Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Preparing the Research & Innovation Core for Mission Ocean, Seas & Waters (PREP4BLUE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Mission
Theme: Ocean, seas and waters
Destination: Ocean, seas and waters
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,Ireland,Belgium,Germany,Norway,Spain,Italy,Denmark,Austria
Call: Preparation for deployment of lighthouse demonstrators and solution scale ups and cross-cutting citizen and stakeholder involvement (HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-06-01
End date: 2025-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4997696.25
EU funding (EUR): 4997690.0
Participants: 18
Project status: SIGNED

Mission Ocean, seas and water aims at restoring the health of our ocean and waters by 2030, as a major contributor to the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Development Goals. Research and innovation will be a key component of the Mission, which will link initiatives across disciplines, mobilise policymakers, stakeholders and citizens, and leverage public and private investments. PREP4BLUE overarching objective is to facilitate a successful first phase (2022-2025) of the Mission, by developing the co-creation and co-implementation R&I modalities required to achieve the Mission objectives and preparing the ground for inspiring and engaging citizens and stakeholders. The project is designed to deliver a series of tools, guidelines, methodologies and recommendations tested through pilots, which will interlink, leverage and optimise activities among the projects funded under the Mission. Our systemic approach will foster cohesion and connectivity between knowledge and technology, funding, regulation, education and skills, social structures and co-creation with R&I actors, citizens and stakeholders. PREP4BLUE multidisciplinary and multi-actor consortium is actively engaged in basin-based strategies and related R&I activities, with strong experience in co-developing business models and recommendations for policy-makers, expertise in social sciences related to participative democracy and citizen engagement and excellent track-record in methodologies for knowledge management and transfer, as well as in stakeholder engagement. PREP4BLUE will also carry out strategic actions to assure the alignment of our CSA with the evolution of the Mission components, including the Mission Core Network, other contributors to the Mission and other Missions. Our project will contribute to preparedness and engagement of all relevant stakeholders to empower them to play an active role in the Mission.

Keywords: citizen stakeholder assemblies,innovative solutions for blue growth,sustainable business and governance models,de risk investments,digital tools for the blue economy,funding synergies
Language in the Dyad. Linking linguistic and neural alignment. (LaDy)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Human Mind and Its Compl exity
Panel description: Cognitive science, psychology, linguistics
Countries involved: France
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): 1997048.0
EU funding (EUR): 1997048.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Current research in linguistics, psychology, and neuroscience predominantly focuses on the individual, neglecting the dynamic interplay between interlocutors as the primary form of communication. This project aims to address this limitation by investigating language and the brain in their most functional context, the dyad. The objective is to connect the cognitive mechanisms of dialogue with the neurophysiology of interacting brains. The central theme of this project is the concept of alignment, since it is observed in both behaviour and brain activity. Linguistic alignment concerns the convergence of language use between interlocutors. Neural alignment refers to correlated brain activity between speakers and listeners. While tempting to assume both phenomena are related, at present this is an open question. This project sets out to investigate whether neural alignment is the brain's signature of linguistic alignment, and whether prediction is the mechanism that can link neural and linguistic alignment. To achieve these objectives, the project employs a novel paradigm combining EEG hyper-scanning with interactive dyadic language games. Preliminary results highlight the feasibility of this novel paradigm to assess interactive naming behaviour. Using this approach, three work packages will explore (1) neural alignment for basic linguistic components, (2) the impact of prediction on alignment, and (3) the emergence of neural alignment in spontaneous linguistic interactions. This interdisciplinary proposal has ground-breaking potential: If successful, the project will significantly advance our understanding of language in interaction, shed light on the role of prediction in the dyad, and provide a brain basis for models of dialogue and conversation. In sum, this comprehensive approach seeks to unravel the intricate connections between neural and linguistic alignment while exploring the role of prediction as a fundamental driver of these phenomena.

