Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
European Clinical Research Infrastructures Network - Integrating Activity (ECRIN-IA)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to existing research infrastructures
Action type: Combination of CP & CSA
Countries involved: France,Germany,Italy,United Kingdom,Ireland,Sweden,Denmark,Finland,Austria,Poland,Belgium,Israel,France,Czechia,Iceland,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Türkiye,Spain,France,Germany,Romania,Switzerland,Netherlands,Netherlands,Austria,Spain,Hungary,Serbia,Germany,Poland,Spain
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 10958339.9
EU funding (EUR): 7999930.53
Participants: 47
Project status: CLOSED

ECRIN is a distributed ESFRI-roadmap pan-European infrastructure designed to support multinational clinical research, making Europe a single area for clinical studies, taking advantage of its population size to access patients. Servicing multinational trials started during its preparatory phase, and it now applies for an ERIC status by 2011. The ERIC budget will be restricted to core activities required to enable provision of services, and the ECRIN-IA project is designed to expand ECRIN partnerships and impact beyond this core activity. Networking activities will promote pan-European expansion, capacity building, and partnership with other world regions, and address the funding issue (WP2). ECRIN-IA will develop e-services, education material to train professionals and patients associations, and communication with users, patients, citizens and policymakers (WP3). It will support the structuring and connection to ECRIN of disease-, technology-, or product-oriented investigation networks and hubs focusing on specific areas: rare diseases (WP4), medical device (WP5), nutrition (WP6). Transnational access activities will support the cost of multinational extension of clinical trials on rare diseases, medical device and nutrition selected by the ECRIN scientific board (WP7). Joint research activities are designed to improve the efficiency of ECRIN services, through the development of tools for risk-adapted monitoring (WP8), and the upgrade of the VISTA data management tool (WP9). This project will build a consistent organisation for clinical research in Europe, with ECRIN developing generic tools and providing generic services to multinational studies, and supporting the construction of pan-European disease-oriented networks, that will in turn act as ECRIN users and provide the scientific content. Such organisation will improve Europe’s attractiveness for industry trials, boost its scientific competitiveness, and result in better healthcare for European citizens.

Keywords: clinical research,nutrition,medical devices,rare diseases
Bridging Actions for GMES and AFRICA (BRAGMA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Space
Destination: Cross-cutting activities
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Portugal,France,Belgium,Austria,South Africa,Egypt,Tunisia,Nigeria,Kenya,Ireland
Call:  (FP7-SPACE-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2013-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1119960.0
EU funding (EUR): 998631.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

The “GMES and Africa” initiative establishes a long term partnership between European and African stakeholders, accordingly to the Lisbon Declaration, to work together on the development and implementation of Earth Observation (EO) applications based on African requirements. The process is implemented in the wide context of the Africa-EU partnership aiming for sustainable development and increment of scientific cooperation. “GMES and Africa” strengthens Africa’s capacity and ownership of EO activities and acknowledges the importance of past and present programmes, recognising the need to coordinate actions to avoid duplication, increase synergies and enhance complementarities. “Bridging Actions for GMES & Africa” (BRAGMA) will support and facilitate the necessary dialogue to implement the process, through improved coordination and adequate information flow and dissemination strengthening the partnership via the following actions:  Keep building momentum for “GMES and Africa Action Plan” (GAAP) through validation and reviewing processes;  Reinforcing the coordination group of stakeholders and entities responsible for leading the initiative and contributing to in-loco support aligned with the implementation mechanisms agreed in the GAAP;  Supporting the role of the Expert Team (defined by the “GMES and Africa Strategic Document” at Hammamet, November 2010) on a sustainable basis;  Promoting and creating wider international awareness of results and likely impact of relevant FP7 projects and current and planned "GMES and Africa" related activities;  Facilitate the capacity for selected African experts to attend key coordination events and conferences;  Organise "GMES and Africa" major awareness events in Africa;  Provide reviews of how GMES services could contribute to needs identified in the GAAP.

