Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Flow NMR unmixing of reaction components (UNMIX)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences
Panel description: Analytical chemistry, chemical theory, physical chemistry/chemical physics
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2023-COG, 2023)
Start date: 2025-02-01
End date: 2030-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1995506.0
EU funding (EUR): 1995506.0
Participants: 1
Project status: TERMINATED

Chemical reactions are the universal path to new molecules, and are of central importance in science. The description of reactions is largely obtained once they are completed, with a key role of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), through the structural information found in the spectra of purified products. Structural information is, however, elusive for ongoing reactions. While time-resolved NMR provides kinetics for known compounds, compound identification from a reaction mixture is not generally feasible today. Such identification would be transformative for the discovery, understanding and optimisation of reactions. The UNMIX project aims at providing unprecedented levels of structural and quantitative information from ongoing reactions in experimentally relevant conditions. Its central, novel concept is the unmixing of compound-specific data by time-resolved diffusion NMR in continuous flow. Diffusion NMR is a method with the potential to separate the spectra of mixture components. Until recently, diffusion NMR was limited to reactions performed in an NMR tube, a setup that often fails to replicate experimental conditions of interest. In contrast, emerging continuous-flow approaches give real-time monitoring in relevant conditions. In 2022, the PI has shown the possibility to obtain high-quality diffusion NMR data for flowing samples. This opens the path to the UNMIX project, and its specific aims to: 1) develop novel accurate, fast, sensitive and flow-compatible diffusion NMR methods; 2) develop an original and broadly applicable data-analysis workflow to yield compound-specific 1D/2D spectra and concentration time curves from ongoing reactions; 3) address challenging applications such as the identification of intermediates in multi-step batch reactions, and reaction discovery with an autonomous flow reactor. We expect these general methods will unravel transformative information on reactions and have broad impact in (bio)chemical science and engineering.

Keywords: nmr spectroscopy reaction monitoring
Enhancing transport in open magnon systems (OpenMag)

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: Physics
Countries involved: Germany
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-07-01
End date: 2027-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 189687.36
EU funding (EUR): 189687.36
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

There is a great need for new energy-efficient technologies to meet the ever-increasing energy demands of the 21st century. The field of magnonics aims to address this need by developing nanoscale magnonic devices that use magnons - the excitations of magnetic materials - as information carriers. Because magnons do not require electric currents, they are much more energy efficient than electron-based technologies. However, the transport of magnon signals over long distances remains a key challenge, limiting the development of a mature magnonics platform. The central objective of the OpenMag project is to meet this challenge by harnessing the coupling of magnons to their environment. This renders the magnon transport non-Hermitian, opening up pathways to engineer the enhancement of magnon transport. OpenMag will thus open up the field of non-Hermitian spintronics: the study of the spin degree of freedom in non-Hermitian systems. This will be accomplished through two strategies: (1) the interaction of magnons with photons in a cavity and (2) the development of non-Hermitian magnon topological phases through magnon-electron interactions. These strategies will initially be developed in ferromagnets, which allows OpenMag to make use of their well-understood magnetization dynamics. Using insights from ferromagnetic materials, OpenMag will develop non-Hermitian spintronics in antiferromagnets and altermagnets, which will enable access to fast dynamics and downsizing to the nanoscale: two crucial milestones in magnonics. The OpenMag project will be carried out at the Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) Mainz, under supervision of Prof. Sinova, who leads a world-renowned theory group in spintronics and nanoelectronics. Over the past decades his group has developed the theoretical foundations of antiferromagnets and altermagnets, and is thus the perfect host for building the field of non-Hermitian spintronics in antiferromagnets and altermagnets.
NGI platform for coordinated EU-US Open Calls for networking, research, and innovation (NGI TRANSOCEANIC)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Digital
Destination: A human-centred and ethical development of digital and industrial technologies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Ireland,Italy,Germany,United States
Call: Next Generation Internet International Collaboration - USA (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-CNECT, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 4000000.0
Participants: 6
Project status: SUSPENDED

NGI TRANSOCEANIC builds on the success of the pre-cursor initiative NGIAtlantic.eu [2020-2023], delivered by the same EU partners, and two USA partners, as a strong and consolidated European Union (EU) and United States of America (USA) Financial Support to Third Party (FSTP) ecosystem with 35 funded EU – USA projects on NGI topics. The main ambitions of NGI TRANSOCEANIC are the following: 1. Comprehensive team approach on involving the key stakeholders from EU and USA in the consortium and already established and expanding EU - USA Twinning Lab, capitalising on their track record, complementarity and networking potential. 2. Having an EU – USA joint calls approach between the EU NGI programme and NSF Internet programmes. 3. Implementation of three dedicated longer term (18 months) open call cycles to be delivered over the 48 months of the project covering expansive NGI topics with €3,200,000 in FSTP funding earmarked. 4. This will be delivered through three different project modalities including projects for advanced technology development, joint demonstrators and joint contributions to standards covering the priority topics of trust and privacy enhancing technologies, data sharing and portability, sustainable and climate friendly internet, electronic identities, internet architecture renovation and decentralised technologies. NGI TRANSOCEANIC has four Objectives, which map well with its workplan: O1: EU - USA Next Generation Internet (NGI) Landscape Framework. O2: Realise EU - USA Open Calls and provide financial support to third-party projects. O3: Twinning activities and support services for the EU - USA stakeholders. O4: To ensure maximum impact and sustainability of the EU - USA NGI activities, and to promote the standardisation and industrial application of the NGI TRANSOCEANIC results.

