Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Towards a low carbon energy : The European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (EBC2008)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Energy
Destination: Energy
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France
Call:  (FP7-Adhoc-2007-13, 2007)
Start date: 2008-06-13
End date: 2009-04-12
Duration (months): 10.0
Total project cost (EUR): 363000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Renewable Energies and Energy Management are major issues for France which supports the European Commission energy/climate policy. To realize this commitment, we propose to organize under the French Presidency of the European Union, a major event to prepare the launch of the SET-Plan, named "Towards a low carbon energy : The European Strategic Energy Technology Plan". It will take place on October 28th 2008 in Paris at the Carrousel du Louvre. Based on the work launched by the European Summit in spring 2008, this major event, which will include a conference and an exhibition, will be a place for expression on the issues and challenges faced to industry and society by the European climate/energy policy, and the fundamental role of technology to solve them. The objectives are: • to remind the background and the objectives of this policy, • to agree on the objectives of low carbon energy technologies and rally the European players around a common strategy, • to draft the agenda of the advances of these technologies, • to include them in a common frame of reference in order to compare periodically their results to conduct a coherent change in the energy mix, • to encourage managers to acquire and use the instruments provided by the SET Plan in their strategic choices, • to enhance recent European technological achievements, • to enhance the work of technology platforms and to support the implementation of the Joint Technology Initiatives. As active component of the SET-Plan, the event will also provide an opportunity to promote coordination of research organizations in the energy sector through the launch of the Alliance, to promote European industrial new initiatives and to prepare the work of the Steering Group for the Prague Summit in 2009.

Keywords: low carbon set-plan energy technolgies
Variable Stars in Current and Future Large Scale Observing Surveys. (VARSTARS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-ERG-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-03-16
End date: 2011-07-15
Duration (months): 28.0
Total project cost (EUR): 35000.0
EU funding (EUR): 35000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Observing and analysing changes in the brightness of stars is one of the oldest means of studying them, their populations and underlying laws of physics. Variable stars give insight into stellar life and death and can act as rulers for determining distances in the Universe, allowing us to decipher spatial shapes of galaxies, including our own. In this project I propose to study various aspects of variable stars with an emphasis on their detection and classification using data accessible from long-term surveys. Analysis of millions of stars may potentially yield discoveries of new exotic types of variable stars. Statistical studies of the vast samples of variable stars will be used in the preparation for the future space-based European mission called GAIA. Variability induced by gravitational lenses in our Galaxy will be examined as being of special interest. This has recently led to detection of extra-solar planets.

Keywords: astrophysics,stars - variable,detection,planets - detection,galaxy,dark matter
The role of the dopamine system in human reinforcement learning. (DOPAMINE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-ERG-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-08-01
End date: 2011-11-21
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 30000.0
EU funding (EUR): 30000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Animal research has indicated an important role for the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and its neurotransmitter dopamine in reinforcement learning, an elementary form of learning on the basis of rewards and punishments. In recent years, cognitive neuroscientists have used these animal data to develop various highly sophisticated theories on the role of the dopamine system in human reinforcement learning. However, crucial empirical tests of these theories in human subjects have generally been lacking, probably in part because of the considerable methodological challenges involved. The goal of the proposed research program is to address these challenges using a number of novel methods: (i) High-field (7 Tesla) functional magnetic resonance imaging in combination with a set of recently published acquisition and analysis methods will allow us to directly measure activity of the VTA; and (ii) pharmacological magnetic resonance imaging will allow us to investigate the effects of experimental manipulations of the dopamine system on brain function and behavior. We will use these methods to test detailed theoretical predictions regarding the role of the human dopamine system in coding error responses and negative feedback, in learning from positive and negative outcomes, and in valuing immediate versus delayed rewards. The proposed research will be important in elucidating the role of the dopamine system in human reinforcement learning. At the methodological level, it will open the door for the careful study of the role of dopamine in human cognition at large.

