Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
European Union Contest for Young Scientists' 2017 (EUCYS 2017)

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: Estonia
Call: European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) 2017 (H2020-IBA-SWFS-EUCYS-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2016-12-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 13.0
Total project cost (EUR): 800000.0
EU funding (EUR): 800000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) has been organized since 1989 with the aim of promoting science and research among Europe's youth and bringing together the talented young people across Europe. The young scientists also have the chance to meet others with similar abilities and interests 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 organized in countries across Europe with the aim of promoting science and research in different countries and bringing research and young talents into spotlight in these countries. Estonia will organize EUCYS for the first time in 2017, but has previous experience in organizing Estonian National contest since 2002 and a Young Scientists Festival with format similar to EUCYS since 2015. The host organizer of EUCYS 2017 will be Estonian Research Council (ETAg) in close cooperation with Estonian Ministry for Education and Research, Estonian Academy of Sciences and Tallinn City Council. 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. Some opportunities will be offered to EUCYS participants to get acquainted with Estonian research and Estonian teachers and young researchers will be offered opportunities to meet EUCYS participants.

Keywords: european union contest for young scientists 2017 tallinn estonia
the Retrofitting Market Activation Platform based on the generation of standard modules for energy efficiency and clean energy solutions (re-MODULEES)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Reducing energy consumption and carbon foorpint by smart and sustainable use
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Italy,Italy,Spain,Belgium,Bulgaria,Greece,Slovenia,Greece,France,Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands
Call: Towards highly energy efficient and decarbonised buildings (H2020-LC-SC3-EE-2020-1, 2020)
Start date: 2020-11-01
End date: 2024-04-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2099518.75
EU funding (EUR): 2099518.0
Participants: 17
Project status: SIGNED

re-MODULEES aims at the creation of an EU-wide “umbrella” framework for EE in existing residential buildings based on the generation of standard modules for the retrofit market activation and up-take. Modularity is to be intended as multi-level: it regards the “breakdown” of the overall retrofit process into standardized segments; and multi-target: it regards their customization according to regional climatic, building, socio-economic and market conditions, in order to shape more effective tools and approaches through which to maximise cost-optimality, positive spillovers and impact. This framework is based on clustering of efforts and evidences, and would allow shaping cross-regional policies, and generating wider homogeneous, integrated and facilitated retrofitting market areas. For this reason, re-MODULEES aims to be a strategic capitalization project which, by leveraging on the wide background of several H2020 projects (as well as from other EU programs), will join and combine knowledge, approaches and tools already available within its clear modular framework, so to optimize their uptake on local markets.

Keywords: renovation hubs,h2020 deep renovation knowledge disclosure
Photoresponsive Smart Nanocarriers for Tetherless Regeneration of Bone Tissue (PhotoNanoBone)

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: Chemistry
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2018-01-02
End date: 2020-01-01
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 158121.6
EU funding (EUR): 158121.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The research aim of PhotoNanoBone is to develop of a novel nanotechnological strategy based on stimuli-responsive nanocarriers together with a microfluidic platform for spatiotemporal control of cell reprogramming and differentiation of 3D cell cultures towards bone tissue engineering. The project entails three steps. (1) Synthesising stimuli-responsive nanocarriers by layer-by-layer assembly and loaded with cell reprogramming factors (cargo). Polymeric walls of nanocarriers will be further functionalized with magnetic and plasmonic nanoparticles. By applying magnetic fields, nanocarriers can be locally enrichment in 3D cell culture. Upon external light irradiation, plasmonic nanoparticles will be heated, leading to local opening of the polymeric walls and subsequent cargo release. (2) Set-up of a microfluidic platform for externally controlled intracellular magnetic targeting and light-triggered release of cargo. (3) Application of the developed technology in 3D cell cultures of fibroblasts (mouse model) for bone tissue engineering. I (the ER) will prepare, characterize and test the materials and application proposed, with the support of a multidisciplinary hub of specialists. The prime training aim of PhotoNanoBone is to provide me with a truly solid formation in biomaterials, which will support my future career endeavors, both in the academia or industry, to be an independent researcher, a founder of a start-up company or to become key player in the biomaterials sector. I will be hosted by the Centre for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials (CiQUS) of the University of Santiago de Compostela, a cutting-edge multidisciplinary research center at the interface of chemistry, biomedicine and molecular materials. The training will be further strengthened by two secondments focused on the following topics: synthesis of plasmonic NP with lasers (Complutense University Madrid) and development of microfluidic platforms (Micronit Michrotecnologies).
Advanced use of mosses for biotechnological solutions (MossTech)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Innovative Training Networks (ITN)-European Industrial Doctorates
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,Iceland,Sweden,United States,Portugal,Denmark
Call: Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2017-10-01
End date: 2021-12-31
Duration (months): 51.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1559675.88
EU funding (EUR): 1559675.88
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

