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Developing a process for the production of an organic hydroponic fertilizer using nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)

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

One of the major consumers in the world today of energy and natural resources, as well as one of the principal emitters of greenhouse gases, is the industrial fixation of atmospheric nitrogen into available ammonical form. This procedure, called the Haber- Bosch process, has been enhancing agriculture yields with synthetic fertilizers, enabling the great rise in the world population during the 20th century, but at present times, it has reached a point where it is no longer sustainable. Organic agriculture addresses this issue by using natural renewable resources to grow food ecologically. Technical approaches such as hydroponics (and also fertigation and drip irrigation), do so by an efficient use of water and fertilizers to achieve higher yields. These niche markets are embraced by conscientious consumers, and today boast a market value of billions of € and high growth rates. Combining the sustainability of organic agriculture with the efficacy of advanced methods require high quality, naturally or biologically derived fertilizers. Organic fertilizers on the market today are expensive, unpredictable and their nitrogen is either not available or has high sodium content, making them unsuitable for robust industrial use. Our innovation produces nitrogen fertilizer from air and water, efficiently and ecologically in situ. The process we are developing will harness the innate ability of cyanobacteria to fix atmospheric nitrogen into a stable form of ammonia or nitrate, using the sun as the energy source. This solution will enable greenhouses and farms to sell organic produce at a premium while boosting their crop yield. After we complete the feasibility analysis in this project, we aim to continue to SME Phase two in order to scale up our process and reach a commercial readiness level. Then, we forecast sales of millions of Euros annually within three years, starting with our partner greenhouses and proceeding to other projects internationally.

Keywords: horticulture,cyanobacteria,biological nitrogen fixation,fertilization,organic,agriculture,hydroponics,fertigation,bioprocess,low carbon economy,sustainability,self sufficient farming
Observing and Negating Matthew Effects in Responsible Research and Innovation Transition (ON-MERRIT)

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: Austria,Germany,United Kingdom,Portugal
Call: Building the SwafS knowledge base (H2020-SwafS-2018-2-two-stage, 2018)
Start date: 2019-10-01
End date: 2022-03-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1000140.0
EU funding (EUR): 1000000.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

ON-MERRIT targets an equitable scientific system that rewards based on merit rather than the “Matthew Effect” of cumulative advantage. Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), including elements like Open Science and Gender Equality, promises to fundamentally transform scholarship to bring greater transparency and participation to research processes, and increase the impact of outputs. Yet just making processes open will not per se drive re-use or participation unless also accompanied by the capacity (in terms of knowledge, skills, motivation and technological readiness) to do so. Absorptive capacity and ability to capitalize on knowledge resources vary considerably amongst business, researchers and the general public. Those in possession of such capacities are at an advantage, with the effect that RRI’s agenda of inclusivity is put at risk by conditions of “cumulative advantage” (“Matthew Effect”). Recognising this key threat to RRI, ON-MERRIT’s transdisciplinary consortium deploys a cutting-edge combination of qualitative (surveys, questionnaires, interviews, focus groups, case-studies) and computational (scientometrics, social network analysis, predictive analytics, text and data mining) methods that use stakeholder participation and co-design to engage researchers, industry, policy-makers and citizens in examining the extent of the Matthew Effect in key RRI elements (Public Engagement, Gender, Open Access/Open Science and Governance). Selected research questions focus on disciplinary contexts of particular importance for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Agriculture, Climate, and Health). ON-MERRIT then synthesises this evidence to make evidence-based policy recommendations on how Research Performing and Funding Organisations and others should amend policies, indicators and incentives to address and/or mitigate these effects, thus breaking new ground to broaden the SWAFS knowledge-base and show the way ahead for equitable RRI.

