Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
REsources from URban BIo-waSte (RES URBIS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Theme: Sustainable and competitive bio-based industries and supporting the development of a European bio-economy
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Italy,Italy,Italy,Italy,Italy,Spain,Italy,Switzerland,Croatia,France,United Kingdom,Denmark,United Kingdom,Portugal,Portugal
Call: Unlocking the potential of urban organic waste (H2020-CIRC-2016OneStage, 2016)
Start date: 2017-01-01
End date: 2019-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3377915.0
EU funding (EUR): 2996688.75
Participants: 23
Project status: CLOSED

RES URBIS aims at making it possible to convert several types of urban bio-waste into valuable bio-based products, in an integrated single biowaste biorefinery and by using one main technology chain. This goal will be pursued through: - collection and analysis of data on urban bio-waste production and present management systems in four territorial clusters that have been selected in different countries and have different characteristics. - well-targeted experimental activity to solve a number of open technical issues (both process- and product-related), by using the appropriate combination of innovative and catalogue-proven technologies. - market analysis whitin several economic scenarios and business models for full exploitation of bio-based products (including a path forward to fill regulatory gaps). Urban bio-waste include the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (from households, restaurants, caterers and retail premises), excess sludge from urban wastewater treatment, garden and parks waste, selected waste from food-processing (if better recycling options in the food chain are not available), other selected waste streams, i.e. baby nappies. Bio-based products include polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) and related PHA-based bioplastics as well as ancillary productions: biosolvents (to be used in PHA extraction) and fibers (to be used for PHA biocomposites). Territorial and economic analyses will be done either considering the ex-novo implementation of the biowaste biorefinery or its integration into existing wastewater treatment or anaerobic digestion plants, with reference to clusters and for different production size. The economic analysis will be based on a portfolio of PHA-based bioplastics, which will be produced at pilot scale and tested for applications: - Biodegradable commodity film - Packaging interlayer film - Speciality durables (such as electronics) - Premium slow C-release material for ground water remediation

Keywords: urban bio waste,biodegradable fraction,municipal solid waste,sewage sludge,wastewater,biorefinery,bio based products,bioplastics,polyhydroxyalkanoate,biosolvent,biocomposite
INTRODUCTION OF A RANGE OF L-CYSTEINE DERIVATIVES AS NUTRITIONAL ADDITIVES IN PET FOOD, TO REDUCE OBESITY AND LENGTHEN ANIMAL LIFE (PetLife)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Climate action, environment,  resource efficiency and raw materials
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Boosting the potential of small businesses for eco-innovation and a sustainable supply of raw materials (H2020-SMEINST-1-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-03-01
End date: 2016-08-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Veterinary research shows that up to 45% of cats and dogs suffer health disorders, with oxidative effects from nutritional imbalances as a significant contributing factor. Of the approximately 270 million pets in the EU, 60% have commercial pet food exclusively as their source of nutrition and therefore depend on a complete and balanced product for health and wellbeing. The PetLife project is based on a promising market and growth opportunity deriving from our current L-Cysteine derivative product line for use in plant nutrition. This latent cysteine is released into the plant gradually, providing its organism with several essential health benefits that extend to animals as well. AXEB is set to be the first in Europe and globally to validate and introduce L-cysteine derivatives as nutritional additives for animals, to solve the problem of providing cysteine without causing nutritional imbalances and weight gain. The health benefits to be proved in phase 2 validation will convince pet owners and feed manufacturers of the worth of these new added-value formulations. Our objective is to take advantage of our know-how in order to broaden the use of this innovative compound as an animal nutrient and access the EU pet food industry and European pet owners who spend up to €21,000 on each pet over its lifetime, and €55 per pet every year on veterinary care. When scaled up to industrial production, the proposed PetLife L-Cysteine derivatives will be commercialized with a target price 25% cheaper than current pet food additives, and provide more long-ranging health benefits to reduce end user veterinary expenses. Although we already possess the knowledge in biotechnology processes for molecule synthesis, we require assistance to enter the pet food market due to the rigorous regulatory approval process for new additives in the European market. The possibility of European funding will help us cross the ‘valley of death’ from development to marketplace.