Keywords: psycholinguistics,cognitive neuroscience,dialogue,prediction,interaction,speech perception,speech production,words,behaviour,brain,eeg,hyper scanning
Music Processing for Cochlear Implants Based on Auditory and Neural Modelling (MUSICIAN)

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: Germany,Canada
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-04-01
End date: 2028-03-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 280751.52
EU funding (EUR): 280751.52
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Cochlear implants (CIs) have been tremendously successful in restoring speech communication for deaf people. However, the enjoyment of music through CIs is still quite limited. The objective of the proposed project "MUSIc processing for Cochlear Implants based on Auditory and Neural modelling" (MUSICIAN) is to extract and transmit the most prominent features of music (rhythm, pitch, timbre) such that the listening effort of CI users is reduced and their music appreciation is improved. To this end, we propose to perform fundamental research into measuring and modelling the CI user's music perception and to develop improved processing methods capable of simplifying music signals to their most essential aspects. The project thus addresses the information bottleneck composed of the electrode array and its interface with the auditory nerve and will help to reduce the perceived distortions of music in CI listeners. Within the proposed programme, two labs with extensive experience in signal processing and audiology, the Institute of Communication Acoustics at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, (beneficiary residing in Bochum, Germany) and the Auditory Engineering Laboratory at McMaster University (associated partner residing in Hamilton, Canada) will host the experienced researcher Dr. Anil Nagathil who is a pioneer in the development of music processing methods for CIs. The proposed interdisciplinary project will enable Dr. Nagathil to acquire knowledge from several scientific domains and to integrate this expertise into the methods of auditory modelling and music processing. The outcome of this project has a substantial commercial impact and the potential to improve the quality of life of hundreds of thousands of CI users worldwide.

Keywords: cochlear implants,music processing,hearing science
6G haRdware Enablers For cEll fRee cohEreNt Communications & sEnsing (6G-REFERENCE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Smart Networks and Services
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: SNS (JU-JTI)
Countries involved: Spain,Sweden,Netherlands,France,Estonia,Belgium,Switzerland,United Kingdom
Call: Microelectronics-based Solutions for 6G Networks (HORIZON-JU-SNS-2023, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4784225.0
EU funding (EUR): 4653960.3
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

In urban areas, 6G will need to rely on a sustainable solution to cope with the ever-increasing traffic demands and population densification, while providing disruptive capabilities like the materialization of the internet of sense. The solution envisioned by 6G-REFERENCE consist of ultra-dense cell-free deployments for joint coherent communications and sensing at cm-waves, which balance the benefits of sub-6GHz (e.g. reduced pathloss) and mm-wave (e.g. wide bandwidth) ranges. These systems face five fundamental challenges: (i) the need of accurate synchronization among distributed radio units; (ii) fronthaul data distribution; (iii) integration of sensing capabilities; (iv) low complexity/cost/consumption radios; and (v) coexistence with other services. 6G-REFERENCE will develop integrated circuit and antenna component solutions addressing all of them. It will design frequency/time synchronization circuits and a new continuous synchronization framework based on full-duplex. Indeed, full-duplex enabling solutions will be developed targeting such scheme as well as efficient fronthaul data distribution among cascaded radio units, and for enabling integrated monostatic radar sensing. Besides these, on the sensing domain, 6G-REFERENCE will explore environmental sensors integrated in the antenna estates, reuse the synchronization framework for accurate localization, and develop new array solutions like frequency modulation providing spatial superesolution at a contained cost and power consumption. The latter will be also targeted by time modulated arrays providing efficient single-RF chain multibeam operation as well as reconfigurable intelligent surfaces extending the capabilities of small FMA/TMA arrays. Finally, dynamic IF and antenna filtering will be developed to enable efficient spectrum coexistence schemes. The ultimate goal of 6G-REFERENCE is to develop hardware enablers that could end up constituting a reference design of future 6G distributed radios.

Keywords: over the air synchronization full duplex integrated sensing frequency time modulated arrays spatial superesolution intelligent surface dynamic if filtering filtering antennas integrated circuits
Digital solutions for improving the sustainability performance and FLEXibility potential of HYDROpower assets (D-HYDROFLEX)

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: Belgium,Spain,France,Poland,Romania,Greece,Cyprus,United Kingdom
Call: Development of digital solutions for existing hydropower operation and maintenance (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03, 2022)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5225836.42
EU funding (EUR): 4038518.58
Participants: 18
Project status: SIGNED

