Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Synthesis and characterization of porous molecular solids (POMOS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Italy,France,France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IRSES, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2015-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 65100.0
EU funding (EUR): 65100.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

This study aims to explore new porous molecular crystalline compounds and to implement a methodology to study gas-solid interactions at the atomic level using X-ray diffraction methods. New materials for storage, sensing and separation of gases are of significant commercial interest, and our aim is to facilitate the process of materials design by providing tools and methodologies that can be used routinely to understand solid-gas interactions. Research will be focused on the synthesis of new molecular solids as possible porous substrates and the investigation of their structure-property relationships under non-ambient conditions. The methodology implemented in this project will involve sharing of in-house techniques in order to jointly study new materials in a unique manner, primarily by means of X-ray diffraction analysis. The synthesis and preliminary characterization will be performed at the University of Salerno (Italy), physical chemical characterization will take place at the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), the structural characterization using synchrotron and neutron diffraction at ESRF and ILL (France). Researchers from the University of Salerno and ESRF/ILL will travel to South Africa to carry out physic-chemical characterization, using a gas cell developed at the University of Stellenbosch. South African researchers will travel to Italy to prepare new compounds and carry out specialized crystallization studies. South African researchers will have also the possibility to stay at ESRF/ILL to conduct detailed in-situ structural studies using synchrotron and/or neutron diffraction. The work is expected to yield several publications in top-quality journals, as well as patents on designs of environmental gas cells. Socioeconomic benefits may be derived from the possible development of strategies for the design of new porous materials and the study of the process of gas sorption and release.

Keywords: c124 porous materials,c104 molecular architecture and structure,c120 solid state materials,c137 characterization methods of materials,c140 supramolecular chemistry
Rethinking Finance for Stability and Development (REFIST)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Italy,Spain,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IRSES, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 205800.0
EU funding (EUR): 205800.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

In the last 30 years the financial systems have grown enormously: new financial instruments have been introduced, intermediaries have expanded their activity well beyond their possibility, exposure to risk has increased almost in every country. The effect of this anomalous expansion of the financial system has been an increase in the perceived systemic risk and more instability. Because of this, finance seems to have become suddenly dangerous and detrimental for growth. And despite the large body of past evidences, many have started to argue that financial development is no longer a positive factor for capital accumulation. Though it is hard to conceive a radical change in the established theory which has highlighted the benefits for the economy accruing from a developed financial system, these events have put forward the need to redefine the role of finance and financial innovation in allocating real resources. By pivoting on four main issues, the objective of the research is indeed to provide an answer to crucial questions that have emerged from recent event: 1. Inequality: The increase in inequality in many countries is thought to have been caused by an abnormal increase in the financial sector. Does finance exacerbate income inequality? To what extent? Or rather easy access to credit reduces poverty, as it has been argued by orthodox theory? 2. Inefficiency: By favoring some industries and sectors more than others, does an excess of growth in the financial system cause misallocation of resources? Does financial growth cause an excess in public spending? 3. Instability: Does the abnormal growth of the financial sector cause instability? Is this instability amplified in a monetary union? Can more stringent regulation and stronger coordination reduce the impact of financial cycle on the economy? 4. Growth and Development: Is finance and financial development really good for growth? To what extent financial development can spur growth and capital accumulation?

Keywords: e104 financial markets,e101 macroeconomics
Integrative Biology of insects affecting human life (IBIAL)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France,France,Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IRSES, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2016-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 201600.0
EU funding (EUR): 201600.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

We are a consortium of five research groups with complementary approaches and expertise, (chemical ecology, Neurobiology, behavioural ecology, insect physiology and mathematical modelling) and working with different model systems (social insects, parasitoids, disease vectors). The main goal of this joint-venture is to start a scientif network, in order to develop integrative work on insects that directly affect human societies. The impact of the project is therefore expected to be high in two areas, fundamental research and pest control. The scientific objectives of the project are to achieve an integrative analysis of the insect behaviour, sensory neurobiology, spatial orientation intra- and interspecific communication, survival strategies and location of resources. The proposed model organisms are triatomine bugs and mosquitoes (haematophagous), parasitoid flies (Mallophora ruficauda) leaf-cutting (Attini) and capenter ants (Camponotus spp.). The constitution of a collaborative network of people having complementary expertise and joining partners from different countries, will allow to tackle general biological questions that will allow a better understanding of issues such as biological invasions and parasites transmission. Besides, successful exchanges among the groups will open the way to long-lasting international collaboration. The PhD students and postdocs will get expertise both in basic and applied research. Thus able to find the intersting questions, and to develop sustainable solutions for eventual problems to which the human societies might be confronted.