Keywords: international cooperation,next generation internet,trust and privacy enhancing technologies,data sharing and portability,sustainable and climate friendly internet,electronic identities
Bismuth Cluster-Based Materials (BiCMat)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Synthetic Chemistry and Materials
Panel description: New materials and new synthetic approaches, structure -properties relations, solid state chemistry, molecular architecture, organic chemistry
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2021-ADG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-06-01
End date: 2028-05-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499038.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499038.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Bi-based nanostructures provide us with extraordinary chances of addressing chemical and physical ways of energy conversion, catalysis and optical devices as environmentally benign and stable smart materials. However, methods used so far to manufacture nanostructured Bi-based materials are heavily restricted with regard to the control of molecular structures and atomic compositions of the targeted compounds. Herein, we present an innovative chemical methodology of creating Bi-based materials from atom-precise molecular (0D) clusters. Based on our preliminary results, a vast amount of structural motifs and elemental compositions of anionic Bi clusters are possible. We will identify and prepare homo- and heterometallic Bi-based clusters and fabricate nano-architectures in a predictable, sustainable and reproducible fashion. These will be transformed into chemically active nano-architectures with defined larger molecular or extended (1D, 2D, 3D) structures and tailor-made compositions by novel and creative methods of treating such molecular clusters. Both the fabrication of the 0D clusters and their further processing to form extended networks will be designed and guided by theoretical considerations. The combination of the novel synthetic strategy with the digital twin will provide us with a tool for Bi-based materials synthesis never seen before, which ultimately will also be available for the synthesis of other inorganic compounds. Thus, an approach akin to the ubiquitous organic retrosynthesis will be created, unprecedented in inorganic and materials science to date. In this regard, BiCMat leads us to both a conceptual innovation and novel high-value materials, providing a guideline for material science in the future at the forefront of scientific innovation.

Keywords: bismuth compounds,cluster chemistry,zintl phases,bond activation general,ion transport,gas storage
Development of a physics-informed data-driven remaining useful life prediction framework for CFRP composite structures using ultrasonic guided waves (UltraLife)

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: Belgium,Greece
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-10-15
End date: 2027-10-14
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 216240.0
EU funding (EUR): 216240.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The EU is a world leader in the aerospace industry, and the global reusable launch vehicle (RLV) market is projected to surge from USD 1.94 billion in 2023 to USD 5.41 billion by 2030, facilitated by its eco-friendliness, cost-effectiveness, and time-saving rebuild process enabled by rocket stage recovery. Due to their high strength-to-weight ratio, carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites are prevalent in RLV structures, such as fuel tanks, thermal protection, and engine structures. Still, their inspection is complicated and time-consuming, impacting downtime and safety. Therefore, real-time remaining useful life (RUL) prediction is crucial for predictive maintenance in the era of Industry 4.0. Onboard structural health monitoring (SHM) systems can mitigate downtime but face challenges in RUL prediction due to fatigue damage complexities. Ultrasonic guided waves (UGW) technology shows promise in detecting and quantifying fatigue damage in CFRP, yet complex fatigue mechanisms and defects hinder accurate analysis. Investigating the correlation between UGW responses and CFRP fatigue damage for further RUL prediction could revolutionize design and maintenance, guiding against overdesign and facilitating informed maintenance decision-makings. Therefore, analyzing the nonlinear mapping relationship between UGW signals and the RUL of CFRP composites is a fundamental problem that remains unresolved. UltraLife will bring together a Fellow with expertise in predictive maintenance with the host institution carrying leading academic know-how in UGW interactive modeling in order to develop the next generation of robust SHM systems for RUL prediction of composite structures in the ever-growing aerospace composites sector. UltraLife will facilitate predictive maintenance by establishing a physics-informed data-driven RUL prediction framework enabling online monitoring of CFRP structural health state and boost Europe to the forefront of the maintenance market.

Keywords: structural health monitoring,prognostics and health management,fatigue damage,ultrasound guided waves,complex composite structures,degradation modeling
Quantum Flagship Coordination Action and Support (QUCATS)

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: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,Germany,Spain,Netherlands,Italy,Portugal,Denmark,Finland
Call: Support and coordination of the Quantum Technologies Flagship Initiative (CSA) (HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-05-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 44.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6636973.75
EU funding (EUR): 6636973.75
Participants: 11
Project status: SIGNED