The European energy system is undergoing a significant transformation: decarbonization, security of supply, deployment of renewables and their integration into the market, generating significant opportunities and challenges for energy stakeholders. Despite all energy efficiency efforts, overall demand for decarbonized electricity is set to be significantly higher in 2050 than today due to the decarbonization of the heating, cooling, transport and many industrial sectors, which can only be achieved via efficient and smart electrification. Hydropower is a key technology in supporting the European pathway to a decarbonized energy system and to achieve global leadership in renewable energy generation. It consists a renewable and highly sustainable electricity resource and can supply the European power system with stability and valuable flexibility. In addition, hydropower reduces EU’s dependency on fossil imports and renders multiple extra benefits for society in the river basins such as support to irrigation, water supply and flood control. The D-HYDROFLEX project will advance excellence in research on digital technology for hydropower paving the way towards more efficient, more sustainable, and more competitive hydropower plants in modern power markets. D-HYDROFLEX will develop a toolkit for digitally ‘renovating’ the existing hydroelectric power plants based on sensors, digital twins, AI algorithms, hybridization modelling (power-to-hydrogen), cloud-edge computing and image processing. The core pillars of the project will be: (i) digitalization, (i.e., digital twins for hydro dams and machinery, weather and flow forecasts, cyber-resilience), (ii) flexibility, (i.e., coordination with hydrogen, storage and VPP operation) and (iii) sustainability, (i.e., biodiversity environmental issues). Validation will take place in real hydro plants of EDF (France), TEE (Poland), PPC (Greece), TASGA (Spain) and INTEX (Romania), covering different geographical areas of Europe.

Keywords: digital twin,hydropower,biodiversity,data confidentiality,operational flexibility,hybridization,virtual power plants
Solar Cells-Inspired Inorganic Semiconductor Synaptic Systems for Low Energy Edge Computing and Visual Learning (SOLIS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Staff Exchanges
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Philippines,Japan,Estonia,United Kingdom,Morocco,South Africa
Call: MSCA Staff Exchanges 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-SE-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-04-01
End date: 2029-03-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 588800.0
EU funding (EUR): 588800.0
Participants: 8
Project status: SIGNED

The rapidly expanding field of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning exposes the limitations of conventional Von Neumann architecture. Neuromorphic computing, inspired by the highly energy efficient functionning of the brain, has emerged as a solution for efficient unsupervised learning, particularly relevant qith the advent of edge computing and visual computing applications. Solar cell-inspired materials, offering persistent photoconductivity allowing to simulate synaptic plasticity, have the potential to revolutionise neuromorphic visual computing. The SOLIS project forms an international consortium of experts from photovoltaics and materials science to explore inorganic thin film materials' potential as artificial visual synapses. These materials, tuneable and stable, promise reliable optically controlled MEMRISTORS suitable for diverse light intensities and wavelenghts. The collaboration, emphasising staff exchanges and transparent sharing of data, methods and persons, aims to reinforce our understanding, innovate with materials like 2D MXenes, and establish a shared framework for optoelectronic characterisation of visual synapses. The project aligns with Europe's objective to catch up in the field of AI and possibly become a leader in hardware-level machine learning, offering opportunities for scientists from Third Countries and EU countries alike. SOLIS will be an important milestone for EU research and the PV field as a whole, unlocking new applications for inorganic thin film materials and offering a paradigm shift toward visual computing and AI free from the constraints of current materials and architectures.

Keywords: neuromorphic computing,edge computing,memristor,photovoltaics,thin film,ai,artificial synapse
Critical Caste Geographies: Mapping the intersections of law, labour, and mobility (CRITCASTE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Human Mobility, Environment, and Space
Panel description: Human geography, demography, health, susta inability science, territorial planning, spatial analysis
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2030-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499277.5
EU funding (EUR): 1499277.5
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The South Asian diaspora in the UK and USA is estimated to be 10 million strong. The dominant images that represent this diverse community are those of “high-skilled” professionals in IT, medicine, and engineering, with a rising profile of the “model minority” diasporic South Asian politician. These images obscure a dark underbelly of the global circulation of South Asian labour facilitated by the centuries old caste system. While the persistence of caste in shaping labour relations within the subcontinent is well-documented, the continued relevance of caste in diasporic labour relations is starkly understudied. In the past decade, a growing number of instances have come to light wherein the legal regimes of host countries have come into conflict with caste(d) labour practices, thereby bringing locally situated questions of caste oppression into direct conversation with globally legible rights-based frameworks. This research project will investigate the caste dimensions of diasporic labour migrations in three sectors – construction, domestic work, and commercial kitchens - across the UK and USA, and assess their impact on socio-spatial mobility at home. Through this, the project will map the intersections of law, labour, and mobilities to construct a critical global geography of caste.RQs: How does caste shape the global circulation of South Asian labour? How do these labour relations relate to legal regimes in the host countries? How do caste(d) labour migrations relate to socio-spatial mobility at home? The objectives of the project are: • To document the role of caste in diasporic labour practices • To investigate how these labour practices relate to extant legal protections in host countries • To explore how social mobility is facilitated and/or impeded by these caste(d) labour practices • To archive the diasporic life of caste and disrupt dominant narratives of the SA diaspora • To compile a manifesto for anti-caste jurisprudence and fair labour practices

