Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Waste reduction and quality improvement of fruits and vegetables via an innovative and energy-efficient humidification/disinfection technology (FRESH-DEMO)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,Germany,Germany,Spain,Belgium,Greece,Netherlands,Netherlands,Denmark
Call: Innovative solutions for sustainable novel food processing (H2020-SFS-2014-2, 2014)
Start date: 2015-03-01
End date: 2017-02-28
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2547702.1
EU funding (EUR): 1994802.63
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

Million of tons of vegetables and fruits are harvested and then distributed throughout Europe every year. However, fruits and vegetables can be regarded as highly perishable foods and are especially susceptible to changing climatic conditions (temperature, humidity) after harvest. The long distribution pathways in combination with insufficient technologies for appropriate transport and storage lead to a high amount of food wasted as well as to products with inferior quality arriving at the consumer. Close to 50% of all fruits and vegetables get wasted in the EU, about a third of which can be attributed to the step between harvest and consumption. Food waste is currently a priority topic in the EU with a reduction target of 50% by 2020. A novel, innovative humidification/disinfection technology which has been developed based on several successful European research activities can contribute substantially to this target while simultaneously enhancing the shelf life and the hygienic properties of fruit and vegetables. By means of ultrasonic humidification as well as natural sanitizers for disinfection a cool, humid, and germ-free climate will be established preserving quality and freshness of fruits and vegetables (e.g. reduced weight/moisture loss, structural changes, decay, etc.) along the entire post-harvest supply chain. In five real-scale case studies (directly after harvesting - washing step, in transportation, storage, and retail facilities) the market potential of this technology will be demonstrated. Therefore, an unbroken cold as well as humidity chain will be achieved from farm to fork, substantially reducing waste along each step. Thorough analysis of the achieved results in terms of ecologic, technological and economic benefits as well as in-depths market research will provide the basis for an extensive training, promotion, and dissemination program aimed at multipliers and potential clients, thus achieving a successful market introduction.

Keywords: ultrasonic humidification,disinfection,natural sanitizers,waste reduction,quality enhancement,post harvest supply chain of fruits and vegetables,unbroken cold chain
Calculating and Operationalising the Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency Improvements in Europe (COMBI)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Robust decision making and public engagement
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Belgium,Hungary,United Kingdom,Denmark
Call: Socioeconomic research on energy efficiency (H2020-EE-2014-2-RIA, 2014)
Start date: 2015-03-01
End date: 2018-05-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 996548.75
EU funding (EUR): 996548.75
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

In recent years, research has shown that energy savings resulting from energy efficiency improvements have wider benefits for the economy and society such as increases in employment, GDP, energy security, positive impacts on health, ecosystems and crops or resource consumption. In order to develop more cost-effective energy efficiency policies and optimised long-term strategies in the EU, these multiple benefits have to be accounted for more comprehensively in the future. Although this field of research is growing, the findings are disperse and mostly have important gaps regarding geographic, sectorial or technical measure coverage and findings vary largely. This makes a consideration of multiple benefits in policy making and policy evaluation difficult today. The proposed project addresses these issues and aims at closing the identified gaps by five central research innovations: 1) data gathering on energy savings and technology costs per EU country for the most relevant 20 to 30 energy efficiency measures in the residential, commercial, industrial and transport sectors, 2) developing adequate methodologies for benefit quantification, monetisation and aggregation, 3) quantifying the most important multiple benefits and where adequate, monetising, 4) developing an openly available calculation tool that greatly simplifies the evaluation of co-impacts for specific energy efficiency measures to enable decision-making and 5) developing a simple online visualisation tool for customisable graphical analysis and assessment of multiple benefits and data exportation. Project outcomes can thus directly be used by stakeholders and will help to define cost-effective policies and support policy-makers and evaluators in the development and monitoring of energy efficiency strategies and policies in the future.