MossTech will expand the tools for green biotechnology. By using the simplest land plants, the mosses, MossTech will develop new green cell factories for the production of proteins, lipids and fine chemicals. MossTech will train 6 highly qualified ESRs in modern biotechnology with the focus on expanding the use of green cells in biotechnological applications. The consortium of three universities, one research institution and four companies together provides a strong background for training in scientific and transferable skills. Scientifically, MossTech will focus on the use of mosses in biotechnology. Mosses are structurally simple plants, but have a high degree of chemical complexity, thus are a rich source for novel biosynthetic genes and pathways. Mosses in Northern Europe are adapted for high growth rates at low temperatures and long days, which are ideal properties for competitive biotechnological production. The species and chemical diversity in Northern European mosses are very high; this allows MossTech to look for novel sources for valuable lipids, terpenoids and other chemicals. MossTech will study the lipid and terpenoid metabolism in mosses with the aim of establishing novel production lines for the industrial partners in the project. Additionally, MossTech will provide at least 8-13 new mosses that can be used in biotechnological production, along with novel transformation technologies, and an auxotrophic moss to be used in biological research and biotechnological industry. Overall, this will allow MossTech to understand complex biochemical routes leading to alternative regulation of such pathways and will provide competitive production of fine chemicals. Finally, MossTech will provide 6 well trained ESRs that will be highly qualified and trained in novel technologies to work in the European Biotech industry that currently employs about 22 million people. The ESRs will also be fully qualified for jobs in academia and related areas throughout Europe.

Keywords: physcomitrella patens,green bioengineering
Nano bubbles: how, when and why does science fail to correct itself? (NanoBubbles)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Synergy grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: France,France,France,France,Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands
Call: ERC Synergy Grant (ERC-2020-SyG, 2020)
Start date: 2021-06-01
End date: 2026-05-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8325461.0
EU funding (EUR): 8325461.0
Participants: 7
Project status: SIGNED

Science relies on the correction of errors to advance, yet in practice scientists find it difficult to erase erroneous and exaggerated claims from the scientific record. Recent discussion of a “replication crisis” has impaired trust in science both among scientists and non-scientists; yet we know little about how non-replicated or even fraudulent claims can be removed from the scientific record. This project combines approaches from the natural, engineering, and social sciences and the humanities (Science and Technology Studies) to understand how error correction in science works and what obstacles it faces, and stages events for scientists to reflect on error and overpromising. The project’s focus is nanobiology, a highly interdisciplinary field founded around the year 2000 that has already seen multiple episodes of overpromising and promotion of erroneous claims. We examine three such “bubbles”: the claim that nanoparticles can cross the blood-brain barrier; that nanoparticles can penetrate the cell membrane; and the promotion of the “protein corona” concept to describe ordinary adsorption of proteins on nanoparticles. Findings based on error (non)correction in nanobiology should be generalizable to other new, highly interdisciplinary fields such as synthetic biology and artificial intelligence. We trace claims and corrections in various channels of scientific communication (journals, social media, advertisements, conference programs, etc.) via innovative digital methods. We examine error (non)correction practices in scientific conferences via ethnographic participant-observation. We follow the history of conferences, journals, and other sites of error (non)correction from the 1970s (before nanobio per se existed) to the present. And we attempt to replicate nanobiological claims and, in case of non-replication, document obstacles to correcting those claims. Finally, we will spark a dialogue within the nanobiology community by organizing workshops and events at c

