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Novel perspectives on our Solar System History recorded in the Atacama DEsert (NoSHADE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting 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: Germany
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-04-01
End date: 2028-03-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1762723.0
EU funding (EUR): 1762723.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Throughout Earth’s history our planet was subject to cosmic tempers that occasionally impacted global climate and biological evolution but almost always left their traces behind. Individual large impactors leave craters as footprints. Cosmic events in our Solar System, such as asteroid collisions or cometary sublimation, eject vast amounts of interplanetary dust particles, which also encounter Earth, but more quietly. They become part of sedimentary records in the form of micrometeorites or dispersed as atoms if evaporated during atmospheric entry. Furthermore, within our solar neighbourhood (50-150 pc) tens of star explosions, i.e., supernovae, occurred within the last >10 Myr. Their expanding shock fronts containing interstellar dust swept across our Solar System and a small but measurable fraction made its way to Earth. The overarching goal of NoSHADE is to collect traces of cosmic dust from Atacama Desert sedimentary records reaching back >10 Myr and link them to specific cosmic events. The main cosmic traces to be investigated are micrometeorites as well as radionuclides derived from interplanetary and interstellar dust (10Be, 26Al, 53Mn, 60Fe), which will be measured using the most advanced accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facilities available worldwide. Such an unprecedented >10 Myr-spanning record of multiple cosmic tracers will allow NoSHADE to shed light on two central and pressing questions: What was the quantity, timing, location, and type of supernovae having occurred in our solar neighbourhood? Which were the major dust-producing events and processes having taken place in our Solar System? The answers to these questions are not only fascinating by themselves and tell us what kind of dust and debris Earth encountered in space over the past Myr, but they will also allow to clarify if cosmic tempers during the last >10 Myr had an impact on Earth’s history and potentially altered the climate or the path of biological evolution.

Keywords: supernovae,micrometeorites,accelerator mass spectrometry
Space Application GaN transistor (SAGAN)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Space
Destination: Open Strategic Autonomy in Developing, Deploying and Using Global Space-Based Infrastructures, Services, Applications and Data
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Belgium,Germany
Call: Space technologies for European non-dependence and competitiveness (HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2398623.75
EU funding (EUR): 2398623.75
Participants: 4
Project status: SIGNED

The SAGAN proposal addresses a crucial element in future satellite platforms and payloads. Spacecraft Electrical Power Systems (EPS) are a key element that enable space missions. Without an efficient EPS, many of the capabilities that we take today for granted, such as high-speed communications, GNSS and science payloads, would not be possible. Power transistors are key elements of the electrical units that form the EPS and other systems, since they allow the most efficient (in terms of power and mass) electrical power processing topologies. During the last decade, several technological advancements have enabled a new type of transistors based on Gallium Nitride over Silicon. GaN transistors allow a reduction in mass of the equipment that uses them and a reduction in power consumption. Currently, Europe does not have the capabilities to produce GaN transistors for space unless relying on external countries for most of the supply chain, which is something that cannot be taken for granted. The objective of the SAGAN proposal is to overcome this situation by establishing a non-dependent supply chain (design, manufacturing, processing, and qualification testing) for GaN transistors that are suitable for space applications. The transistors will be tested to assess radiation effects, thermal dynamics, structural behaviour, reliaability... To achieve it, a strong consortium has been established. It is composed by organisations that have the knowleadge and the facilities to fulfil the objective. The consortium is composed of a company devoted to space level GaN transistors and integrated circuit design (SEMI ZABALA), a research foundry (IMEC), a company that processes wafers to the standards required by the technology (DISCO HI-TEC) and a satellite equipment manufacturer with component packaging capabilities (SENER). The consortium also counts with the role of GaN transistor end user, which is played by SENER as spacecraft equipment manufacturer.

