Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Operationalising the International Research Cooperation on Soil Carbon (ORCaSa)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Land, ocean and water for climate action
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,Netherlands,Belgium,Spain,Ghana,Australia,Brazil,United States,Viet Nam
Call: International Research Consortium on (agricultural) soil carbon (HORIZON-CL6-2021-CLIMATE-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2025-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3092966.25
EU funding (EUR): 2989091.25
Participants: 12
Project status: SIGNED

To reach the targets of the Paris Agreement commitments for land degradation neutrality, for biodiversity, and to support the EU Green Deal, Europe needs to join its research and innovation forces on soil carbon with those around the globe in a coordinated manner. To scale up efforts for conserving and increasing soil carbon stocks and harness the co-benefits for climate change mitigation and adaptation, soil health and food security international coordination of research efforts is essential. In this context the EC supported a 1st Coordination action (CIRCASA) led by INRAE which brought together over 100 key stakeholders and 500 scientists from around the world who formalised an interest in establishing an International Research Consortium (IRC) on Soil Carbon built around an initial strategic research and innovation agenda (SRIA) focusing on agricultural soils. Operationalising the IRC requires further mobilization of the international community of stakeholders working on agricultural soil carbon but also other land uses and therefore expanding the initial SRIA as well as developing with international funding bodies an implementation plan and a central knowledge platform offering services to this community. The main goal of ORCaSa is therefore to launch and roll out the initial operational phases of the IRC on Soil Carbon so that by 2024 the IRC has established an international position as the coordinator of soil carbon research and innovation and related issues at global level offering a unique SRIA and implementation plan, supporting knowledge platform and enable the preparation of a disruptive low cost international recognized MRV system. To reach this overall goal, ORCaSa brings together European partners and 6 regional nodes covering the 5 continents around an ambitious 3-year work plan working hand in hand with the international every step of the way.

Keywords: international coordination research alignment monitoring reporting verification knowledge sharing data integration regional nodes
Islamic Endowments (Waqf) and State Formation in the Ottoman Empire (1450-1650) (OTTOWAQF)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Study of the Human Past
Panel description: Archaeology and history
Countries involved: Belgium,Türkiye
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2028-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1494164.0
EU funding (EUR): 1494164.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

This project investigates how pious endowments shaped state-building in the Ottoman Empire between 1450 and 1650. Pious endowments (waqf, singular) were trusts of property devoted to charitable activities that constituted the most widespread and powerful social institutions within the empire and across Islamic societies, yet their significance for state formation has been overlooked. Previous scholarship in the field focuses on the development of institutions directed by Ottoman sultans to produce models of the state that emphasize unfettered sultanic authority. This project overturns that view by focusing on how social institutions in the form of pious endowments limited, enhanced, and shaped the character of the Ottoman state. The approach will radically reshape our understanding of the Ottoman Empire by demonstrating how a diverse range of social actors from across the empire created the early modern Ottoman state. In doing so, OTTOWAQF will fundamentally reconceive our understanding of how empire worked outside Europe. To do this, OTTOWAQF will scrutinize a large body of legal and accounting records related to endowments to produce a comprehensive survey of their management, administration, and interaction with the state across south-eastern Europe, Anatolia, and the Arab provinces of the empire. OTTOWAQF will produce a database with a web portal offering comprehensive coverage of these endowments, including key metadata on their functioning over two centuries. In addition, the project team will complete an edited volume, one doctoral dissertation, five journal articles, and three monographs, culminating in a new synthesis that explains state-building in the Ottoman Empire. OTTOWAQF will offer a path-breaking approach to imperial state formation outside Europe that will open up new frontiers in the study of comparative empire and socio-economic and legal history.

Keywords: early modern empires,state formation,islamic endowments waqf
In-Vivo Software Security Analysis at Scale (AT_SCALE)

