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Thermography AI Advancing the Standard of Vascular Care for Patients with Diabetes (Thermal-AI Screening)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Bulgaria
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

Patients with diabetes face an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), including peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and ischemic stroke, contributing to over half of their mortality. Despite the susceptibility to complications like amputation, diagnosing these patients is challenging due to medial arterial calcification (MAC) and heightened pain tolerance. Early detection is crucial, as late diagnosis can have severe consequences. Kelvin Health introduces a Thermography AI-based clinical decision support system for cost-effective, non-invasive population-wide screening and diagnosis. Utilizing a mobile application and thermal imaging camera, patients' bodies can be scanned to capture heat patterns. The AI processes the thermal image, identifying anomalies related to vascular conditions and promptly notifying specialists for further examination. This system's groundbreaking ability to identify early signs of CVD, even in diabetic patients, marks a significant advancement, allowing for timely intervention and reducing healthcare costs. Kelvin Health's contribution is underscored by the development of the world's first extensive CVD thermal dataset. Targeting the diabetes mellitus (DM) market, encompassing over half a billion individuals globally, the system addresses the rising prevalence of diabetes projected to reach 1.3 billion in the next 30 years. Kelvin Health's innovative solution addresses a critical healthcare need, offering a transformative approach to early detection and management of cardiovascular complications in diabetes patients globally.

Keywords: health innovation,thermal ai,self screening,cvd screening,diabetes chronic care,early diagnostics,personalized medicine,non invasive medical imaging,population wide screening,digital health
ADAPTIVE COMPRESSION THERAPY MEDICAL DEVICE FOR THE PERSONALISED TREATMENT OF LYMPHATIC AND VENOUS DISEASES (ComFyt) (ComFyt)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Israel
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

ElastiMed are developing the world’s first wearable medical device for treating lymphatic and venous disease by improving circulation in the leg . The device is a sleeve for the calf, embedded with proprietary Artificial Muscle technology, to continuously massage the legs, without disturbing the patient’s daily routine. Integrated sensors will monitor the patient’s condition, to increase engagement and allow for a personalized treatment. Remote monitoring by the caregiver, will allow for early detection of infections and identify decline in the patient’s condition. The device is expected to provide a comfortable and effective solution to treat and manage leg swelling, prevent complications and improve the quality of life.

Keywords: compression therapy,electro active polymers,venous disease vd,lymphatic disorders,lymphedema,patient monitoring
ULTRA-FAST CHEMICAL ANALYSIS IMAGING WITH RAMAN (uCAIR)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Digital
Destination: Digital & Emerging Technologies for Competitiveness and Fit for the Green Deal
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: Photonics (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Ireland,Belgium,Germany,France,Türkiye,Czechia
Call: Versatile light sources and systems as tools for manufacturing and medical application (Photonics Partnership) (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5489824.83
EU funding (EUR): 4996749.38
Participants: 12
Project status: SIGNED

Most diseases including cancers, viral infections, neurodegenerative conditions, cardiovascular and musculoskeletal disorders, all originate from a molecular level disruption of the biological cell lifecycle. Each year the cost to the EU is ca. 1.9 million lives and ca. €200 billion in health care, informal care and productivity loss for cancers alone. Current live cell imaging tools can only provide a limited view of the in vivo and in vitro microenvironments where diseases originate and grow. The result is a gap in our understanding of the biochemical cellular makeup and how their disturbance leads to disease. By increasing accuracy and speed of imaging and analysis, the gap can be closed allowing novel medical treatments and diagnostics tailored to patients’ specific conditions. uCAIR brings successful R&D photonics SMEs, research laboratories in optics and cell biology, and world-leading microscopists and clinicians to create an innovative, versatile, practical multimodal photonics platform that will enhance and speed up the way cells are examined by scientists and healthcare professionals. uCAIR will achieve breakthrough results by developing a laser platform that inventively combines non-linear optical fibers, optronics, wide-band coherent Raman and artificial intelligence technologies to image at video rates and track cells and biological tissues with augmented chemometric digitalisation. The new coherent light sources will be suitable for fundamental research microscopes and microfluidic channels but also in medical imaging instruments, encompassing a value chain for new biomarker discoveries and translation into medical endoscopy, for example during cystoscopy and resection of bladder cancer. Technology progression to TRL 6 will allow first mover advantage with sustainable supply chain. In this way, uCAIR sustains the European leadership in photonics to deliver continuous innovation and outstanding benefits for its economy and the health of its population.

