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Gender and Diversity Index for a fair, competitive, resilient and sustainable Europe (GENDEX)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: other EIC
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Spain,Denmark,Czechia,Germany
Call: Pilot European innovation gender and diversity index (HORIZON-EIC-2022-GENDER-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2025-02-28
Duration (months): 14.0
Total project cost (EUR): 700000.0
EU funding (EUR): 700000.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The GENDEX mission consists of the development of the Pilot Innovation Gender and Diversity Index, providing consistent information (currently missing or fragmented) to startups, scaleups, corporates, the EIC, other investors and funding bodies, market actors and policy makers across Europe. The overall aim is to improve the availability of all talent, particularly female talent, to the EIC portfolio of projects and companies and the EU innovation ecosystem. For the first time ever, a G&D Index will be elaborated including a wide range of indicators related to gender but also to diversity factors covering all European Member States plus the U.K. GENDEX will review the existing baseline and access a high number of data sources, but it will bring a unique value by carrying out additional primary research both at quantitative and qualitative levels. Data sets will be assessed, gaps will be identified, a more standard-based approach to data will be suggested, all resulting in a richer definition of indicators and hence a G&D Index that will become a reference in Europe supporting evidence-based decision-making. A full report on the Index will be released with complementary material, including a web-based interactive dashboard that will enable smart data visualizations and a widget that will be used for company self-assessment and as a potential data collection tool. A wide dissemination, communication and awareness campaign will be implemented to ensure engagement and maximize the adoption of the G&D Index. The GENDEX consortium comprises a complementary set of recognized partners that includes IDC, European Women in VC and BluSpecs, authors of some of the key works in the field and also a guarantee of the best possible networks for stakeholder engagement. Such engagement will ultimately lead to maximization of the use of the G&D Index and hence, of its impact. GENDEX will also run a 2-phase validation with an experts’ group composed of at least 18 senior leaders.

Keywords: gender,diversity,index,performance,decision making,data visualization,dashboard,recommendations,evidence based policy making,innovation landscape,start ups,scale ups,vcs,eic
A novel INline SENsing Scheme for quality control, optimization and structural integrity assessment of 3D Concrete Printing (InSenS-3DCP)

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: 2025-02-01
End date: 2027-01-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 189687.36
EU funding (EUR): 189687.36
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

"InSenS-3DCP" presents an innovative solution to critical challenges within the realm of 3D concrete printing (3DCP). Safety and reliability concerns have hindered the broader adoption of 3DCP and the establishment of essential guidelines. Our project introduces an Integrated Inline Sensing System for real-time property assessment during 3DCP, precisely monitoring key properties such as yield strength, green strength, thixotropic behaviour, and interlayer bond strength by establishing the relationship between process parameters and sensors in the pumping system and printed structure. This allows for real-time adjustments of key process parameters, enhancing printing outcomes. InSenS-3DCP not only ensures successful printing and quality assurance but also aligns with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, emphasizing sustainability. Our objectives encompass ambitious contributions, interdisciplinary approaches, and two-way knowledge transfer. The project will enable me to excel in sensor technologies, structural health monitoring techniques, and digital technologies through collaboration with esteemed European research groups. To maximize its impact, our strategy targets scientific communities, industry stakeholders, and regulators. We prioritize open-access publications and conferences to ensure broad access to our research. Engagement with industry and regulatory bodies guarantees practical applicability and policy making. The impacts of InSenS-3DCP span scientific advancements, economic growth, and societal improvements, ultimately contributing to refining construction processes and enhancing the safety, affordability, and accessibility of 3D concrete printing. InSenS-3DCP stands as a trailblazer, pioneering a safer, more reliable, and sustainable approach to 3DCP.