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: Germany
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): 1995000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1995000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Project AT_SCALE will develop the most scalable and reliable techniques for the automatic discovery, diagnosis, and repair of security flaws in software systems to-date. AT_SCALE will make fundamental breakthroughs in empirical methods for reasoning about software systems as they are running in production. Existing scalable techniques for automatic vulnerability discovery and detection provide unreliable results, which limits their utility and threatens the security of our digital world. Static analysis reasons over a model of software executions; it reports too many bugs that do not exist (false positives) and fails to report those that do (false negatives). Fuzzing reasons over artificial executions and thus misses critical security flaws. Statistical claims about the absence of bugs are fundamentally limited to the set of artificial executions. These challenges will be effectively tackled by in-vivo software analysis. Our approach is inspired by the in-vivo approach in biology. A biologist studies complex organisms like we study software systems, either by analyzing a model or under artificial lab conditions. Yet, some behavior is difficult to induce artificially. An in-vivo approach allows us to make empirical statements about properties of a system of arbitrary size within its natural environment. However, unlike in biology, we can clone the entire, running system millions of times per second to run as many concurrent experiments with no impact on the original system. In 2024, the global, annual cost for cybercrime is expected to exceed 10 trillion EUR, highlighting the need for scalable and reliable software security analysis techniques. AT_SCALE will deliver effective technology to fortify Europe’s digital infrastructure against cyberattacks.
Particle composition in relativistic jets (PARTICLES)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Universe Sciences
Panel description: Astro -physics/ -chemistry/ -biology; solar system; planetary systems; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy; cosmology; space sciences; astronomical instrumentation and data
Countries involved: Finland
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2024-COG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-03-01
End date: 2030-02-28
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2357623.0
EU funding (EUR): 2357623.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Relativistic jets launched by supermassive black holes are the most extreme and energetic persistent phenomena in the Universe. They are capable of accelerating particles to energies inaccessible by particle accelerators on Earth, and deposit enormous amount of energy in their surroundings during their lifetime. They are believed to have a significant impact on galaxy evolution via feedback mechanisms. Yet, despite decades of studies, one of the most fundamental properties, the composition of these jets is still unknown. The jets can consist of either electron-positron pairs, electron-proton plasma where also protons are present and accelerated, or an admixture of the two. The composition affects the power of the jet and the presence or lack of hadrons is a crucial ingredient in modelling the multi-wavelength and multi-messenger emission of these jets. If the jets are hadronic, they are likely the origin of the highest energy cosmic rays. Circular polarization is the only direct way to determine the particle composition of jets, and we have designed a project that will overcome limitations of previous programs to finally resolve the particle composition of relativistic jets. Previously, this has only been attempted on individual objects at low radio frequencies, or using single-frequency data lacking the required discriminating power. PARTICLES will deliver the first multifrequency-radio high-cadence observations of relativistic jets in total intensity, linear, and circular polarization for a sample of objects. In parallel, we will conduct very long baseline interferometry observations to connect our light curves with the spatially resolved structures in the jets. This unprecedented dataset will be combined with radiative transfer simulations, crucial for modelling the origin of circular polarization. These advances will enable us to answer one of the most central questions related to relativistic jets, what is their particle composition?

Keywords: relativistic jets,blazars,radio astronomy,circular polarization
MAGIC - Hop On: CELL-ON-CHIP MODELS FOR HIGH TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF RARE NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES (MAGIC - Hop On)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: France,Portugal
Call: Hop on Facility (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-06, 2023)
Duration (months): 37.0
Total project cost (EUR): 549546.25
EU funding (EUR): 549545.75
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The MAGIC Project aims to generate models of human skeletal pathophysiology to be used in the development of new vectors for gene therapy and genome editing. iMM with MAGIC partners aim to create novel and vigorous skeletal muscle-on-chip models that echo multiple muscle pathologies, with quantitative and reproducible phenotypic readouts at the celular scale. These cellular models will allow phenotypic assessment of cellular pathways and mechanism that are central to the pathophysiology of multiple neuromuscular disorders using high temporal and super resolution microscopy. Furthermore, the extensive expertise of iMM in cellular pathophysiology and centronuclear pathologies will facilitate the comprehensive assessment of excitation-contraction coupling, a pivotal physiological process within skeletal muscle that is often compromised in multiple muscle disorders. In addition, iMM will extend the educational and training opportunities of MAGIC by the implementation of activities within local communities and organizing upskilling workshops to train early career researchers. Finally, iMM will establish Management Staff Exchange focused on European Research and Innovation, to foster knowledge exchange between MAGIC partners and iMM.

Keywords: organ on chip,muscular disorders,human models,gene therapy
Boosting the efficiency of skin thermoelectrics by developing stretchable nanocomposite substrates with tunable anisotropic thermal and electrical conductivity (BEST-TEC)

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: Belgium
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): 191760.0
EU funding (EUR): 191760.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

As the world is rapidly adopting wearable technology, the demand for efficient, self-powering devices is becoming increasingly critical. Thermoelectrics (TEs) are important because they can convert body heat directly into electrical energy to power wearable electronics and enable efficient on-skin heating/cooling for applications such as skin thermoregulation. Existing wearable TE devices inevitably face reduced energy conversion efficiency due to 1) high contact thermal resistance at the interface between the substrate and the skin due to non-conformal contact and poor attachment; 2) high parasitic thermal resistance across the substrate, which is typically a thermally insulating flexible polymer; and 3) high electrical contact resistance between the TE legs and their interconnects due to a poor electromechanical interface. In BEST-TEC, I target a 3-in-1 solution to these challenges by proposing novel skin-like nanocomposites with high mechanical compliance and tunable heat/electrical transport across preferential directions. Used as a substrate for skin thermoelectric (sTE) devices, these nanocomposites will result in a tenfold increase in performance. BEST-TEC is innovative because while most sTE research to date has focused on the development of new materials and device architectures, BEST-TEC addresses a largely overlooked aspect that is currently holding back device performance - the substrate and its interfaces. The project is timely because it will enable new wearable biomedical devices, needed more than ever in our aging population. As the project lead, I possess a robust background in wearables, nanotechnology, and device engineering. My customized devices have been used on diverse surfaces, such as marine animals and human skin, new racing cars, and drones, underscoring my ability to deliver versatile impactful solutions. With an understanding of the challenges faced by sTE devices, I aim to pioneer the advancement of the field.