Keywords: gan transistor,hemt,space,power electronics,radiation,see,qualification,wafer
Heterogeneous Integrated Short-wave Infrared Colloidal Quantum Dot Lasers (IRQUAL)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2024-POC, 2024)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2026-06-30
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

IRQUAL addresses the critical need for compact, integrated lasers operating in the short-wave infrared (SWIR) spectrum (1.3 – 2.5 μm) for diverse applications such as consumer electronics, automotive, IoT, and AR/VR. Specifically, lasers in the eye-safe window (around 1.4 μm and > 2 μm) are crucial for LIDAR systems, 3D face recognition, and environmental monitoring. Current technologies, including solid-state lasers and III-V semiconductor laser diodes, face limitations in size, cost, performance and scalability. IRQUAL aims to develop a versatile heterogeneous-integrated laser platform. This platform will exploit SWIR CQD laser technology pumped by established GaAs-based high-power laser diodes to develop a device that covers the range 1.5 to 2.5 μm. IRQUAL will further focus on the commercialization and exploitation of the technology described above. To achieve this aim, efforts will be made to develop a strong intellectual property portfolio and also engage with leading industrial figures that could assist in the development and validation of the technology. Achieving IRQUAL’s objectives will revolutionize SWIR light applications, enabling widespread use in automotive, mobile phones, machine vision, and sensing. Eye-safe illumination systems aligned with safety standards will further enhance commercial prospects. The technology's low-cost and compatibility with consumer electronics laser technology will transform LIDAR, 3D imaging, and remote sensing, contributing to a significant socioeconomic impact. In essence, this project pioneers a new era in SWIR laser technology, introducing unprecedented compactness, cost-effectiveness, and scalability for a multitude of high-impact applications.
Detecting and Distinguishing Majorana Modes through Atomic Scale Shot Noise (DMShot)

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 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-04-01
End date: 2026-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 211754.88
EU funding (EUR): 211754.88
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

An exciting area of research in quantum condensed matter physics involves the exploration of Majorana bound states (MBS) to create topologically protected qubits for fault-tolerant quantum computing. In the quest for experimental evidence of these quasiparticles, the most frequently observed indication of MBS is considered as a peak in the differential conductance spectra at zero bias voltage. While this observation could be easily detected in scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy experiments, it does not serve as a piece of conclusive evidence for the Majorana nature of a state as other topologically trivial bound states, such as Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states, can also exhibit the same zero-bias conductance peak. In this direction, recent theoretical investigations have extensively examined how shot noise at atomic could serve as a distinctive tool to differentiate between MBS and trivial bound states in vortex matter and nanowires. However, experimental verification of these theories has not been feasible so far due to the underlying challenge of measuring shot noise with high enough sensitivity at a nanometer resolution. Although experimentally challenging, in this project we will combine atomically resolved differential conductance and shot noise together by using a home-built shot-noise scanning tunneling microscope (SN-STM). The unprecedented power of this technique will be exploited to measure shot noise which provides direct evidence to distinguish the MBS from any conventional in-gap mode. We propose to investigate a couple of different scenarios such as single atomic impurities and vortex cores in a variety of iron-based superconducting quantum material, magnetic nanostructure (1D chains) coupled to an s-wave superconductor.

Keywords: majorana modes,topological superconductors,noise analysis,quantum computing
Converting N2 directly into amines through multimetallic catalysis (N2-CONVERT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Synthetic Chemistry and Materials
Panel description: New materials and new synthetic approaches, structure -properties relations, solid state chemistry, molecular architecture, organic chemistry
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1575000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1575000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Nitrogen containing molecules (amines) are ubiquitous in our daily lives. The N atoms in these essential compounds originate from dinitrogen (N2), but often undergo a vastly energy inefficient route to be incorporated into molecules. Hence, it has been a long-standing goal to develop catalysts that enable the direct conversion of N2 into amines to provide an efficient and sustainable alternative for amine synthesis. While various metal complexes enable the stoichiometric conversion of N2 into amines, a key problem preventing catalytic conversion lies in the incompatibility of the required harsh reductants with the reagents for making N–C bonds. In this project, I aim to develop well-defined molecular catalysts wherein multiple metals work together to directly convert N2 into amines. To this end, I will develop innovative ligand platforms based on rigid core scaffolds, designed to bind 2, 3 or 4 metal centers in close proximity. In a systematic combined experimental and computational study, I will obtain fundamental understanding on how aspects like metal-metal separation, number of metals, reduction state or accessibility of metal sites, affect the cooperative binding and activation of N2. This will enable me to identify design parameters of multimetallic complexes that enable N–C bond formation at metal-bound N2 without requiring harsh reductants. With this information, I will rationally design multimetallic complexes that enable the direct (electro)catalytic conversion of N2 into amines. My strong background and track record in ligand design, N2 activation, multimetallic coordination chemistry and catalysis puts me in a unique position to realize the highly ambitious goals of this project. The N2-CONVERT project will provide a new paradigm on how we look at N2, from an inert molecule to an abundant, cheap and non-toxic N-atom building block. In the long run, it will lay the foundation for a sustainable alternative to the current wasteful way of making amines.
Research, Entrepreneurship, Training, IP-exchange & Chip pLatform of EUROPRACTICE Services (RETICLES)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Chips for Europe Initiative
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Partnership: CHIPS (JU-JTI)
Countries involved: Belgium,Germany,Ireland,United Kingdom,France
Call: KDT-JU-2021-3-CSA - A Pan-European chip infrastructure for design innovation (HORIZON-KDT-JU-2021-3-CSA, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2025-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7185343.75
EU funding (EUR): 7185343.75
Participants: 5
Project status: SIGNED