Keywords: 3d concrete printing,quality control,inline sensing,structural integrity,sustainability in construction,process control,embedded sensors
Rights of Nature in times of climate crisis: Opportunity or obstacle? (RONCLIM)

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: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Germany,Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-04-01
End date: 2028-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 202125.12
EU funding (EUR): 202125.12
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

During the last decades, Rights of Nature have become an essential legal device for promoting environmental protection and therefore directly contribute to the implementation of SDG 11 (Sustainable cities and communities) and SDG 13 (Climate action) as well as the Horizon Europe EU Missions 1 and 3. While there has been research on Rights of Nature within legal studies, political ecology, and political science, there is still a gap within environmental philosophy regarding this topic. In RONCLIM, I explore the Rights of Nature from a philosophical perspective and with a particular focus on the tensions between the Global South and the Global North and between Rights of Nature and the climate crisis. In the first year, I analyse the opportunities and risks associated with the construction of Rights of Nature based on ontologies from the Global South and the Global North. Based on this research, I develop an ontological framework that can explain how Rights of Nature are embedded in different ontologies and how translation between them can be assessed. In the second year, I study the case of the Mar Menor and investigate whether Rights of Nature could increase the resilience of ecosystems and to what extent they could be used against the energy transition by “not-in-my-backyard” activists. This study results in a normative framework that can help law- and policymakers to navigate the overlaps and tensions between Rights of Nature and climate legislation. The Kassel Institute for Sustainability is the ideal host for RONCLIM as it has expertise in both Rights of Nature and policy-making and provides the necessary infrastructure for disseminating the research findings to both academic and non-academic audiences. In this way, RONCLIM will not only contribute to the academic debate, but also influence the public discourse on this topic and promote policy and legal action to protect nature and address the climate crisis.

Keywords: rights of nature biodiversity crisis climate crisis,environmental philosophy
EmpoWering EDUC for Inclusive Development of the ERA (EDUC-WIDE)

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: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Czechia,Hungary,Ukraine,Italy,Spain,Norway,Germany,France
Call: European Excellence Initiative (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-03, 2023)
Start date: 2024-03-01
End date: 2027-02-28
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2643970.23
EU funding (EUR): 2643970.23
Participants: 19
Project status: SIGNED

EDUC counts among the pioneer University Alliances supported by 2019 Erasmus+ call. During recent years, EDUC established a truly trans-institutional EDUC community of students and academic staff. However, performance gaps between EDUC members from Widening and non-Widening countries persist, especially in R&I and adoption of ERA policies. In EDUC-WIDE, we will reinforce the Alliance via 4 main aims: 1. Ensure that the principles of Open Science are becoming an integral part of the research process and infrastructure of EDUC Universities. 2. Introduce responsible research assessment as standard practice in EDUC and reach out to policy makers to make institutional and national environments supportive for reformed research assessment. 3. Prepare EDUC researchers for diverse career tracks outside of academia and promote the development and implementation of the Gender Equality Plans in Widening countries. 4. Initiate and scale-up R&I collaboration of EDUC Universities and their ecosystems and contribute to tackling of major societal challenges: the Green and Digital Transition, EU Missions, and UN SDGs. To achieve aims 1-3, we will establish expert groups on the topics of Open Science, Research Assessment, and Career Diversity and engage them in strategy building, knowledge transfer, staff exchange, training and the introduction of advanced R&I practice across the EDUC Alliance. To achieve aim 4, we will extend our interactions with ecosystem and global partners and develop R&I funding component with two bottom-up programmes: (1) Seed Projects, small scale projects preparing grounds for long-term R&I collaboration and (2) Access to Research Infrastructures, mutual use of R&I facilities within EDUC. Thus, we will empower the EDUC to claim a central role in regional transitions to knowledge-driven economy and society. While embedded in regional ecosystems, EDUC-WIDE has a robust European dimension and will contribute to 15 out of the 20 Actions of the ERA Policy Agenda.

