Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Belgian Researcher's Initiatives To Heat That Night 3 (BRIGHT NIGHT 3)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Belgium,Belgium,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-NIGHT-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2008-11-30
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 226181.8
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

During the night of September 26th, six events will be organised in five Belgian cities (Brussels, Antwerp, Kortrijk, Liège and Louvain-la-neuve) in the frame of the European Researchers Night. Six partners have joined their forces by the Belgian Science Policy Office (Belspo) : 3 universities, 2 high schools and one Federal Scientific Institute. All partners agreed on a common publicity campaign, a commom communication and, last but not least, a common theme : The Year of the Planet Earth. Next to this common theme, freedom has been given to the partners to develop thier 'point of view". So there will be a 'science café' in each city, a huge city game in Antwerp and Kortrijk, a concert in Brussels, ... All partners will intend to get this evening funny and serious at the same time. + concours photo

Keywords: researchers night - public awareness - science promotion - youth public
Recreational Reserchers (RECRESEARCHERS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,Spain,Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-NIGHT-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2008-12-31
Duration (months): 7.0
Total project cost (EUR): 114116.45
EU funding (EUR): 60000.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The RecreSearchers proposal consist of three events on the 26th September 2008, which will gather more than 5000 people, organised by three public Universities in Spain: Barcelona (Catalonia), Girona (Catalonia) and Murcia (Murcia community). The main objective of the project is to enhance the recognition of researchers and their role in society, focusing in one of the their mission: as a communicator of their research. For this purpose the Recreational facet of researcher will be use to bring them closer to the large public, present researchers as “common people” to which the public can identify with and convince young people to embark to scientific careers. The events will be implemented through 4 different activities, located in strategic and attractive places, showing the Divulgative aspect of researchers. - Blogging with researchers: A group of researchers will prepare a blog where they will suggest some recreational experiments. These experiments will be performed and discussed with the public during Researchers’ Night. - Coffee break with researchers: The public will be able to have coffee with researchers taking part of the event in order to discover they are “common people”. - Get-together: A researcher’s fair will be shown during the whole event, where the proposed experiments will be shown in vivo. - Who’s who: The public will be asked to identify different researchers when they are working and when they out of work, practising some hobby. A picture competition will be hold previously to the Researchers’ Night event: Researcher Portrait. The picture exhibition of this competition will be set-up in every location. The analysis of the pictures as well as a survey through the website will be used to tackle the existing stereotypes about researchers and have a reliable assessment of the project activities.

Keywords: recreational,researchers,science,awareness of science
Non-vacuum processes for deposition of CI(G)S active layer in PV cells (NOVA-CI(G)S)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Belgium,Germany,Germany,Switzerland,Finland,Germany,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2, 2008)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2013-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5405072.7
EU funding (EUR): 3474727.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Current production methods for thin film photovoltaics typically rely on costly, difficult to control (over large surfaces) vacuum-based deposition processes that are known for low material utilisation of 30-50%. NOVA-CI(G)S proposes alternative, non-vacuum ink-based simple and safe deposition processes for thin film CI(G)S photovoltaic cells. The low capital intensive, high throughput, high material yield processes will deliver large area uniformity and optimum composition of cells. The project objectives are to achieve competitive about 14% small area cell efficiency and to demonstrate the processes at high speed on rigid and flexible substrates while maintaining acceptably high efficiencies. The processes reduce cost of the CI(G)S layer by 75-80% in comparison to the evaporated CI(G)S, which translates into a 20-25% reduction of total module cost. Major scientific breakthroughs of the project include improved materials control in novel precursor materials by using nano-sized particles of specific chemical and structural characteristics and innovative ink formulation, to enable coating by simple processes while avoiding the use of toxic gases in subsequent process steps. This industry-led project constitutes the first essential step for a fully non-vacuum, roll-to-roll process aimed to achieve the solar module production cost below 0,8 €/Wp that will make photovoltaic directly competitive to traditional energy generation.