Keywords: conference studies,scientometrics,controversy studies,sociology of science,scientific publishing,cell imaging,blood brain barrier,endocytosis,text mining,post publication peer review
Nanonets2Sense (Nanonets2Sense)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,Sweden,France,France,United Kingdom
Call: Generic micro- and nano-electronic technologies (H2020-ICT-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-02-01
End date: 2019-03-31
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2195000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2195000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Nanonets2Sense proposes a new technological approach, where random networks of nanowires, called nanonets (NN), allow biosensors for medical applications to be integrated at low cost with a 3D integration scheme. The final objective of the project is to demonstrate 3D above-IC integration of nanonet-based sensing devices on a CMOS platform. By using nanonets as sensing material, our synergetic approach retains the advantages of nanowires (NW) properties without the associated technological burden. With a smart combination of bottom-up and top-down technologies and a low processing temperature (<400°C) compatible with CMOS integration, it allows 3D integration into a compact sensor, where the sensing element, which is exposed to breath or biofluids, is integrated above the CMOS detection circuit, which is naturally protected. Nanonets2Sense will address all material, device and circuit issues. It will develop the integration process that allows the 3D above-IC integration of NN-based sensing devices on a CMOS platform, optimize sensor performance by engineering nanonet properties and device dimensions, analyse NN-based devices operation and performance and optimize readout accordingly, demonstrate the viability of the integration approach by fabricating a proof-of-concept integrated sensor that realizes 3D SoC integration of a NN-based sensing device with its CMOS read-out. Nanonets2Sense is thus providing a new technological building block to enhance CMOS chip functionality with biosensing capability. It combines high performance at low cost and the impact is enhanced by the fact that the approach is generic and can be adapted to a large variety of NW and target molecules. Nanonets2Sense relies on well recognized European partners, including academic, SME and large company, which represent the whole chain from basic and applied research to foundry and products development, ensuring that exploitation will combine sounded physical concepts with industrial vision.

Keywords: biosensors,nanowires,cmos integration,3d system on chip integration
Platform for envIRonmentallY Sustainable Textile processing, to be replicated worldwide in the fashion industry Feasibility Study (SPIRYT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Climate action, environment,  resource efficiency and raw materials
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Italy
Call: Boosting the potential of small businesses for eco-innovation and a sustainable supply of raw materials (H2020-SMEINST-1-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2015-09-01
End date: 2016-02-29
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Textile finishing, imparting specific effects on the garments, is currently relying on practices considered as borderline or phased out by the environmental regulations and REACH restrictions. Fashion big names are leading the development of a greener chemistry, not compromising on the final aesthetics. SPYRIT project is aimed to apply Nearchimica skills to develop knowledge – intensive solutions to textile finishing, combining in innovative way laser, ozone, chemical, resins and enzymes processing, into targeted recipes. The results demonstrate the achievement of final effects on garments, granting at the same time lower environmental impact, energy and time expenditure. The added value is the long-standing expertise of Nearchimica, and the availability of a complete set of technologies, unlocking green growth potential, at the same performances level of the current processing. SPYRIT aims to cut environmental footprint more than 50%, in terms of LCA, providing to Nearchimica primary role in the supply of fine chemicals and in process consultancy to textile industry. Technological Feasibility Assessment, LCA verification of the effective sustainability, and the Business Models project objectives permit to unlock a real blue ocean of new opportunities in the sector. Nearchimica is an Italian company, dealing with the formulation, production and commercialization of chemicals for the textile industry, which mission is to provide customers with products responding to their needs under different aspects: performance, regulatory, ecological, cost effectiveness. In the latest 10 years, Nearchimica launched lines tailored to a reduced environmental footprint, sustainability, responding in advance to the REACH and safety issues. Nearchimica Business Model is fully aligned with the SPYRIT project, to gain a position of developer and consultant for Global Strategy, Geographical growth, R&D, anticipating market needs and ultimately Eco-sustainability of the whole sector.

