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bIo-mimetic and phyto-techNologies DesIgned for low-cost purficAtion and recycling of water (INDIA-H2O)

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: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: India,Israel,Spain,Spain,Spain,Singapore,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Denmark,United Kingdom
Call: EU-India water co-operation (H2020-SC5-2018-1, 2018)
Start date: 2019-02-01
End date: 2024-07-31
Duration (months): 66.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3797087.61
EU funding (EUR): 2551348.0
Participants: 21
Project status: SIGNED

INDIA-H20 will develop, design and demonstrate high-recovery, low-cost water treatment systems for saline groundwater and industrial wastewaters. The focus for developments will be in the arid state of Gujarat, where surface water resources are very scarce. We will develop novel batch-reverse osmosis technology for a 10-fold reduction in specific energy consumption with high fractions of water recovery (80%) reducing /m3 operating costs to below €0.35/m3 (<30 rupees/m3). Forward osmosis will be developed and piloted for use in wastewater recovery applications including hybrid arrangements with reverse osmosis for further reduction in energy consumption. These solutions will be demonstrated in small-scale rurally relevant low-cost systems for brackish groundwater treatment for use as safe drinking water, which will be extended to include phyto-technology solutions for rural domestic wastewater treatment. Systems will remove salinity and emerging pollutants (e.g. agricultural chemicals), valorise rejected brines in halophytic crop cultivation. For specific industrial wastewater in textile, desalination and dairy we will develop and demonstrate cost-effective high-efficiency hybrid technologies for water recycling with minimum liquid discharge, using advanced membrane technologies to achieve the required water quality for recycling. A centre of excellence will be established in water treatment membrane technologies, design operation and monitoring. Activities such as supply chain mapping and EU India collaboration on developing industrial scale forward osmosis membranes and batch-RO systems will support the development of business models to exploit the developed solutions to mutual EU/India economic advantage. We will analyse and produce policy briefs on economic models and governance arrangements for viable adoption of the developed systems.

Keywords: desalination,forward osmosis,reverse osmosis
Elucidating continental-scale patterns of bird migration with weather radars (MigrationRadar)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-08-01
End date: 2021-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 219312.0
EU funding (EUR): 219312.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Migration is a wide-spread phenomenon which allows animals of many different taxa to take advantage of seasonal variation in resource abundance . Radar is a powerful tool to observe and track migratory flights. In this action I will use the existing network of weather radars to investigate bird migration behaviour in relation to topography, weather and insect migration. A unique aspect of this action is that I will have access not only to the weather radar data, but also to complementary bird ringing and individual bird tracks, as well as data on insect migration from a small scale biological radar. The weather radars will provide data on bird migration patterns at the continental-scale; the ringing and tracking data will provide species composition and individual behaviour at specific points along the flyway; and the small-scale biological radars will provide more detailed information on insect and bird migration patterns at a specific site. Together this will give us a unique overview of the flux and behaviour of migratory animals across Europe, something that has never before been possible. Together this will give me a unique overview of the flux and behaviour of migratory animals across Europe, something that has never before been possible. The objectives of the work packages in this action will be: WP 1: To describe the flux of bird migration in relation to weather and topography across the European flyway, and relate this to insect migration, ringing and tracking data along the flyway. WP 2: To describe the flight behaviour of bird and insect migrants in relation to winds at both a continental and local scale, testing theoretical predictions of how migrants should use winds optimally. WP 3: To describe the nightly initiation and termination of bird migration across latitudes and how it changes with the seasonal progression of migration.