Keywords: multiple benefits of energy efficiency,modelling,quantification,monetization,visualization,policy recommendations,energy efficiency policy
Next-generation Modeling of Sedimentary Ice-sheet Dynamics (NEMOSID)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Reintegration panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Denmark
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): 219312.0
EU funding (EUR): 219312.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Global sea level changes are grand humanitarian challenges in the 21st century and beyond. The biggest contributor and uncertainty to sea-level projections is dynamical ice-mass loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Fast-moving ice primarily flows by sliding over weak and water-saturated sedimentary deposits that are reshaped into undulations and depositional wedges in the process. Current ice-sheet models do not account for transport of sediment under ice, and commonly assume that basal friction increases if ice flow accelerates. In this project I propose to address these shortcomings by deriving a realistic coupled framework for glacier ice, water and sediment. The sediment model is constrained by laboratory experiments and is coupled to a new model of subglacial hydrology. The ice-water-sediment model is compared to landforms and sedimentary deposits from previous glaciations, as well as contemporary ice sheet flow patterns. The framework allows analysis of climate-perturbation sensitivity, with particular investigation into the dynamical evolution of ice flow and basal environment. By incorporating previously neglected processes, the developed model framework will improve the accuracy of predicted global-mean sea-level change in the future.

Keywords: glaciology,ice sheet modeling,soil mechanics
Autonomous Lightweight Agricultural Vehicle (ALAV)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: SME instrument (H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020-3, 2020)
Start date: 2021-03-01
End date: 2023-08-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3622810.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499999.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Farming is rough. A farmer is both a slave to his occupation and yet has freedom to do what he wants, in a way that he prefers. These days, people find happiness in a lavish and comfortable life, lived in urbanised areas while enjoying job security and the absence of hard physical labour. For this reason young people do not want to become farmers anymore: resulting in almost 60% of all farmers throughout Europe being over the age of 55. This combined with recent trends such as increased with rising populations, increasing demand for food and labour shortage during seasonal peaks, the future for Europe’s agricultural sector is at risk. To cope with these challenges and increase productivity, farmers increasingly use heavier machines and resource-intensive farming systems, causing massive negative environmental impact such as soil compaction. In this project AgXeed presents the Autonomous Lightweight Agricultural Vehicle (ALAV). As a single unit or as part of a fleet, the ALAV is able to execute all operations throughout the cultivation cycle, completely independent and in a safe and efficient way due to robotics precision. Additionally, the ALAV stays under the irreversible soil compaction threshold, eliminating further degradation of the soil in comparison with conventional increasingly heavy machinery, leading to healthier crops and higher yields. The ALAV comes with a cloud based operating portal and a road compliant transportation module, is designed as a platform and can be connected with conventional implements already in use by farmers. In being autonomous, the ALAV eliminates labour shortages during seasonal peaks and generates tremendous savings for farmers in terms of labour and operational costs. The ALAV takes the first steps in shifting the essence of being a farmer from executing tasks manually to the monitoring and management of his agricultural business.

Keywords: agriculture,tractor,soil compaction,crop health,autonomous vehicle,precision farming,soil,health
Global Asylum Governance and European Union's Role (ASILE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
Theme: Inclusive societies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,South Africa,Germany,Germany,Norway,Türkiye,Sweden,Switzerland,Belgium,Netherlands,Denmark,Denmark,United Kingdom,Bangladesh
Call: International protection of refugees in a comparative perspective (H2020-SC6-MIGRATION-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2019-12-01
End date: 2023-11-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2979826.4
EU funding (EUR): 2957951.4
Participants: 15
Project status: SIGNED

The ASILE project studies the interactions between emerging international protection systems and the United Nations Global Compact for Refugees (UN GCR), with particular focus on the European Union’s role and contribution. It examines the characteristics of international, country-specific and EU asylum governance instruments and arrangements and their gender and age specific impacts on individuals and sharing of responsibility from the perspective of their effectiveness, fairness and consistency with international and regional human rights and refugee law standards. ASILE ensures a ground-breaking interdisciplinary examination of the role of key policy and implementing actors, and the effects of vulnerability and status recognition assessments over the agency and rights of individuals in search of international protection.

