Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Advanced study of the atmospheric flow Integrating REal climate conditions to enhance wind farm and wind turbine power production and increase components durability (AIRE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Energy
Destination: Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Denmark,Finland,Germany,United Kingdom,France
Call: Physics and aerodynamics of atmospheric flow of wind for power production (HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5424916.43
EU funding (EUR): 5424916.0
Participants: 11
Project status: SIGNED

To deliver the future needed renewable energy capacity, wind farm developers will have to use larger turbines, at higher altitudes, explore novel geographical regions and offshore sites. Currently, wind turbines and wind farms are designed and operated considering “just” wind conditions. Consequently, the models do not take into account the physics and aerodynamics of atmospheric wind flows at high altitudes, neither how this is affected by the location, the effect of precipitation and/or sand. This reduces the expected efficiency of wind energy production, and makes hard to estimate the energy outputs, operating costs and lifespan of blades and turbines, increasing variability and the risk to investors and project developers when designing wind farms, reducing the total potential investment. Unless new sites can be identified and designed optimally, the LCOEs will start to rise as developers have to design wind farms that cannot be well predicted with conventional models. The AIRE consortium foresees precipitation and other events (clouds, sand, shear, inflow) that wind brings into the state of play to be the new key parameters for siting of wind turbines, wind farm design, component design and O&M strategies planning. AIRE will investigate solution to assess the potential impact of REAL climate conditions in different terrains, and different altitudes both onshore and offshore, gathering information from 4 experimental sites and 4 commercial wind farms. Specially AIRE will bring together researchers, blade manufacturers and utilities to create an open access knowledge hub of experimental data, develop new numerical models, build tools to design and control wind turbines and wind farms. The effectiveness of the developed tools and models will be validated using data from commercial wind farms

Keywords: atmospheric flow,wind,wind power,precipitation,sand,high altitude,complex terrain,offshore,blade erosion,numerical model,mesoscale,wind farm control,airfoil,curtailment,prediction
New Polities. Political thought in the first millennium (New Polities)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Study of the Human Past
Panel description: Archaeology and history
Countries involved: Belgium
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2023-ADG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-10-01
End date: 2029-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499750.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499750.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

In the history of political thought, Late Antiquity is usually considered the period when the city-state gave way to monarchy and the Bible and Qur’an took the place of Plato. With a focus on kingship and religion, late antique political thinking – so the story goes – represents the antithesis of modern republicanism and secularism. For far too long, this teleological perspective has directed scholars toward a narrow range of topics and inhibited the recognition of different narratives and integration of non-Western traditions. Instead of seeing this period as the end of the paradigmatic ancient polity (namely the polis), New Polities proposes that it was a beginning: an age of new polities. Indeed, it witnessed the spread and consolidation of new religious, ethnic and political communities. Their use of ancient political language to describe themselves sparked a proliferation of political discourse into new contexts. To uncover the innovation and variety thus generated, New Polities expands the scope of research in a three-fold way. 1) It embraces the first millennium from the Roman Empire to the Abbasid, Byzantine and Carolingian empires, when different traditions crystallised from a common pool of late antique material. 2) It shifts the focus away from classical treatises and languages (e.g. Augustine & Al-Farabi) to a wider array of sources in many more languages from a broader range of cultures (e.g. Syriac, Armenian, Hebrew). This enlarged corpus allows to chart a greater breadth of ideas and possible cross-cultural influences. 3) It introduces little-studied topics, such as oikonomia and the relation between human society and nature. Breaking down disciplinary boundaries, New Polities not only recovers the formation, circulation, and adaptation of political ideas in the first millennium, but also foregrounds the importance of late antique and early medieval societies in the wider history of political thought.