Keywords: dopamine,fmri,phmri,reward,vta
Thermodynamic basis of the inhibition of protein-protein interactions: design principles for the next generation of medicines (PPIDESIGN)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Outgoing Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IOF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-03-01
End date: 2010-12-31
Duration (months): 22.0
Total project cost (EUR): 216857.29
EU funding (EUR): 216857.29
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Many biological processes are orchestrated by complex networks of protein-protein interactions and several diseases can be linked to deregulations of these convoluted networks. In spite of their central importance in diseases, very few existing drugs act by disrupting abnormal protein-protein interactions. The discovery of small molecule able to disrupt critical protein-protein interactions has long been considered a very difficult task. Yet, recent successes suggest that this endeavor is feasible but clear strategies to tackle such class of targets have not yet emerged. Among the many medically important protein-protein interactions, the binding of the oncogene MDM2 to the tumor suppressor p53 has attracted intense interest due to its central importance in cancer biology and this system has emerged as a testing ground for design strategies to target effectively protein-protein interactions. In this project, computer simulations and biophysical experiments will be conducted to discover, optimize and characterize inhibitors of the p53/MDM2 as well as the highly similar p53/MDM4 interactions. The effectiveness of the computer aided drug design methodologies will be assessed against this class of target and novel design concepts at the forefront of chemical biology will be applied to develop scaffolds able to disrupt these interactions. Key collaborations will allow the designed inhibitors to be synthesized and tested for biological activity. Thermodynamic studies will also be conducted to characterize the binding properties of successful design and critically assess the predictive power of the computational techniques. The overarching goal of this research will be to not only design potent inhibitors, potentially extraordinarily useful as anti cancer agents, but also to delineate design principles to effectively target protein-protein interactions, thereby potentially unlocking a large fraction of the proteome for future therapeutic intervention

Keywords: pharmaceutical chemistry,computational chemistry,molecular biophysics
EC-UNESCO Conference: Joint Action for Capacity-building in Bioethics (JACOB) (JACOB)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Science in Society
Destination: Science in Society
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France
Call:  (FP7-Adhoc-2007-13, 2007)
Start date: 2008-11-01
End date: 2010-04-30
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 168224.4
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal aims to build the professional and administrative capacities of the newly established National Bioethics Committees in the developing countries and countries in transition through a Joint EC-UNESCO Conference on Bioethics Capacity-Building. Overall, the Conference is designed to facilitate and promote an international ethics network that brings together newly created National Bioethics Committees (NBCs) from Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean regions and the experienced Committees from Europe, as well as various other parts of the world for experience-sharing and mutual capacity-building in the framework of South-South and North-South-South triangular cooperation. Experts invited to the Conference will share knowledge about the best practices in running the national bioethics committees, including the establishment of relevant procedures and policies for bioethics committees, and ensuring effective engagement in policy making, priority setting and policy advice. The Conference will provide an opportunity to exchange ideas about the needs, the challenges, and the lessons learned by the national bioethics committees in various regions of the world. In selecting the participants of the Conference, special attention will be paid to the balance between the experienced and the newly-established committees, to make sure that the newly established committees fully benefit from the experiences older NBCs have accrued in terms of the substance of their work, the working methods and processes, the problems identified and lessons learned. The capacity building conference includes a thematic debate on the principle of social responsibility and health, and the role that National Bioethics Committees can play in advising the national government on the moral and legal obligations of guaranteeing the highest attainable standards of health to their populations, as well as in raising the general awareness on health issues.