Keywords: ci(g)s,non-vacuum deposition
RISK ASSESSMENT OF ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES (ENPRA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,France,Belgium,Belgium,Belgium,Germany,Germany,Denmark,Italy,European organisations area,Netherlands,United States
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2, 2008)
Start date: 2009-05-01
End date: 2012-10-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5269000.66
EU funding (EUR): 3700000.0
Participants: 18
Project status: CLOSED

Engineered Nanoparticles (ENP) are increasingly produced for use in a wide range of industrial and consumer products. Yet it is known that exposure to some types of particles can cause severe health effects. Therefore it is essential to ascertain whether exposure to ENP can lead to possible health risks for workers and consumers. We have formed a consortium of well-known scientists from European Universities and Research Institutes, with over 100 publications in the field of Nanotoxicology. Our aim is to develop an approach for the Risk Assessment of ENP (ENPRA). Our objectives are: (i) to obtain a bank of commercial ENP with contrasting physico-chemical characteristics and measure them; (ii) to investigate the toxic effects of ENP on 5 (pulmonary, hepatic, renal, cardiovascular and developmental) target systems and 5 endpoints (oxidative stress, inflammation; immuno-toxicity; fibrogenecity; genotoxicity) using in vitro animal/human models; (iii) to validate the in vitro findings with a small set of carefully chosen in vivo animal experiments; (iv) to construct mathematical models to extrapolate the exposure-dose-response relationship from in vitro to in vivo and to humans; (v) to use QSAR like models to identify the key ENP characteristics driving the adverse effects; (vi) to implement a risk assessment of ENP using the Weight-of-Evidence approach; (vii) to disseminate our findings to potential stakeholders. To harmonise the research activities between our EU group and the US, we have established links with scientists from US Universities (Duke, Rochester) and Government Agencies (NIH/NIEHS, NIOSH and EPA) with on-going research in Nanotoxicology. Our objectives here are (vii) to share information and agree on experimental protocols; (viii) to avoid duplication of work; (ix) to further validate the findings of this proposed study.

Keywords: engineering nanoparticles,oxidative stress,inflammation,fibrogenecity,genotoxicity,pulmonary,cardio-vascular,hepatic
European Manufacturing Platform For Photonic Integrated Circuits (EUROPIC)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: New production
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,United Kingdom,Netherlands,France,United Kingdom,Italy,United Kingdom,Germany,France,United Kingdom,Portugal,Netherlands,Netherlands,Germany
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2008-SME-2, 2008)
Start date: 2009-08-01
End date: 2012-07-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5644865.69
EU funding (EUR): 3747540.0
Participants: 18
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of EuroPIC is no less than to effect a fundamental change in the way applications based on photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are designed and manufactured in Europe. The key development is to facilitate access by small companies (SMEs) to development and manufacturing of photonic micro-systems in the form of advanced but very cost effective PICs. EuroPIC can bring forth a new production paradigm to forge a sustainable business sector with the potential for very significant future growth. This will be done by developing a generic technology that is capable of realising complex PICs from a small set of basic building blocks. The programme adopts a holistic approach addressing the whole production chain from idea, via proof of concept, design and prototype to product and application. The consortium will carry out research into manufacturing methods and high-throughput processes which will lead to an open-access industrial generic foundry production capability for Europe. It will demonstrate the potential of the generic approach by fabricating a number of Application Specific PICs (ASPICs) with a record combination of complexity and performance, for a wide range of applications in telecommunications, sensors, data communications, medical systems, metrology and consumer photonics. The consortium is in an excellent position to carry out this ambitious task. It includes Europe’s key players, a mix of SMEs, industry and academic partners, in the fields of component manufacturing, PIC design and applications, photonic CAD, and packaging. Further, EuroPIC is building a strong User Group, many of them SMEs, with committed users from different application fields, which will be actively involved in introducing cost-effective ASPICs in a variety of novel applications, providing Europe with a competitive advantage over the US and the Far East.

