Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Post-doctoral programme Beatriu de Pinos (BP)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-COFUND-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2016-08-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 12411716.0
EU funding (EUR): 4964686.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The BP fellowship programme aims at widening the trans-national mobility possibilities of the researchers and enabling the recruitment of quality researchers from world wide countries in Catalonia. Thus, it will promote career development opportunities for experienced researchers in the ERA. This programme addresses the incoming and outgoing schemes responding to the Research and Innovation Plan of Catalonia two main objectives: - To increase the dimension of the research and development system by attracting talent and promoting the insertion of young researchers into the system. - To boost the mobility of researchers in a trans-national level, allowing the transfer of knowledge between countries and regions within the EU and between the public and the private sectors. The Cofunding action will help to strengthen the BP programme by improving its conditions, extending the outgoing scheme with a return phase of one year and increasing the number of incoming fellowships. This fellowship offers the applicants the possibility to choose the research topic and the destination freely. This fact will increase trans-national possibilities of researchers for fitting their individual needs in an adequate host institution which will commit to provide competitive working conditions, reinforcing its requirements to meet the recommendations and principles of the “European Charter for Researchers and The Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers”. This action will endorse common and complementary objectives in the field of careers and mobility of researchers, creating synergies with the mobility community actions by adapting this regional programme to the &quot;People&quot; programme of the 7th Framework Programme.

Keywords: mobility grants,training,recruitment of researchers
IRB Barcelona International Postdoctoral Programme (IRBPOSTPRO)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-COFUND-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2010-11-15
End date: 2015-07-14
Duration (months): 56.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2273292.0
EU funding (EUR): 909316.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

IRB Barcelona is an independent, non-profit research institution engaged in basic and applied biomedical science at the interface between biology, chemistry and medicine. One of the main missions of IRB Barcelona is to provide young life scientists with the opportunity to do training and research in a unique and multidisciplinary scientific environment. The Institute has a young but well-established international PhD fellowship programme. After having consolidated our PhD Programme and achieved excellent results, our aim now is to draw on the strength of this example and enhance structures and resources for researchers at the next stage of their careers. Our goal is to offer postdoctoral fellows an optimal scientific environment at this critical time in their career and to prepare them on their journey to take up positions as independent scientists. With this objective, the contribution from the COFUND action will create a new fellowship programme for postdoctoral fellows. The IRB Barcelona International Postdoctoral Programme will offer 8 two-year competitive fellowships in the first call (2010-2011) and 10 two-year fellowship in the second call (2011-2012), based on the Incoming mobility trans-national element. The programme aims to highlight the attractiveness of our Institute to high-talented scientists, increasing European-wide mobility possibilities for training and career development of experienced researchers. Fellows will be selected through an international committee of experts, ensuring transparency and equal treatment of all applications. The programme will be promoted internationally. Applicants will receive support throughout the selection process and awardees will be helped and mentored for the duration of the fellowship period. Postdoctoral fellows under the COFUND contribution can carry out their research projects in any of IRB Barcelona’s research programmes, and they will work on a research project of their choice. The programme will make significant contributions to the development of highly talented scientists' career and to the biomedical sciences in general.

Keywords: technological sciences,health sciences,irb barcelona,postdoctoral,call
UPM - Marie Curie International Mobility Programme (UNITE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-COFUND-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2015-06-30
Duration (months): 66.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4359330.0
EU funding (EUR): 1743732.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The dramatic evolution in technology development where science-driven engineering is taking more and more importance is motivating a deep change in the mentality of engineering schools. The role of multidisciplinarity, and the need to increase staff mobility is becoming another driving force in the composition of research groups. UPM is aware of the huge importance that human resources will have for its future. Then, as a consequence, UPM has created a set of internal programmes to recruit researchers and to promote mobility in order to facilitate this evolution and this proposal is to complement its existing programme. UNITE have the following four general objectives: 1. To complement the policy measures implemented by UPM to facilitate the recruitment and mobility of experienced researchers 2. To increase the internationalization of researchers of the UPM by facilitating their mobility to/from other countries 3. To open new permanent positions to senior researchers from other countries 4. To establish a professional research career in UPM offering tenure-track positions for research and technological staff, based on COFUND and on the draft of the Spanish “Law of Science”, and linked to the labour market of European researchers. To aid the fulfillment of the objectives proposed above all types of mobility offered by COFUND has been included in the UNITE proposal. The schemes are foreseen to incorporate a maximum of 19 experienced researchers and will be advertised in three separate calls as follows: 1. Call 1: 3 senior researchers: incoming - re-integration fellowships 2. Call 2: 3 experienced researchers: outgoing fellowships 3. Call 3: 13 experienced researchers: incoming - re-integration fellowships

