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Partisan Prejudice: Origins, Consequences and Remedies in European Multiparty Democracies (PARTISAN)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Institutions, Governance and Legal Systems
Panel description: Political science, international relations, law
Countries involved: Austria
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2021-COG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1998641.0
EU funding (EUR): 1998641.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Partisan prejudice exists when citizens hold negative attitudes towards party supporters. Such prejudice is widespread: many people have stereotypical views of and dislike the supporters of certain parties, sometimes amounting to outright partisan hostility. Partisan prejudice is a challenge for liberal democracy. It deepens societal rifts, lowers social trust, weakens the acceptance of elite compromise and leads to discrimination and social ostracism. This challenge is urgent at a time of political division and democratic backsliding. Yet, partisan prejudice is barely studied, particularly in Europe. PARTISAN will provide a novel theoretical framework and rigorous empirical evidence for understanding partisan prejudice, with the ambition of fundamentally altering how voters and parties are studied in multiparty systems. The theoretical framework posits that objective characteristics of party supporters form the basis of partisan stereotypes, but that these linkages are filtered through individual perceptions and moderated by party- and country-level characteristics. Based on this framework, this project will provide ground-breaking evidence on the prevalence and origins of partisan prejudice and assess its political and societal consequences, including for political participation, discrimination and social cohesion. PARTISAN will also provide political and societal actors with evidence on three ways to reduce partisan prejudice: interparty contact, recategorization and social norms. PARTISAN will implement new measurement tools in a new twelve-country survey and in experiments conducted in population-based surveys and in the field. Innovative experimental designs will be used to rigorously assess the origins and consequences of partisan prejudice, as well as potential remedies. Studying a little-studied phenomenon using diverse methods, PARTISAN will significantly extend our knowledge of partisan prejudice, what effects it has and how its impact can be minimized.

Keywords: partisan prejudice,partisanship,stereotypes,discrimination,political parties,party systems,political attitudes,social groups,negative partisanship,affective polarization
Challenging the limits of mechanical quantum metrology (Q-MEME)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Fundamental Constituents of Matter
Panel description: Particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas, and optical physics
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2022-COG, 2022)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2660000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2660000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Nano- and micromechanical resonators, with their high coherence and low mass, serve as extremely good sensors of small forces and particles. They are especially powerful in combination with optical laser fields, which can measure mechanical motion down to the level where quantum mechanics is needed to describe it. The performance of mechanical quantum sensors, and in fact our ability to measure their displacement, is however limited by fundamental concepts: Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle dictates the smallest vibration that can be resolved. And time-reversal symmetry bounds the measurement rate of a sensor. In this project, I challenge both limits – evading them by making nanomechanical resonators interact strongly with temporally controlled and nano-confined light fields. The experiments I propose will project a macroscopic mechanical object in a pure quantum state, through the mere act of performing a strong measurement. I aim to show that such measurements can entangle the object’s internal degrees of freedom, and can be used to boost metrology performance. By breaking time-reversal symmetry through optical control, I seek to enhance the sensitivity of mechanical force sensors. I will investigate whether the measurement interaction can be employed to coherently convert optical to mechanical states, and to manipulate optical signals down to the single-photon level. The realization of these goals will radically advance mechanical quantum sensing, create coherent interfaces for quantum communication, and establish novel ways to control light and motion at the quantum level. Moreover, we will gain a new fundamental understanding of metrology and sensing performance in basic systems that transcend the mechanical domain. Finally, these foundational experiments will bring intriguing quantum effects in full view in ‘tangible’ objects, and test whether they can in fact exist at such macroscopic scales.

