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AstroWaveforms: Decoding the astrophysics of black hole binaries in individual gravitational wave signals. (AstroWaveforms)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 247553.28
EU funding (EUR): 247553.28
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The study of “environmental effects” (EEs) offers the unique prospect to extract astrophysical information from individual gravitational wave (GW) signals, by modelling perturbations to the vacuum emission of binary sources. Cutting-edge numerical simulations indicate that a range of complex and previously un-modelled EEs should arise in binary systems subject to perturbative forces, due to e.g. Roemer delays, tidal fields, migration in gas, stochastic accretion, resonances in neutron star interiors. Accessing this rich astrophysical information encoded in GW signals requires entirely new models of EEs, able to characterise unique GW signatures from a range of physical mechanisms and astrophysical environments. As a Marie Curie Fellow at the NBIA, I will resolve this issue by developing a novel model for EEs based on a Fourier decomposition of astrophysical perturbative forces, and create a modular Python package to implement the model in state-of-the-art waveform templates. I will use the latter to perform first-of-their-kind parameter inference studies, demonstrating how EEs can be harnessed to reveal the physics of BH environments and distinguish between binary formation pathways. The completion of the AstroWaveforms project will result in a new state-of-the-art in the modelling of EEs, as well as a novel tool to perform parameter inference studies on both simulated and real GW data. Developments in this aspect of GW modelling are highly timely, considering the imminent release of the LVK fourth observation run catalogue, the upcoming upgrades to the LVK facilities and the recent adoption of the LISA mission.

Keywords: gravitational waves,post newtonian dynamics,accretion discs
AI-Driven Dynamic Fire Risk Assessment for Electric Vehicles in Buildings (eRISIKO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Staff Exchanges
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Spain,United Kingdom,Slovenia,Malaysia
Call: MSCA Staff Exchanges 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-SE-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 450900.0
EU funding (EUR): 450900.0
Participants: 5
Project status: SIGNED

The eRISIKO project enhances international mobility and knowledge exchange to address the evolving fire risks of electric vehicles (EVs) in buildings. Through structured staff exchanges among Universidad de Navarra (UNAV), University of Liverpool (UoL), and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), researchers will collaborate across disciplines in fire engineering, risk assessment, and AI-driven safety solutions. The project has three key objectives: (1) Conducting experimental and computational studies on EV fire dynamics, led by UPM, focusing on heat release rates, flame spread, and fire suppression. (2) Integrating international fire incident data and regulatory analysis, led by UoL, to enhance risk quantification and inform safety policies. (3) Developing an AI-driven fire risk assessment tool, led by UNAV, dynamically adapting to real-time data and regulatory needs. To support mobility and interdisciplinary collaboration, researchers will undertake secondments at partner institutions, gaining cross-institutional expertise in fire experiments, computational modeling, and AI risk assessment. Annual workshops, conferences, and a final summer school at UNAV will facilitate ongoing cooperation, dissemination, and engagement with industry, policymakers, and fire safety agencies. Aligned with European mobility goals, Horizon Europe priorities, and the European Green Deal, eRISIKO will build a sustainable research network linking Europe and Asia. By fostering international mobility, capacity building, and applied research, the project will advance fire safety knowledge, create long-term collaboration, and contribute to global EV fire risk mitigation efforts.