Keywords: international mobility,recruitment of researchers,labour market for researchers,improving career prospects,training,transfer of knowledge,development of international cooperation
Asymmetric Cluster Catalysis & Chemistry (ASC3)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Physical and Analytical Chemical sciences
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (ERC-2009-AdG, 2009)
Start date: 2010-04-01
End date: 2015-03-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2301600.0
EU funding (EUR): 2301600.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of the present scientific proposal is the implementation of a novel approach in selective and asymmetric heterogeneous catalysis. We aim to exploit the structure and chirality of small, supported metal and bimetal clusters for triggering selective and enantioselective reactions. Our Ansatz is beyond doubt of fundamental nature. Although chemistry and in particular catalysis evolved on a largely empirical basis in the past, we strongly believe the complexity of the challenges at hand to make this a less ideal approach. In consequence, developing selective and asymmetric cluster catalysis will be based on a detailed molecular understanding and will not only require intense methodological developments for the synthesis and characterization of asymmetric catalysts and the detection of chiral and isomeric product molecules but also make use of innovative basic science in the fields of surface chemistry, cluster science, spectroscopy and kinetics. As complex as the involved challenges are, we aim at mastering the following ground-breaking steps: (a) development of cutting-edge spectroscopic methodologies for the isomer and enantiomer sensitive in situ detection of product molecules. (b) preparation and characterization of isomer- and enantioselective heterogeneous catalysts based on chiral metal clusters or molecule-cluster-complexes. (c) investigations of the selectivity and enantioselectivity of cluster based heterogeneous catalysts and formulation of concepts for understanding the observed selective and asymmetric chemistry. Besides the importance of the science carried out within this proposal, the proposed experimental methodology will also open up opportunities in other fields of chemistry like catalysis, analytical chemistry, spectroscopy, surface science, and nanomaterials.

Keywords: asymmetric chemistry
Towards a Dynamical Understanding of Allostery (DYNALLO)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Physical and Analytical Chemical sciences
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call:  (ERC-2009-AdG, 2009)
Start date: 2010-02-01
End date: 2015-07-31
Duration (months): 66.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2400000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2400000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Allostery is a fundamental concept Nature uses to regulate the affinity of a certain substrate to an active site of a protein by binding a ligand to a distant allosteric site. We will design experimental tools to gain an atomistic understanding of the conformational transitions that give rise to allostery. We will approach the problem from two distinctively different directions. First, we will initiate conformational transitions of proteins that per se are not photoswitchable, by cross-linking two sites of an allosteric protein with a photo-switchable azobenzene-moiety to initiate a conformational transition similar to ligand binding. We will use ultrafast infrared spectroscopy to time-resolve the conformational transition. Second, we will experimentally verify a frequently expressed hypothesis that allosteric and active site communicate by exchange of vibrational energy. To that end, we will design a versatile approach that allows us to locally deposit vibrational energy at essentially any site in a protein (e.g. through pumping of an optical chromophore that undergoes ultrafast internal conversion), and to detect its appearance at any other site by using vibrational transitions as local thermometers. Thereby, we will map out a network of connectivity in a given protein. Both approaches will applied both to one and the same protein family. One concrete example are PDZ domains, which are among the smallest allosteric proteins, and for which the connection between allostery and vibrational energy flow has been made explicit, based on computer simulations. We will eventually test this hypothesis experimentally, and provide the foundation for a description of allostery that is on an equal footing as our current understanding of protein folding.
European Network for co-ordination of policies and programmes on e-infrastructures (EINFRANET)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to policy development and Programme implementation
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Ireland,Netherlands,Portugal,Latvia,Spain,Finland,Türkiye,Israel,Greece,Belgium,United Kingdom,Hungary
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2009-1, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2013-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1380471.0
EU funding (EUR): 1249900.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