Keywords: fibre laser,photonics crystal fibre,nanofiber,artificial intelligence,coherent raman,multimodal microscopy,chemometric digitalisation,biomarker discovery,microfluidic,cancer detection
From solar energy to fuel: A holistic artificial photosynthesis platform for the production of viable solar fuels (REFINE)

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: Norway,Germany,Greece,Spain,United Kingdom,Italy
Call: Efficient and circular artificial photosynthesis (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03, 2022)
Start date: 2023-11-01
End date: 2027-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4117864.34
EU funding (EUR): 3925221.48
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

REFINE develops and demonstrates a system of artificial photosynthesis by combining both dark and light-dependent reactions for the direct production of high energy density and essential chemicals, such as alcohols. To achieve this, a direct hydrogen storage into hydrocarbons through CO2 capture and transformation in an advanced bio-refining system is proposed. In this, hydrogen produced by water photoelectrolysis is combined with captured CO2 and directly fed to biocultures that selectively produce isopropanol and butanol as high energy solar fuels, and the only energy input to drive this radical technological system is sunlight. To realise and bring to the market such a system of artificial photosynthesis it is necessary to converge the fields of materials science, biotechnology, engineering and social sciences. The project organisation is multicentred and operates at different levels; from raw materials supply considerations, societal acceptance, materials engineering and nanostructuring to device assembling and applicability. The true converging nature of REFINE provides a holistic, ground-breaking approach that addresses major challenges of our modern societies such as the extensive CO2 emissions and inability for efficient and widely accepted CO2 recycling. The vision in REFINE extends well beyond the 4-year activities proposed in this application. Still, REFINE is the seed for a multidimensional approach to critical scientific and societal challenges.

Keywords: artificial photosynthesis,carbon capture and utilization,butanol,energy,fuels,solar fuels
The Underbelly of Migration Governance: Exploring the Intersection of Transnational Crime and Migration Governance (UNDERGOV)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Soci al World and Its Interactions
Panel description: Sociology, social psychology, education  sciences , communication  studies
Countries involved: Italy
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2024-COG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-12-01
End date: 2030-11-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999392.0
EU funding (EUR): 1999392.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

UNDERGOV investigates the role of transnational criminal groups in migration governance. Although this topic has attracted increasing global attention due to the intersection of migration management and crime, academic research remains limited. Most studies tend to view criminal groups merely as threats to migration governance or as peripheral actors. UNDERGOV advocates for a significant paradigm shift in conventional debate on transnational governance. Rather than merely viewing criminal groups as global challenges for various actors to tackle, we should acknowledge them as pivotal actors influencing these challenges. My decade-long empirical research on migrant smuggling and human trafficking has deepened my understanding of the complex relationships between these criminal actors, migrants, and other crucial participants in migration governance. UNDERGOV builds on and moves beyond this experience, positing that criminal groups not only disrupt but also actively shape migration governance, and may even play a crucial role in the functioning and reproduction of its legal apparatus. In so doing, the project transcends both mainstream perspectives that view crime as a mere challenge to migration governance and critical studies that frame the role of crime in migration governance solely in terms of a state-driven process of “criminalization”. The project aims to revolutionize our understanding of migration governance through empirical research and theory-building in Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. It will compile a unique ethnographic collection to illuminate the operations of transnational crime within migration governance, addressing the current data shortage that hinders theoretical development. Simultaneously, it will develop new theories about the role of crime in migration governance, contributing to social anthropology, migration studies, and filling a significant gap in our understanding of transnational governance.

Keywords: transnational migration governance,ethnographic research,human smuggling,transnational criminal groups,social anthropology,migration studies
Mobilising investments for protecting and restoring biodiversity by harnessing innovative financial solutions and advanced geospatial analytics (BIO-CAPITAL)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Czechia,France,Slovenia,Romania,Netherlands,Italy,Denmark,Austria,Germany,United Kingdom,Lithuania,Türkiye,Belgium
Call: Biodiversity, economics and finance: unlocking financial flows towards reversing of biodiversity loss (HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-06-01
End date: 2027-11-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4695750.0
EU funding (EUR): 4695750.0
Participants: 19
Project status: SIGNED

Biodiversity protection and restoration are critical for maintaining the ecological balance and ensuring the planet's sustainability. In the absence of sustainable management and protection of natural resources, the negative impacts of climate change and other environmental issues will only increase. Private investment can be a critical tool that has the potential to play a transformative role in financing conservation and restoration efforts, as public financing alone may be insufficient to address the scale of these challenges. By activating innovative sustainable finance solutions and incorporating technological advances within the field of geospatial analytics, the project can attract private investment in a way that benefits the environment and secures investors’ confidence. BIO-CAPITAL project is going to develop and implement an interdisciplinary research and innovation endeavour by combining actions in the three fields of (i) Biodiversity protection and restoration, (ii) biodiversity-friendly Financing mechanisms and (iii) advanced Space Technology. The implementation will involve three key steps to leverage innovation. First, BIO-CAPITAL will analyse, understand and learn from UCs. Second, it will elaborate, monitor, and demonstrate through UCs. Finally, it will co-develop, implement and amplify back to the UCs. BIO-CAPITAL will engage stakeholders through iterative processes, in order to reach shared views on the aforementioned three stages and how they can be effectively combined to increase financial flows for biodiversity protection, restoration and sustainable utilisation.
RE-thinking of approaches and toolkits for transdisciplinary INTEGRATEd assessment of climate-compatible energy strategies from the African Union through to the European Union (RE-INTEGRATE)