Keywords: electric vehicle fires,fire risk assessment,ai powered fire safety,fire dynamics,ev fire regulations,computational fire modeling,fire incident data,building fire safety,fire suppression
Chalcogenide-Silicon tandem PEC for CO2 reduction (CHALCON)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Belgium,United States
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 191760.0
EU funding (EUR): 191760.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Solar driven photoelectrohemical reduction of CO2 (CO2R) to valuable chemicals and fuels in artificial photosynthesis is of high importance for sustainable future and societal growth. Among current PEC systems, electrolysis from PV cells using III-V semiconductors is promising but high material cost is a major limitation. Integrated PV-PEC systems are desirable; however, they suffer from low performance due to insufficient solar spectrum utilization, carrier generation and transport losses, and poor catalysis. An efficient and low-cost integrated system of a photocathode (PC) and photoanode (PA) is yet to be realized for simultaneous CO2R and oxidation of alcohol or water, respectively. In this project, we propose a tandem architecture, including monolithic and wired connected design, comprising of (1.8 – 2.0 eV) bandgap Cu(In,Ga)S2 based top cell PC and silicon (1.1 eV) PA as bottom cell. The photovoltage of > 1.8 eV is targeted from CIGS-Si tandem system. This will be accomplished by synthesizing high-quality CIGS optimized for interface recombination coupled with nanostructured and dual side doped Si. The key aspect of the project is to couple the CO2R with the glycerol oxidation reaction which lowers the voltage requirement and makes it feasible for bias-free operation of CO2R and glycerol oxidation, thus producing valuable products like CO and formic acid at PC and PA respectively. PC and PA will be individually optimized for high voltage, carrier selectivity, light management, high surface area catalysis and protected surfaces to avoid degradation. The design of the project allows to investigate device with electrical bias, similar to “3-terminal” tandem PV device. Separate PC and PA reaction chamber will make product separation easier with accurate estimation of the fuel production efficiency. Applied bias, light intensity, light wavelength and catalyst coating layer will be varied and its relation to device performance and degradation will be established.

Keywords: chalcogenides,silicon,tandem solar cells,photoelectrochemical cells,co2 reduction,photovoltaics,solar fuels,integrated energy conversion systems,optoelectronic properties
Knots and Surfaces in four-manifolds (KnotSurf4d)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Mathematics
Panel description: All areas of mathematics, pure and applied, plus mathematical foundations of computer science, mathematical physics and statistics
Countries involved: Hungary
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2023-ADG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-05-01
End date: 2029-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1991875.0
EU funding (EUR): 1991875.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Four-dimensional smooth manifolds show very different behaviour than manifolds in any other dimension. In fact, in other dimensions we have a somewhat clear picture of the classification, while dimension four is still elusive. The project aims to further our knowledge in this question in several ways. The genus function, and its enhanced version taking knots and their slice surfaces into account, plays a crucial role in understanding different smooth structures on four-manifolds. Techniques for studying these objects range from topological and symplectic/algebraic geometric (on the constructive side) to algebraic and analytic methods resting on specific PDE’s and on counting their solutions (on the obstructive side). The proposal aims to study several interrelated questions in this area. We plan to construct further exotic structures, detect and better understand their exoticness. In doing so, we put strong emphasis on knots and their slice properties in various four-manifolds. Ultimately we provide a candidate for an invariant, which is a smooth (and somewhat complicated) generalization of the intersection form, and we expect this generalization to characterize smooth four-manifolds. The novelty in this approach is the incorporation of knots and their slice surfaces in a significant and organized manner into the picture. While it provides a refined tool in general, this approach also touches classical aspects of four-manifold topology through the study of the concordance group. We plan to study divisibility and torsion questions in this group via knot Floer homology. Definition of the concordance group rests on the concept of slice knots, which is closely related to the ribbon construction. We plan to further study potential counterexamples for the famous Slice-Ribbon conjecture. The proposed problems can also provide explanations of the special behaviour of four-manifolds with definite intersection forms, like the four-sphere and the complex projective plane.