Keywords: political thought late antiquity medieval mediterranean
Releaf Paper - breakthrough technology for sustainable production of leaves-based fibre disrupting paper production and eco packaging industries (Releaf Paper - sustainable leaves-based paper)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: France
Call: EIC Accelerator Open (HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOR-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-05-01
End date: 2025-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3568025.0
EU funding (EUR): 2497617.5
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Releaf Paper is the first and the only producer of cellulose from fallen leaves in the world with a patent for the technology based on a unique method of combining mechanical, chemical and thermal processes using standard equipment and a special drying procedure, which allows obtaining a solid, durable cellulose fibre for paper production. Releaf’s approach provides a solution of mass cutting trees for paper production and reduces CO2 emissions by 78% in comparison with traditional paper production. Releaf’s paper production is sustainable at all stages of the production process: 1.Sulphate&sulphite-free reagents are used. 2.The process requires 15 times less water and 3 times less electricity. 3.Paper products may be recycled up to 5 times without loss of quality or decomposed within 30-60 days. This solution is also cost-efficient due to the availability of raw materials and resource-efficient production. Thus, the price for the consumer is lower in comparison with other alternatives

Keywords: leaves based cellulose,leafy green paper,microfibrillation of leaves,sulfate free cellulose production,thermo mechanical dispersion,leafy fibrous materials,waste management,non wood packaging,urban bi waste conversion,leaves based fibre,non wood paper,sustainable packaging,alternative paper,leaves based paper,leafy packaging
Making Migrant Voices Heard through Literature: How Collaboration is Changing the Cultural Field (COLLAB)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Texts and Concepts
Panel description: Literary studies , literature,  philosophy
Countries involved: Belgium
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2028-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1497620.0
EU funding (EUR): 1497620.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

As initiatives for more diversity and inclusiveness in the cultural field are gaining ground and migration becomes an increasingly important issue on the political agendas of many countries around the world, this project examines the ways in which transnational collaborations create spaces for literary participation of migrants. Situated at the intersection between international relations, comparative literature and business economics, COLLAB analyzes the notion of collaboration from a threefold perspective: 1) as a political strategy in civil society that enhances intercultural exchange and the social integration of migrants through collective storytelling, 2) as a form of co-authorship between migrants and other writers with different cultural backgrounds that gives voice to stories of migration that would often be lost without their translation, 3) as an alternative economic model consisting in peer-to-peer support that brings new voices to the publishing industry. Focusing on a broad range of non-profit organizations, collaborative texts by amateur and professional writers and crowdfunding platforms that help make migrant voices heard through literature, the project seeks to understand how collaboration changes the cultural field and impinges on migrants’ agency. It shows how social actors and institutions that are traditionally perceived as belonging outside the cultural field have become crucial players in redefining notions of authorship rooted in individual and national singularity. Challenging strict distinctions between textual and contextual dynamics, COLLAB highlights the social embeddedness of literature and builds an original framework for understanding the thematic and formal implications of transnational collaboration in literary texts. While borrowing theories and methods from other disciplines, COLLAB confidently reorients the social sciences towards the project’s center of gravity, the literary text, and shows that literature is an important tool to understand broader societal transformations.

Keywords: collaboration,cultural diversity,migration,literature
The genomic adaptations to cope with unpredictable climates over the course of life (ClimAdaptLife)

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: Denmark
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-05-01
End date: 2028-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1497883.0
EU funding (EUR): 1497883.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Increasing climatic fluctuations mean that animals need to evolve increased heat resilience whilst simultaneously coping with cold periods throughout their lives. Large animals are particularly susceptible to temperature fluctuations as their large size when mature exposes them to heat stress, and their small size when juvenile exposes them to cold stress. I will test two hypotheses that are central to understanding how large species evolve to cope with temperature fluctuations: 1) Genomic adaptations that increase heat resilience compromise cold resilience. 2) Genes that increase thermal resilience during early life have opposing effects on thermal resilience later in life. Testing these hypotheses requires identifying the genomic basis of thermal resilience. This has remained elusive in large animals because of difficulties in 1) rearing high numbers of large animals, 2) exposing them to natural temperature fluctuations and 3) obtaining measurements of fitness related traits such as growth of juveniles and reproduction of adults. I will solve these issues by studying the largest bird on Earth, the ostrich, monitored in large numbers under natural temperature conditions. This will allow me to take an interdisciplinary approach combining body temperature measurements and cutting-edge genotyping of 2000 juveniles and adults. A close partnership with a South African research station will enable me to utilise data of growth and reproduction of 11700 juveniles and 1800 adults exposed to the natural climate over 25 years. To test the importance of identified genes for local climatic adaptation I will genotype natural populations of ostriches across climatic gradients. My work will resolve how genes conferring resilience to heat influence the ability to cope with cold, and if the same genes are important across different life-stages. This will shape our understanding of thermal evolution in endothermic animals at a critical time.