Keywords: open science,gender equality,public engagement,socio computational methods,science and technology studies,scientometrics,matthew effect,meta research
Next generation sepsis diagnosis (SMARTDIAGNOS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Austria,Austria,Sweden,Czechia,Denmark,Denmark,Denmark
Call: Cross-cutting ICT KETs (H2020-ICT-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-02-01
End date: 2020-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4797602.09
EU funding (EUR): 4027909.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

Sepsis is a potentially fatal condition that arises when the body’s response to an infection damages its own tissues and organs. It is mainly caused by bacteria and fungi, which spread through the blood circulation. It is one of the biggest public health issue in the EU and worldwide due to its high incidence, mortality, human and economic cost. Early diagnosis is crucial to the management of sepsis, as every hour of delay of appropriate antibiotic therapy increases mortality by 5-10%. Unfortunately, sepsis diagnosis remains one of the greatest clinical challenges in critical care. Current diagnostic methods, including blood culture and different nucleic acid based multiplex technologies, are impaired by the significant time-delay of 1-2 days and/or low sensitivity of 30-50%. Hence there is an urgent need to develop new diagnostic tools that can provide more accurate and earlier sepsis diagnosis, so that patients with sepsis can be administered with rapid and correct initial antimicrobial treatment. The SMARTDIAGNOS project will advance sepsis diagnosis by simplifying clinical sample analysis methods and integrating the currently required numerous steps into a single streamlined device. This will be achieved by combining a number of innovative technologies: 1) 3-dimentional sample concentration to process large amount of raw sample; 2) direct PCR in the 3D microstructure to circumvent DNA extraction step; 3) solid-phase PCR to achieve unlimited multiplexing capability; 4) supercritical angle fluorescence (SAF) microlens array for enhanced fluorescence detection and precise quantification of sepsis-related pathogens. The SMARTDIAGNOS system will go beyond the state of the art for shorter time (1-3 h), higher sensitivity (95%), higher selectivity (99%), multiplexing capability, antimicrobial resistance profiling, and automation. Fast and correct sepsis diagnosis will improve patient outcome, shorten intensive care stay and thus reduce health costs.

Keywords: sepsis,diagnosis,poc test
Enhancing the innovation management capacities of SMEs in West Poland (KAM2WestPL)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Poland,Poland,Poland,Poland
Call: INNOSUP (H2020-Adhoc-2014-20, 2014)
Start date: 2014-06-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 7.0
Total project cost (EUR): 29750.0
EU funding (EUR): 23800.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of the project is to contribute to and enhance the innovation potential and innovation management skills within the 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 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 use the potential it offers. 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. The project will be implemented as a testing phase from May 2014 until December 2014.

Keywords: innovation management,capacity building,innovation expert,sme instrument,key account management,horizon 2020,enhancing innovation performance
Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (4PRIMA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Climate action, environment,  resource efficiency and raw materials
Theme: Protection of the environment, sustainable management of natural resources, water , biodiversity and ecosystems
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Italy,Spain,Egypt,Germany,Italy,Cyprus,Malta,Slovenia,Tunisia,Jordan,Türkiye,Greece,Romania,France,France,France,Portugal,Morocco,Lebanon
Call: Food systems and water resources for the development of inclusive, sustainable and healthy Euro-Mediterranean societies (H2020-SC5-2016-OneStageA, 2016)
Start date: 2016-05-01
End date: 2018-02-28
Duration (months): 22.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999378.75
EU funding (EUR): 1999378.75
Participants: 20
Project status: CLOSED

The 4PRIMA Coordination and Support Action will create the bases and will develop a set of activities aimed at supporting the establishment of a long-term, well-structured and integrated partnership for research and innovation (R&I) on food systems and water resources, among countries from both sides of the Mediterranean Sea (“PRIMA Initiative”). In order to enable a sustainable development in this area, 4PRIMA will facilitate the establishment of favourable and stable conditions for a reinforced international cooperation on food systems and water research, based on a better coordination, collective ownership of R&I programmes and, consequently, clear and tangible mutual benefits. 4PRIMA will develop a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) and an associated implementation plan, as a result of an extensive participatory process that will target a critical mass of key players at international level and all relevant stakeholders of the food and water sectors. To achieve this main objective, 4PRIMA will take advantage of a wide portfolio of results and relationship generated in previous and on-going EU projects, as well as it will seek cooperation between EU and Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPCs), in coherence with the activities of the Strategic Forum for International Cooperation. Given the strategic relevance of an appropriate development and uptake of the SRIA to establish a long lasting partnership in the region, 4PRIMA science diplomacy actions will be essential to ensure the support to R&I policy dialogue addressing sensitive challenges between EU and MPCs. Moreover, in order to maximise its expected impact, 4PRIMA project will explore avenues for awareness raising and development of strategic alliances with key stakeholders, including EU, AC and MPCs countries that did not take part to the PRIMA joint programming process, with the goal to enlarge the participation to the “PRIMA Initiative”.

