Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Towards Terawatt Production of c-Si Solar Photovoltaics (TERASUN)

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,Germany,France,Netherlands,Italy,Czechia
Call: Advanced concepts for crystalline Silicon technology (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02, 2023)
Start date: 2024-06-01
End date: 2027-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3287864.25
EU funding (EUR): 3287864.25
Participants: 7
Project status: SIGNED

TERASUN aims to develop technologies making c-Si PV solar cells more efficient and cost-effective. The project will innovate on Si heterojunction (SHJ) solar cell technology, currently holding the c-Si power conversion efficiency record of 26.81% for single junction c-Si solar cells. By targeting higher efficiencies and lower costs, TERASUN paves the way for mass production of improved SHJ solar cells. TERASUN will develop: (i) nanophotonic structures on module cover glass to minimise reflection (maximise absorption) and improve anti-soiling properties and improving the overall performance of the module, which will allow for reduced silicon consumption and higher efficiencies; (ii) innovative texturisation, including micro- and nanostructures for optimal light-trapping to enable the use ultrathin crystalline Si solar cells; (iii) novel heterojunction contacts based on metal-oxide layers implemented in interdigitated back contact (IBC) SHJ solar cells for very high efficiencies, and low-cost surface passivation for advanced surface structures; (iv) low-cost metallisation, replacing silver with copper to move towards a technology ready for terawatt production scale; and (v) direct bandgap architectures for implementation in IBC SHJ solar cells. These developments will help with approaching the fundamental limit of 29.43% on cell level and reducing cell-to-module losses for optimised energy yield. The strategic choice of materials (Cu, Al-doped Zn oxide, Sn oxide) will reduce the costs and supply chain risks. Environmental, economic and performance data associated with the developments will be gathered, evaluated and used to develop an algorithm based on multi-disciplinary design optimisation to create the TERASUN decision support tool (DST). The DST will provide stakeholders from industry and policymakers with: (i) recommendations related to the most promising technologies and (ii) a clear roadmap for the technologies developed in TERASUN towards TRL9.
Automated High-throughput Behavioral Measurement in Co-Housed Mice for Safer and More Effective Psychiatric Drug Development (HOMECAGE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Israel
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2024-POC, 2024)
Start date: 2025-04-01
End date: 2026-09-30
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Drug development for psychiatric and neurological disorders requires extensive preclinical testing for validation of safety and efficacy. Preclinical investigation of Central Nervous System (CNS) - acting drugs is primarily performed using traditional lab assays in rodent models. These experiments are typically based on manual analysis of isolated subjects, requiring huge investment in lab animals and technicians for brief measurements. These preclinical experiments are consequently subject to multiple sources of noise, and experience failures in prediction of clinical efficacy and safety. The need therefore exists for a scalable and automated preclinical experimental system for continuous parallel analysis of multiple co-housed subjects. To address this industry need, we will develop the HOMECAGE—a first-of-its-kind, automated platform for continuous and parallel monitoring of the performance of multiple subjects in their native social environment. We will adapt HOMECAGE to industry standards, including its expansion to a broad range of preclinical experimental paradigms, and perform a comprehensive investigation of the IP landscape and appropriate business strategies for commercialization. Increased vigilance in assaying the abuse liability of CNS-acting drugs has erupted following the opioid crisis, exemplifying the industry need for efficient, effective and ethical methodologies for preclinical assessment. Addiction liability and sucrose preference, most relevant to depression and anxiety, are the primary preclinical assays on which project HOMECAGE will focus. The breakthrough automated system provided by HOMECAGE will facilitate continuous and accurate simultaneous monitoring of co-housed mice, acting as a revolutionary ‘behavioral microscope’ for radically improved throughput and increased resolution in the preclinical analysis of rodent behavior.
European partnership for a sustainable Future of Food Systems (FutureFoodS)

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: COFUND actions
Partnership: Safe and Sustainable Food System (co-funded)
Countries involved: France,Germany,Italy,Finland,Denmark,Belgium,Ireland,Türkiye,Estonia,Lithuania,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Romania,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,Iceland,Poland,Bulgaria,Austria,Greece,Slovenia,Hungary,Serbia,Croatia,North Macedonia,Georgia,Switzerland
Call: European partnership on sustainable food systems for people, planet and climate (HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-06-01
End date: 2034-05-31
Duration (months): 120.0
Total project cost (EUR): 107591199.2
EU funding (EUR): 32277359.85
Participants: 86
Project status: SIGNED