Keywords: gmes and africa,earth observation,sustainable development,international cooperation,joint africa-eu strategy
An international network of 50 CubeSats for multi-point, in-situ measurements in the lower thermosphere and re-entry research (QB50)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Space
Destination: Cross-cutting activities
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Belgium,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Switzerland,Belgium,Germany,France,Germany,United States,China,Germany,Russian Federation
Call:  (FP7-SPACE-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2011-11-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 74.0
Total project cost (EUR): 12029715.29
EU funding (EUR): 7998703.85
Participants: 16
Project status: CLOSED

The QB50 Project will demonstrate the possibility of launching a network of 50 CubeSats built by CubeSat teams from all over the world to perform first-class science and in-orbit demonstration in the largely unexplored middle and lower thermosphere. Space agencies are currently not pursuing a multi-spacecraft network for in-situ measurements in the middle and lower thermosphere because the cost of a network of 50 satellites built to industrial standards would be very high and not justifiable in view of the limited orbital lifetime. No atmospheric network mission for in-situ measurements has been carried out in the past or is planned for the future. A network of satellites for in-situ measurements in the middle and lower thermosphere can only be realised by using very low-cost satellites, and CubeSats are the only realistic option. The Project will demonstrate the sustained availability of low-cost launch opportunities, for launching small payloads into low-Earth orbit; these could be microsatellites or networks of CubeSats or nanosats or many individual small satellites for scientific or technological research. The Project will include the development of a deployment system for the deployment into orbit of a large number of single, double or triple CubeSats. Once, the system is developed for QB50 it can be easily adapted to other missions. QB50 will also provide a launch opportunity for key technology demonstration on IOD CubeSats such as propulsion systems and aerobrakes. Up to 50 CubeSats will be launched together to low earth orbit. Due to atmospheric drag, the orbits of the CubeSats will decay and progressively lower and lower layers of the thermosphere will be explored without the need for on-board propulsion, perhaps down to 200 km. QB50 will be among the first CubeSat networks in orbit

Keywords: cubesat network,lower thermosphere,in-situ measurements,low-cost launcher,formation flight,atmospheric re-entry,solar sail deployment,ground station network,orbital dynamics,de-orbiting
Continuation Of the cooperation of Space NCPs as a Means to Optimise Services (COSMOS+)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Space
Destination: Cross-cutting activities
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany,Czechia,Greece,France,Italy,Poland,Portugal,Türkiye,Bulgaria,Switzerland,Cyprus,Spain,Israel,Iceland,Latvia,Romania,Serbia,Slovenia,United Kingdom,Estonia,Belgium,Estonia,Lithuania,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SPACE-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2012-05-01
End date: 2014-11-30
Duration (months): 31.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1175196.02
EU funding (EUR): 999978.98
Participants: 26
Project status: CLOSED

In June 2008 the Space National Contact Points (NCPs) from 33 EU member states and FP7 associated countries started COSMOS, the “Cooperation Of Space NCPs as a Means to Optimise Services”. NCP networks had been established in other themes already, like IDEALIST, and proved a suitable instrument to interlink according NCPs. This led to added benefit e. g. through new services like specific partner search activities and a project website providing useful information not just for clients of the project partner countries but for everybody interested. Through this and through joint trainings and experience exchange the partners eased access to NCP working knowledge and skills. Thus it was especially supporting less experienced NCPs. But also NCPs with several responsibilities profited a lot being short in their available time for the particular NCP field. In summary such projects for the first time allowed having joint trainings and staff exchange and organising joint information days on open thematic calls as international matchmaking opportunities. Such activities lead to improved and more balanced overall quality of NCP services. Through this they finally aim at raising the average quality level of project proposals. COSMOS was the first networking activity for Space NCPs. It also became a success considering the above mentioned objectives of NCP networks. Through the practical experience the partners further on learned a lot about effective exchanges, joint activities, needs and about each other. COSMOS+ builds on this experience and goes further in strengthening the NCPs capacity building and maximising the quality of their services for the Space clients all over Europe and beyond.

Keywords: national contact points,ncp,network,space,support
HANDHold - HANDHeld OLfactory Detector (HANDHOLD)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Intelligent surveillance and enhancing border security
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Portugal,Ireland,Ireland,Germany,Ireland,Estonia,Ireland
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2012-04-01
End date: 2016-03-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4580959.97
EU funding (EUR): 3495805.59
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

While the dog will remain a central part of the detection process at border crossing and airports, sensor technology and low power embedded system computing are improving to the extent that the time is right to develop substantially improved mobile detection devices that can complement the role played by dogs. Moreover, these detection devices can be networked together to provide enhanced detection facilities and also to facilitate easier management and field deployment of the platforms themselves. The HANDHOLD consortium consists of nine partners who bring complementary expertise in all the fields needed to develop a mobile network of low power CBRNE sensor system. The consortium includes the Irish Customs Authority and the consortium has an attached user group of representatives from law enforcement fromaoround Europe. The consortium plans a 42 month project which will deliver a working prototype system in two phases, the initial version being completed 24 months into the project lifetime.