Keywords: caste,south asia,diaspora,labour,mobilities,legal protections
MSA-based circular hydrometallurgy for sustainable, cost-effective production of NMC cathode materials (CICERO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Energy
Destination: Cross-sectoral solutions for the climate transition
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: Batteries (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Belgium,Finland,France,Sweden,Norway,Greece,Germany,Italy
Call: Technologies for sustainable, cost-efficient and low carbon footprint downstream processing & production of battery-grade materials (Batt4EU Partnership) (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D2-01, 2023)
Start date: 2023-11-01
End date: 2027-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6998828.75
EU funding (EUR): 6998828.75
Participants: 13
Project status: SIGNED

On 16 March 2023 the EC published the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) proposal that sets “benchmarks along the strategic raw materials value chain and for the diversification of the EU supplies”. By targeting the domestic refining of three “strategic” battery-related CRMs, i.e., Ni, Co and Mn, the CICERO project addresses the second CRMA benchmark: i.e., > 40% domestic processing/refining. To tackle the twin problems of (1) Europe’s dependence on a few third countries (i.e., DRC, Indonesia, China) for the supply of Ni, Co and Mn for our NMC Li-ion battery production, and (2) the fact that these metals are currently produced at a huge cost in terms of environment, health and safety, CICERO puts in place a sustainable, cost-effective refining model for Ni, Co and Mn, and the downstream conversion into “made-in-Europe” NMC cathodes. The CICERO project is the first ever to develop a circular hydrometallurgical Ni, Co & Mn processing/refining scheme that uses methanesulphonic acid (MSA) – a commercial, green, REACH-compliant & affordable acid – rather than H2SO4. CICERO recovers, refines and converts Ni, Co and Mn from domestically available secondary raw materials: (a) post-mining raw materials (sulphide & laterite tailings) and (b) Ni/Co/Mn-bearing intermediates incl. MSP, FeNi, Ni-matte and Mn-anode sludge. To achieve this, CICERO develops a suite of novel metallurgical unit processes for advanced MSA leaching and solution purification, the conversion to battery-grade MSA salts, and the synthesis of NMC cathodes in MSA media, with sound reagent regeneration & iron recovery in line with the Twelve Principles of Circular Hydrometallurgy. This research is supported by advanced thermodynamic & kinetic modelling for solid-liquid & liquid-liquid equilibria relevant for Ni/Co/Mn processing/refining in MSA media. CICERO introduces a new paradigm for metallurgical processing/refining and increases society’s acceptance of, and trust in, sustainable CRM production in Europe.

Keywords: nickel,manganese,cobalt,hydrometallurgy,bioleaching,solvent extraction,ion exchange electrocoagulation,antisolvent crystallisation,membrane electrodialysis,electrochemistry,lca,tea
STE(A)M Learning Ecologies (SLEs)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Theme: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Destination: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Greece,Portugal,Serbia,Spain,Ireland,Italy,Cyprus,Norway,Germany,Malta
Call: Open schooling for science education and a learning continuum for all (HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999635.0
EU funding (EUR): 1999635.0
Participants: 13
Project status: SIGNED

Based on findings and lessons learnt from the implementation of previous open schooling projects, the STE(A)M Learning Ecologies (SLEs) project will develop engaging open schooling-enabled science learning paths for all in learning continuums of formal and informal learning environments and enterprises by emphasising inclusiveness. First, the project will highlight the necessary conditions for bringing together all, rather than some, of the actors: formal, non-formal and informal education providers, as well as enterprises and the civil society – and giving all actors space and motivation to take initiative and central roles. Second, by building on the promising results of previous work, the project will propose a framework that generates opportunities for the creation of comprehensive partnerships in the form of interconnected knowledge ecosystems, in local communities able to foster improved science education for all citizens. And third, it will initiate a concerted effort to make the evidence about the benefits of open schooling a driving force in European and national policymaking. To achieve these, the proposed project is introducing the powerful concept of “learning ecologies” as a vehicle for envisaging and realising impactful local open schooling partnerships as science learning continuums for all. The project joins expert Consortium partners and Linked Affiliated Parties from 11 countries with individuals and organisations from all stakeholder communities to form diverse and wide-reaching STE(A)M learning ecologies together across Europe.

Keywords: policy,industry,integrated stem teaching