The vision of FutureFoodS is to collectively achieve environmentally-friendly, socially secure, fair and economically viable healthy and safe Food Systems (FS) for Europe. FutureFoodS gather 87 partners from 22 EU Member States, 6 Associated Countries and 1 third country. FutureFoodS includes public and private actors, policy makers, foundations, locally, sub-nationally, nationally, EU-widely. All these FutureFoodS partners are fully aligned on the vision for the Partnership and the methodology for its implementation in line with SDG17 and EU Green Deal components. This vision has been broken down into general (GO), specific (SO) and operational (OO) objectives applying across the 4 R&I areas and 4 transversal activities identified by the FutureFoods consortium in its stable draft Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) which constitutes the strategic backbone of the project. The four GO cover: GO1 - Functioning of FS; GO2 - System approaches; GO3 - Inclusive government; GO4 - Co-creation cases. These GO have then been translated into SO prioritised in line with the timescale and resources of the Partnership: SO1 - Change the way we eat; SO2- Change the way we process and supply food, SO3 - Change the way we connect with FSs and SO4 - Change the way we govern FS. In addition, 6 interconnected OO have been set: OO1- Pooling R&I resources and programming; OO2 - Operational FS Observatory; OO3 - Active FS knowledge Hub of FS Labs; OO4 - Functioning knowledge sharing and scaling mechanisms; OO5- Revisiting the SRIA; OO6 - Promoting, supporting, widening & gathering FS various communities. The objectives implemented in the 8 WPs of FutureFoodS will exert impact directly or indirectly in most of the destinations of Horizon Europe’s Cluster 6 2023-2024 work programme and particularly for the topic destination ‘Fair, healthy and environment-friendly FS from primary production to consumption’ echoing to the main EU and World FS policies & strategies.

Keywords: food systems,sustainability,system approach,transition,social sciences,transformation,future
New multisensory technology for early intervention in infants with visual impairment (iReach)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Italy
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS1 (ERC-2022-POC1, 2022)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2024-06-30
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Visual impairments are disastrous for infants. They affect the infants’ reaching and motor skills, space perception, playing, socializing, physical functioning, psychological well-being, and health service needs. Therefore, early therapeutic interventions aimed explicitly at fostering these abilities are needed to improve the quality of life of people with visual disabilities. Effective rehabilitation technologies to enhance visually impaired infants' skills depend critically on a better understanding of the neuroscientific bases of multisensory and body processing. However, to date, these abilities can only be assessed qualitatively based on observational approaches. Due to the complexity of conveying a signal to visually-impaired infants that they will assuredly understand, technological solutions providing a quantitative output for visually-impaired infants are unavailable. With iReach, we aim to solve this problem. Specifically, we will design, develop and propose for commercialization a multisensory system that will provide non-invasive recording and training of the sensory-motor skills in visually-impaired infants. It will be compatible with simultaneous measures of behavioral and brain activity responses (e.g., electroencephalography). This technology will be designed based on realizing four concomitant tasks: (1) development of a novel rehabilitation technology conveying multisensory and bodily stimulation; (2) development of a quantitative method that will train and measure visually-impaired infants’ sensory-motor responses; (3) development of sensory-motor paradigms providing the audio and tactile spatial stimulations associated with body movements; (4) dedicated pipelines to analyze infants’ response to multisensory stimulations and with regard to body position. For the first time, the product resulting from iReach will train and directly quantify visually-impaired infants' sensory-motor abilities, offering a cost-efficient system for early intervention.
Using short radio flashes to probe the remnants of neutron star mergers (QuickBlitz)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator 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: Netherlands
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2024-COG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-03-01
End date: 2030-02-28
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2991325.0
EU funding (EUR): 2991325.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Neutron stars are the densest objects in the Universe, but an ongoing mystery is how massive can they get? By examining what happens when two neutron stars merge, we can help unravel this mystery. Some mergers will leave behind a black hole, while others instead make an even more massive neutron star. This massive neutron star will be spinning exceptionally fast and have a huge magnetic field (known as a magnetar). How long this magnetar lives completely depends on its mass, its spin energy and its magnetism. By studying this magnetar, we can learn about the maximum mass of neutron stars and emission mechanisms in extreme environments. By studying emission in X-rays and optical wavelengths following these mergers, we have seen observational features associated with magnetars, but these features are not conclusive. Newly formed magnetars are predicted to give bright, short duration, flashes of coherent radio emission. If the magnetar is too massive, it will collapse to a black hole with its magnetic energy being released as a burst of radio emission – these sources are called Blitzars. Excitingly, I have made a first candidate detection of a radio flash following the likely merger of two neutron stars. The goal of QuickBlitz is to search for coherent radio emission following the merger of two neutron stars, advancing our fundamental understanding of neutron star behaviour at extreme masses and magnetic fields. Neutron star mergers power gravitational wave emission and a short burst of gamma-rays. By automatically triggering on these, QuickBlitz will obtain radio observations that will be used to study the origin and emission mechanism of coherent radio flashes. Many of these mergers are poorly localised, so it is essential to know the underlying population of radio transients to confirm associations between radio transients and neutron star mergers. Thus, QuickBlitz will also conduct a deep legacy survey for radio transients, with durations of seconds to minutes.

