Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Application of Microbial Fuel Cells for waste water treatment (MEMBio)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2018)
Start date: 2018-06-01
End date: 2018-09-30
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The importance of water for human life is irrefutable. However, it exists a real threat to global water quality due to the pollution generated from residential, industrial and commercial origins. Nowadays, the social trend is to move towards a circular economy to replace the conventional ‘take-make- consume and dispose’ model of growth, where water recycling will play a significant role. Currently the annual world demand for fresh water is 64 bn m3, where just about 7.1 bn m3 comes from recycling due to the high cost of the technologies for wastewater treatment. The need to reuse water along with the scarcity of water has encouraged the development of new water treatment systems to satisfy the growing demand. ÆNEAM aims at launching to the market a green, versatile and efficient process for the industrial synthesis of biocompatible ceramic scaffolds materials for their use in wastewater treatment. Our system will reduce the energy demand, reducing the generation of sludge with a minimum maintenance. Nevertheless, we still need to carry out full operational test to validate our solution for its subsequent commercialization. In addition, we need to forge commercial agreements with strategic partners to guarantee our presence into the market. Our market, the Agroindustry global wastewater treatment market, was valued at €1.7 bn in 2017, and its forecast is to grow at a CAGR of 5.35% from 2018 to 2023. Based on our commercialization plan we will offer our solution to the rural environment companies of the agro industrial sector, which will include not only the sale of MEMBio, but also maintenance and consultancy services. Following our business strategy, we establish an average price of 1,000€/unit for industrial membranes, and 300€/unit for research purposes. Based on the profitability of the project we expect a cumulative revenue of €14.2 M by the third year, meaning a cumulative cash flow of € 7.2 M. Considering a 3-years forecast will give us a ROI of 294%.

Keywords: biomembranes
Contraception meets the environment: everyday contraceptive practices, politics, and futures in a toxic age (BirthControlEnvirons)

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: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: France
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-04-15
End date: 2021-04-14
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 184707.84
EU funding (EUR): 184707.84
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This action aims to conduct research among young women who are both feminists and environmentalists, and study how they negotiate these sensibilities in their striving for chemical-free contraception. Field research will be carried out in France, a place where on the one hand environmentalism is characterized by a strong concern with toxic chemicals in everyday life and, on the other, where access to the contraceptive pill remains an emblematic victory of second wave feminism, and by far the most prescribed contraceptive method nationwide. Theoretically, this project will contribute to the anthropology of chemicals, an emergent and cutting-edge subfield of research, and to the growing public debate regarding the ‘crisis’ of the contraceptive pill. Findings will be disseminated through seminars and publications that help push the boundaries of the discipline, a short documentary film that will appeal to wider audiences, and a few, carefully designed interdisciplinary activities that will bridge the domains of academia, arts, activism, and policy.

Keywords: environment,feminism,synthetic hormones,toxicants,france
Motion Powered 3D Printed Self-Healable Energy Storage for Wearable Electronics utilizing Plastic Waste (MotionESt)

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: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Czechia
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2020-07-01
End date: 2022-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 144980.64
EU funding (EUR): 144980.64
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Portable and wearable devices including smartwatches, health monitoring, and multimedia devices are becoming increasingly popular in our daily lives. These devices are generally powered by batteries that have a limited lifetime. Recently, the development of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) has shown to be an effective approach to transforming biomechanical energy to power up these devices. However, TENGs generate low energy and AC signals which limit their use in continuously powering up electronics. The AC signals of TENGs must be converted and stored in energy storage. Among energy storage devices, supercapacitors (SCs) are found to be a promising device due to their high power density, moderate energy density, long cycle life, and safe use. Hence, this project aims to develop an integrated device (TENGSC), connecting a high-performance TENG with an SC, which can store the transformed biomechanical energy. However, the TENG and SC are susceptible to undergoing damage during biomechanical actions. This mechanical damage can be overcome by developing self-healable TENG and SC. The self-healing nature will help to restore their properties if any damage happens during the cyclic movements. Moreover, to harvest high power from the TENG, a 3D printing technique will be followed, which can easily introduce micropatterns on the film surface. The micro-patterns provide higher frictional effect which is the key factor in increasing the conversion efficiency of TENG. Besides, the energy density of the SC can be increased through using porous MXenes –Ti3C2 as electrode materials. This can be developed through the 3D printing of a Ti3C2/graphite–based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) filament followed by pyrolysis. The waste drinking water bottles can be used as PET source. Thus, through this work, biomechanically driven smart power source will be developed along with concept of waste to wealth transformation, which can be used in portable and wearable electronics.