Keywords: smooth four manifolds,knot theory,slice knots,four dimensional poincar conjecture,ribbon knots
Ecological and evolutionary role of specialized bacteria in algae health and carbon sequestration (ERODERS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Environmental B iology, Ecology  and E volution
Panel description: For all organisms : Ecology, biodiversity, environmental change , evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology, microbial ecology , marine biology, ecophysiology, theoretical developments and mod elling
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-04-01
End date: 2030-03-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Marine algae fixing CO2 into organic matter is central to the global carbon cycle. While the food chain and marine bacteria consume roughly half of the fixed carbon, a harder-to-degrade fraction remains in the ocean, naturally sequestering CO2 and lessening climate change effects. This remaining fraction is mainly derived from algal complex glycans that provide structural support, defense against microbial pathogens, and can be a carbon source for the algae microbiome. The specialized bacteria feeding on complex glycans are integral to the algae microbiome, yet, have been historically dismissed. ERODERS focuses on the unidentified mechanisms supporting the interactions between bacteria feeding on complex fucose-containing sulfated polysaccharides (FCPS) and the (host) algae that produce them. I propose that specialized bacteria have co-evolved with algae and have a key role in unlocking glycans that maintain the algae microbiome and simultaneously modify the structure of glycans that participate in carbon sequestration processes. Bacteria belonging to the Verrucomicrobiota and Planctomycetota phyla are the only groups living on algae that carry the enzymes to consume FCSPs. Using a combination of cutting-edge approaches (multi-omic, visualization, and physiologic examination), we will expand into the unknown diversity and population structure of FCSP degrading bacteria on micro and macroalgae. To tease apart the effects on algae health, we will incubate the model brown algae Ectocarpus with FCSP-degrading bacteria under laboratory conditions and examine both the response of incubated bacteria and the impact on the algae growth and its microbiome. This proposal presents a unique opportunity to unveil the microbial diversity and mechanisms that link bacteria to the metabolism of complex glycans involved in carbon sequestration processes and the evolutionary significance shaping the relationship between bacteria hosts with implications from marine to gut ecosystems

Keywords: carbon sequestration,algae,host microbe interactions,microbiomes,multi omics
Scalable Quantum Cryptography for Ultra-secure Communications in Metropolitan Networks (MIQRO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Challenges
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Spain
Call: EIC Accelerator Challenge: Emerging semiconductor or quantum technology components (HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOR-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-06-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3562500.0
EU funding (EUR): 2493750.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

LuxQuanta develops novel hardware for ultra-secure communications in metropolitan networks (below 50 km) based on Quantum Key Distribution (QKD). QKD is a method for securely transmitting encryption keys using the principles of quantum mechanics and is resistant to the threat posed by quantum computers to traditional cryptography methods. Therefore, QKD is a powerful tool for securing sensitive information in a variety of applications, ranging from telecommunications to government services. LuxQuanta is one of the only two European companies working on the latest generation of QKD (Continuous Variable - QKD), and the only one with a commercially mature solution, called Nova LQ. We have won public tenders in several EU countries (Belgium, Malta, Finland), run pilots with commercial customers (Telefonica, Santander Bank, Nestlé), and lined up a promising commercial pipeline. To shorten our time to market, we have developed NOVA LQ using Commercial Off-the-Shelf components. However, this approach makes NOVA LQ too expensive and creates dependencies on third parties that hinder our scale-up phase. Therefore, in the EIC project, we will mature an existing TRL 5 prototype of an integrated CV-QKD system called MIQRO that will maintain the same performance as Nova LQ but will lower the costs and increase the manufacturing efficiency. Thanks to MIQRO, LuxQuanta will achieve its market potential. MIQRO will cost less than one-third of Nova LQ's, and its gross margin will be more than double. We will start commercializing MIQRO in 2026; by 2030, MIQRO will contribute to over 75% of LuxQuanta's net profits. In the period 2026-2030, LuxQuanta will have over 225 M€ in cumulative revenues and 47+ M€ in net profits. LuxQuanta is a spin-off from ICFO, a world-leading research center on quantum technologies. The company was founded in 2021 and received seed funding of over 1 M€ from private investors. Our technology is patented, and we have a world-class team comprising 22 employees

Keywords: quantum key distribution,quantum cryptography,cv qkd,secure communications
Environmental Nanoplastics Liver Impact and Variability in Endogenous Networks (ENLIVEN)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Destination: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Slovenia
Call: ERA Fellowships (HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-TALENTS-02, 2024)
Start date: 2025-06-01
End date: 2027-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 198557.52
EU funding (EUR): 198557.52
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