Keywords: un global compact on refugees,global asylum governance,refugee protection,gcr implementation,emerging global asylum governance regimes
Disrupting the telematics market with an ultra-low cost and high performance self-learning open platform (OPTELA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Germany
Call: Small business innovation research for Transport and Smart Cities Mobility (H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2017-01-01
End date: 2019-06-30
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2211783.0
EU funding (EUR): 1548248.1
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

EU transport sector is facing some severe problems such as: - Fuel consumption: Represents +32% of the total cost of fleet operation; - Maintenance costs: Lack of maintenance shortens the vehicle lifetime and leads to excessive costs, higher fuel consumption, higher downtime periods and losses in productivity; - CO2 emissions: Road transport contributes about 20% of the EU's total emissions. - Safety: Every year 26.000 people die and 250.000 people are seriously injured. Several initiatives have been launched but so far telematics seems to be the most promising one since allow accessing to vehicle data making its use more efficient, safe and environmentally friendly. However, professional telematics systems that allow high added value services require installation and cost approximately €2.000 per vehicle; On the other hand, cheaper Plug&Play solutions can only read basic vehicle data, cannot act on the vehicle and therefore their impact on existing needs is almost null. In this context, Autoaid will launch to the market the first low-cost self-learning telematics open platform that will offer services comparable to professional telematics systems at the price of low costs plug&play solutions. This is possible thanks to the technology developed by Autoaid: - The only self-learning web-based vehicle diagnostic service based on a database for >32 manufacturers and >1,500 models (>99% existing car park in the EU) to access complete vehicle control unit dataset. This is a unique asset that only a handful of companies have worldwide. - Plug&Play low cost OBDII dongle able to act on vehicle (open doors, turn on/off lights, engine, etc.). - Open platform: Data gathered will be anonymised and offered to third parties stimulating the development of new applications and services. Finally, from economic perspective Autoaid expects to reach by 2023 +47M€ in revenues producing profitability indicators such as IRR 68% and NPV 4,8M€ and creating +80 new jobs.

Keywords: telematics,obdii,predictive diagnosys,vehicle maintenance,optimal driving patterns,co2 reduction
RAtionalising Membrane Protein crystallisation (RAMP)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Innovative Training Networks (ITN)-European Training Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Germany,Ireland,Ireland,Sweden,France,Denmark,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2017-03-01
End date: 2021-08-31
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3240525.66
EU funding (EUR): 3240525.66
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

Membrane proteins form more than 85% of drug targets, but just 600 unique membrane protein crystal structures have been determined. A better understanding of how to crystallize membrane proteins reliably is therefore urgently required. The Innovative Training Network “RAtionalising Membrane Protein crystallisation” – RAMP will bring together cutting-edge physical chemistry methods for crystallisation condition control and phase diagram exploration, and the development of new lipids and screens in conjunction with industry with the most challenging biological problems. The network includes expert academic and industrial research groups in crystallisation theory, methods development, membrane protein crystallography, drug development and novel structural techniques like time-resolved and neutron crystallography. We will develop new, rational methods for crystallising membrane proteins, focusing particularly on transporters that are also interesting drug targets. The new robust crystallisation methods will also allow us to use emerging European research infrastructures like XFEL or ESS to gain insight into membrane protein function because the techniques will provide the necessary precise control of crystal size. A structured training programme organized by academia and industry together will equip the early stage researchers with the skills needed for a successful research career in the field of structural biology. Frequent secondments, research visits and meetings between early-career scientists ensure an efficient exchange of ideas and practical experiences between different groups leading to better integration of European research and innovations in structural biology. Supervision and mentoring by several senior scientists will give the researchers a strong scientific education and make them highly competitive in the work place of tomorrow. The work programme here will improve European competitiveness and advance graduate training.