Keywords: nanogenerators,supercapacitors,3d printing,2d nanomaterials
New paradigms for high efficiency blue emitters for white OLEDS (PHEBE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Theme: Micro- and nanoelectronics and photonics: Key enabling technologies related to micro- and nanoelectronics and to photonics, covering also quantum technologies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Lithuania,France,United Kingdom,Luxembourg
Call: Development of novel materials and systems for OLED lighting (H2020-ICT-2014-1, 2014)
Start date: 2015-02-01
End date: 2018-07-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3931688.0
EU funding (EUR): 3931688.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The overall objective of the PHEBE project is to develop innovative, high-efficiency, blue emitters for white OLEDS, which will create a major breakthrough in the cost performance of OLED lighting. To produce the innovative blue emitters, two new types of molecular systems – without rare earth complexes - will be investigated: • intramolecular charge transfer systems that enable thermally activated delayed fluorescence (ICT-TADF) • intermolecular exciplex charge transfer systems that enable thermally activated delayed fluorescence (Exciplex-TADF) In order to develop the ICT-TADF and Exciplex-TADF based emitters, the following scientific and technical objectives will be targeted: • Objective 1: Screen potential ICT-TADF and Exciplex-TADF compounds with theoretical models • Objective 2: Synthesise the most promising ICT-TADF and Exciplex-TADF model compounds • Objective 3: Characterise and select the best ICT-TADF and Exciplex-TADF synthesised compounds • Objective 4: Design white stack units employing the selected TADF based emitter and block materials • Objective 5: Design close-to-production OLED lighting panel demonstrators To show the project’s overall objective has been achieved, white stack tandem units (2 x 2 cm2 with 90 nm ITO) and OLED lighting panel demonstrators (e.g. 25 cm2 circular panels) - based on the new blue emitters – will be produced and tested that meet the performance targets indicated in the H2020 call ICT 29 – 2014. The PHEBE project will be undertaken by a strong consortium of partners that span the complete value chain for the development and commercialisation of the new, high-efficiency, blue emitters for white OLEDS: OLED lighting research organisations (UDUR, TUD and KTU), OLED component producer (Novaled), and OLED lighting device manufacturer (Astron-FIAMM). Overall, the PHEBE consortium is well-balanced in terms of the number of industrial and academic partners as well as their geographic spread.

Keywords: thermally activated delayed fluorescence,tadf,intramolecular charge transfer systems,intermolecular exciplex charge transfer systems
High Voltage Electrical Power System Architecture (HV-EPSA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Space
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Italy,Switzerland,Switzerland,Belgium,France,France,United Kingdom
Call: Bottom-up space technologies at low TRL (H2020-COMPET-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-01-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1423127.74
EU funding (EUR): 1000743.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