Keywords: bird migration,insect migration,radar,flight behaviour,wind drift
Two Dimensional Materials for Photonic Devices (2D_PHOT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: Portugal
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2020-03-16
End date: 2022-03-15
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 159815.04
EU funding (EUR): 159815.04
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The need for inexpensive yet highly efficient photodetectors and solar cells is driving the search for a new generation of semiconductors that have high absorbance in the visible, broad wavelength operation range, are transparent and flexible albeit with strong light-matter interaction, and are easy to process. Manufacturing these optoelectronic devices at a large scale involves concerns at technological, economical, ecological, social and political levels. Ideally, the new materials are abundant, easily processed and feature long term stability and non-toxicity. The advent of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs). e.g., MoS2 and WS2, has generated great expectations since these materials fulfill all these requirements. 2D-TMDCs exhibit direct band gaps, high absorption coefficients, and high carrier mobility values, making them promising candidates for optoelectronic applications. The out-of-plane quantum confinement responsible for the direct bandgap in the monolayer, also allows for the modulation of the bandgap as a function of the number of layers. However, for photovoltaics (PV), even if transparency is an important attribute in some niche markets, e.g. building-integrated PV, thickness-limited absorption poses a challenge in general. To overcome this issue, we propose a photonic nanostructuration to maximize light harvesting in these devices. We will combine strong interference effects based in the small penetration in a metallic substrate and the light trapping due to the nanostructuration by lithography of TMDCs over a metallic substrate. Resonators with high-quality factors will have potential applications in light harvesting devices, such as photodetectors, but also in solar cells. We will design and fabricate such an efficient photodetector, and also a solar cell incorporating the photonic design, and demonstrate enhanced performance in a metal back reflector/TMDC/graphene device.

Keywords: transition metal dichalcogenides,two dimensional materials,light trapping
Illuminating black boxes in the nitrogen cycle (Microbial-light)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Career Restart panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-04-01
End date: 2021-07-21
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 172932.48
EU funding (EUR): 172932.48
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

With an increasing world population growth, prediction of climate change on the sustainability and resilience of farming ecosystems is key. Since the nitrogen cycle's role within the farming ecosystem is of utmost importance, and an environmental disturbance leads to farming production loss, understanding the cycle's resilience is crucial. The main actors within this cycle are microorganisms, yet these are ignored when predicting ecological effects to climate change (black box models). Microorganisms do not exist as isolated entities, but are mixed in high numbers, maintaining a diverse number of social interactions created through adaptation and evolution. Microbial-Light will illuminate black box models via the acquisition of a multi-parametric database. Physicochemical disturbances will be applied to a large combinatorial number of mixed microbial populations of well studied nitrifiers. Microbial growth monitoring at microtiter scale will include strain tracking (FISH-flow cytometry), while function (i.e. nitrification) will be determined at a larger scale. The ample data collected will enable elucidation of functional landscapes for each synthetic community under combining environmental stresses. Additionally, the role of microbial interactions (BSocial tool) across disturbance gradients will be sought. Microbial-Light, will engage in modelling individual growth from synthetic mixed population growth, thereby validating the models with previous experimental evidence. Moreover, the optimal social nitrifying community will be coated on tomato seeds, and plant growth efficiency will be compared with uncoated seeds. Parallel to the acquisition multi-parametric database, evaluation of the nitrification potential of poor and rich soils will be tested coupled with microbial diversity (Illumina sequencing). The analysis of synthetic and natural communities, will allow for a more comprehensive ecological model on nitrification.

Keywords: nitrification,social biofilms,bsocial,microbial modelling
European Union Contest for Young Scientists' 2020 (EUCYS_USAL)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Science with and for Society
Programme: Make scientific and technological careers attractive to young students, and forster sustainable interaction between schools, research institutions, industry and civil society organisations
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain
Call: EUCYS 2020 (H2020-IBA-SWFS-EUCYS-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2020-01-01
End date: 2021-10-31
Duration (months): 22.0
Total project cost (EUR): 960000.0
EU funding (EUR): 960000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) has been organised since 1989 with the aim of promoting science and research among Europe's youth and bringing together the talented young people across Europe. This contest have also brought young researchers in their very early careers the chance to meet others with similar interests and abilities, and to be guided by some of the most prominent scientists in Europe. This way EUCYS seeks to strengthen the efforts made in each participating country to attract young people to careers in science and technology. EUCYS has been organised in countries across Europe with the aim of promoting science and research in them, and bringing research and young talents into spotlight in these countries. Spain was selected to organise the 32th edition of EUCYS taking place in 2020. It is the third time that this event is organised in Spain, after being hosted for the first time in Sevilla (1992) and for the second time in Valencia (2007). Due to the circumstanced imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, the event is going to be postponed to 2021. Spain also has previous experience in organising the 31 editions of its National Contest for Young Scientists. The Host Organiser of EUCYS in 2020 will be the University of Salamanca, a Higher-Education academic institution with great compromise in teaching, research, and science dissemination towards the general public, and more than 800 years of history, being one of the oldest in Europe. Also, the host organiser will partner with the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, which will provide support and advise in the organisation of the event. The City Government and Junta de Castilla y León (Regional Government) will also provide support to University of Salamanca for the organization of the Contest. EUCYS brings together excellent young researchers from 40-69 countries. During 4 days the participating projects will be interviewed by Jury members and decisions about European Union Prizes, Special Prizes and Host Organization prizes will be made.

