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Humanities Rock! Human(e) to Animals – Science Covers Every Being! (HUMANITIES ROCK)

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: Slovenia
Call: European Researchers' Night 2022-2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-CITIZENS-01, 2022)
Start date: 2022-04-11
End date: 2023-12-10
Duration (months): 20.0
Total project cost (EUR): 266833.0
EU funding (EUR): 266833.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The HUMANITIES ROCK! European Researchers’ Night 2022-2023 builds on the University of Ljubljana’s very successful 2018-2019 and 2020 editions of the European Researchers’ Night. The overall objective of the HUMANITIES ROCK! project remains the same, i.e. to bring research and researchers closer to the public at large, to raise awareness of research and innovation activities, to boost public recognition of science and research education, to demonstrate the role of the researcher for society and the economy, to present the impact of researchers’ work on citizen’s daily lives and to stimulate the interest of young people in research and scientific careers by organizing innovative public engagement activities and breaking the barrier between researchers and the general public. Since humankind is confronted with an epidemic of science denialism and a growing distrust of scientists and researchers, partly caused by the limited academic readiness to engage in dialogue with the public at large, STEM and SSH will come together with the goal of bringing research and researchers to the forefront, establishing direct modes of communication with the general public and restoring the credibility and trust in research and innovation and in scientists and researchers and promoting the public recognition of science and research education. The 2022-2023 edition revolves around the broad and wide-ranging theme “HUMAN(E) TO ANIMALS – SCIENCE COVERS EVERY BEING”, demonstrating how research not only covers human needs, but rather every being’s, and successfully tackles global challenges at the nexus of human and animal. The proposed activities are targeted particularly at children, young people and science-reluctant people, and comprise shows, competitions, exhibitions, lab visits, workshops, discussions, hands-on experiments, EU corners, open days and live chats with scientists, taking place at public venues and in research institutions, which will open their doors to visitors.

Keywords: researchers night,science,humanities,open science,research career,public at large,friday night,science communication,eu corner,promotion of science,inclusive society,rri
Domestication and adaptation in Neotropical palms: a microevolutionary history (DOPAMICS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Environmental B iology, Ecology  and E volution
Panel description: For all organisms : Ecology, biodiversity, environmental change , evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology, microbial ecology , marine biology, ecophysiology, theoretical developments and mod elling
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2021-STG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1560742.0
EU funding (EUR): 1560742.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Amazonia is the most diverse forest on earth but it is facing a significant biodiversity loss due to increasing human pressures and climate change. However, the state of diversity in lowland Amazonia and underlying evolutionary processes are largely under-documented, making it difficult to anticipate future changes and to elaborate knowledge-driven mitigation strategies. Moreover, very little attention has been paid to the recent evolution of plant populations through the Holocene that witnessed the rise of pre-Columbian societies. Although South America is commonly credited as a major centre of plant domestication, most studies focused on a few major crops with an obvious domestication syndrome, leaving aside most Amazonian species with tenuous evidence of domestication. DOPAMICS will challenge the domestication syndrome paradigm in the light of "incipiently domesticated" palm species of ancient agroecosystems of Amazonia. I will build upon emblematic archaeological sites - the so-called "ring-dicthes" - and implement an interdisciplinary methodology at the crossroads between ecology, evolution and human sciences to illustrate the diversity of domestication histories in Neotropical palms in a multi-species setting. DOPAMICS aims to retrace the pre-Columbian history of contemporary wild landscapes, disentangle natural and anthropogenic evolutionary processes that shaped patterns of genomic and phenomic diversity (with a focus on fruit metabolism and fibre biomechanics) and forecast the future of palm populations under scenarios of fast genetic diversity loss (e.g. selective logging, maladaptation to future conditions). DOPAMICS will provide extensive field observational data, a fine knowledge of the microevolutionary history of domestication in Neotropical palms, and new avenues towards the sustainable use of Amazonian landscapes to reconcile environmental concerns raised by the loss of wild diversity with local socio-economic needs.