RETICLES will provide a platform that nurtures the growth of a design ecosystem in Europe. This will be achieved by building on the existing EUROPRACTICE platform, sustaining its key elements and extending it with new services and technologies. EUROPRACTICE is a well-established and widely used platform that provides European academia and SMEs with a full range of microelectronic services needed to; design, fabricate, package and integrate microelectronic circuits. This service includes affordable access to industry-standard design tools, access to a wide range of fabrication technologies (multi-project wafers and small volume production of ASICs, photonics, MEMS, microfluidics etc.), full technical support and design methodology training. By building on the EUROPRACTICE services, the project will deliver impact already from the start. The platform will then be extended to meet new technology challenges and further support semiconductor sovereignty for Europe. Emerging technologies from European research centres and pilot lines will be added to the platform, including those with lower TRL. Design efficiency will be enhanced and supported through design re-use and establishing a design IP exchange repository. Efficient design at the smallest geometries will be enabled with advanced design tools and new Cloud based solutions for high-value IP. The creation of smarter integrated systems will be stimulated through advanced system integration of dissimilar semiconductor technologies and chiplets. A pipeline of talent for Europe delivered through comprehensive up-skilling and re-skilling training courses, and economic growth facilitated by supporting subsequent commercialisation of academic research. Through advanced design tools, leading edge semiconductor technologies and bespoke training, RETICLES will provide a breeding ground for cutting-edge research, deep-tech start-ups and growth of the semiconductor design ecosystem in Europe.

Keywords: design innovation support services cad tools mpw processing system integration electronic components and system training and support
Stabilising autopolyploid meiosis for enhanced yield (SAMEY)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Integrative B iology : from Genes and Genomes to S ystems
Panel description: For all organis ms: Genetics, epigenetics, genomics  and other ‘omics studies , bioinformatics, systems biology , genetic diseases , gene editing, innovative methods and modelling,  ‘omics for personalised  medicine
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2022-COG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-08-01
End date: 2028-07-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1977285.0
EU funding (EUR): 1977285.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Hybrid breeding has been one of the biggest contributors to yield increase of the last century. Hybrids are individuals which have genetically different parents, which results in a “hybrid vigour” effect. This hybrid vigour effect can confer advantages over inbred parent lines in growth, yield, and resilience and tolerance to different types of environmental stresses, important for securing agricultural production in a changing climate. An even greater hybrid vigour effect is possible in autopolyploids, which can have up to four different copies of each chromosome, than in diploids, which have can only have up to two different copies of each chromosome. In effect, “double hybrids” can be made in autopolyploids, with up to four different parents contributing to hybrid vigour in a single individual. However, to date the double hybrid effect has almost never been used for breeding. Most of our crops are not autopolyploids. We can induce autopolyploidy through chromosome doubling, but this causes meiotic instability, where multiple crossovers occur between the four chromosome copies during meiosis. This pairing disruption leads to potential loss of chromosomes and chromosome fragments essential for seed fertility and viability. Although induced autopolyploids are meiotically unstable, this is not the case for established autopolyploids. In the majority of established autopolyploids, a maximum of one crossover per two homologous chromosomes during meiosis is strictly enforced, thus achieving 100% pairing and correct segregation of chromosomes into daughter cells. I propose to stabilise meiosis in induced autopolyploid Brassica rapa (turnip, Chinese cabbage) by knock-out of crossover promoting genes, over-expression of crossover suppressing genes and selection of natural genetic variants. Stable autopolyploids will be used to produce double-hybrid lines, which will be evaluated for hybrid vigour for yield-related traits.