Keywords: bioethics,national bioethics committees,africa,latin america and the caribbean,capacity building
A Micro-generation System Using PV/heat-pipe Roof Modules (PV/HP GENERATION)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IIF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-11-06
End date: 2011-11-05
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 181350.76
EU funding (EUR): 181350.76
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The proposed project aims to investigate a novel PV/hp (photovoltaic/heat-pipe) roof module able to work with a heat pump cycle to provide electricity and heat for buildings with enhanced efficiency. The system comprises prefabricated PV/hp roof modules that are inter-connnected and fitted into the roof truss to act as the roof finish, an electricity generator and the solar collector/evaporator for the heat pump. The system also incorporates a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve and a heat storage device. Integration of PV and heat pipes in a prefabricated roof module will provide high efficiency in terms of solar energy conversion and roof space requirement, and in so doing, offer the potential to create a low cost solution for electricity and heat production. The PV/hp modules would be architecturally pleasing and easy to install. Specific objectives of the programme are: 1. Develop a computer model to optimise the configuration of the PV/hp roof module and the module based heat pump/micro-generation system. 2. Construct and test the optimised PV/hp modules and the module based heat pump/micro-generation system, and validate the modelling results using the test data. 3. Develop an intelligent heat utilization strategy for the system and carry out economic and environmental analyses.

Keywords: technological sciences,photovoltaic,heat-pipe,roof,module,heat pump,heat,power,efficiency,solar energy
Lessons learnt from Nordic research coordination in the context of the ERA (NORDERA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: General Activities
Destination: ERANET
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Partnership: NORDERA (ERA-NET)
Countries involved: Norway,European organisations area
Call:  (FP7-ERANET-2008-RTD, 2008)
Start date: 2009-05-01
End date: 2010-11-30
Duration (months): 19.0
Total project cost (EUR): 331352.0
EU funding (EUR): 289410.75
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of NORDERA is to support the coordination of national research programmes and encourage joint programming. By studying the experiences of the Nordic region in this field, the project will seek to identify best practice on research programme coordination and assess how the lessons learnt can be of value for the further development of the European Research Area (ERA) as well as the Nordic Research and Innovation Area (NORIA) as an integral part of ERA. In particular, NORDERA aims to contribute to the Ljubljana process and the five initiatives launched by the Commission following the debate on the ERA Green Paper. Accordinlgy, the following specific objectives will direct the NORDERA project: 1. Produce an analysis of existing weaknesses as well as best practice regarding coordination in research and innovation in the Nordic region, formalised through the Nordic Council of Minsters structure. 2. Produce an analysis of existing weaknesses as well as best practice regarding coordination in research and innovation as expressed through more ‘non-formalised’ bilateral and multi-lateral cooperation between national research and innovation agencies/councils in the Nordic countries. 3. Based on 1 and 2, benchmark with and analyse existing European research coordination initiatives with a view to proposing concrete recommendations on how the Nordic experiences can serve to encourage the further development of ERA. Equally, the analysis will look into how lessons learnt can be of value for the further development of NORIA 4. Ensure that that project findings are integrated into the continued process of developing ERA through the organisation of a large-scale conference. Additionally, partners will explore the possibility of setting up a permanent strategic forum intended to function as a discussion arena for stakeholders on the further development of ERA.

Keywords: nordic coordination era noria
Searching for extrasolar planets around the lowest mass stars (EXOPLANET SEARCH)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IIF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-05-01
End date: 2010-05-31
Duration (months): 13.0
Total project cost (EUR): 170418.35
EU funding (EUR): 170418.35
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The main aim of the proposed project is to search for planets around nearby stars that are of a hitherto ignored stellar type using newly developed technology and methodology to improve our understanding of planet formation and evolution. The specific focus will be on the lowest mass stars. Stars of this type are a crucial sample of potential planet hosts because they can be used to illuminate the correlation between stellar mass and planet formation, are the most numerous kind of stars in the galaxy, and allow lower mass planets to be identified for a given level of observational precision. The technique employed will be the radial velocity method, but applied for the first time with high precision to the near infrared (nIR) spectral regime in order to sidestep the problems of stellar faintness and activity. Observation time at the ESO VLT for the survey amounting to 33 nights over two years has already been granted to the applicant. A new gas absorption cell designed by the applicant will be used with an existing instrument to measure high precision nIR radial velocities for the first time. The ancillary goals of the project will be to do follow-up study of any detected planets using complementary observational techniques, elucidate the advantages and disadvantages of nIR radial velocities, and explore additional research enabled by the methods and technology developed for the core program. The applicant possess the unique combination of experiences necessary to carry out this full program. The Institute for Astrophysics of the University Goettingen is the proper location for such a project due to the experience of its staff, access to facilities, and international collaborations. The main impacts of the program will be demonstration of a new planet detection technique, broadening the research scope of a recognized node of extrasolar planet science in the EU, and the first scientific data about planets around the lowest mass stars.