Keywords: cavity optomechanics,quantum measurement,nanophotonics,nanomechanical resonators
Self-Referenced XUV Transient Reflectivity Spectroscopy: Attosecond Electron Dynamics of 2D Layered Materials (SR-XTRS-2DLayMat)

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: Germany,United States
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-07-01
End date: 2025-06-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 265647.84
EU funding (EUR): 265647.84
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The research and development of novel layered and 2D materials is at the center of a focused interest in the material sciences. The large photon coupling of their excitonic excitations and their varying degrees of localization, control over coupling to other degrees of freedom as well as novel spin- and momentum-dependent properties arising from symmetry and topology have made 2d materials a desirable platform for the development of new applications ranging from new photovoltaic and optoelectronical devices to spintronic and "quantum", i.e. coherent, data transport and storage devices. Since the coupling of electronic states to other material degrees of freedom, e.g. lattice, excitonic or spin-polarized states, might lead to desired or undesired behavior in these materials, powerful time-resolved experimental methods are needed to disentangle and understand their electron dynamics and achieve the implementation of the desired applications. The ultrashort timescales that govern electron dynamics warrant the application of novel methods such as XUV transient absorption (XTAS) or XUV transient reflectivity spectroscopy (XTRS), which achieve temporal resolutions on the natural timescale of electronic motion, i.e. attosecond timescales. Time-resolved core-level spectroscopy using attosecond pulses from high harmonic generation (HHG) offers intriguing opportunities to study the electron dynamics with high energy-resolution and unprecedented temporal-resolution with element-specific insight into the material's band-structure. The major goal of this proposed work is the advancement of XTRS and its application to study excitations in layered materials down to the few-layer limit. A novel interferometric and heterodyne approach to overcome existing limitations of XTRS will be developed and applied to a series of materials, where time resolved studies will lead to desirable insight into the ultrafast coupled dynamics of carriers, excitons, their spin and the lattice.

Keywords: attosecond science,high harmonic generation
Rebuilding the foundations of planet formation: proto-planetary disc evolution (DiscEvol)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Universe Sciences
Panel description: Astro -physics/ -chemistry/ -biology; solar system; planetary systems; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy; cosmology; space sciences; astronomical instrumentation and data
Countries involved: Italy
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2021-STG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1495755.0
EU funding (EUR): 1495755.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

With thousands of exoplanets known, we have truly entered the exoplanet era. Explaining the huge diversity of observed exoplanetary systems remains however a big challenge. The only way we have to study planet formation is to study the environments in which they form, proto-planetary discs: to understand planets, we have to understand discs and the physical processes happening in them. The field of proto-planetary discs is currently being shaken by the crumbling of viscous theory, the traditional paradigm used to describe how discs evolve in time. The paradigm relied on the presence of turbulence, which affects a myriad of processes of planet formation. The crumbling of viscous theory thus has ramifications across our entire understanding of planet formation. How can we rebuild the foundations of planet formation? Thanks to advances in observational capabilities, we can now perform large surveys of proto-planetary discs and study the evolution of their properties (mass, radius, mass accretion rate). Over the last few years I played a leading role in showing how to use this information to guide and constrain models of disc evolution, computing quantities from the models that can be directly compared to observations. Building on my expertise, at the convergence of theory and observations, I propose a) to develop quantitative models of an alternative paradigm of disc evolution in which discs evolve under the influence of disc winds rather than viscously. The long-lasting impact of DiscEvol will be to deliver a new standard model of disc evolution tested against the existing data from observational surveys. DiscEvol will also b) reassess how crucial steps of the planet formation process, such as the accretion of solids onto growing planetary cores and planetary migration, differ in a disc evolving under the influence of winds. Altogether, this program will bring the link between models and observations of planet formation in discs to a new level.