A new ERA-NET is proposed to further the integration of national, EC and global e-infrastructure programmes. An experienced consortium comprising relevant national programme managers is proposed to develop the ERA-NET, called e-InfraNet. The partners know well the existing policy initiatives and identify a gap in the uptake and integration of innovative policy at national and EC level. A sustainable ERA-NET will be established which will build on existing initiatives and develop a long term approach to the point of implementing joint programmes and calls. A structure is setup to prioritise a sequence of focus areas for collaboration through initial scoping workshops, development of action plans and implementation of initial or pilot joint activities. E-InfraNet aims to engage with programme managers outside the initial consortium and disseminate results widely to this key target group globally. Dissemination and networking activities are built into every stage of the workprogramme. A key long-term impact will be the more efficient use of resources, and the adoption of best-practice in national e-infrastructure programmes. E-InfraNet will lead to a convergence of funding programmes and avoid unnecessary overlap. The variable geometry approach will allow for progress to be made, while giving flexibility to adjust to national requirements and leave the route open to all to build on successful joint actions.

Keywords: e-infrastructure era-net policy programme collaboration
LEUKOCYTE MICRODOMAINS AND PLATELET INTERACTIONS IN THROMBO-INFLAMMATORY INJURY (LEMPIT)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2013-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

During the inflammatory response, leukocytes accumulate in the vascular lumen and undergo a morphological and molecular polarization characterized by the formation of discrete domains (a leading edge and an uropod) that allows their directional migration. We aim to understand how and when this polarization originates, as well as the endothelial signals that induce it under physiological conditions. We propose to use a novel intravital microscopy system to image these domains in real-time. Recent observations have shown that leukocytes that are adherent on the endothelium interact with other blood components, including platelets, and that these interactions contribute to the vascular and tissue injuries associated to inflammatory processes. We therefore propose to characterize the subcellular domains and receptors present in polarized leukocytes and platelets that mediate these interactions. We will also investigate the contribution of the interactions mediated by each leukocyte domain (leading edge or uropod) in the normal and pathogenic inflammatory response, using various transgenic mouse lines and different models of inflammation. These studies will allow a better understanding of the inflammatory response at the cellular and molecular levels, and may lead to the rational design of therapies targeting this group of complications that so overwhelmingly threat our quality of life.

Keywords: inflammation,leukocyte,microdomain,mac-1,psgl-1,selectin,intravital,platelet,interactions,sepsis,trali
Cooperation Strategies in Wireless Networks: Relaying, Feedback and Conferencing (RFC)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Israel
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG, 2009)
Start date: 2009-10-01
End date: 2014-02-27
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The wireless channel has a broadcast nature. Therefore, transmissions intended for one destination are also overheard by other nodes. These undesired signals create interference which makes it harder for the nodes to decode their information. Current network design is focused on suppressing interference, turning the network into a virtual collection of point-to-point links. As a result, the performance of current wireless networks is largely determined by the point-to-point links&apos; performance. The increasing demand for high-speed reliable communication has motivated the consideration of network strategies beyond the point-to-point approach, thereby focusing the attention on cooperative strategies. Here, instead of suppressing interference, the fact that interference contains information relevant to other nodes is exploited to enhance the performance of the network. Cooperative strategies are expected to improve the rates, reliability and energy-efficiency in networks. This proposal focuses on the fundamental aspects of cooperation. The three main cooperation types - relaying, conferencing and feedback, will be studied. Relaying strategies that aim at increasing the interference at interfered nodes will be considered. This is in complete contrast to the prevailing practices which are based on forwarding desired information to its intended destination. Feedback schemes in which the feedback originates from nodes in the vicinity of the destination receiver will be considered. Finally, conferencing - a cooperation scheme in which receivers interactively help each other to decode, shall be investigated. The focus will be on developing conferencing schemes for channels with memory. Cooperation strategies are currently being considered for new wireless standards. Hence, the proposed research is well-timed for affecting the design of future wireless networks. This research will have a substantial impact on both theory and practice of node cooperation in wireless networks.