Keywords: radio astronomy
Electro-adsorption of Naturally Occurring Radionuclides (NORM) from wastewater of hydraulic fracturing with functionalized carbon aerogels as electrodes (ElectroNORM)

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: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2025-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 181152.96
EU funding (EUR): 181152.96
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Extraction of unconventional oil and natural gas by horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (HF) is a real alternative to worldwide oil and gas production to guarantee the energy independence as well as the transition from non-renewable to sustainable energy. However, the large amount of wastewater generated, rich in natural toxic pollutants such as heavy metals, naturally occurring radionuclides (NORM), salts, etc.; concerns both stakeholder and public, especially from the radiological point of view. At present, the water treatment methods available are not capable to remediate the radioactive contamination of HF wastewater (WW). Nowadays, electro-adsorption is emerging as a powerful alternative to make more effective and sustainable the removal of pollutants, like heavy metals from WW. The main reason is that electro-adsorption has shown excellent advantages like minimal water waste, low operation cost, environmental friendly, high-energy efficiency, high removal efficiency, among others. However, little is known about removal of radionuclides by electro-adsorption, therefore, it is necessary to develop new electrodes increasing the adsorption surface, the pollutant selectivity, the stability, the regeneration as well as decreasing the resistance to ensure the removal of radionuclides. In this context, the aim of ElectroNORM project is to develop novel functionalized carbon aerogel as electrodes for the removal and isolation of highradiotoxic naturally occurring radionuclides from HF-wastewater by electro-adsorption.

Keywords: naturally occurring radionuclides,electro adsorption,functionalized carbon aerogels,radiochemistry,unconventional gas and oil production,flowback,batch experiments
Cure for Miniature Brittle Bones: Treatment of Osteogenesis ImpeRfecta patient-derived Bone organoids with Innovative AAV-mediated Ultimate Gene-editing System (MORBIUS)

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: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Spain,Netherlands,United States
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2027-06-30
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 226441.2
EU funding (EUR): 226441.2
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), also known as brittle bone disease, is a prevalent rare skeletal condition. With limited treatment options available and no known cure, individuals with OI endure numerous bone fractures throughout their lives. To address the urgent need for an OI cure, MORBIUS aims to create a gene therapy: employ a cutting-edge AAV-mediated gene editing, to curatively repair the genetic defect in a model of patient bone tissue (‘mini brittle bone’). Within MORBIUS I will: 1) construct ‘mini brittle bones’ - an OI patient-derived induced stem cell-based bone organoid system, and 2) repair the genetic defect in the ‘mini brittle bones’ with the AAV-based CRISPR/Cas and GeneRide strategy. To this end, with access to one of the largest OI cell line biobanks in the world, I will combine highly innovative induced stem cell development techniques with the existing expertise in fabrication of bone organoids of the hosting team and genome modification competence of secondment host. Specifically, I will optimize a method of OI patient-derived induced mesenchymal stem cells embedding in a decellularized extracellular matrix to promote their natural differentiation and formation of ‘mini brittle bones’. Crafted ‘mini brittle bones’ will be transduced with bone-directed AAV vector carrying CRISPR/Cas and GeneRide systems to correct patient’s genetic defect by targeted insertion of a ‘donor’ sequence. In synergy with gene therapy research, during a non-academic placement with an OI patient organization, an interactive multilingual educational webapp on OI gene therapy and genetics will be developed. This will ensure early knowledge sharing, awareness, building of trust, and encouragement of OI individuals to actively engage in gene therapy advancements. MORBIUS outcomes will enhance the quality of life for individuals with OI and other rare bone disorders, but introduction of effective gene editing, bone organoid modeling, and knowledge sharing methods.