Keywords: food systems and water resources,partnership for research and innovation,strategic research and innovation agenda,implementation plan,cooperation between eu and mediterranean partner countries
Advanced direct biogas fuel processor for robust and cost-effective decentralised hydrogen production (BIOROBURplus)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: FCH2 (Art-187)
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,Germany,Switzerland,Greece,Lithuania,France,United Kingdom
Call: Development of compact reformers for distributed bio-hydrogen production (H2020-JTI-FCH-2016-1, 2016)
Start date: 2017-01-01
End date: 2021-06-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3813536.24
EU funding (EUR): 2996248.7399999998
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

BioROBURplus builds upon the closing FCH JU BioROBUR project (direct biogas oxidative steam reformer) to develop an entire pre-commercial fuel processor delivering 50 Nm3/h (i.e. 107 kg/d) of 99.9% hydrogen from different biogas types (landfill gas, anaerobic digestion of organic wastes, anaerobic digestion of wastewater-treatment sludges) in a cost-effective manner. The energy efficiency of biogas conversion into H2 will exceed 80% on a HHV basis, due to the following main innovations: 1) increased internal heat recovery enabling minimisation of air feed to the reformer based on structured cellular ceramics coated with stable and easily recyclable noble metal catalysts with enhanced coking resistance; 2) a tailored pressure-temperature-swing adsorption (PTSA) capable of exploiting both pressure and low T heat recovery from the processor to drive H2 separation from CO2 and N2; 3) a recuperative burner based on cellular ceramics capable of exploiting the low enthalpy PTSA-off-gas to provide the heat needed at points 1 and 2 above. The complementary innovations already developed in BioROBUR (advanced modulating air-steam feed control system for coke growth control; catalytic trap hosting WGS functionality and allowing decomposition of incomplete reforming products; etc.) will allow to fully achieve the project objectives within the stringent budget and time constraints set by the call. Prof. Debora Fino, the coordinator of the former BioROBUR project, will manage, in an industrially-oriented perspective, the work of 11 partners with complementary expertise: 3 universities (POLITO, KIT, SUPSI), 3 research centres (IRCE, CPERI, DBI), 3 SMEs (ENGICER, HST, MET) and 2 large companies (ACEA, JM) from 7 different European Countries. A final test campaign is foreseen at TRL 6 to prove targets achievement, catching the unique opportunity offered by ACEA to exploit three different biogas types and heat integration with an anaerobic digester generating the biogas itself.

Keywords: biogas,oxidative steam reforming,ptsa,low enthalpy gas burner,coking,distributed generation
Valorization of rice crops by-products into compostable food packaging (HORTOMOLD)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Theme: Sustainable agriculture and forestry
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for sustainable and competitive agriculture, forestry, agri-food and bio-based sectors (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2017-02-01
End date: 2017-06-30
Duration (months): 5.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The total rice-growing area in the EU is approx. 450.000 ha, located mostly in Italy, Spain, Greece and Portugal. The ricestraw left in the fields is more often burned, as a means of clearing land rapidly and inexpensively, but environmentally very harmful. Current EU legislation has banned the practice of field burning of agricultural wastes. Nevertheless, the lack of commercial uses for rice-straw is jeopardising a change in farmers´ habits. Contrerina identified a commercial opportunity, offering sustainability on the reuse of rice straw, by delivering a value added product for the Compostable Packaging market. As a result, we delivered HortoMold, a compostable moulded packaging that contributes to resource efficiency in rice agriculture through a closed resource cycle, and pioneers the use of rice straw pulp for moulding in Europe. HortoMold exhibits excellent physicochemical properties such as compostability, mouldability, stability, breathability and shock absorbance, making it an outstanding packaging solution for certain food segments. Our early market target is compostable containers for fresh fruits & vegetables. Contrerina´s proprietary and environmental friendly process for rice-straw pulping and wet compression moulding is patent protected. Furthermore, Contrerina has a very advantageous location in Valencia, in the neighbourhood of one of the main rice producing areas of Spain, and surrounded by the largest concentration of fresh fruit & vegetables exporters to the EU. In particular exporters to Germany and the UK, the largest European consumers of compostable packaging. Contrerina aims to reach a turnover of 20M€ by 2024 and to position as a reference European company in the production of compostable packaging from agriculture by-products.