Keywords: planet formation,proto planetary discs,disc planet interaction,sub mm interferometry
Elasticity, capillarity and imbibition in textiles (ElCapiTex)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Products and Processes Engineering
Panel description: Product and process design, chemical, civil, environmental, mechanical, vehicle engineering, energy processes and relevant computational methods
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2022-COG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2028-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999474.0
EU funding (EUR): 1999474.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Fibrous media are ubiquitous in natural and engineered systems, due to their versatility, flexibility and functionality. Nonwovens (i.e. entangled fibrous networks), and especially natural fibre -based materials such as paper or flax mats, are heavily used for a variety of applications, and could be largely developed as a sustainable alternative for plastics. The first limitation of their widespread use is their response to humidity, wetting or drying, which is unavoidable in many applications, and is a key step of their manufacturing processes. The ElCapiTex project aims at characterizing and modelling the specific behaviour and properties of wet non-woven textiles (consolidation, imbibition, mechanical response, deformation) and of their manufacturing processes. In order to characterize the complex interplay between the various physical mechanisms that gives rise to the global properties of textiles (hydrodynamics, capillarity, elasticity, swelling), we will combine different approaches coming from three recent active research areas of fluid-structure interactions: the transport of suspensions of elastic objects, elastocapillarity (i.e. the deformation induced by the capillary forces associated with liquid-air interfaces), and poroelasticity. We will work with a hierarchy of experimental model systems of increasing complexity, in particular by fabricating model nonwoven sheets from gel fibre suspensions. We will further build theoretical models, based on recent statistical approaches used to describe the mechanical properties of dry textiles. Understanding these physical mechanisms is mandatory to develop innovative processes and materials; reconciling fundamental pore-scale mechanisms with network behaviour will allow for the design of tailored fibrous media with specific properties.

Keywords: capillarity textiles swelling fibres imbibition drops
Improved control of priority animal diseases: Novel vaccines and companion diagnostic tests for African horse sickness, peste des petits ruminants and foot-and-mouth disease (SPIDVAC)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,France,Spain,Senegal,United Kingdom,Netherlands,South Africa
Call: Vaccines and diagnostics for priority animal diseases (HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-07-01
End date: 2026-06-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5204351.0
EU funding (EUR): 4948591.0
Participants: 13
Project status: SIGNED

Current vaccines for African horse sickness (AHS), peste des petits ruminants (PPR) and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) have critical shortcomings that leave the European Union vulnerable to these category A transboundary animal diseases, but control strategies that rely on culling alone are increasingly rejected by the public. At the same time, the risk of an introduction of AHS, PPR or FMD into Europe is growing, driven by climate change, global trade and long-distance travel. Innovative vaccines and companion diagnostics that are grounded in an increased knowledge of pathogenesis and immunity are urgently required to improve the capacity to prevent introductions and contain outbreaks, which are a major threat to European agriculture. The SPIDVAC (Safe Priority Infectious Diseases VACcines) consortium consists of 13 partners from Germany, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, South Africa and Senegal, who will develop innovative vaccines against AHS, PPR and FMD and evaluate their capabilities in vitro, demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the candidate vaccines in small-animal models and in the target species and develop companion diagnostic to reliably differentiate between infected and vaccinated animals (DIVA). In addition, the project will increase knowledge on the mechanisms of infection, virulence and immunity and study the acceptability of vaccines for stakeholders in endemic areas. The consortium includes industry partners for veterinary vaccines and diagnostic tools, who will ensure the technological readiness and market relevance of the newly developed tools, which will help policy makers, veterinary services and business operators reduce the burden of infectious animal diseases, contribute to a sustainable livestock industry and promote public and animal health from farm to fork.

Keywords: rational vaccine design,safe production of vaccines,multimeric scaffold protein particles,differentiating infected from vaccinated animals,stable attenuation,marker vaccine,metaphylactic vaccine
European Researchers' Night and Researchers at Schools 2024-2025 in Malopolska (ResHERO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Poland
Call: European Researchers' Night and Researchers at Schools 2024-2025 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-CITIZENS-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-04-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 21.0
Total project cost (EUR): 299591.88
EU funding (EUR): 299591.88
Participants: 12
Project status: SIGNED

The project has been organising in our region for 17 years. The European Researchers' Night (ERN) will be implemented in 2024 (27th September) and 2025 (26th September) for the 18th and 19th time. Researchers at Schools activities will be implemented for the 3th and 4th time. All the project activities will be organised under the slogan 'SUPER-HEROS-RESEARCHERS SAVE THE WORLD'. With this tagline and reference to the ideas and characters of super-heroes known to everyone, especially children and young people, we want to draw the public's attention more strongly to the role played by scientists in the development of the world, in the fight against environmental and climate threats, and how inventions affect our everyday lives. These are the key areas defined as EU Research and Innovation Missions and the objectives of the European Green Deal. The main goals of the project are: to bring science and the profession of researchers closer to the general public and make the public more aware of the impact of the work of researchers’ on our daily lives, to develop interest in research and scientific careers in the youth. Scale of the project is huge to show the wide scientific heritage and achieve project's goals: - ERN 2024-2025: each year ca. 2,000 activities organised (incl. interactive workshops, demos and experiments, face to face meetings with researchers, science shows etc.), ca. 2,200 researchers, emploees and students as well as 110 scientifis circles from 60 institutions involved, ca. 50,000 people will participate in each ERN, - Researchers at Schools activities in 2024-2025: 700 workshops, demos and meetings with researchers, 240 scientists/workers and students involved, 25,000 pupils and 800 teachers from 270 Polish schools will benefit. The project has European dimension: due to its broad awareness campaign, we estimate that 7 million people will be made aware of the project every year.