The main objective of the HV-EPSA project is to break the current state-of-the-art in satellite electrical & power subsystem, expand the present application domain of the classical technologies and perform a full system analysis and validation to optimize the electrical chain including the new electrical propulsion units and communication systems The electrical & power subsystem (EPS) is mainly devoted to provide electrical power to all the active systems of a satellite. It generates and distributes a “primary power bus” whose characteristics are optimized to the mission needs. This bus is usually generated from solar arrays and electrochemical batteries. These power sources are controlled by a Power Conditioning Unit (PCU) which delivers the power bus. EPS is a major constituent of a satellite : its cost may reach up to 30% of the total platform cost. There is a large design variety of power buses, with voltage levels typically ranging from 28 to 100V. This state-of-the-art is well adapted to past and current needs in term of power conditioning & distribution for science and telecommunication satellites. Nevertheless, a short-term need is raising for higher operating voltages, especially for the new electrical propulsion systems and high power payloads Increasing the bus voltage represents a real technical challenge. During its life, the satellite has to face many “harsh” environment constraints (radiations, pressure, plasma,…) which limit the choice of high voltage electronic parts and favor destructive electrical discharges or arcs. This study will consider: solar arrays, power conditioning and distribution units (PCDU), cables and connectors, up to the main driving units for high voltage feeds: the EPCs (Electrical Power Conditioner for radio frequency amplifiers supply) and PPUs (Plasma Propulsion Unit for electric thrusters). This study will enable a full system analysis including units optimization and materials testing within representative environment.

Keywords: power system,optimization,satellite avionics architecture,high voltage
European-Latin American TB Research Collaboration Network (EUSAT-RCS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Research and innovation staff exchange
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: South Africa,Spain,Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands,Paraguay,Portugal
Call: Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-04-01
End date: 2024-03-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 910800.0
EU funding (EUR): 910800.0
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

In 2016, the World Health Assembly launched the WHO’s ‘End TB strategy’; an ambitious project to reduce TB incidence by 90% before 2035 and progress to 1 TB case per million in 2050 worldwide. Effective routes to TB elimination are, among others, optimized treatment regimens to shorten treatment duration and better diagnostic methods. Unfortunately, advances are very slow due to a huge lack of funding and clinical research capacity to conduct trials. The TB research community needs to be both creative and innovative to build and strengthen existing capacity as well as to expand clinical trial networks to perform more cost- and time effective drug- and diagnostic trials. With this RISE proposal we aim to strenghten the European-Latin American TB Research Collaboration Network (EUSAT-RCS), offer capacity building for Paraguayan and European TB professionals and build up a Latin American TB clinical hub. A group of ESRs, ERs, TECH and other professionals are brought together to carry out clinical research spanning epidemiology of TB in populations to GWAS and the validation of an innovative eNose device for point-of-care diagnostic value.

Keywords: enose,smell print,pharmacogenetic,dried blood spot,clinical trial
Disseminating Innovative Solutions for Antibiotic Resistance Management (DISARM)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Theme: Sustainable agriculture and forestry
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,Belgium,Belgium,Greece,Romania,Romania,Latvia,France,France,Netherlands,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Denmark,Denmark
Call: Thematic networks compiling knowledge ready for practice (H2020-RUR-2018-1, 2018)
Start date: 2019-01-01
End date: 2022-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999580.0
EU funding (EUR): 1999580.0
Participants: 19
Project status: CLOSED

The DISARM thematic network (Disseminating Innovative Solutions for Antibiotic Resistance Management) is focused on disseminating best practices from innovative farms and research on how to reduce antibiotic resistance in livestock farming. Antibiotic resistance management is not only important to farming, it can also lead to reduced effectiveness of antibiotics in treating humans. Tackling antibiotic resistance is a major strategic challenge for European livestock farmers, an industry worth over 145billion euros. Evidence shows that rates of antibiotic use and resistance vary greatly from farm to farm and, that with the adoption of appropriate innovative on farm management practices that both the use of antibiotics and the development of resistance can be reduced. Disseminating these effective management practices is at the heart of the DISARM project, which will work with farmers, vets, advisors, industry and researchers to identify and disseminate widely the most cost effective and beneficial strategies. This will be delivered by: * Developing a 600 member multi-actor Community of Practice to share, debate and disseminate the most promising strategies to reduce antibiotic resistance in livestock farming; * Producing 10 best practice guides, supported by 100 best practice abstracts and 100 short videos to explain how farms have successfully adopted innovative practices to reduce antibiotic resistance; * Working with 40 farms (in 8 countries) to develop multi-actor farm health plans with at least 30 of these being used as case studies to show other farms how working with their vet, feed or equipment suppliers and advisory services can help them adopt a set of best practices suited to their farm; * Run 80 events to disseminate best practices, hosted by farmers or research centres or hosted by DISARM beneficiaries but resulting from an intensive collaboration between a DISARM beneficiary and stakeholders from the livestock industry and to speak at 60 further industry events; * Deliver 3 annual reports on the remaining challenges with antibiotic resistance which research or policy developments need to address.