Keywords: membrane protein crystallography,membrane protein crystallisation
PILOTs for robotic INspection and maintenance Grounded on advanced intelligent platforms and prototype applications (PILOTING)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Spain,Spain,Switzerland,Greece,Norway,Greece,Greece,France,Czechia,Netherlands,Netherlands
Call: Robotics in Application Areas (H2020-ICT-2019-2, 2019)
Start date: 2020-01-01
End date: 2023-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9382077.86
EU funding (EUR): 8189201.38
Participants: 14
Project status: SIGNED

Current European refineries and civil infrastructures, like tunnels and bridges, are ageing, and therefore gradually become deteriorated, especially taking into consideration the current and future economic situation in Europe where large investments in renewing infrastructures are not foreseen. Then, it is paramount important to increase the efficiency and quality of inspection and maintenance activities in order to keep the necessary safety levels in these ageing infrastructures. To overcome this important challenge, PILOTING proposes the adaptation, integration, and demonstration of robotic solutions, in an integrated platform, which will be tested and evaluated in three large-scale pilots: refineries (Oil&Gas sector), bridges/viaducts and tunnels (Civil/Transport Infrastructure sector) with the involvement of all the actors that conform the full value chain. The developed platform will: demonstrate the application of robotics at scale in the domain of Inspection and Maintenance (I&M), reduce end-user commercial risks on the deployment of robotics in the sector, demonstrate capabilities and improve understanding of robotics uptake value, develop and support the related ecosystem around the piloting I&M operations, as well as, contribute to industrial standards in robotics for I&M. To achieve the above, PILOTING will develop an advanced robotic-based platform that will be deployed in the three industrial scenarios and demonstrate the real value towards the inspection and maintenance community as well as its high level socio-economic impact when applied at scale. PILOTING will establish large-scale pilots in real industrial environments to directly reply to main I&M challenges through the demonstration of: increasing rate of inspection and maintenance tasks, improving coverage and performance, decreasing costs and time of operations, improving inspection quality and increasing safety of operators.

Keywords: inspection and maintenance,ground robots,aerial robots,crawlers,artificial intelligence,data management system
Enhancing Programmability and boosting Performance Portability for Exascale Computing Systems (EXA2PRO)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: High Performance Computing
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Greece,Sweden,Greece,France,France,France,United Kingdom
Call: Transition to Exascale Computing (H2020-FETHPC-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-05-01
End date: 2021-07-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3475222.5
EU funding (EUR): 3475222.5
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The vision of EXA2PRO is to develop a programming environment that will enable the productive deployment of highly parallel applications in exascale computing systems. EXA2PRO programming environment will integrate tools that will address significant exascale challenges. It will support a wide range of scientific applications, provide tools for improving source code quality, enable efficient exploitation of exascale systems' heterogeneity and integrate tools for data and memory management optimization. Additionally, it will provide various fault-tolerance mechanisms, both user-exposed and at runtime system level and performance monitoring features. EXA2PRO will be evaluated using 4 use cases from 4 different domains, which will be deployed in JUELICH supercomputing center. The use cases will leverage the EXA2PRO tool-chain and we expect: - Increased applications performance based on EXA2PRO optimization tools (data and memory management) - Efficient exploitation of heterogeneity by the applications that will allow the evaluation of more complex problems. - Identification of trade-offs between design qualities (source code maintainability/reusability) and run-time constraints (performance/energy consumption). - Evaluation of various fault-tolerance mechanisms for applications with different characteristics. EXA2PRO outcome is expected to have major impact in a) the scientific and industrial community that focuses on application deployment in supercomputing centers: EXA2PRO environment will allow efficient application deployment with reduced effort. b) on application developers of exascale application: EXA2PRO will provide tools for improving source code maintainability/reusability, which will allow application evaluation with reduced developers' effort. c) on the scientific community and the industry relevant to the EXA2PRO use cases. At least two of the EXA2PRO use cases will have significant impact to the CO2 capture and to the Supercapacitors industry.

Keywords: programming models interoperability,technical debt management,energy efficiency,heterogeneous computing systems