Keywords: osteogenesis imperfecta,skeletal dysplasia,bone,gene therapy,crispr cas,aav,imsc
Building clarity and preventing bias in digital forensic examination, interorganisational communication and interaction (CLARUS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Civil Security for Society
Theme: Civil Security for Society
Destination: Fighting Crime and Terrorism
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Finland,Czechia,Greece,United Kingdom,Portugal,Norway
Call: Better understanding the influence of organisational cultures and human interactions in the forensic context as well as a common lexicon (HORIZON-CL3-2022-FCT-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-11-01
End date: 2026-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2180563.94
EU funding (EUR): 2180563.94
Participants: 12
Project status: SIGNED

Clarus is a multidisciplinary and multi-organisational consortium comprised of 6 academic research organisations; 4 forensic and 3 police agencies (LEAs) from 6 European member states and associated countries. Clarus will study how communication, taken-for-granted ways of doing things, organisational cultures, disciplinary backgrounds or even gender and specific languages can contribute significantly to a context for biased judgements and erroneous decisions at an organisational level in digital evidence examination and investigation. Clarus will achieve its objectives by co-producing, with the direct involvement of end-users, (1) a map of ambiguous information flows and points of miscommunication; (2) a report on potential sources of misunderstandings, errors and biases from organisational cultures, terminologies and communication patterns; (3) a common lexicon with reference points in multiple languages and (4) a bias checking tool for enhancing quality, impartiality and reliability of digital forensics. Clarus will thus produce new knowledge related to issues of communication, language and vocabulary, both within and across borders in Europe in the field of forensic digital evidence in Europe and will highlight areas of risk for the execution of unbiased forensic procedures. Clarus’ vision is: by detecting the organisational context for bias and errors in methods of informal and formal inter-agency communication, as well as the implementation of a common lexicon and bias checking tool, Clarus will improve objectivity, neutrality and fairness in the pursuit of safer justice outcomes in terrorism and serious crime exploiting digital technologies. This will enhance communication and improve efficiency and increase trust between citizens and the professional services in policing, forensic science and the courts leading to: "Improved forensics and lawful evidence collection, increasing the capabilities to apprehend criminals and terrorists and bring them to the court"

Keywords: digital evidence examination and investigation,interorganisational language and communication,organisational context for bias and error,organisational culture
SOlid frustrated-Lewis-pair single-atom catalysts for efficient photoCATalytic amidation processes (SOLCAT)

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: Italy
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-07-01
End date: 2026-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 172750.08
EU funding (EUR): 172750.08
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

As the shadow of climate change deepens and calls for sustainability grow louder, the fine chemical industry faces a dilemma. On the one side, traditional processes optimised over decades, increasingly fall foul of environmental regulations. This is particularly true for amidations, one of the most commonly performed industrial processes: current power-hungry protocols largely rely on wasteful stoichiometric agents. On the other side, promising catalytic innovations like Single-Atom Catalysts (SACs) and Frustrated Lewis Pairs (FLPs) fail to make the leap to industry, due to fundamental limitations and lack of scalability studies. SOLCAT will address these challenges by designing Single Atom-FLPs (SA-FLPs), a novel family of hybrid catalysts. Herein, FLPs will be embedded into the very surface of a solid support, ensuring stability and accessibility. Adjacent to them, photoactive SACs will be anchored, fostering a synergistic interaction between the two catalytic sites. Guided by computational models and cutting-edge characterisation, the structure-function relationship of the new catalysts will be elucidated, and continually refined. Armed with these insights, the exceptional activity of the SA-FLPs will be unleashed towards photocatalytic amidations. The process will then be adapted to operate under flow, bridging the divide between academia and industry. To achieve these objectives, this action will consolidate an interdisciplinary team of experts both in industry and academia. As a result, a new class of bifunctional catalysts will be established and optimised towards one of the most ubiquitous and polluting industrial processes. Importantly, it will impart a diverse set of skills in research, leadership and project management alongside an extensive network of collaborators to an Experienced Researcher thus propelling him towards scientific independence.

Keywords: single atom catalysts frustrated lewis pairs photocatalysis heteroatom coupling reactions carboxylic acid amidations process intensification