Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Science as extended cognition: The role of material culture in scientific reasoning (COGNITION IN SCIENCE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-10-01
End date: 2015-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 231283.2
EU funding (EUR): 231283.2
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Historical and sociological studies show the importance of the material culture of science, including external representations, tools and instruments, and the physical layout of the laboratory. And yet these aspects of science are often assumed to be incidental to scientific reasoning itself. Recent developments in cognitive science challenge this assumption, revealing that many cognitive tasks are performed not by internal thought processes alone, but through skilful exploitation of material representations, tools and the wider environment. In fact, according to the thesis of ‘extended’ cognition, the relationship between internal thought and external objects is sometimes so close that external objects become part of the cognitive process. Using methods from cognitive ethnography, this project will carry out three in-depth empirical studies, each focusing on a particular aspect of the material culture of science. These studies will ask: What is the precise nature of scientists’ interaction with external, material devices? Which, if any, of these interactions might count as extended cognition? The final stage of the project will explore the profound implications of extended cognition for a range of issues in philosophy of science, including the nature of scientific theories and the relationship between science and culture. The project will be highly interdisciplinary, drawing on and contributing to philosophy, cognitive science and history and sociology of science. By offering a new understanding of reasoning in scientific practice, the project will also contribute to wider issues of public concern, such as the role of expertise in policy-making and the nature of science education. In addition, it will significantly enhance the career development of the researcher, allowing him to learn important new skills (e.g. in cognitive science and ethnographic methods) in a unique, world-leading centre for the study of extended cognition and its philosophical implications.

Keywords: s211 epistemology - logic - philosophy of science,s210 philosophy - history of philosophy
Congenital heart disease-associated arrhythmia: deciphering Hamamy syndrome, novel rare disease, using iPS cells (HEART-IPS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France,France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IIF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-09-01
End date: 2015-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 179766.3
EU funding (EUR): 179766.3
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

In the growing population of patients with congenital heart defects (CHD), while arrhythmias are not a major issue for children, they are a leading complication during adulthood. My hypothesis is that the origin of some life-threatening arrhythmias in adult, lies in cardiac structural and electrophysiological development. Thus, studying causes of CHDs may reveal key steps, mis-regulated in adult patients with CHD, leading to arrhythmias. Cardiac development and adult electrical function are finely regulated by transcription factors (TFs). Mutations in TFs have previously been linked to patients with CHD who are developing arrhythmias in adulthood. Hamamy syndrome is a newly described rare disease with CHD and rhythm disorders, caused by a mutation in IRX5 TF. In adult mice, Irx5 is known to regulate cardiac electrical function. I hypothesize that IRX5 mutation in Hamamy-affected patients, leads to misregulation of heart development, promoting arrhythmic events during adulthood. I already generated induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells from Hamamy patients and a transgenic mouse expressing the Irx5 mutation. The project will be focused on three aims: 1. Characterizing the cardiac cellular function altered by IRX5 mutation, using iPS-derived cardiomyocytes; 2. Identifying cardiac structural and electrophysiological defects in the transgenic mouse; 3. Understanding the syndrome’s molecular mechanism. This study will provide immediate insight into understanding fundamental processes by which some arrhythmias in the adult originate in cardiac development. It may also help unveil the mechanism of age-related increase of arrhythmias in the general population. Finally, it will illustrate the ability of human iPS cell technology to model the abnormal functional phenotype of an inherited cardiac disorder. As such, it represents a promising model to study disease mechanisms, optimize patient care (personalized medicine), and aid in the development of new therapies.

Keywords: l208 epigenetics and gene regulation,l305 cell differentiation - physiology and dynamics,l312 stem cell biology,l407 cardiovascular diseases,l309 developmental genetics - embryology in animals
Comparative Genomics and Environmental Diversity of Coral Associated Apicomplexa-Related Lineages (CAARL)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Outgoing Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF, 2012)
Start date: 2014-01-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 221191.5
EU funding (EUR): 221191.5
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Coral reefs are home to the greatest density of species in shallow marine waters, including unusually diverse microbial communities. However, almost everything we know about reef microbial communities is confined to prokaryotes and viruses: next to nothing is known about the microbial eukaryotes, with the exception of the symbiont dinoflagellate Symbiodinium. Coral reefs are like most other marine environments, where protists are consistently overlooked. Chromera and Vitrella are two reef-associated algae assumed to have a symbiotic relationship similar to that of Symbiodinium. As photosynthetic relatives of apicomplexan parasites, they held answers to long-debated questions about plastid evolution, but equally important questions about their functional relationship to corals and the reef community have hardly been asked. It has been observed that bacterial sequence surveys are heavily ‘contaminated’ with eukaryotic plastid sequences. The apicomplexanrelated lineages (ARLs) are the richest source of still-unidentified plastid diversity, and virtually all of this diversity is restricted to coral reefs. We know they exist, but have no direct information on their biology or role in ecosystems whatsoever. ARL-V is the most common lineage, but we cannot even say whether the organisms are photosynthetic symbionts or intracellular parasites. To address these questions, an ecological approach was needed.