Keywords: life stages,temperature fluctuations,heat tolerance,cold tolerance,thermal tolerance,genetic diversity,thermal adaptation,thermoregulation,large animals,thermal fertility limits,
Development of high entropy ceramic-polymer composite by ultra-low temperature sintering for high-frequency related applications (HECPC)

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: Finland
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-06-01
End date: 2026-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 215534.4
EU funding (EUR): 215534.4
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The search for microwave materials with tailored dielectric properties in millimeter-wave frequencies has been the objective of a significant number of manuscripts reported in the literature. Dielectric ceramics with low-loss dielectric, thermally stable and low permittivity have received extensive attention owing to their significant application prospects in microwave communication systems. It is therefore desirable to introduced new production techniques, new compositions or improves the properties. The proposed research will intellectually contribute to the scientific literature through the preparation and characterization of new dielectric materials belonging to the diopside CaMgSi2O6 based ceramics. This proposal seeks to achieve the following specific objectives: (1) Consideration of the impact of different types and concentrations of dopant such as Sr and Ba for large divalent cation (Ca) and Zn, Co, Mn and Ni for small divalent cation (Mg) via high entropy strategy on the structural, microstructural and microwave dielectric characteristics of CaMgSi2O6 based ceramics. (2) Evaluation of the effect of thermal annealing time and temperature on the final performance of high entropy CaMgSi2O6 based ceramics. (3) To explore the relationship between high entropy design and microwave dielectric properties. (4) Fabrication of CaMgSi2O6 – Polyethylene (PE) composites using cold sintering process and investigation of the pressure, temperature and transient solvent type on densification, microstructure and microwave dielectric properties. State of the art and new experimental techniques and methods will be used in order to achieve the goals of this proposal.

Keywords: electroceramics,ceramic processing,structural and microstructural properties,dielectric properties
Bottom-up reconstruction of a Synthetic Erythrocyte (SynEry)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Italy,Spain,France,Portugal
Call: EIC Pathfinder Open 2021 (HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-04-01
End date: 2026-09-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3685549.5
EU funding (EUR): 3685549.5
Participants: 6
Project status: SIGNED

Blood is a precious and vital resource for many clinical interventions. Erythrocytes, its key component, are used to save thousands of lives every day worldwide. Yet, in low- and middle-income countries, its scarcity and unsafe control are endemic burdens that cost lives. In spite of several decades of attempts to develop a safe and universal blood substitute, this goal has yet to be achieved. Beyond the mere transport of gasses, erythrocytes have evolved together with their host organisms to perform very specialized functions. It is now clear that much of their complexity is indispensable to establish effective cardiovascular regulation. Yet, reproducing this complexity in a synthetic, functional facsimile is a challenging endeavour that requires new methods and multidisciplinary approaches. The ambitious goal of SynEry is to reproduce, in an advanced lipid vesicle, the following key features of erythrocytes: adequate lipid asymmetry with raft-like nanodomains; integration of essential functional proteins (both cytosolic and transmembrane) and a biomimetic cytoskeleton (conferring durability, flexibility and biconcavity); enhanced immune tolerability; responsivity to environmental cues (such as under deformation and hypoxia). These goals will be tackled by an interdisciplinary consortium bringing expertise on: droplet-based microfluidics combined with interfacial self-assembly of biofunctionalized nanoparticles (to build complex biomimetic membranes with ordered cytoskeletal nanodomains); DNA origami and self-assembling peptide technologies (to reconstruct a biomimetic cell cortex); and in-vivo testing models (to verify biocompatibility and functionality). The knowledge gained by producing a synthetic erythrocyte, is envisioned to enable the production of artificial cells with in-vivo applicability and it will pave the way towards the future development of an effective blood substitute that can remedy pervasive global blood availability and safety issues