Keywords: cbrne,sensors,high performance computing,distributed computing,low power
The Integrated Initiative of European Laser Research Infrastructures III (LASERLAB-EUROPE)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to existing research infrastructures
Action type: Combination of CP & CSA
Countries involved: Sweden,France,Greece,Germany,Germany,Spain,Romania,Portugal,Netherlands,Italy,Germany,Germany,Poland,Czechia,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Latvia,Hungary,Lithuania,Spain,Slovakia
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2012-06-01
End date: 2015-11-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 10909123.56
EU funding (EUR): 8650000.0
Participants: 24
Project status: CLOSED

LASERLAB-EUROPE III is the European Consortium of major Laser Research Infrastructures, forming a FP7 Integrated Infrastructure Initiative. Geographically it covers the majority of European member states, following recent efforts to include partners from all over Europe 27. Scientifically, it covers many areas of laser science and applications with particular emphasis on short-pulses and high-intensities. Recently this field has experienced remarkable advances and breakthroughs in laser technologies and beam parameters. Novel applications range from coherent x-ray generation, laser particle acceleration, laboratory astrophysics, and attosecond physics to fusion research, materials research, and biomedicine, to name only few. Consequently – and also as a sign of its exceptional internal coherence - the European laser community has engaged in the world's first truly international laser infrastructures, ELI and HiPER. Besides offering unprecedented research opportunities these infrastructures, together with the LASERLAB-EUROPE III Consortium, will substantially contribute to innovation and help addressing the grand societal challenges. The main objectives are: - To maintain a competitive, inter-disciplinary network of European national laser laboratories; - To strengthen the European leading role in laser research through Joint Research Activities, pushing the laser concept into new directions and opening up new applications of key importance in research and innovation - To engage in Transnational Access in a highly co-ordinated fashion for the benefit of the European research community. - To increase the European basis in laser research and applications by reaching out to neighboring scientific communities and assisting in the development of laser research infrastructures on both the national and the European level, particularly the Pan-European infrastructures ELI and HiPER.

Keywords: lasers,physical sciences,optical technologies,materials research,biomedical optics
Platform for European CMOS Imagers - EUROCIS (EUROCIS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Space
Destination: Strengthening the foundations of Space science and technology
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Belgium,Italy,Netherlands,France
Call:  (FP7-SPACE-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2011-11-01
End date: 2014-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2923197.0
EU funding (EUR): 1993216.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The main goal of this project is the creation of a European supply chain for state-of-the art CMOS imagers. As identified by both ESA and the EC, there is a need for such a supply chain for CMOS imagers for space applications which uses solely European (and hence ITAR-free) sources. This goal will be realized using the proposed consortium as all partners have excellent know-how and track record in the expertise fields required. A second goal of the project is to push the performance of CMOS imagers and match the requirements for the (typically very demanding) space applications. Hence large area (much larger than commercial imagers) high sensitivity imagers will be developed using stitching technology and backside thinning. A key element here is the backside passivation process using laser annealing. The outcome of this project is a CMOS imager design and manufacturing platform that can be used by the space industry (ESA, CNES, satellite manufacturers, ... ) for their future space imager needs. However, it will as well serve (and will be open for) other high-end imager needs in e.g. medical or security applications.

Keywords: cmos imagers (cis) manufacturing platform backside illumination
Aerogel European Supplying Unit for Space Applications (AERSUS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Space
Destination: Strengthening the foundations of Space science and technology
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Portugal,Germany,Italy,France,United Kingdom,France,Germany
Call:  (FP7-SPACE-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2565625.21
EU funding (EUR): 1952090.06
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The main purpose of this project is to create an European Supplying Unit for one of the Critical Space Technologies for Europoean Strategic Non-Dependence, the advanced thermal control materials. Currently, the thermal protection of the hardware of spacecrafts is assured by underlying advanced thermal control materials, typically Multi Layer Insulations (MLI). One of the basic materials for MLI, the Kapton, is used in several thermal control applications and easily falls under access restrictions. In this project it is intended to develope the manufacturing technology for the material that is considered to be the next generation of thermal insulation in space, the aerogel. Aerogels are the materials with the greater potential to substitute MLI in thermal insulation of spacecrafts, due to its very low density, its veryt high thermal insulation efficiencies, the providing of the thermal insulation as single material that can be industrially producible and the tailorability for different applications. The combination of the know-how of the entities involved in the proposal, which cover the research and development of aerogels at a laboratory scale, the design and construction of semi-industrial equipments for aerogels manufacture, and the design, integration and qualification of thermal insulation materials inspace applications, will create tremendous synergies to put Europe in a front position as a supplier of the material that is likely to be the future of the thermal insulation in space. The collaborative efforts of the partners, which have already been working in the development of these systems in the last few years, is expected to allow establishing in Europe on a shor-term the required technical capabilities to supply aerogels for space applications, such as (re)-entry vehicles, Mars rovers, cryogenic propulsion tanks, or pressurised compartments.