Keywords: l607 microbiology,l610 parasitology,l804 biodiversity - comparative biology,l807 environmental and marine biology,l201 genomics - comparative genomics - functional genomics,l801 ecology
Single-crystalline Lithium-based model systems of future materials for electrochemical energy storage and data storage (LICRYSTG)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IIF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-04-01
End date: 2015-07-01
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 223778.4
EU funding (EUR): 223778.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Li-based olivine phosphates exhibit an enormous potential for applications such as next-generation cathode materials for Lithium-ion batteries and for faster and more reliable data storage devices. A fundamental understanding of this extremely promising class of materials however demands single-crystals which allow to study intrinsic material properties and the interactions between intrinsic electronic and structural properties on the one hand and kinetics, domain effects and electrochemical performance on the other hand. The aim of the proposal is hence to synthesize and to investigate high quality single crystals of these materials for studying (1) anisotropic parameters relevant for applications in Lithium-ion batteries for different crystal directions, and (2) the ferrotoroidicity of the grown crystals for potential applications in data storage. In order to achieve this aim, a unique high-pressure traveling-solvent floating zone furnace will be applied which allows single crystal growth of Li-based systems under external pressure of 150 bar. The outcome will be the growth of hitherto and with conventional methods not accessible high-quality single crystals with large sizes, quantitative information about relevant intrinsic materials parameters such as anisotropic electronic conductivity and Li diffusion, and proper understanding of the ferrotoroidal properties in Li-based olivine phosphates. The main experimental work will be performed at U Heidelberg and ETH Zürich. The project results will yield valuable information for optimizing and tailoring nano- and microstructured Li-ion battery materials as well as on the potential of ferrotoroidicity for data storage, thereby providing an opportunity to European industry in cutting-edge technologies.

Keywords: c120 solid state materials,g311 materials engineering,p205 electronic properties of materials and transport
Health, hygiene and Romani assimilation in Austria and Hungary from an intersectional perspective, 1956-1989 (ROMA AND HEALTH CARE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2014-05-01
End date: 2016-11-29
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 161968.8
EU funding (EUR): 161968.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project looks at the similarities and differences between health care policies and practices in relation to Roma populations under two different political regimes: in Western Hungary under the post-Stalinist phase of state socialism, and Eastern Austria during the same period, following the end of the country’s occupation by the Soviet Union in 1955. The objective of the research is to fill research gaps in and theoretically enrich research on 1.) the history of Roma, 2.) the history of health care, 3.) research on policy studies and Roma. This study intersects several disciplines, such as history, including the social history of Roma and the history of health care, sociology, gender studies, and policy studies. It applies theoretical frameworks and research methodology, in particular intersectionality, in the areas of gender studies and sociology to the fields of Romani historiography and the historiography of health care. The project will be based on qualitative methodology. It addresses the three interrelated levels of 1.) national policy-making in the field of health care in Austria and Hungary, 2.) institutional practice at the health departments of the Municipalities of Vienna and Budapest and two regions with a higher density of Romani population, Burgenland in Austria and Szabolcs-Szatmár County in Hungary, and finally, 3.) the individual lived experience on basis of oral history interviews. The project will be carried out at the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies of the University of Regensburg under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ulf Brunnbauer.

Keywords: s101 social structure - inequalities - social mobility,roma,gender,health care,social history and policy issues
Integrating Economic Regional Impact Models (INTERIM)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Outgoing Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-06-01
End date: 2016-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 294693.0
EU funding (EUR): 294693.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

With the ever-increasing turbulence of the modern global economy the need for better assessment of economic policy is imperative. National macroeconomic assessment has long been seen as one of the corner stones of good governance with all nations compiling vast amounts of data for analysis. What has not seen the same depth of analysis from Governments is the effect of economic policy on regions. This fellowship will develop the first fully integrated approach to regional economic impact analysis. This will be achieved by linking together two powerful models, the Econometric Input Output and the Computable General Equilibrium into a harmonised framework. This approach will seek to establish a bridge between the methods of calibration and estimation something not achieved to this point. To evaluate the performance of this new “technique” in impact analysis European Structural funds for both sectors and regions will be analysed. The model will provide the first and most comprehensive evaluative tool for the new Smart Specialisation agenda in line with Europe 2020. The three major objectives of the fellowship are, first the construction of a new integrated economic impact model. The second is an assessment of how the external “shock” of Structural funds affects the supply and demand relationships within a regions economic base. The final and most unique contribution of this fellowship will be the implementation of a new open source model capable of being utilised by all regions in Europe providing a lasting legacy from this work. The next programming period (2014-2020) is still under development, thus this work is most timely and will provide the best tool for the assessment of Smart Specialisation across regions.