Keywords: food additives,l cysteine,healthy compounds,animal feed,biotechnology,bioprocesses,scale up,antioxidants,pet nutrition,synthesis
Measurement of the top Yukawa coupling with the ATLAS detector (Top-Higgs coupling)

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: Physics
Countries involved: Germany
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-10-01
End date: 2020-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 171460.8
EU funding (EUR): 171460.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In this project, the top Yukawa coupling is measured using proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider. The top Yukawa coupling is the strength of the interaction between the Higgs boson and the top quark, which can be predicted in the Standard Model of elementary particles. A deviation of the measured top Yukawa coupling from the Standard Model prediction would be a proof of new phenomena beyond the Standard Model that could provide an answer to several open questions concerning the fundamental interactions of elementary particles. The top Yukawa coupling will be determined from the production rate of the events containing a Higgs boson and a pair of top quarks at the ATLAS experiment. The selection criteria focus on the semileptonic decay of the pair of top quarks and the Higgs boson decay to a pair of bottom quarks in the phase phase with highly energetic Higgs boson and top quarks. The main goal of the project is to develop multivariate identification criteria using novel approaches, which involve: classification scheme of the signal events, jet substructure techniques and matrix element method. The effect of the expected 120 simultaneous proton-proton interactions on the measurement will be investigated and mitigated as well. It is expected that the project improves the precision of the top Yukawa coupling measurement by factor of 4 in the studied phase space. The Researcher is planning to pursue an academic career and the International Fellowship will help to strengthen his position as an independent researcher by extending his scientific expertise and by acquiring additional skills on project management, leadership, and presentation.

Keywords: top yukawa coupling,atlas experiment,higgs boson,top quark,boosted topology,multivariate analysis,matrix element method,jet substructure
Developing the University of Tartu to a well-networked PATient SAFEty research center in Estonia (PATSAFE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Spreading excellence and widening participation
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,Estonia,Netherlands
Call: Twinning (H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-03, 2018)
Start date: 2019-09-01
End date: 2022-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 802087.5
EU funding (EUR): 800000.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

Patient safety is a serious global public health problem affecting all countries. Estimates show that 1/10 patients are harmed during hospital care resulting in 23 million disability-adjusted life years lost per year. Research advancement is emphasized by all expert groups as a key precondition for safer care . The PATSAFE project will enhance Institute of Clinical Medicine of the University of Tartu (ICM-UT) research potential and capacities in patient safety in order to improve and strengthen knowledge and skills in methods, techniques and experience for patient safety research. Strategic partnership with Avedis Donabedian Foundation (FAD) from Spain and IQ Healthcare (IQ-HC) from The Netherlands, both international leaders in patient safety research, enables developing a long-lasting knowledge exchange alliance allowing ICM-UT to capitalise on its current achievements and to overcome gaps in scientific excellence in the field of patient safety research. To deliver maximum impact on the scientific excellence of ICM-UT and to contribute to the long-term sustainability of its research activities, the twining activities will: • Strengthen and raise the research profile of the ICM-UT academic staff and early stage researchers (ESRs), by implementing the hands-on training on the methods, techniques and experience in patient safety research; • Encourage the active participation of ESRs in patient safety research by increase their soft skills, to ensure the continuity and sustainability of patient safety research in ICM-UT; • Develop the research strategy on patient safety and establish the Estonian Patient Safety Research Network for the long-term sustainability of patient safety research in Estonia. To implement these activities, PATSAFE foresees a comprehensive strategy consisting of knowledge exchange (training materials, seminars, staff visits), soft research skills capacity building, strategic planning and strong dissemination and exploitation efforts.