Keywords: artificial cells,synthetic erythrocytes,
Metallic Elements Dissipation Avoided by Life cycle design for Steel (MEDALS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Industry
Destination: Climate neutral, Circular and Digitised Production
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: Clean Steel (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Sweden,Germany,Spain,Ireland,Italy
Call: Circular economy solutions for the valorisation of low-quality scrap streams, materials recirculation with high recycling rate, and residue valorisation for long term goal towards zero waste (Clean Steel Partnership) (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-07-01
End date: 2028-06-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5741716.25
EU funding (EUR): 5654935.0
Participants: 8
Project status: SIGNED

The proposed project aims to increase recycling ratio of steel and metals through improved sorting of scrap, better separation of non-wanted tramp elements as well as the valuable alloying elements. Steel can be recycled over and over again while retaining its technical properties. However, contaminations of tramp elements and losses of alloying elements do occur in the solid state and liquid state recovery processes currently employed in the industrial value chain. The project aims to enhance the integrated value chain of scrap based steel production through; investigate and develop scrap preparation methods, research new ways of sorting and separation of material, investigate and develop specific methods to remove copper and tin in the liquid phase and to recover copper form steelmaking residues through pyrometallurgical processes, create new steel products that can handle a higher copper content while maintaining required application properties, and finally lab-scale experiments to develop thermodynamic and kinetic modelling focusing on tramp elements. The target is to achieve 90% EOL recovery rates and a reduction of tramp elements by 60-70%, improved separation and sorting of scrap with a targeted increase in separation specificity of 50% and a target of copper element recovery from steelmaking residues about 60%. Ultimately the developed models will, when relevant, be verified with data from full-scale tests in industrially relevant environments. The consortium includes 8 partners from 5 different EU-countries a scrap recycler (STEIL) / a steelmaker (SIDENOR) – and different R&D entities (KTH, KOBOLDE, TECNALIA, University of Limerick and Politecnico de Bari) as well as a supplier (LSA) of sensors for scrap identification covering all the competences needed for the development of the MEDALS project

Keywords: scrap,recycling,pyrometallurgy,tramp elements,recovery,steel
Delivering Clean, Affordable, and Safe Nuclear Energy with the Compact Molten Salt Reactor (SEAWEI)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Challenges
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: EIC Accelerator Challenge: Technologies for ‘Fit for 55’ (HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOR-01, 2022)
Start date: 2022-08-01
End date: 2025-05-31
Duration (months): 34.0
Total project cost (EUR): 23301181.25
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Seaborg proposes a novel type of nuclear reactor called the "Compact Molten Salt Reactor (CMSR)". Our ambition is to use the CSMR to complement, and not substitute, other sustainable energy sources (like renewables) to accelerate the global decarbonization process. The CMSR works according to different principles than the existing nuclear power plants: it is safe by design (by the physics of nature, cannot melt down or explode) and reduces radioactive waste (the goal is to recycle spent fuel waste to reduce footprint and storage). The CMSR emits no greenhouse gases while operating and has the lowest resource use (concrete, glass, steel, fuel) of all other energy sources, including renewables. The CMSR outcompetes fossil fuels on free market terms: the Levelized Cost Of Electricity is about 50% the one of coal and 70% the one of gas. Seaborg is the largest nuclear reactor start-up outside of North America, and it has patented technologies, prestigious partners, and pilot customers.

Keywords: business model innovation,design innovation,patented ipr strategy,decarbonise energy sector,affordable low cost,climate change mitigation,reliable electricity