Keywords: bio based packaging,rice,compostable packaging,agriculture by products
Nature inspired energy generation system for urban distributed power (Windtree)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: France
Call: Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for a low carbon and efficient energy system (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2016-11-01
End date: 2017-02-28
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

NewWind R&D is a company, created in 2011 by engineers and designers, specialised in energy harvesting technologies for distributed power generation from a natural biomimetic approach. By 2040 energy demand worldwide will grow by 37%. 1.6 billion of new consumers will need electricity, 70% of whom will live in cities compared to the current 50%. These consumers rely on energy prices and security supply for their everyday life and competitiveness. To meet this future energy demand, European Smart grids need to improve the reliability and efficiency of power distribution while new prosumers (producers and consumers) will become increasingly active. WindTree pursues to approach this business offering a solution to address these challenges combining energy harvesting technologies for distributed generation in urban smart grids, at an affordable cost to the end user: Private Corporations, Institutions and families. Our WindTree design is inspired on real trees combining wind, sun and soil energy harvesting. Windtree will approach this vibrant market opportunity of €3.1 billion growing at CARG 43.2% in 2020 that will permit to Newwind to achieve a cumulative gross profit of €10.6 million after 5 years of commercialization.Personalities such as Mr. Nicolas Hulot, special envoy of the French Republic President for the planet Protection and some end users such as Public organizations (The Grand Paris Alliance) and companies, are supporting the Windtree commercialization. In comparison with existing solutions WindTree will be prepared to power smart grids (not only small devices), it will be affordable, it will have a stable energy production in time using 3 sources of energy (wind, sun and soil), it will be a plug and play system and will be capable to exploit all kind of wind: laminar and turbulent and the slow wind.Our Company objective is to become a worldwide benchmark company on renewable energy harvesting technology and art fusion for smart grid power generation

Keywords: energy harvesting,smart cities,smart grids,renewable energy sources,biomimetic,distributed,generation
ICT Policy, Research and Innovation for a Smart Society: towards new avenues in EU-US ICT collaboration (PICASSO)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Italy,Greece,France,United States,Netherlands,United Kingdom
Call: International partnership building and support to dialogues with high income countries (H2020-ICT-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-01-01
End date: 2018-06-30
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1160031.25
EU funding (EUR): 999718.75
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of the 30-months PICASSO project is (1) to reinforce EU-US collaboration in ICT research and innovation focusing on the pre-competitive research in key enabling technologies related to societal challenges - 5G Networks, Big Data, Internet of Things and Cyber Physical Systems, and (2) to support the EU-US ICT policy dialogue by contributions related to e.g. privacy, security, internet governance, interoperability, ethics. PICASSO is oriented to industrial needs, provides a forum for ICT communities and involves 24 EU and US prominent specialists in the three technology-oriented ICT Expert Groups and an ICT Policy Expert Group, working closely together to identify policy gaps in the technology domains and to take measures to stimulate the policy dialogue in these areas. A synergy between experts in ICT policies and in ICT technologies is a unique feature of PICASSO. An analysis of the industrial drivers, societal needs, and priorities for EU-US ICT collaboration will be done, and policy gaps will be highlighted. An Opportunity Report will point out new avenues for EU-US research, innovation and policy collaboration. An “ICT Industry Toolkit” app will support companies and academia in exploiting collaboration opportunities. Policy briefs focusing on specific aspects of identified policy gaps will provide visibility for EU policies and propose ways forward. Strategic initiatives will be investigated and discussed, and a White Paper will be prepared. The outreach campaign will include 30+ events, success stories factsheets, info sessions and webinars. PICASSO will directly contribute to the strengthening of the European industrial leadership in ICT. PICASSO’s approach will be integrative, inclusive, industry-driven, societally responsible and beneficial for both EU and US. It is supported by NIST, National Institute of Standard and Technology, US, and the European Cluster Alliance.

Keywords: siocietal challenges,5g networks,big data,internet of things,cyber physical systems of systems,ict industry toolkit,eu us ict collaboration,pre competitive research and innovation