Keywords: open science,research assessment,career diversity in randi,randi collaboration,research infrastructures
New deep-tech technology to help industrial, maritime, Oil & Gas companies comply with Agenda 2050 by reducing 99% of PM, VOC, and GHG emissions combined with x6-8 times lower expenses. (Solumar)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: European innovation ecosystems
Theme: Elevating the scalability potential of European business
Destination: Elevating the scalability potential of European business
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Bulgaria
Call: Women TechEU (HORIZON-EIE-2022-SCALEUP-02, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2024-04-30
Duration (months): 11.0
Total project cost (EUR): 107142.86
EU funding (EUR): 75000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Solumar is the brand name of a startup developing new deep-tech industrial solutions for air and gas purification and emissions-cutting with a strong and experienced team of Aviation, Software, and Maritime engineers, and young Key Account and Business development experts. We are an impact-driven team on a mission to help Industrial business owners, Construction companies, Maritime (ship owners and port operators), and Oil & Gas companies reduce pollutants and emissions by 98-99% in an efficient and sustainable way, without compromising their business needs. Our journey started working with the R&D departments of AIRBUS Biz Lab and Liebherr Aerospace, then proved the technology on a smaller scale in non-aviation sectors - today we are selling to metal, wood processing, and pharmaceutical manufacturers in Europe. We plan to expand in the Maritime and Oil & Gas industries because of the huge Climate change impact and the multi-billion market opportunity - in maritime only, the market size reaches $300bn by selling equipment and up to $200m annual recurring revenue by selling byproducts (Carbon black), also providing shipowners and port operators with an opportunity to comply with the net zero Agenda 2050, and help stop Global Warming and the Climate change. Interest has already been demonstrated by Greek ship owners, local Bulgarian Maritime cluster, both KAUST deep-tech Accelerator and Aramco in Saudi Arabia, and Norwegian companies, and the first demo prototype designed for Maritime integration is supported by Innovation Norway RD Grants (project started in August 2022). The technology borrows know-how from Aviation and embodies a unique working principle, deep-tech modular approach, and a design allowing to collect of particles, also Black Carbon and ash, VOC, and Gases (SOx, NOx, COx) combined, and is the only solution for the market that reaches x6 times lower CAPEX, and x10-15 times lower OPEX versus each of the currently existing alternatives.

Keywords: sustainability,climate change,global warming risks mitigation,pollution cutting,emissions reducing,air quality,air quality index
Development of a multilayered and bioprinted iPSC-derived retinal model with use in preclinical and toxicological testing (iRETINA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Spain,Sweden,Italy
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2026-02-28
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 206641.2
EU funding (EUR): 206641.2
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) encompass the most prevalent cause of vision-loss in elderly people in developed countries. One of the main hurdles restraining the development of efficient treatments against AMD is the inability of current animal, 2D-cellular and organoid-based models to completely recapitulate the pathophysiology of this disease. The goal of the iRETINA project is to bioprint an in-vitro human retinal model using isolated endothelial and retinal cells derived from iPSCs. The result will be a functional and vascularized iPSC-derived tissue resembling the native stratified retina that could serve as a preclinical and toxicological model for drug development and for the study of complex phenomena such as allogenic immune response. In order to achieve this goal, the iRETINA project will focus at three different levels: 1) implementing state-of-the-art genome editing tools for the development of retinal cell differentiation and enrichment strategies from healthy and AMD-patient iPSC; 2) developing new methodologies for bioprinting endothelial and retinal cells aiming to preserve cell viability, synaptic connectivity and structural integrity; 3) proof of concept testing to evaluate the usefulness of the artificial retina as a bona fide in vitro retinal model. The nature of this project is strongly multidisciplinary and involves the collaboration of basic researchers with experts in the fields of ophthalmology, immunology and biomaterial sciences. The results of this proposal have the potential to represent a true technological and scientific breakthrough that will result in better organ and disease modeling, and reduced laboratory animal use, eventually minimizing the burden and complexity of preclinical trials required for the development of novel pharmacological and cell replacement therapies against AMD.