Keywords: patient safety research capacity building,healthcare quality,patient safety research training,research strategy development
Household Ecology. Consumption and Wellbeing in Early Modern Iceland (HECoW)

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: Iceland
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2017-05-01
End date: 2019-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 191325.6
EU funding (EUR): 191325.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

HECoW's aims are to quantify and qualify an observed increase in domestic consumption in early modern Iceland (1750-1900) in order to assess the effects new household material culture had on gender relations and the wellbeing of families. This will be achieved through an truly interdisciplinary, historical and archaeological, methodology applied to two different data sources: historical probate inventories and artefact assemblages from archaeological excavations. These sources will provide information on what new materials were consumed by families during this period, how their introduction and spread varied across the social spectrum, from poorer labourers to land owning farmers, and how they were distributed through time. The project will be supervised by Prof. Lucas, who is a leading thinker in archaeological theory and practice. His supervision will provide the applicant with new abilities in archaeological analysis and increase her confidence in interpretation and communication of archaeological data. Specifically, his expertise in materially focused approaches and relational archaeology will guide the candidate in the application of the project's central theoretical concept of "household ecology" through which the affects of new material culture on gender relations and the wellbeing of households will be assessed. The project's co-supervisor is Prof. Jónsson, who will train the applicant in historical approaches and the quantitative and qualitative analysis of probate inventories. Prof. Jónsson is an expert in Icelandic medieval and late medieval history and has studied Icelandic probate inventories and their use in historical research. His guidance will supply the applicant with new transferable skills in historical research, which will increase her employability and competence as a researcher. The University of Iceland will provide a stimulative research environment and the necessary facilities to carry out this research successfully.

Keywords: archaeology,history,probate inventories,material culture,consumption,household ecology,gender relations,wellbeing
unraveling nucleate BOILing: MODEling, mesoscale simulatiONs and experiments (BOIL-MODE-ON)

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: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-05-20
End date: 2021-05-19
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 212933.76
EU funding (EUR): 212933.76
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Cooling efficiency is of the upmost importance in several crucial technological applications, e.g. fuel cells and battery cooling, hybrid airplanes, drones and satellite thermal management. They have a value of several billions dollars around the world, with a critical contribution to global CO2 production. A promising approach to cope with the always higher heat fluxes requested is represented by phase changing systems which exploit the large latent heat associated with phase change to remove the heat from the hot surface. A robust and effective strategy is to deploy boiling. The basic underlying idea is simple: form vapour bubbles in a liquid in contact with the hot surface and evacuate them through a condenser. Its implementation, however, faces a number of challenges and requires solution to several fundamental problems. In any practical application the boiler efficiency depends on parameters, such as the frequency of bubble nucleation, their size, and the release rate from the hot surface. However, how to precisely control them is still not clear. BOIL-MODE-ON aims at addressing the underlying mechanism of bubble inception and departure during boiling, defining possible new routes and solutions both on the modelling and the practical implementation side. Dr. Magaletti will apply a cutting-edge methodology he developed in the context of cavitation phenomena, based on a mesoscale numerical modelling of the liquid-vapour system embedding thermal fluctuations. It will shed light on the effects of surface wettability and dissolved gas, which are two of the most complex and not yet understood topics in this field. A specific campaign of experiments will complement and support the analysis. The recognised experience of Prof. Marengo, who will supervise this project, on the experimental techniques for boiling guarantees the highest level of synergy and knowledge transfer with the applicant, further developing his research skill-set and enhancing his career prospective.

Keywords: nucleate boiling,evaporation,vapour bubble,heat transfer,energy,numerical simulation,diffuse interface,fluctuating hydrodynamic
Dynamic regulation of paracellular channel gating (DynChan)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Global Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Spain,United States
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2021-03-16
End date: 2024-03-15
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 245732.16
EU funding (EUR): 245732.16
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Epithelial paracellular, i.e., tight junction, permeability is largely defined by the integrated functions of claudin proteins that can either seal the paracellular space or form highly-selective conductance channels. The importance of claudins is exemplified by the many human diseases caused by barrier dysregulation and claudin mutations. The host laboratory recently reported the first measurements of single channel tight junction currents, thereby demonstrating that claudin channels transition between open and closed states. The central hypothesis of this application is that claudin channel activity is regulated by specific molecular interactions. Unfortunately, the trans-tight junction patch-clamp method developed by the host laboratory is extremely labor intensive and unable to capture more than a small section of a single tight junction, making it unsuitable for comprehensive analyses. To overcome this obstacle, we first aim to develop a nanopillar array chip that will supersede the patch-clamp method. Cells grown over and around the nanopillars will form tight junctions above the nanoelectrode at the tip of each nanopillar. This will make it possible to measure large numbers of single-channel events over many junctions. The second aim will exploit the nanopillar chip to define the conductances and gating activities of claudin proteins and the mechanisms by which they are regulated. This novel technology will also allow others to analyze claudin function in health and disease. The nanopillar chip and data generated using this tool will accelerate our understanding of tight junction biology and enable development of channel modulators that, in a manner analogous to the advances enabled by transmembrane ion channel modulators, will lead to novel therapeutic approaches.