Keywords: astrophysics,exoplanets
Optimal pension design when individuals have different longevities (ECOPUB)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Belgium
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-05-01
End date: 2011-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150257.73
EU funding (EUR): 150257.73
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Following population ageing and some recently engaged reforms of pensions systems in several European countries, the question of how to link systems to longevity has become a topic of major interest. Not only longevity is a crucial aspect to take into account in pension reforms but also differential mortality has to be considered. Besides, pension systems have two main objectives; the first one being to provide resources to individuals in their old age, once they are not able to work anymore and the second one being a redistributive concern. Indeed, in the latter case, many European Social Security systems are used by governments as an instrument to smooth inequalities so that low-wage individuals obtain higher replacement rates than high-wage individuals. Yet, recent studies proved that part of this income redistribution is neutralized because, precisely, of differences in life expectancy. To be more explicit, individuals with lower wage get higher replacement rates but also have, on average, a lower life expectancy so that they do not benefit from this redistribution as much as they ought to. Thus, when talking about the link between life expectancy and pension design, several issues have to be considered. On the one hand, one has to consider that increased life expectancy makes more urgent the reform of our systems, since financial viability is at stake but, on the other hand, differential mortality has also to be taken into account in the design of Social Security schemes. Our project will then mainly focus on the issue of the optimal design of Social Security when individuals have different life expectancies and try to answer the following questions: how should differential mortality be included in pension systems? How should contributions and benefits be linked to life duration? This project then lies at the frontier of public economics, health economics, behavioral economics and the economics of ageing.

Keywords: health economics,labour economics,public economics,taxation,pension
Distributed Estimation In Sensor Networks (DIESIS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Outgoing Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Greece
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IOF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-06-01
End date: 2012-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 213868.36
EU funding (EUR): 213868.36
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

DIESIS deals with distributed signal processing for wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Over the last years, many WSN-based applications have emerged, leading to an urgent need for network-centric solutions at the physical layer. The proposed project aims to a framework of distributed estimation, detection, and tracking methods for WSNs. This will be achieved through the development of innovative decentralized signal processing algorithms, the analysis of their performance, the derivation of adaptive alternatives for non-stationary signals, and the study of the performance degradation caused by non-ideal operating conditions. Moreover, the application of the new algorithms in a network of sensors measuring physical, chemical, and biological variables of water resources will be investigated. The proposed fellowship is closely related to the Work Programme. The applicant has been working on adaptive signal processing, while he has gained professional experience by participating in several R&amp;D projects. His achievements indicate values such as initiative, mobility, and management skills, which are critical for this fellowship. By working on distributed signal processing and environmental engineering applications, the researcher will diversify his research interests in a promising direction. Also, by being exposed to a training experience at the United States, he will reinforce his academic achievements and obtain complementary skills for an independent career. Concerning the two hosts, the partner institution is one of the most distinguished universities at the US. The outgoing phase hosting lab and the supervisor have a pioneering contribution in the proposed research field and remarkable track records in mentoring experienced researchers. The return host partner has a long experience in the area of signal processing, participates in European research networks, and possesses the motivation and the infrastructures to absorb the experience gained by the fellow.

Keywords: engineering,computer engineering,signal processing,estimation,detection,sensor networks,environmental engineering,water resources