Keywords: aerogel,thermal,space,insulation,manufacturing,industrial
Integrating European Infrastructure to support science and development of Hydrogen- and Fuel Cell Technologies towards European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy (H2FC)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to existing research infrastructures
Action type: Combination of CP & CSA
Countries involved: Germany,France,United Kingdom,Norway,United Kingdom,European organisations area,Germany,Switzerland,Greece,Italy,Germany,Spain,Finland,Germany
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2011-11-01
End date: 2015-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 10282531.18
EU funding (EUR): 7999977.24
Participants: 19
Project status: CLOSED

The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) recognizes in its roadmap for Research Infrastructures that "in the near future, hydrogen, as an energy carrier derived from a number of other fuels, and fuel cells, as energy transformers, are expected to play a major role, for mobile and stationary applications". With the current fragmentation of the European R&D infrastructures and the uncoordinated approaches adopted, the demand for effective support of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (H2FC) technology developers cannot be satisfied. Therefore this proposal is built to integrate the European R&D community around rare and/or unique infrastructural elements that will facilitate and significantly enhance the R&D outcome. H2FCEuropean Infrastructure addresses the topic INFRA-2011-1.1.16 “Research Infrastructures for H2FC Facilities” and the related energy-chains, by bringing together, for the first time in Europe, the leading European R&D institutions of the H2 community together with those of the fuel cell community, covering the entire life-cycle of H2FC, i.e. hydrogen production, storage, distribution, and final use in fuel cells. The three pillars of the proposal are networking, transnational access and joint research activities. All are strongly interrelated and oriented towards the resolution of identified bottlenecks. The aim is to provide: • A single integrated virtual infrastructure accommodating H2FC test and analysis facilities •Transnational access for the H2FC R&D communities to advanced infrastructures • Expert working groups to enhance work at the provided facilities and coordination in aspects of safety, performance and durability • Central databases and libraries for safety, performance and durability data and modelling codes • Coordination of relevant education and training actions • Integration, enhancement and improvement of the existing infrastructures • Coordination with national / international bodies and industrial activities (incl.

Keywords: hydrogen,fuel cells,performances,safety,technical test facilities
Air Cargo Technology Road Map (CARGOMAP)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Hungary,Germany,Italy,Netherlands,Italy,Poland,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2011-RTD-1, 2011)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2013-12-31
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 469202.0
EU funding (EUR): 321077.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The Air Cargo technology Roadmap proposal focuses on the future role of air freight and the definition of a technology roadmap for future cargo aircraft responding to end user requirements and environmental needs. In order to improve seamless flow of goods, Inter-and Co-modality approaches will be considered within the SESAR operational concept. Main issues of the CARGO Map (CSA-SA) proposal are: • Analysis of current situation versus the demand with the involvement of the stakeholders in Europe among all actors (manufacturers, research establishment, regulators, airspace users, infrastructure providers, airport managers) • Expected future bottlenecks/challenges in air freight transport and the identification of the corresponding requirements. The requirements will identify the technology needs and regulatory issues to be addressed • Synopsis and evaluation of possible improvements related to future business models • Definition of a technology roadmap to fill the technology/regulatory/operative gaps in order to fulfil the requirements considering the current capabilities • Besides the core activities an effort will be dedicated to disseminate the results The project will investigate what new challenges and opportunities exist for new air cargo operations in the future, responding to societal challenges and the concept of seamless multi modal transport chains. Based on business models for such new types of air cargo operations, the need for novel dedicated air cargo planes will be derived and the technologies that will be needed to create these novel airplanes will be identified in a roadmap. This is a totally new approach within the Frame work program. Whilst identifying novel technologies, only those specific to air cargo operations will be shown in the roadmap, assuming that generic technologies in aviation will take place. The roadmap will identify current and planned research and missing elements to enable a new generation of air cargo aircraft to be realised.

Keywords: air cargo,analysis,current technology,strategy,future freight developments,business case