Keywords: retina,age related macular degeneration,induced pluripotent stem cells,bioprinting,organotypic model systems,genome editing
GOGREEN: GREEN STRATEGIES TO CONSERVE THE PAST AND PRESERVE THE FUTURE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE (GoGreen)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Theme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Destination: Innovative Research on the European Cultural Heritage and the Cultural and Creative Industries
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Netherlands,Italy,United States,United Kingdom,France,Norway,Switzerland,Poland
Call: Green technologies and materials for cultural heritage (HORIZON-CL2-2021-HERITAGE-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2026-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3745342.5
EU funding (EUR): 3745342.0
Participants: 15
Project status: SIGNED

Heritage conservation preserves the tangible remains of society, but relies on toxic, unsustainable materials and on energy-consuming air conditioning of collections. GoGreen promotes preventive and remedial conservation practices based on green principles to spearhead the green revolution within conservation. Specifically, GoGreen will: (1) develop new damage functions that allow more flexible environmental control in collections, thus improving energy efficiency; (2) generate innovative nature-inspired, bio-based and historical conservation treatment-inspired methods for remedial conservation, including new cleaning solutions for paintings and metals, all using green solvents, bio-inspired reagents, green delivery systems; and stabilization methods for metal and glass that employ innovative techniques like biopassivation to stabilize metal surfaces and nanomaterials that mimic the growth of silica to stabilize glass; (3) assess our new materials and methods using cutting-edge analytical techniques and benchmark methods in collaboration with expert practitioners and museums, to determine their efficacy in the cleaning of paintings and metals, or the stabilisation of glass and metal objects; (4) develop a digital web-app to aid conservators in the design of green preventive and remedial conservation treatments, and a decision model integrating green thinking in complex conservation decision making. Crucially, GoGreen encompasses all relevant and necessary academic and socio-economic actors spanning the full stakeholder value chain to ensure future impact. Our uniquely advantageous composition coupled with the embedding of bottom-up education of professionals through modules and courses for conservation training programmes, emerging conservators and mid-career professionals, guarantees the next generation of conservators are fully prepared to embrace the GreenDeal.

Keywords: preventive conservation,remedial conservation,green technologies,sustainability,energy consumption,green deal,digital tool,decision making,art conservation,training,collections
All in One: Harvesting of waste heat with solid thermal battery (Heat2Battery)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Denmark,Italy,Israel,Germany
Call: EIC Pathfinder Open (HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01, 2024)
Start date: 2024-11-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 50.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2999791.25
EU funding (EUR): 2999791.25
Participants: 5
Project status: SIGNED

Thermal batteries are devices that convert thermal energy without the need for a spatial temperature gradient, giving them an enormous potential advantage over competing methods. Despite its promise, thermal batteries are yet not suitable for practical application as they were demonstrated only with liquid electrolytes, which severely restricts the operation temperature range to ΔT<50 K and an electrochemical stability window to pair with thermodynamically efficient electrodes. The goal is to develop a completely new paradigm towards all-solid-state thermal battery (thermal cell), which is based on reversible changes of the materials’ electrochemical properties and on H+ transport operating on recovered waste heat over an unusual wide range of temperatures of ambient to 300°C. We envision the solid thermal battery to charge at a defined low and high constant temperature due to phase changes and H+ intercalation taking place at the electrodes. Fundamentally, we contribute to a new thermal battery concept, suggest materials to translate the proposed chemistry-at-work and give a proof-of-concept to gain first electrochemical performance insights defining thin film device architectures. Collectively, the here proposed solid thermal battery closes the ever-existing gap between thermoelectric and liquid based thermal batteries through widening of the thermal operation window to capture waste heat and defining a new set of H+ solid conductors and interfaces suited for energy storage. The fundamentals derived on electrochemical interfaces and H+ conductor films such as ceria-based, metal hydride, binary oxide and possibly high entropy alloys for electrolytes and electrodes contribute in their design and careful discussion of electro-thermo-chemistry, thermodynamics and kinetics to engineering design principles of the here proposed fully solid thermal batteries for energy harvesting putting waste heat to work with perspective for industry translation.

Keywords: thermal battery,thin films,heat recovery,