Keywords: skin thermoelectrics,interface engineering,hybrid nanocomposite,magnetic field alignment,contact resistance
Erbium ion quantum register operated with a single microwave photon detector (EQRSMPD)

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: Physics
Countries involved: France
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2025-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 195914.88
EU funding (EUR): 195914.88
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Erbium ion embedded in crystal is a promising candidate for quantum information processing for its unique properties, such as optical transition at telecom band and large magnetic dipole. Erbium nuclear spin has long coherence time and is ideal for working as quantum memories. A hybrid quantum register formed by erbium electron spin, intrinsic nuclear spin and nearby nuclear spins in the host crystal combining fast control, high-fidelity readout and long memory time will have huge capacities in quantum applications, such as quantum computing and quantum communication. Previous spin-based quantum registers rely on the spin-dependent photoluminescence, which is system specific. In this project, we propose to realize erbium ion quantum register operated with a single microwave photon detector which is based on a superconducting transom qubit and works in principle for any spin system. This project will enable interface between quantum register and microwave photons, and pave the way for more sophisticated quantum applications of erbium ions, long-distance spin-spin entanglement, and hybrid quantum information platforms.

Keywords: rare earth ions,quantum register,single microwave photon detection
Coreactant-free electrochemiluminescence immunosensors for on-farm diagnosis of viral infectious diseases (ECL-FARM) (ECL-FARM)

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: Ireland
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2025-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 215534.4
EU funding (EUR): 215534.4
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

There are no quantitative electronic diagnostic devices for early and rapid detection of infectious animal diseases on-farm. ECL-FARM proposes the development of a highly novel sensor technology, i.e., a coreactant-free, on-chip electrochemiluminescence (ECL) immunosensing technology to deliver a simple-to-use, portable, rapid and multiplexed detection system for disease detection on-farm. In this project, Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD), a worldwide disease with severe financial and welfare implications for the beef and dairy industries is selected to demonstrate the efficacy of reagent-less ECL detection on-farm. Current lateral flow tests for BVD typically rely on a single target, either virus or antibody (not both) within an individual test sample. ECL-FARM will use the complementary and distinct skillsets of the team to achieve three key project objectives: (1) development of on-chip ECL at nanoelectrode arrays to provide a sensitive co-reactant free solid-state ECL system suitable for reagent-less on-farm disease diagnosis (2), implementation of multiplexed ECL competitive off-on mode immunoassays of BVD virus and antibodies: multimodal diagnosis with very low detection limits and (3), benchmarking and demonstration of a fully integrated phone-based ECL device for on-farm testing of serum (existing samples) and milk samples: a farm-friendly application. The sensor format will be adaptable, offering potential application in other animal and human diseases in the future, and will be scalable to facilitate inclusion of additional assays for diseases associated with other viral, parasitic or bacterial pathogens. Along with technical learning, a range of transferable skills will be acquired through the designed career development plan. As a result of my holistic growth in this project, I will be able to mature professionally and become an independent leader in the field of smart nano-ECL devices for point-of-care diagnostics applications.

Keywords: electrochemiluminescence silicon chip nanoelectrode arrays immunosensors on farm viral animal disease rapid detection virus and antibody multiplexed phone based ecl coreactant free solid state
Manipulating magnetic domains through femtosecond pulses of magnetic field (FemtoMagnet)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Systems and Communication Engineering
Panel description: Electrical, electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2022-COG, 2022)
Start date: 2024-03-01
End date: 2029-02-28
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499926.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499926.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

While the electronic industry has successfully entered the nanoworld following Moore’s law, the speed of manipulating and storing data lags behind, creating the so-called ultrafast technology gap. Processors already have a clock speed of a few gigahertz, while the storage on a magnetic hard disk requires a few nanoseconds. This bottleneck can also be found in magnetic random access memory devices. The use of ultrafast pulses of light has demonstrated effectiveness in manipulating magnetic orders on very short time scales. However, the physical processes involved are still poorly understood, and such a control reaches the micrometer scale at best, effectively preventing their use for high-density data storage. FemtoMagnet aims to develop an entirely new approach to manipulating magnetic domains based on the engineering of plasmonic nanodevices. For that, these devices will optically generate ultra-short, intense, and reversible pulses of magnetic field at the nanoscale, a challenge that no other technique can achieve so far. To meet its ambitious goals, my research program engineers innovative plasmonic nanostructures inversely-designed to tailor light-matter interactions at the nanoscale. Under the right illumination conditions, the electromagnetic fields generated by the nanostructure set the electrons in a metal (such as in a coil) in pseudo-continuous drift motion, in turn yielding the creation of a strong stationary magnetic field. By specifically creating and manipulating ultrafast, strong, confined and reversible pulses of magnetic field in an all-optical fashion, my research program will enable the manipulation of magnetic domains at the nanoscale and over very short timescales (a few tens of femtoseconds), opening the way to applications in ultrafast data storage and data processing.

Keywords: nanophotonics,ultrafast and intense pulses of magnetic field,plasmonic nano antennas,light matter interactions,magnetic field and matter interactions,ultrafast data storage