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: Sweden,Greece,Netherlands,South Africa,Congo, The Democratic Republic of the,Kenya,Finland,Denmark,Zambia,United Kingdom,Senegal,Ethiopia,Cyprus,Tunisia,Mauritius
Call: AU-EU Energy System Modelling (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02, 2022)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2027-02-28
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2329860.0
EU funding (EUR): 2329860.0
Participants: 16
Project status: SIGNED

Scientific tools are widely applied across the EU and the AU to support strategic planning for climate-compatible development. They are used by national and local authorities, research institutes and civil society organisations, very often with the support of development partners, academia and consulting firms. They are an important part of the energy planning ecosystem. However, the scientific insights derived from these tools have not always supported the strategic energy planning process successfully. Sometimes uncoordinated and biased approaches to model design and application by the involved actors on the EU and AU side have led to poor reflection of country-specific social, economic, and environmental conditions (Gardumi et al., 2022). The result is often a lack ownership and credibility and thus limited uptake in planning and policymaking processes. In order to address this gap, the overall aim of RE-INTEGRATE is to establish within existing energy planning ecosystems across the AU and EU an enabling and non-exclusive environment for the sharing of knowledge, fit-to-context modelling toolkits and modelling expertise on climate-compatible development. RE-INTEGRATE addresses the need – expressed in the Work Programme - for fostering modelling approaches and expertise in the AU, which are not heavily reliant on the developed countries, by structurally enabling multi-lateral sharing of knowledge and research infrastructure. While doing so, it develops and tests fit-for-purpose 3E models in 8 AU contexts, building on local expertise and analysing climate-compatible development pathways.

Keywords: knowledge sharing energy system models integrated assessment climate compatible development capacity development partnerships
Modelling Center for Quantum Technologies (EUCENTRAL)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Destination: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: Poland
Call: ERA Chairs (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2467225.0
EU funding (EUR): 2467225.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Quantum technologies have the potential to revolutionise the IT, pharmacy, chemistry, and energy sectors. The involvement of Widening Countries in the development of emerging technologies can narrow the gap with more advanced EU members and enhance overall innovation in the high-tech industry. Poland, equipped with significant expertise in theoretical physics, a substantial pool of top-tier information technology professionals, and advanced high-performance computing infrastructure, strategically aligns with these initiatives. However, the development of Quantum Technology faces substantial barriers. Due to the intricate nature of quantum processes, quantum states are often very fragile, and designing useful devices requires modelling with advanced theoretical and numerical tools. There is also a barrier on the theory side: despite potentially groundbreaking ideas, many concepts remain unexplored due to the absence of suitable modelling methods to demonstrate their applicability potential. The Modelling Center for Quantum Technologies group at the Center for Theoretical Physics PAS, Poland, aims to bridge the theory-experiment gap by developing and applying new methods to describe open quantum many-body systems comprehensively. Additionally, it will address the academia-business gap by establishing an open-source-based quantum modelling centre and fostering connections with research and industry partners through various dissemination and exploitation measures. With the expertise, networking capabilities, and strong commitment of the ERA Chair holder, this group of excellence strives to become a world leader in quantum system modelling, unlocking the full potential of theoretical research at the Center for Theoretical Physics PAS.

Keywords: quantum technologies,quantum information,quantum state generation,superfluidity
Synergies for Green Transformation of Inland and Coastal Shipping (SYNERGETICS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Mobility
Destination: Clean and competitive solutions for all transport modes
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: ZEWT (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Germany,Netherlands,France,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Sweden,Austria,Croatia
Call: Transformation of the existing fleet towards greener operations through retrofitting (ZEWT Partnership) (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2026-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4623532.8
EU funding (EUR): 3765258.68
Participants: 18
Project status: SIGNED

The extent of shipping decarbonization and reduction of air pollutant emissions remains limited, despite the rapid development of greening technologies. This is particularly valid for existing inland vessels and coastal ships. A large scale retrofit of the fleet would accelerate the greening transformation. However, there is a wide variety of ship types with different power demands and different required volume of energy carriers. Alternative fuels require more space on board and/or more frequent bunkering. The bunkering infrastructure for such fuels is scarce, and their future price levels are uncertain. Most measures are associated with considerable investments. In addition, the existing regulatory framework still does not provide an adequate support. The question arises: which retrofit solution would be the most adequate for a ship of certain dimensions, type, and operational profile? To answer this question, the project SYNERGETICS (Synergies for Green Transformation of Inland and Coastal Shipping) will: - create synergies between the leading research institutions in ship hydrodynamics and energy transition, innovation centres and shipbuilding industry, regulatory bodies, ship owners, and technology providers with the goal to provide a catalogue of retrofit solutions which will accelerate the green transformation of inland vessels and coastal ships. - demonstrate the greening capacities of retrofit by implementing hydrogen and methanol combustion in internal combustion engines on selected existing ships in real life operational conditions; - address the greening potential of hydrodynamics improvements, by demonstrating the effectiveness of the aft-ship replacement which comprises the optimized shape of the aft part of the hull, duct, propeller, and rudder design, and implementation of exhaust gas after-treatment and hybrid propulsion systems; - contribute to electrification of fleets by further developing swappable battery container services and a system for power management of ships with hybrid propulsion.