Keywords: amazonia,arecaceae,natural resources,ecosystem services,pre columbian societies,microevolution,domestication,adaptation,archaeology,genomics,phenomics,biomechanics,metabolomics
The Global Biodata Coalition 2026-2030 (GBC 2026-2030)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Health
Theme: Health
Destination: Other health destinations
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call: Supporting European and global efforts to sustain the global biodata ecosystem (HORIZON-HLTH-2025-05-IBA, 2025)
Start date: 2025-12-01
End date: 2030-11-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 5000000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Life science research is increasingly data-intensive. Biodata resources that collate, curate, analyse and distribute research data across biological scales, disciplines and fields are used universally and globally. New technologies and the exponential growth of these resources create huge opportunities. Despite the critical and essential nature of this infrastructure, it lacks sustainability: it relies financially on research grants from single funding organisations, making them vulnerable to priority changes. The lack of strategic coordination between data resources and research funders has led to fragility for individual resources and the global infrastructure as a whole. A number of funding organisations established the Global Biodata Coalition (GBC) to address sustainability. Since 2020, this group has engaged stakeholders to better characterise the global biodata infrastructure, understand sustainability needs, and formulate approaches to its attainment. The GBC to date offers a rich and essential foundation to support engagement, planning and implementation across funding organisations and biodata resources, needed for longer term sustainability. This new project will build on these foundations to build the GBC in its next stage of development, which is urgently required. It will establish new governance structures for a growing GBC, with a major focus on developing a community of biodata infrastructure funders, over and above the existing (international) cooperation mechanisms. This will be driven by expanding the coordinating secretariat to reinvigorate and substantially broaden engagement with existing and potential funding organisations. This proposal will consolidate and extend work with the providers of biodata infrastructure and, critically, bring these two communities together to explore, pilot and implement new sustainability models and actions to achieve the greatest sustainability of the global biodata infrastructure.

Keywords: database,data resource,sustainability,governance,life science,biomedical research,coordination,infrastructure,open data,community building,funding organisation,data science
TEXTile digitisAtIon tooLs and mEthodS for cultural heritage (TEXTaiLES)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Theme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Destination: Innovative Research on the European Cultural Heritage and the Cultural and Creative Industries
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Greece,Italy,Poland,Finland,Spain,Germany,Cyprus,Switzerland
Call: A European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage – Innovative tools for digitising cultural heritage objects (HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-ECCCH-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3992078.82
EU funding (EUR): 3622156.31
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

TEXTaiLES goal is to redefine the digitization of Cultural Heritage (CH) textile objects and the development of AI-based processing tools, aiming to establish a standardized protocol that seamlessly integrates into the ECCCH. By studying past and present practices in textile digitization, we methodically explore their strengths and limitations. This comprehensive assessment, enriched by contributions from co-designer groups across various use cases, helps us identify the essentials of textile digitization. Our approach to standardization is all-encompassing. We develop advanced tools that address the entire digitization life cycle of textile objects, focusing on non-destructive methods. Using robotic, cost-effective multi-sensor solutions, we ensure the preservation of artefacts during digitization, complemented by reliable data analysis workflows. Innovation lies within the core of TEXTaiLES. We integrate state-of-the-art AI technologies to shed light on the intricate details of textiles. From revealing their weaving patterns and microstructures to identifying degradation factors, our AI-driven toolkit offers in-depth insights. It further excels in motion modeling, dynamics, and the reconstruction of fragmented or lost objects. All these capabilities merge into a groundbreaking 4D multi-scale annotation interface, coupled with a digital twin model and enhanced by human-in-loop interactions. Our commitment to the CH community remains strong. We aim to embed the tools and techniques developed by TEXTaiLES into archaeological research, facilitated by the ECCCH. By supporting interdisciplinary research communities and providing upskilling opportunities, we aim to raise the textile CH domain to new heights.