Quantum Technologies (QT) are now developing quickly and broadly in Europe, and the QT Flagship launched 3 years ago is part of a larger Quantum Fleet. This evolution goes together with a reinforcement of the move from the lab to real-world applications, and to industry involvement towards potential markets. The QUCATS CSA is designed to accompany this transition, with the main goals to foster an open and inclusive ecosystem at the European and international levels, to contribute to the development of QT benchmarks and standards, and to step-up training and education of a quantum aware workforce. These outcomes will be reached through the execution of five Work Packages, and their expected impacts will be to preserve the ownership sense built by the previous QT initiatives, now enlarged from labs to the European quantum industry; to make sure that a plurality of voices is consulted and heard, delivering a consistent scientific and political message on critical QT-related issues; and to guarantee that the new phase of the QT Flagship will be validated and supported by the largest possible scientific and industry community. A crucial issue is to allow researchers and policy makers to strike a balance between protectionism and full free trade, in order to keep going the worldwide exchange of ideas, ultimately leading to the conceptual and technological breakthroughs required for the full realization of the QT potential. This smart openness will make Europe more attractive for foreign companies, avoiding at the same time the move of QT companies to countries outside it. Particular attention will be brought to the coordination and development of international QT standards and regulations, and to new educational programs on a European scale, able to train QT specialists, well skilled to make progress in the current Flagship phase and beyond it. Ultimately, the goal of QUCATS is to keep the whole European QT initiative on the path towards a full success on a global scale.

Keywords: quantum technologies,quantum flagship,outreach,standardization,education and training,quantum computing,quantum simulation,quantum communications,quantum sensing
Disentangling and Preventing Economic Violence against Women (ECOVI)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Soci al World and Its Interactions
Panel description: Sociology, social psychology, education  sciences , communication  studies
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499493.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499493.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Violence against women is a violation of fundamental human rights and substantially compromises women’s health, wellbeing, and empowerment. Globally, more than one in four women experience physical and/or sexual violence by a partner in their lives. This risk is considerably higher among women in low- and middle-income countries and in cultures with pronounced patriarchal gender norms. However, existing research has so far neglected an important dimension of intimate partner violence (IPV): economic abuse. This form of abuse includes denying women the right to participate in financial decisions, taking away their income or preventing them from seeking employment. The consequences are profound – economic IPV compromises women’s economic welfare and independence, traps them in abusive relationships, and adversely affects their mental health. To tackle this major global health concern, ECOVI has three objectives: first, to establish the prevalence of different forms of economic IPV; second, to develop a theory of economic abuse by investigating drivers of economic IPV and linkages with other forms of IPV; and third, to design and test a community-based prevention approach. To this end, I will focus on India, which is home to 670 million women and girls and exhibits high levels of gender discrimination that exacerbate women’s vulnerability to economic IPV. I will capitalise on a mixed-methods approach, including (i) systematic reviews and meta-analyses, (ii) conducting qualitative in-depth interviews and focus groups, and (iii) implementing a cluster randomised controlled trial and innovative survey experiments with husbands and wives in 150 Indian communities. ECOVI will generate the largest existing database on economic IPV and establish an evidence-informed prevention approach. This has the potential to yield ground-breaking scientific and programmatic evidence on how to alleviate the economic violence and associated economic hardship that women worldwide are facing.

Keywords: intimate partner violence economic abuse gender inequality gender transformation women empowerment financial literacy economic strengthening intrahousehold dynamics primary prevention global health social determinants of health randomised controlled trial impact evaluation mixed methods low and middle income countries india
Jam with the flow: Microgel-based (bio)inks that assemble during printing (JAM2PRINT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Materials Engineering
Panel description: Advanced materials development: performance enhancement, modelling, large -scale preparation, modification, tailoring, optimisation, novel  and combined use of materials, etc.
Countries involved: Netherlands,Poland
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2075000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2075000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Many of nature’s materials have exceptional properties because their structural organization resulted from the on-demand processing of compartmentalized materials. I want to translate this principle to extrusion-based 3D printing (EBP). EBP is a booming fabrication approach in tissue engineering, as it provides control over material deposition in the submillimetre range in a cost-effective manner. However, due to the many requirements for printable (bio)materials (called inks), only a limited number of chemistries can be effectively used, and typically homogeneous network compositions are obtained even though biomedical and other applications require highly controlled inhomogeneities. Approaches providing high control over local material structure and composition are lacking. To provide a solution, I will develop a new class of microgel-based materials that jam due to the on-demand induced microgel swelling and undergo secondary crosslinking, both in the flow, resulting in a one-step printing of stable heterogeneous scaffolds with locally varying properties and compositions, relevant for mimicking real tissues. Importantly, the approach eliminates jamming steps before printing, yields unprecedented control over local material composition and structure in the flow, down to the sub-micrometre range, and does not require post-printing crosslinking steps to stabilize the printed structures. Inspired by nature’s compartmentalized materials and supported by preliminary measurements, my microgels will serve not just as pre-defined building blocks but also as material reservoirs during printing. The approach will be generalizable to different material systems and chemistries and, as such, holds great promise for a new generation of hydrogels and advanced inks with structural and functional properties precisely controlled during and via the printing process. This will impact fields from tissue engineering to soft robotics, agriculture, food and cosmetics.

Keywords: bioprinting,extrusion,microgels,jamming,scaffolds,stiffness,structural heterogeneity,shear,tumour