Keywords: textile finishing,sustainable denim,ozone,laser,resins,enzyme low impact processing
Advanced European Infrastructures for Detectors at Accelerators (AIDA-2020)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Theme: Research infrastructures
Destination: Integrating activities and infrastructures
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Germany,Israel,Austria,Germany,Germany,Spain,Spain,Spain,Italy,Italy,Switzerland,Switzerland,Norway,Belgium,Lithuania,Poland,Sweden,Bulgaria,Croatia,Hungary,Slovenia,France,Czechia,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Portugal
Call: Integrating and opening existing national and regional research infrastructures of European interest (H2020-INFRAIA-2014-2015, 2014)
Start date: 2015-05-01
End date: 2020-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 12909986.73
EU funding (EUR): 10000000.0
Participants: 39
Project status: CLOSED

Particle physics is at the forefront of the ERA, attracting a global community of more than 10,000 scientists. With the upgrade of the LHC and the preparation of new experiments, the community will have to overcome unprecedented challenges in order to answer fundamental questions concerning the Higgs boson, neutrinos, and physics beyond the Standard Model. Major developments in detector technology are required to ensure the success of these endeavours. The AIDA-2020 project brings together the leading European infrastructures in detector development and a number of academic institutes, thus assembling the necessary expertise for the ambitious programme of work. In total, 19 countries and CERN are involved in this programme, which follows closely the priorities of the European Strategy for Particle Physics. AIDA-2020 aims to advance detector technologies beyond current limits by offering well-equipped test beam and irradiation facilities for testing detector systems under its Transnational Access programme. Common software tools, micro-electronics and data acquisition systems are also provided. This shared high-quality infrastructure will ensure optimal use and coherent development, thus increasing knowledge exchange between European groups and maximising scientific progress. The project also exploits the innovation potential of detector research by engaging with European industry for large-scale production of detector systems and by developing applications outside of particle physics, e.g. for medical imaging. AIDA-2020 will lead to enhanced coordination within the European detector community, leveraging EU and national resources. The project will explore novel detector technologies and will provide the ERA with world-class infrastructure for detector development, benefiting thousands of researchers participating in future particle physics projects, and contributing to maintaining Europe's leadership of the field.

Keywords: particle physics,advanced infrastructures for detector development,novel detector technologies,cross border collaboration,technology transfer to industry
Locating Muscle Memory of Vocal Motor Skills (SavINGS)

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: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2017-01-01
End date: 2018-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 212194.8
EU funding (EUR): 212194.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Fine motor skills, such as singing or playing an instrument, require precise neural control of the musculature that executes the task. This high level of precision can only be acquired through extensive practice, while both the brain and the peripheral musculature adapt to the task. Although the level of motor performance decreases when a skill is not used, once acquired, previous levels of performance can be regained quickly with only little practice, a phenomenon called ‘savings’. It is unclear, however, what mechanisms underlie savings, and where the information is stored that enables the quick retrieval of previously learned skills. To investigate these questions we propose to use our recently developed model system that allows us to experimentally control the acquisition, discontinuation, and re-acquisition of vocal motor performance in songbirds. This novel model system provides us with an excellent opportunity to untangle the contributions of the central nervous system and the peripheral musculature involved in song production to the savings of vocal motor skills. Using in vivo two-photon microscopy, we will study dynamic changes in the dendritic arborization of motor neurons in the songbird brain during the development, discontinuation, and rapid retrieval of vocal motor performance. At these different stages of skill utilization we will also investigate structural changes to the vocal organ with in vivo x-ray microtomography (µCT) and quantify the mechanical performance of isolated muscle bundles in vitro afterwards. Together these approaches will demonstrate whether modifications to the brain, the vocal musculature, or both, contribute to the savings of vocal motor skills, and enhance our understanding of the neural and peripheral mechanisms that are responsible for memorization and recall of motor skills.

Keywords: savings,songbird,syrinx,brain,motor memory,2 photon microscopy,muscle performance,in vivo imaging