Keywords: contest,young scientists,spain,salamanca,usal,2020
Neural, computational and acoustic principles of auditory sensory processing sensitivity (SensBrain)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 207312.0
EU funding (EUR): 207312.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Hearing is an essential part of human life. We communicate through the voice, use sounds to navigate in the world and enjoy listening to music. On the other hand noise pollution in living and working environments causes serious health problems impacting millions of people and many neurological or psychiatric conditions are accompanied by sensory symptoms. The personality concept of Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) describes a continuum from hyper- to hyposensitivity profiles even in the healthy population. However, the underlying neural mechanisms are unknown and an objective acoustic tool to assess auditory SPS is missing. This groundbreaking, interdisciplinary action will adress this gap by combining methods from cognitive and computational neuroscience, acoustics and psychology. I will compute mathematical models to characterize auditory performance, unravel the biological imprint of SPS using neuroimaging, and ultimately provide the scientific community with a much-needed acoustic battery to assess SPS differences objectively. Predictive coding, a general theory of neural function inspired by research in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and systems neuroscience, will provide the theoretical framework for the computational models. The interdisciplinary environment at the Center for Music in the Brain (MIB) at Aarhus University, has as its primary goal to investigate predictive coding of music. Therefore, it is the perfect location for this work and my training in psychology, auditory neurosciences and music make me the ideal person for this action. At MIB I will enhance my neuroscience (MEG), computational and programming skills. During a secondment at Oxford University I will extend the analyses to whole-brain approaches. Overall the action will foster my development as an indepent researcher capable of leading my own research group with groundbreaking potential for academia and industrial fields of application.

Keywords: predictive coding,r package development,magnetencephalography,brain dynamics,brain network analysis,signal processing,sensory symptoms
An Innovative Wind Resource Assessment Tension Leg Platform for combined Cup Anemometer and Lidar Reliable and Bankable Wind Measurements for Offshore Wind Parks (FLOATMAST)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Greece,Greece
Call: Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for a low carbon energy system (H2020-SMEINST-1-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-06-01
End date: 2015-11-30
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The proposal is about the development of an innovative floating Tension Leg Platform (TLP) capable of conducting financeable grade wind measurements and environmental parameters measurements for offshore wind parks. Reliable and Bankable Wind Resource Assessment in offshore wind parks, presents a huge challenge as IEC compliant measuring devices are at the moment only provided by fixed met-masts. In addition, the areal expansion of the zones of potential development of offshore wind parks combined with the need for more measuring points within the candidate area, impose a need for redeployable, lower cost and reliable wind measuring devices. Furthermore, as offshore wind parks are getting into deeper waters, further from the shore and bigger in size, the costs are scaling up too and need better wind resource assessment to mitigate this and drive down the costs per kWh. Finally, financial competition between potential offshore wind parks raises up the question of reliability of the data measurements in order to lower the income risks for lenders. The solution to the above issues can be provided by the FloatMast innovative combination of three industries: Onshore Wind, Naval and Oil and Gas. On the deck of a small TLP which is a standard and proven technology in the Oil & Gas Industry, a met mast and a Lidar are fixed. This provides the ability to transfer the Onshore Wind Measurement methodology of short met mast and Lidar to produce IEC 61100 wind measurements. In addition, integration of environmental sensors (green and blue) on the platform will provide the environmental monitoring data that are useful for both the pre-construction consenting phase and the operational phase of the wind parks, thus fulfilling the environmental permit. The platform will provide a solution much needed to the Offshore Wind Industry Developers not only in the European Area, which is at the forefront of offshore wind developments but also to the markets of North America and Asia.