Keywords: cultural heritage,artificial intelligence,machine learning,robotics,textile
Running in the FAMILY - Understanding and predicting the intergenerational transmission of mental illness (FAMILY)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Health
Theme: Health
Destination: Staying Healthy in a rapidly changing society
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Netherlands,Spain,Denmark,Belgium,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Germany,Latvia,Norway,United States
Call: Towards a molecular and neurobiological understanding of mental health and mental illness for the benefit of citizens and patients (HORIZON-HLTH-2021-STAYHLTH-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 10906409.75
EU funding (EUR): 10906409.75
Participants: 18
Project status: SIGNED

Mental illness runs in families. The FAMILY consortium aims to improve the life of mentally-ill persons with novel prediction models that are based on better understanding the mechanisms of intergenerational transmission of mental illness. The objectives are to improve causal understanding and gain prediction power from the family context by the innovative combination of statistical modelling of genetically informed designs, causal inference, multimodal and multilevel normative prediction, and molecular mapping, brought by world-leading neuroscientific expertise of the consortium, and address key bioethical and social issues raised by the concept of intergenerational risk transmission and risk prediction. FAMILY will bring together the largest existing human (epi)genetic and neuroimaging datasets from both within-family population cohorts and familial high-risk offspring studies, as well as utilise innovative animal models to shed light on pathways underlying intergenerational risk transmission. FAMILY will focus specifically on risk for mood and psychosis symptoms and diagnoses. In-depth causal analyses of how and when risk for mental illness occurs will help identify early risk and resilience factors and predict who is likely to be diagnosed or develop symptoms of mental illness. Advanced insights can uncover new targets for the development of preventive strategies to break the intergenerational cycle of mental illness and to support strengths and resource building. An immediate benefit will be to open direct translational perspectives to mental health care professionals by providing new (family-based) risk prediction tools for the early identification of adults and children at risk and to deliver ethical guidelines to guide its implementation. This will accelerate preventive and treatment intervention in vulnerable families and help target resilience strategies to prevent the transition from health to disease despite high familial risk.

Keywords: intergenerational transmission risk prediction machine learning normative model genetics neuroimaging epigenetics population cohort studies familial high risk offspring animal studies mood psychosis
Elena Garcia's Vision: Pioneering universal exoskeleton accessibility for enhanced gait mobility (Elena Garcia Armada)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EU prize
Destination: EU Prize for Women Innovators
Action type: Recognition Prize
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Women Innovators Category (HORIZON-EIC-EIT-2023-WomenInnovatorsPrize, 2023)
Total project cost (EUR): 0.0
EU funding (EUR): 0.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Elena Garcia, co-founder of Marsi Bionics, was moved by the dream to help non-ambulatory children walk, leveraging over 20 years of research expertise in walking robots. This vision came to life with ATLAS, the first paediatric exoskeleton with a CE mark, offering a new rehabilitative solution for children impacted by neurological and neuromuscular disorders. The societal impact of ATLAS is huge; after rehabilitation, children exhibited a 3.5-fold improvement in motor function and 5-fold enhancement in quality of life compared to traditional physiotherapy. Elena's ambition broadened to ensure lifelong walking ability for all. In addressing the needs of adults, STELO was developed as a groundbreaking kit of exojoints, enabling up to 15 potential exoskeletons. This innovation paves the way for highly personalized rehabilitation programs, catering to the varying needs of adults along their recovery journey. Recognizing the limitations within clinical settings, Marsi Bionics identified a pressing need to extend rehabilitation from hospitals to homes. The overarching aim is to make exoskeleton technology accessible for all. Transitioning from clinical settings to home and community use, Marsi Bionics introduces EXPLORER solutions for both pediatrics and adults, at an affordable price, democratizing rehabilitative and assistive exoskeleton usage during daily activities. So far, over 500 patients across six countries have benefited from our rehabilitative technology, showcasing a blend of solid business strategy and deep social impact. Marsi Bionics has evolved into a profitable venture, showcasing impressive sales growth of +100% in 2022, with a projected growth rate of +84% for 2023, and a scalable business model ready to venture into B2C home solutions. Marsi Bionics exemplifies a deeptech SME with huge social impact, enhancing individual quality of life while bolstering a sustainable, economically strong healthcare ecosystem for long-term resilience.
Dynamic High-Performance Open Radio Access Network Technology (DYRA)

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: Germany
Call: EIC Accelerator Open (HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOR-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2025-06-30
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2488800.0
EU funding (EUR): 1742160.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Future 5G Radio Access Networks (RANs) are built of virtualised software modules and COTS server hardware. To meet the stringent data throughput and latency requirements of 5G, the software must be highly optimized for performance and energy efficiency. But here a new problem arises: Existing vRAN software is tied to a specific hardware, usually by the same vendor, which re-introduces hardware lock-in. Open RAN specifies hardware-agnostic software standards to foster upgradeability, adaptability and vendor diversity, but implementations of this standard for fully hardware-independent Open RAN software do not exist today. As an industry first, Xelera DYRA provides a hardware-independent, standard-compliant Open RAN software. Xelera DYRA will be a high-performance, energy-efficient Distributed Unit (DU) software, which is a critical component of an Open RAN system. This product is important for the European Open RAN ecosystem because of the lack of established European suppliers.