Keywords: photonics integrated optical circuits foundry manufacture
Development of New Tool Materials with Tailored Thermomechanical Properties (TAILORTOOL)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,France,Germany,Liechtenstein,Sweden,Spain,Spain,Germany
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2, 2008)
Start date: 2009-12-01
End date: 2012-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4412395.01
EU funding (EUR): 3053598.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

Improving tool behaviour can optimise forming processes undergoing severe thermomechanical solicitations which are used to obtain high performance components. FGM are particularly appropriate for developing high performance tools since they allow this optimization through a graded variation of their properties. This project aims to develop a new generation of FGM with: •Functionally graded thermal conductivity and wear resistance for hot stamping, forging and casting dies to enable controlled cooling in different regions of the die. In hot stamping it will allow obtaining microstructurally tailored components, with an improved performance and crash performance with optimized weight for safety related automotive components. In die casting it is expected to increase tool life and improve the mechanical properties of the casting. •Improved fracture toughness and wear resistance for cold forming through a gradual variation of the hard particles content. It will be done by an optimization of the properties of the microstructural constituents, i.e. hard particles and the metallic matrix, separately. •FGM with surfaces tailored to have high load bearing capability as a substrate for hard coatings. These aims will be achieved by: •Microstructural design considering the thermomechanical requirements acting on tools, obtained from simulation of the heat transfer and stresses acting on each microstructural constituent. •Investigation into the relationship between the properties of the microstructural constituents and the macroscopic mechanical behaviour. A detailed investigation on the properties, size, morphology and surface modification of the hard particles will be made. •Thermomechanical laboratory tests to screen the developed materials. Materials will be characterised in terms of thermal conductivity, thermal fatigue, fracture and fatigue resistance and wear behaviour. Process related experiments, including NDT will be carried out for upscaling to industrial use

Keywords: ultra high strength steels,thermal conductivity,crash performance,tools,hot stamping,die casting,forging,cutting,hardness,wear resistance,fracture toughness,hard coatings
Combining Process Intensification-driven Manufacture of Microstructured Reactors and Process Design regarding to Industrial Dimensions and Environment (COPIRIDE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: New production
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Italy,Italy,Germany,United Kingdom,Switzerland,Italy,Netherlands,Finland,Germany,Austria,Germany,Germany,Italy,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2008-LARGE-2, 2008)
Start date: 2009-09-01
End date: 2013-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 16816774.76
EU funding (EUR): 11000000.0
Participants: 19
Project status: CLOSED

The ultimate ambition of COPIRIDE is to develop a new modular production and factory concept for the chemical industry using adaptable plants with flexible output. This concept will be superior, intellectual property (IP) protected, and enable a much wider spread of know-how and education of this skill-intensive technology. Key functional enabling units are new production-scale, mass-manufactured microstructured reactors as well as other integrated process intensification (PI) reactors realising integrated processes. This will lead to a substantial reduction in costs, resources & energy and notably improves the eco-efficiency. To ensure the competitiveness of European (EU) manufacturing businesses, PI technology / know-how is transferred from leaders to countries (and respective medium & small industries) with no exposure in PI so far, but with a track record in sustainability, and to the explorative markets food and biofuels. A deeply rooted base will be created for IP rights (Copyright, © = COPIRIDE) by generic modular reactor & plant design and new generic processes via ‘Novel Process Windows’, facilitating patent filing. Due to the entire modular plant concept comprising all utilities – far beyond the reaction & processual parts - a holistic PI concept is provided, covering the whole development cycle with, e.g., safety & process control & plant approval. Features, inter alia, are fast plant start-up and shut-down for multipurpose functionality (flexibility in products), sustainable & safe production, and fast transfer from lab to production & business (time-to-market). Industrial demonstration activities up to production scale with five field trials present a good cross-section of reactions relevant to the EU chemical industry. The economic impact in COPIRIDE is 10 Mio €/a (cautiously optimistic) to 30 Mio €/a (optimistic) by direct exploitation. Indirect exploitation might sum up to 800 Mio €/a (very optimistic) by other companies via technology transfer.