Keywords: researchers,science,society,scientific career,workshops,laboratories,experiments,demonstrations,meetings with researchers,ecology,climate,environment,health,european dimension
Single-molecule visualization of temperature adaptation in sub-cellular dynamics and organization across bacteria (TEMPADAPT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Molecules of Life: B iological  Mechanisms , Structures  and Functions
Panel description: For all organisms : Molecular biology , biochemistry, structural biology, molecular biophysics , synthetic and chemical biology, drug design, innovative methods and modelling
Countries involved: Finland
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): 1792125.0
EU funding (EUR): 1792125.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Most microorganisms lack homeothermic regulation which subjects them to unpredictable fluctuations in environmental temperature. Nevertheless, many bacteria and archaea can grow across a large range of up to 40°C. Most biochemical reactions in bacteria occur in the highly crowded cytoplasm constituting a complex and dynamic interaction network of a cell. Temperature affects the rate of both intra- and intermolecular reactions, and large-scale perturbations by temperature could be disastrous to cellular function, homeostasis, and sub-cellular organization. It is still largely unknown, how temperature affects the properties of the cytoplasm and what the consequences to cellular processes are. The driving hypothesis of this project is that bacteria can actively modulate their cytoplasmic state to avoid the detrimental effects of temperature fluctuations. To test this, I have established cutting-edge super-resolution single-molecule tracking tools to directly observe molecule dynamics in live bacteria in real time. First, we will quantify the diffusion and activity of macromolecules and other probes as a function of temperature to uncover the changes in the cytoplasmic state. Second, we will probe different bacteria growing at temperatures from 0°C up to 100°C to characterize evolutionary differences in the cytoplasmic dynamics and temperature scaling of reaction rates. Finally, we will uncover mechanisms by which bacteria obtain different cytoplasmic properties. Overall, these approaches will reveal how the cytoplasmic state in bacteria changes with temperature and how this contributes to the cellular processes, which has significant implications on how microorganisms adapt to temperatures and what are the limits of cellular life.

Keywords: single molecule tracking,extremophile,cytoplasm
An innovative filtration system to improve the coagulation properties of plasma units to treat patients with massive bleeding (ClearPlasma)

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: Israel
Call: EIC Accelerator Open 2021 (HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATOROPEN-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-02-01
End date: 2023-07-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1827406.25
EU funding (EUR): 1279184.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Around 40% of deaths worldwide are due to bleeding, which establishes haemorrhage as the most common cause of preventable death. Early intervention is generally sought by transfusing red blood cells, plasma, and platelets at a ratio of 1:1:1; however, this can lead to increased bleeding and death. PlasFree is tackling this unmet demand of novel therapeutic approaches for haemorrhage by developing ClearPlasma™, an innovative filtration system that extracts plasminogen from plasma, leading to an efficient treatment for massive bleeding. ClearPlasma™ also allows to reduce up to 45% of the number of plasma units required during transfusion. PlasFree will be part of a booming global blood transfusion market valued at €6.34 billion. With the EIC support, PlasFree aims to deliver substantial global impact, for patients and healthcare systems, by accelerating the development of ClearPlasma™ as well as scaling-up and conducting clinical validation to prove the device’s safety and efficacy.

Keywords: blood filter,disposable filter,hyperfibrinolysis,coagulation defects,plasma shortage,plasminogen,massive bleeding,haemorrhage,blood transfusion,blood donors