Keywords: paracellular barrier,tight junction,claudin,ion channel,gating activity,electrophysiology,nanoelectrode,nanopillar
Multiculturalism in the work of Aldo and Hannie van Eyck. Rethinking universalist notions in architecture. (ACU-AHvE)

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: Netherlands
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2021-02-01
End date: 2023-01-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 175572.48
EU funding (EUR): 175572.48
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Today, we live immersed in a new globalized universalism, an increasingly homogeneous planet where architecture remains dominated by mass media, hindering renewal. However, in the aftermath of WWII, the Dutch architects Aldo and Hannie van Eyck already proposed a profound rethinking of the eurocentrism of his time. In their work, one can observe a hybrid of universalist and exoticist attitudes, looking for both continuity and renewal of the pre-war avant-garde and for critique on capitalist and nationalist ideologies of his time. This research aims to scrutinize the blending of non-western and modern art in the Van Eycks’ designs in a holistic way where space, inhabitants, political ideas and ways of living merge to shape a multiculturalist notion of society and architecture. There have been earlier attempts to study Van Eyck’s relation with the vernacular by Strauven (1998) and recently Jaschke (2011) and Rodríguez (2016), but they focused on form relations or lacked the full archival sources to tackle the issue. Recent research (2018) has uncovered an enormous amount of information that will be used to go beyond state-of-the-art. The multidisciplinary nature of the project is strong, since it will develop an innovative qualitative approach to the architect’s oeuvre from his private house, an Anthropology of Architecture, using his full ethnographical art collection, books, travel pictures and conference slides as an entry to document and unpack the ways domesticity, global travels and art collecting intersect and sustain a non-universal view from which architecture was re-conceptualised. Proper measures will be taken to integrate the research into different areas of expertise. The results would constitute the first critical inquiry on the influence of the "ethnographic paradigm of the 60s" in postwar architecture, an example of open and inclusive design practices, hence in line with EU global strategies, helping debates in a post-colonial globalised world.

Keywords: aldo van eyck,non western art,postwar architecture,team 10,multiculturalism,vernacular architecture
Topological Solitons in Antiferroics (TSAR)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Novel ideas for radically new technologies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Belgium,France,France,France,Czechia,United Kingdom
Call: FET-Open Challenging Current Thinking (H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2019-2020-01, 2020)
Start date: 2021-05-01
End date: 2025-04-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3263514.0
EU funding (EUR): 3263137.75
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

With the end of Moore’s law in sight, new schemes must be devised to achieve energy efficient, high density and high-speed data storage and processing. One emerging concept in today’s condensed-matter physics that may fuel next-generation information technology is topology. Topological phenomena in real space can give rise to interesting objects (for instance magnetic skyrmions), which are topologically protected, i.e. endowed with an energy barrier associated with a change in their topology class. These solitonic objects have been found mainly in magnetic materials like ferromagnets and there are very recent reports that ferroelectrics may also be able to host them. Interestingly, antiferroic orders like antiferromagnetism or antiferroelectricity would provide extra properties e.g. a faster motion or an increased robustness. In TSAR, we will design antiferroic systems based on oxide materials where spin and electric dipole textures will be nucleated. We will devise approaches to control these topological solitons using different stimuli, and in particular ultra-fast vortex light pulses carrying angular orbital momentum. Gathering a consortium with broad expertise comprising academic (experimental and theoretical groups) and industrial partners, strategies will be devised and applied starting from high quality materials to devices. The targeted breakthrough of our project is to realize the first proof-of-concept for agile, low-power, room-temperature spintronic and electronic devices based on antiferroic topological materials. Their intrinsic high speed operation and low-power consumption will help tackling present societal challenges. Success in these endeavors will establish topological antiferroic systems as a novel versatile platform for future energy-efficient nanoelectronics.

Keywords: spintronics,ferroelectrics,light matter interactions