Keywords: process intensification,micro process engineering,fine chemistry,industrial field trials,modular platforms,industrial branch transfer
Reliable Self-Learning Production Systems Based on Context Aware Services (SELF-LEARNING)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: New production
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,United Kingdom,Portugal,Germany,Finland
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2, 2008)
Start date: 2009-11-01
End date: 2013-01-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3171683.72
EU funding (EUR): 2110000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The strategic objective is to strengthen EU leadership in production technologies in the global marketplace by developing innovative self-learning solutions to enable tight integration of control &amp; maintenance of production systems. The project will develop highly reliable and secure service-based self-learning solutions aiming at that integration. The Methodology addressing organisational aspects of such a radical change in production systems, within extended enterprise concept, applying lean principles will be elaborated. Approaches based on SOA principles, using distributed networked embedded services in device space, are the most appropriate for implementation of such self-learning solutions. The main obstacles to fully utilize the opportunities offered by service-based self-learning systems are problems related to reliability, availability, interoperability and security &amp; trust of diverse SW services. Context awareness, providing information about the processes &amp; equipment and circumstances under which the services operate and allowing them to react accordingly, is a promising holistic approach to assure needed self-learning adaptation to changes in processes and equipment states and, on the other hand, Quality of Services needed for such self-learning production systems. The project will develop context models and self-learning context extractor, self-learning adapter for control, maintenance and parameter identification, as well as SOA based infrastructure including security &amp; trust framework and an agent based middleware introduced in the service structure. The project will be driven by three industrial application scenarios from 3 industrial partners, where self-learning components and SOA infrastructure for integrated control and maintenance will be applied for machine tools, FMS and assembly lines in discrete manufacturing. The proposed approach will lead to maintenance costs reduction of 12%, and to an increase by 10% of Overall Equipment Effectiveness

Keywords: self-learning system,service oriented architecture (soa),condition based maintenance,production control,intelligent monitoring,context awareness,security and trust,agent technology
Flexible, Fast and Future Production Processes (F³ FACTORY)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: New production
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Germany,United Kingdom,France,France,Denmark,France,Germany,Poland,Czechia,Sweden,Netherlands,Germany,Germany,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Germany,Belgium,Germany,France,Germany,Germany,Germany,Germany
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2008-LARGE-2, 2008)
Start date: 2009-06-01
End date: 2013-07-31
Duration (months): 50.0
Total project cost (EUR): 29355245.42
EU funding (EUR): 17985409.0
Participants: 29
Project status: CLOSED

The F3 consortium’s vision is that the EU’s chemical industry’s competitive position would be strongly enhanced if it could operate modular continuous plant (F3 plant) which combines world scale continuous plant efficiency, consistency and scalability with the versatility of batch operation. Our project will deliver such a radically new production mode based on: a) Plug–and–play modular chemical production technology, capable of widespread implementation throughout the chemical industry. This technology uses generic backbone facilities designed for rapid interfacing with standardized process equipment containers (PEC). The PEC house process equipment assemblies (PEA) composed of intensified process equipment for fast, flexible future chemical production b) Holistic process design methodology applying process intensification concepts and innovative decision tools. This will accelerate process development and provides a substantial reduction in energy consumption, raw material usage and plant volumes. Our consortium of leading academic & research institutions and 7 major synthetic chemical producing industrial companies has 3 main goals: 1. To prove the technical feasibility of the F3 mode of manufacturing by building and operating a 0.1 to 30 kg/hr demonstration facility, 2. To demonstrate that operation of F3 plant will be more economical, ecoefficient and more sustainable than conventional production modes like large scale continuous or small to medium scale batch processing. 3. To drive a step change in the technology available to EU chemical production and engineering companies by designing intensified equipment for reaction and down stream processing, dissemination of standards for plug and play modular plant and providing open access to the backbone facility Our estimates indicate that the F3 concept will generate additional new business and will save 3.75 billion euro when existing products change to the F3 mode of manufacture.

Keywords: process intensification