Keywords: polyploidy,meiosis,plant breeding,brassica
Bauhaus of the Seas Sails (BoSS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Mission
Theme: Other missions
Destination: Other missions
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Portugal,Italy,Sweden,Netherlands,Belgium,Germany,Spain
Call: Support the deployment of lighthouse demonstrators for the New European Bauhaus initiative in the context of Horizon Europe missions (HORIZON-MISS-2021-NEB-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4999975.0
EU funding (EUR): 4999975.0
Participants: 19
Project status: SIGNED

The vision of the BoSS project is to demonstrate and archive solutions for climate neutrality with a particular focus on coastal cities as an interface to healthy seas, ocean and water bodies envisioning a new triangle of sustainability, inclusion, and design focused on the most important global natural space. The BoS will offer opportunities to engage with communities for an environmentally sustainable, socially fair, and aesthetically appealing transition. Seven lighthouse demonstrators, located in four different regions and aquatic ecosystems in Portugal (estuary), Italy (lagoon and gulf), Sweden/Germany (strait / north sea / river), and the Netherlands/Belgium (delta) will showcase the transformational and uptake impact at the EU level serving as lighthouse pilots for the implementation of Horizon Europe mission objectives and showcase innovative solutions. The seven pilots will all provide tangible examples of mission-oriented approaches that are impactful, measurable, and targeted. The action plan includes the deployment of "drops" in all pilots designed to generate "ripple" effects at the local (demonstrator) level but then also at the city/region levels (demonstrating effects of scale) and at a broader level (demonstrating the replication. The BoSS, therefore, introduces an ecocentric narrative both cosmopolitan and rooted in nature-based solutions, plural, and testimonial, proposing to apply a design approach to complex socio-technical-ecological and more-than-anthropocentric problems. An agenda that moves from fixing to caring, from growth to nurture, from certainty to contingency, will enable designers, architects, and engineers to think about assemblages instead of systems and change the outcome from extinction to precarious flourishing. The design of these interactions generates the emergence of new aesthetics and, most decisively, a critical awareness of the history, contemporary, and future: designing beyond humans as a way to sustain our future.

Keywords: sustainability,social inclusion,co design,critical design,more than humans,storytelling,inclusion
Axon Initial Segment plasticity: unravelling the mechanisms that control neuronal excitability (PLaisTICITY)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Neuroscience and Disorders of the Nervous System
Panel description: Nervous system development, homeostasis and ageing , nervous system  function and dysfunction , systems neuroscience  and modelling , biological basis of cognitive processes and of behaviour, neurological and mental disorders – In humans and all other organisms
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1494740.0
EU funding (EUR): 1494740.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Neurons have the remarkable ability to continuously integrate and propagate information while maintaining their activity state within physiological range. The axon initial segment (AIS) is the keystone of neuronal excitability and pivotal for the maintenance of network homeostasis. The molecular organization of the AIS dictates the generation of action potentials, and thereby shapes the principal output of neurons. Although the AIS has long been considered as a static and passive structure, recent work from my lab and others demonstrated that network activity induces robust plasticity of the AIS, causing long-lasting changes in excitability. However, how AIS plasticity is regulated to maintain network homeostasis remains elusive. In this proposal, I aim to resolve, at the molecular level, how the AIS adapts in response to acute and chronic changes in neuronal activity and how maladaptation may lead to disease. To this end, I developed genome editing tools to label and manipulate endogenous AIS components, enabling live and super-resolution imaging of AIS organization. In combination with proteomics, optogenetics and electrophysiology, this project will address the following key objectives: 1. Resolve the nanoscale distribution and dynamics of AIS components 2. Unravel the mechanisms controlling acute and chronic re-distribution of ion channels during AIS plasticity and their consequences for excitability 3. Address the implication of maladaptive AIS plasticity in the pathology of Angelman Syndrome This project bridges the cell biology of the neuron to its physiology, provides new insights into how AIS plasticity orchestrates network activity and identifies how maladaptation contributes to disease.

Keywords: axon initial segment,neuronal cell biology,neuronal plasticity,action potential generation,genome editing,super resolution microscopy