ENLIVEN is a research-through-training project designed to equip researcher with key expertise to tackle challenges in nanotoxicology. Plastic pollution has rapidly surpassed unprecedented in less than a century, with microplastics (MPs) found across various environments, ecosystems, and within the human body. MPs are present in the food we eat, the air we breathe, and the water we drink. While current analytical techniques limit the detection of nanoplastics (NPs <100 nm), plastic degradation continues beyond the microscale, leading to nanoscale interactions with potentially unknown consequences. NPs pose significant environmental and public health risks, particularly due to chronic exposure to harmful chemicals. Environmental nanoplastics (eNPs) are of particular concern due to their ability to penetrate cells and vital organs, increasing their retention in organisms. However, most research focuses on the environmental impact of MPs and NPs, leaving critical gaps in understanding their long-term effects on public health and biology. ENLIVEN aims to address this by uncovering the biological mechanisms of eNPs, examining their degradation, liver resilience, and long-term health impacts. Using human liver organoids and zebrafish embryos, ENLIVEN will study genes related to tolerance, sensitivity, and heritability, alongside liver resilience. The project proposes an innovative, integrative approach in predictive toxicology, combining bottom-up and top-down methodologies. It will link Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOP) through single-cell combinatorial RNA-seq and explore phenotypic variability via Drug-Induced Liver Injury studies in human liver organoids. This research will advance comparative human toxicology by revealing the biological mechanisms that respond to eNPs throughout life. Additionally, ENLIVEN will enhance researchers’ career prospects, foster international collaborations, and support the establishment of a research group at the home institution in Spain.

Keywords: scirna seq,adverse outcome pathways,human liver organoids,zebrafish embryos,environmentally aged nanoparticles
Nanomedicines Creating Powerful Impact (ANATOLIA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EU prize
Destination: EU Prize for Women Innovators
Action type: Recognition Prize
Countries involved: Türkiye
Call: Women Innovators Category (HORIZON-EIC-EIT-2023-WomenInnovatorsPrize, 2023)
Total project cost (EUR): 0.0
EU funding (EUR): 0.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

To contribute to global efforts in advancing next generation therapies to clinic, Prof. Rana Sanyal founded RS Research. A revolutionary drug delivery technology, Sagitta, enhances effect of the drug while reducing the side effects. RS Research pipeline boasts five candidates at various preclinical and clinical stages, with RS-0139 leading the way in Phase I clinical trials, marking a historic milestone for Türkiye. RS Research is committed to democratizing drug development and fostering an inclusive ecosystem. It’s subsidiary PDC Therapeutics, located at Biopole, Lausanne, Switzerland, is positioned to flagship the conversations regarding collaboration projects to uncap the power of this technology for other researchers’ and start-ups’ pipelines. Prof. Sanyal's mentorship has empowered over 800 students, with a particular emphasis on advancing women in science. Beyond innovation, Rana and RS Research is inspiring the next generation of researchers. Their dedication extends beyond Sagitta; it's about creating an environment where groundbreaking ideas flourish. Having raised USD 15+ Million funds already, RS Research’s sustainable investments in the ecosystem introduces researchers the chance to bring their clinical batch size products to patients. With her technology, demonstrating the superiority of the innovation via RS Research’s pipeline, the infrastructure investment and contributions to ecosystem, Rana is dedicated to reshaping a mentality that encourages the researchers of the future can make a difference in life sciences.

Keywords: nanomedicine,ecosystem,impact,drugdelivery,inspiration
SwipeBiome: Europe Leads in Personalized Biotics with AI-Powered Microbiome Insights & Data-Driven Precision (E-MAP)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: France
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499999.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499999.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Europe holds the world's largest share of biotics and has the opportunity to lead innovation in personalised healthcare. SwipeBiome, a pioneering, female-led bioinformatics company, is at the forefront of this change. Our proprietary Generative AI, combined with the world's largest database of biotics, clinical trials and scientific evidence, empowers us to provide data-driven, personalised biotic recommendations to individuals, professionals, and industries. Our experienced and successful team ensures we deliver cutting-edge solutions with unparalleled expertise and scientific rigour. With a European human-centric approach, we address the industry's critical need for accessible, standardised data. We are poised to unlock the potential of this 100 billion euros market, projected to grow at a 13% CAGR by 2029, and ultimately improve well-being globally.

Keywords: generative ai,microbiome,biotic personalisation,health,human centric technology