Keywords: e113 urban and regional economics
Micro- and Nanostructured Polysaccharide Interfaces (POLY-INTER-FACES)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Slovenia
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-06-01
End date: 2015-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 154137.6
EU funding (EUR): 154137.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Natural polysaccharides (PS) and their derivatives provide a huge variety of functional groups leading to a great number of different physicochemical properties. Therefore functional polysaccharides are promising for the coating of man-made materials such as polymer surfaces, glass or ceramics in order to increase their functionality or biocompatibility. An elegant way to obtain coatings of natural polysaccharides is shaping of trimethylsilylated PS derivatives and subsequent regeneration of these structures to the initial PS. The target of this study is to produce electrospun and spin coated polysaccharide coatings from blends of hydrophobic trimethylsilylated PS and other hydrophobic PS derivatives and to subsequently regenerate these structures to the PS with the initial (bio-)function. This will produce functional polysaccharide coatings with tunable micro- and nanofibrous structures on a variety of materials. The influence of the structure and PS composition of these coatings on the physicochemical properties will be determined by surface analytical tools (Contact Angle Measurements, X-ray Photoelectronspectroscopy). The biocompatibility of the materials will be evaluated by extended protein adsorption studies with a quartz crystal microbalance. The regeneration process from trimethylsilylated PS will it further allow to introduce micropatterns on the PS surface coatings by lithographic methods. Spatially separated regeneration of the PS derivative coatings will produce patterns of electrospun or spin coated functional PS on substrates surrounded by non-regenerated hydrophobic PS derivatives. With the approaches described in this proposal, a vast number of tunable functional polysaccharide interface will be produced which will have potential applications as anti fouling coatings, as wound dressing material, as (bio-)sensor support, as low fouling functional filter webs or as biocompatible cell scaffolds in medicine.

Keywords: polysaccharides,functional interfaces,electrospinning,quartz crystal microbalance,wettability,biocompatibility,surface characterization,protein adsorption,spin coating
The "Hidden Architecture" of Organizations: A Study of Organizational Secrecy (ORGSEC)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Denmark
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-10-01
End date: 2015-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 221154.6
EU funding (EUR): 221154.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Secrecy, defined as intentional concealment of information by insiders from outsiders, is a fundamental part of organizations. It serves as the basis for the “hidden architecture” of organizations: how organizational groups, such as exclusive and powerful ones, are established, organized and regulated can be an outcome of the workings of secrecy. This “hidden architecture” significantly shapes organizational decisions and actions and has profound social, economic and political implications, as the recent revelations of WikiLeaks highlighted. Despite its significance, the topic of organizational secrecy has remained widely neglected in the field of organization theory. To rectify this, the proposed project provides a first systematic investigation of organizational secrecy. The aim is to bring organizational secrecy into research focus, add it as a basic construct to the field’s analytical repertoire, develop a new social process approach to secrecy, and outline its wide-ranging implications. The project takes an innovative multidisciplinary approach, including organization theory, sociology and philosophy, and an in-depth qualitative case study approach. The fellowship at Copenhagen Business School – one of the most innovative research environments with a large expertise of organization theory – constitutes a unique setting for carrying out this project. Through the training, the international mobility accompanied by the exposure to highly valuable international scientist and industry networks, the fellow will strengthen and broaden her research profile, knowledge base and skills – this will act as tremendous catalyst for her career development towards a position of professional maturity. European research excellence and competitiveness will be promoted through establishing lasting synergetic collaborations between international researchers that will produce research outputs of excellence on the timely topic of organizational secrecy.

Keywords: e109 organization studies - strategy,organization theory,qualitative methodology,social process theory,management,sociology,communication
Novel Composite Materials and Processes for Offshore Renewable Energy (MARINCOMP)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Ireland,Ireland,United Kingdom,France,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IAPP, 2013)
Start date: 2014-02-01
End date: 2018-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2376057.19
EU funding (EUR): 2376057.19
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

The consortium behind the MARINCOMP IAPP – NUI Galway and University of Ulster; Toray Carbon Fibers Europe, a company specialized in manufacture of carbon fibre; EireComposites, an SME with innovative composite manufacturing technology; and Suzlon Blade Technology, a utility class wind turbine manufacturer – aims to reduce the cost of offshore wind and tidal turbine blade structures and enable the drive toward lower cost per kilowatt renewable energy for both industries. The specific objectives of MARINCOMP are to jointly develop and optimise carbon-fibre reinforced composite materials which are tailored for long-term durability in the marine environment, and can be processed rapidly and cost-effectively. New software tools such as a fatigue life design tool which incorporates the effect of immersion in seawater, and a cost-performance model will be developed in the project. Through an objective-driven transfer of knowledge (ToK) programme between industry and academia, MARINCOMP will couple state-of-the art scientific knowledge in composite materials and processes with industrial knowledge in carbon fibres and large-scale composites processing to provide a step change in the use of carbon fibre in large high volume composite structures. The ToK programme will also bring benefits to the researchers in terms of greater opportunities for employment and training in the marine renewable energy market. In addition the project will improve the quality of research undertaken by the commercial partners and will increase their competitiveness in this emerging market. The project will improve the research network of the academic partners and provide routes for commercialisation of their research. MARINCOMP’s consortium is uniquely placed to plan and implement a long-term cooperation and knowledge transfer needed to push the envelope of the current state-of-the-art in composite materials for the marine environment, in keeping with the objectives with the Marie Curie IAPP programme.

Keywords: composite materials,marine renewable energy,carbon fibre,manufacturing process improvements