uses, understand hidden connections between them and develop a holistic and systemic way of thinking. Combined with efforts on strategic stakeholder engagement and capacity-building initiatives, the project resources are expected to support sustainable land use and decision making at all levels.

Keywords: sustainable land use,biodiversity
Bio-inspired catalysis in aqueous coacervate droplets: towards a softer chemistry (BioCataDrops)

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: France
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-07-01
End date: 2026-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 211754.88
EU funding (EUR): 211754.88
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Bio-inspired catalysis in aqueous coacervate droplets: towards a softer chemistry Recent advancements in modern synthetic chemistry have aligned with the imperative of reducing environmental impact, driving the emergence of a more sustainable chemistry, inspired by nature. In organic chemistry, the formation of C-C bonds is pivotal but often necessitates the use of both metal and organic solvents. However, a non-enzymatic approach to forge C-C bonds in water has been demonstrated through the Stetter reaction, a bio-inspired process catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) and thiamin cofactor mimics. Due to their limited water solubility, organic substrates generate water-isolated organic droplets, effectively promoting the Stetter reaction despite NHC's sensitivity to hydrolysis. Our objective is to investigate the Stetter reaction within polymer-rich aqueous microdroplets known as "coacervates," which emulate primitive models of early living cells. Similar to micellar chemistry, these droplets possess a hydrophobic inner core, facilitating the spontaneous uptake and accumulation of organic molecules. We hypothesize that coacervates can serve as microreactors for C-C bond synthesis, catalyzed by newly designed azolium-based organocatalysts compatible with coacervates. Our aim is to demonstrate in-situ C-C bond formation via a model Stetter reaction and explore the molecular mechanism, akin to an "on-water" environment, while considering the impact of coacervates' internal polarity on reaction kinetics, yield, and selectivity. Altogether, our findings will broaden horizons in sustainable bio-inspired chemistry, enhancing the soft chemistry toolbox and potentially inaugurating a new realm of research: bio-inspired organic synthesis within coacervates. Significantly, the chemical synthesis of complex molecules in coacervates could also shed light on mechanisms that could have led to the formation of Life’s molecules in protocells before enzymes emerged.

Keywords: organocatalysis,carbene,coacervate,bioinspired systems,chemistry in water