Keywords: open ran
BRINE AND SALTWATER-BASED CARBON REMOVAL INITIATIVE FOR NEUTRALIZING AVIATION AND MARITIME SHIPPING EMISSIONS. A WATER OPTIMIZATION PATHWAY FOR RENEWABLE KEYSTONE SOLUTIONS (BRINEWORKS)

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: Netherlands
Call: EIC Accelerator Open 2024 (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-02, 2024)
Start date: 2025-02-01
End date: 2027-01-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2611187.56
EU funding (EUR): 1827831.29
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Today, electrification is not a viable option for shipping and aviation. It is therefore essential to scale up the production of e-fuels (chemically identical to the fossil fuels used today). This will require abundant, affordable and fully sustainable CO2 and H2, the cost of which is prohibitive with today's technologies. Using saltwater and electrochemistry to capture CO2 from the atmosphere is a sustainable way to access abundant CO2, and far less expensive than other alternatives. At Brineworks we have developed a breakthrough hybrid electrolysis system that allows CO2 to be captured using saltwater, with a high yield while providing green H2 as a co-product at scale. This approach to scaling CO2 extraction is unique in that our hybrid technology provides both feedstocks needed for e-fuel production at prices that will make the fuels competitive with fossil alternatives. Our highly energy-efficient design translates into up to 50% cost reduction for the overall process. We are therefore building the future of affordable, scalable, and responsible CO2 capture from air. The levelized cost of CO2 extraction with Brineworks’ system can reach as low as €68 per tonne, in contrast to the €500-€600 per tonne of CO2 extracted with incumbent direct air capture (DAC) technologies today. The supply of green CO2 is a key component of the e-fuel production chain, and our proprietary electrolyzer will enable e-fuel producers and project developers to affordably generate their two main feedstocks (sustainable CO2 and H2) on-site. Our business model combines sales of CO2 and H2 from our demo plant, licensing of the plant design to e-fuel producers, sales of our proprietary electrolyzer, cost of replacement parts and maintenance, and royalties on customer production of CO2 and H2.

Keywords: seawater electrolysis direct ocean capture,brine recycling,e fuels,sustainable co2 production,green co2,green h2,maritime transportation,aviation transport
Iktos Robotics: Integrating AI and Robotics for efficient Drug Design and Discovery (AIR-3D)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: France
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Drug discovery is a lengthy and costly process, often exceeding a decade and involving investments upwards of €1.3bn. Despite these efforts, a staggering 90% of drug candidates fail in clinical trials, never reaching patients. This inefficiency underscores the urgent need for innovation in drug discovery methodologies. Iktos proposes a transformative approach with its closed-loop AI-guided autonomous drug discovery platform, leveraging generative AI and built-in synthetic accessibility. This paradigm shift addresses key challenges in traditional drug discovery, including the generation of truly novel molecules, the speed of synthesis, and the management of high-dimensional data. Central to Iktos' solution are advanced SaaS platforms such as Makya and Spaya, powered by AI for rapid exploration of vast chemical spaces and efficient synthesis route planning. In this EIC Accelerator project, we want to combine AI and robotics to form a closed-loop, data-informed discovery platform, integrating AI-driven automated synthesis and testing into our workflow. Combined together these technologies enable the in silico design of optimal molecules and their corresponding synthesis in the lab to generate real-life data, accelerating the drug discovery timeline from an average of 5 years to just 2 years. Iktos' innovative approach leverages AI and robotics' potential to revolutionize pharmaceutical R&D, offering promising solutions to enhance the efficiency and success rate of bringing new medicines to patients globally.

Keywords: drug discovery,closed loop discovery,experimental automation,generative ai for drug design,synthetic planning,robotics,ai