Keywords: cooperation,relaying,wireless systems,networks beyond 3g,electrical engineering,feedback,channels with memory,capacity,multi-user information theory
Staff Exchanges to estimate vegetation structure and biochemistry from remote sensing in connection to carbon and water fluxes (SENSORVEG)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain,France,Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IRSES, 2009)
Start date: 2010-05-01
End date: 2014-04-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 362700.0
EU funding (EUR): 241200.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

Remote sensing can provide systematic global estimations of vegetation structure and biochemistry imparting data such as leaf area index (LAI), water content or fractional light interception by green vegetation (fPAR). However a global network of standardize validation sites is required to reduce the uncertainty of these products. As part of that effort, SpecNet (Spectral Network), an independent international collaborative research iniciative, promotes the acquisition of field optical remote sensing and vegetation properties. These sites are also generally part of the flux tower network (FLUXNET) to better understand carbon and water vapor fluxes. The proposed Staff Exchanges will promote SpecNet by linking joint research activities that will work to develop methodologies to estimate vegetation biochemistry and structure from remote sensing, including the design, validation and assessment of new bi-dimensional and tri-dimensional radiative transfer models. We will emphasize the analysis and quantification of the uncertainty associated with the estimation of the vegetation parameters at different spatial scales, linking them to the flux tower measurements. A scaling-up methodology will be tested by comparing spectral information at leaf, canopy and ecosystem level using laboratory and field spectroscopy, airborne hyperspectral image, Lidar data and multispectral satellite data. We will adapt and distribute standard field protocols for different ecosystems and establish consensus on the metadata to include in the datasets. The results of these contributions will be made available to the academic community, and research conclusions drawn will be published in international journals. In these Staff Exchanges each participant will also seek to share their knowledge within their area of expertise by organizing training seminars for undergraduate and graduate students, also involving local, regional and/or national management agencies according to their needs or demands.

Keywords: remote sensing,biochemical and hydrological cycles,carbon cycle (climate change)
An integrated model of LEAN production concepts, practices, and climate as a tool for improving efficiency and effectiveness in hospitals and R&D units (LEAN)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Israel,Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IRSES, 2009)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2014-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 97200.0
EU funding (EUR): 97200.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

In order to survive, organizations need to keep high efficiency and effectiveness by targeting the right quantity, at the right quality, at the right time, and in the right place. Lean production seeks to identify and eliminate wasted time, effort, and resources, leaving only streamlined processes that add value at every step. For example, by reducing protective buffer inventories, and improving the organizations’ capacity to ameliorate the potential damaging effects of variability in supply, processing time, or demand. Lean production has been implemented in many industries and has been proved highly successful in improving organizational processes, efficiency, and effectiveness. Recently, Lean has been implemented in two unique contexts; hospitals and Research and Developments departments. Both contexts are characterized by the need to balance on the one side innovation and be creativity, while on the other side, the need to standardize processes to keep high efficiency and effectiveness. Hospitals have started to implement Lean practices in order to improve their efficiency and quality of care. However, there are mixed results regarding their success to improve processes and in some cases, there are even reports of negative effects such as higher costs and more treatment errors. In the context of R&amp;D departments, there is a tension between on the one side the need to innovate and be creative while at the same time adhere to Lean practices as standardization and minimum variation. The proposed network aims to develop better understanding of Lean production implementation in hospitals and R&amp;D units, and specifically, identify conditions that explain why and how Lean production would have a positive effect on hospital and R&amp;D units’ efficiency, quality, and potential for innovation. Improving efficiency and quality in the LEAN way have the potential to save healthcare and R&amp;D costs.

Keywords: logistics,hospital management