Keywords: wind resource assessment,wind power,offshore wind parks,bankability,environmental monitoring
Sustainable PRImary PRInted Cells Eco-designed for intelligent packaging (SPRICE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Society and Enterprise panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-07-01
End date: 2023-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 172932.48
EU funding (EUR): 172932.48
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

As we transition towards digital societies and industry 4.0 technology, the exponential rise of power hungry Internet-of-Things (IoT) sensing, actuating and communicating modules, will drastically increase the demand of primary consumer batteries in the near future. This raises an environmental alarm regarding their resource intensive production and the generation of hazardous electrical and electronics equipment waste (WEEE) after the end of its operation lifetime (EoL). SPRICE proposes a paradigm shift in the way primary batteries are conceived by implementing a circular economy strategy and by eco-designing for sustainability based on the device entire life cycle of such as material evaluation, manufacturing, utility and EoL. This work presents a sustainable primary battery for intelligent packaging application on cardboard box. The sustainable aspects entailed are selecting benign and abundant materials that are compliant with low-energy printed battery manufacturing and with the cardboard box established recycling infrastructure (paper waste stream). The proposal is undertaken at Fuelium, a Spanish company specialised in the development and commercialization of sustainable paper-based batteries. The project involves supervision by (Dr. Juan Pablo Esquivel, an expert in the field of paper-based fuel cell and sustainable battery development and Fuelium cofounder and scientific advisor. An additional secondment is planned at the institute of microelectronics in Barcelona, at Dr. Neus Sabate´s group, who is another expert in autonomous systems research. At the end, SPRICE will present a full demonstrator integrated on cardboard and meeting all sustainability and performance requirements. The revolutionary approach of this proposal will provide the departing point for sustainable power sources that are easily integrated into different packaging materials or IoT applications without disrupting the established value chains or reducing the existing recycling rates.

Keywords: intelligent packaging,smart packaging,electrochemistry,electrochemical engineering,ecodesign,internet of things
Adaptation to a New Economic Reality (AdaptEconII)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Innovative Training Networks (ITN)-European Joint Doctorates
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Germany,Iceland,Sweden,Sweden,France,United Kingdom
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN-EJD) (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2015-12-01
End date: 2019-11-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3200531.77
EU funding (EUR): 3200531.7699999996
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The present economic model of permanent growth is unstable and leads to cycles of growth, peaks and crashes. We propose to contribute to developing new economic thinking based on knowledge of global resources availability. The Adaptation to a New Economic Reality (AdaptEconII) project is divided into three parts: 1. Sustainable resource management; 2. Integrated economic systems assessment; and 3. Integrating society and economics. These components will be combined to form an overarching economic model built on socio-environmental-technical (SET) system analysis of causal links and feedback structures and system dynamics. A simple prototype of such a model (WORLD) has already been built by the applicants and tested on historical data. Twelve Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) will be trained to obtain European Joint Doctorates at three universities: University of Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland), Stockholm University (Sweden) and Universite Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand (France). The ESRs will have secondments in research institutes/NGOs/SMEs in Germany (GWS and Wuppertal Institute), UK (New Economics Foundation and Schumacher Institute) and Sweden (Swedish National Defense College). All of the ESRs will have a career plan and be trained in system analysis and system dynamics in addition to conventional and biophysical economic paradigms. They will be presented with aspects of resource availability, links between resources and wealth, the rise of new and/or rediscovered values and realization of our interdependent world, new development paradigms, political and industrial ecology, as well as science for sustainable society and transferable skills. AdaptEconII will train ESRs in new economic thinking and the goal is for them be at the forefront of innovative economic thinking in the EU and the world.

Keywords: evidence based policy,limits to growth,sustainability