Keywords: antibiotic resistance,best practices,dissemination,communication and support,multi actor,farm innovation
Mini Factories for 3D printing of Large Industrial Composite Structures (3D-COMPETE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
Theme: Nanotechnologies
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Accelerating the uptake of nanotechnologies advanced materials or advanced manufacturing and processing technologies by SMEs (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2017-02-01
End date: 2017-05-31
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The increasing global demand for renewable energy utilization sets a positive growth scenario for the wind energy sector. Indeed, it is predicted that the global wind power capacity at 318 GW at the end of 2013, to reach 618 GW by the end of 2020. However, despite the growth potential, the wind energy sector faces several challenges that might endanger its long term sustainability. These challenges refer mainly to the industry competitiveness, which is increasingly affected by the price reduction of other energy alternatives, and because the most profitable (windiest) places are already occupied, the available free space is less profitable in terms of bulk energy generation, as well as a progressive reduction in government level subsidies (example in UK and Spain). This results in a strong price sensitivity for the wind energy sector, for which the only alternative goes through a significant reduction of bulk power costs. Considering that the price of wind turbines accounts for more than 80% of the total costs of a wind farm (2M-4M€/turbine), it is clear that reducing wind turbines prices is the only meaningful solution for the long term sustainability of the sector. 3D-COMPETE will provide the wind energy sector with a low cost solution for manufacturing the complex and heavy structural parts of wind blades. The proposed innovation is the use of an additive manufacturing process, automated fibre placement (AFP), which will enable the automation of the process. Our solution will reduce the manufacturing costs of these components by 40% (from 4,000€/ton down to 2,400€/ton). As for understanding the business opportunity, 3D-COMPETE solution will bring our customer (wind blade manufacturers) savings that can range €3.5M/year (for smaller clients that produce ~400 wind blades/year) up to €26M (for larger clients that produce ~3,000 blades/year).

Keywords: wind blade manufacturing,composites,3d printing
Nano-structured glass for future display and communication technologies (NANO-GLASS)

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: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Spain,France
Call: Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-03-01
End date: 2025-08-31
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1003619.52
EU funding (EUR): 1003619.52
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Optical displays and communication have a tremendous impact on modern life. We routinely interact with tactile smart phones and tablets, televisions, laser projection panels and constantly use internet services. Glass is the constituent material of transparent screens and optical fibres, which are essential elements of optical displays and communication. CORNING and ICFO, the industrial and academic partners, respectively, of the proposed ITN action (NANO-GLASS), aim at introducing disruptive nano-structuring designs and methods for glass display screens and optical fibres, with the PhD students (ESRs) playing a pivotal role in undertaking challenging projects with high industrial relevance. Potential outcomes of the research programme include optical screens without reflections, improving visibility in sunlight, self-cleaning tactile display that do not leave finger-prints, car windows that enable head up laser projection whilst still being transparent, optical fibres that generate quantum signals with high efficiency and highly secure encryption of sensitive information over the internet. CORNING has created Gorilla glass, the premier material for any kind of display screen today, and introduced the first low loss optical silica fibre which, among the others, has allowed the data transmission powering internet. ICFO and the participating groups are world-leaders in nano-photonics and quantum technologies, central topics to NANO-GLASS. Starting from an ongoing collaboration, the ESRs will face ambitious scientific and technical challenges, with the unique opportunity to bridge academic (fundamental) research to product (industrial) development. They will become leaders in highly relevant fields for the future society, which is increasingly permeated by ever more sophisticated display and communication technologies.

Keywords: nano structured materials,optical fibres and displays,tactile screens,secure communications