Keywords: l402 comparative physiology,l806 animal behaviour,l501 neuroanatomy and neurophysiology,l405 metabolism
Establishing a process and a platform to support standardization for nanotechnologies implementing the STAIR approach (NANOSTAIR)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Integration
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany,France,Finland,Spain,Netherlands,Germany,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2012-CSA-6, 2012)
Start date: 2012-09-01
End date: 2014-02-28
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 528847.12
EU funding (EUR): 499437.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Standardization is one of the most adequate solutions to quickly capitalize and disseminate knowledge in “reference documents”, and have it implemented in the industry. It is very important in the field of nanotechnologies since the production of knowledge is very intensive. The overall objective of nanoSTAIR project is to build a sustainable process and platform in the field of nanotechnologies to support the transfer of knowledge gained through research to documentary standards in the context of the STAIR approach promoted by CEN-CENELEC. The project is organized around several activities that will boost the development of new documentary standards. A mechanism will be set up to identify, with a bottom-up approach, the opportunities for standardization from the results of research projects, co-funded by the European Commission or by National Research Programmes. This mechanism will be established using existing networks and initiatives such as NanoSafetyCluster or NANOfutures, as well as the network of the national standardization bodies in the various Member States. Then, the expression of the needs for standards from various stakeholders will be collected and resources from consortia sharing similar standardization opportunities will be pooled together to launch New Work Items Proposals (NWIP). The nanoSTAIR approach will be verified during the project thanks to 2 NWIP initiated. The consortium will provide assistance to select the right standardization umbrella (Technical Committee and Working Group at CEN or ISO level) As a result, nanoSTAIR will provide a set of procedures, a tool box and a practical guideline that will be useful to bridge the gap between research and standardization in nanotechnologies. nanoSTAIR will structure and ease the development of new documentary standards, and thus enable the European nanotechnology related industry to rapidly operate according to the state of the art and thus increase its competitiveness.

Keywords: nanotechnologies,support,standardization,stair
Alliance for Materials – A value chain approach to materials research and innovation (MATVAL)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Belgium,United Kingdom,France,France,Germany,Poland,Germany
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2012-CSA-6, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1342020.23
EU funding (EUR): 996715.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

Currently, there is a lack of consistent coordination between the activities of the various ETPs, which has led to a diverse range of ideas as to what is important to European materials developments, and consequently a somewhat fragmented support for these developments. In 2010, a group of ETPs (EuMaT, Suschem, Manufuture, FTC, ESTEP and SMR) with most significant material agenda, came together to create an Alliance for Materials (A4M). The driver for this collaboration was to ensure a Value Chain coverage to improve the speed of implementation of innovations in Europe that address the Grand Societal Challenges but with a clear attention to the competitiveness aspects too, in agreement with at least two of the pillars of Horizon 2020. Among the fundamental concepts of A4M is the Value Chain concept. It is regarded as the key element driving synergistic benefits through a common path which integrates players, resources and strategies starting from the fundamental aspects of materials science up to the industrial system that produces and/or transforms materials into valuable products. Alliance for Materials initiatives (A4M) is a new way of thinking; a partnership and networking in Materials Research and Innovation. With the MatVal proposal, A4M intends to enter into its crucial implementation phase creating the condition for a real enlargement of the network to the sector oriented ETPs active along the different value chains and concomitantly bringing together other relevant actors of the European Materials community, for a real integration of voices and visions. The key objectives include: To contribute to the implementation of the A4M view and strategy To integrate the diversity of ideas in Materials across ETPs To rely on a Value Chain based concept as main driver for a credible integration To speed up industrial exploitation of materials To pull together all the key materials technologies to support the Commission in establishing priorities

Keywords: materials,etp,alliance,coordination,networking,innovation,research,value chain,a4m,strategy
Supporting N&N research communication, dialogue and engagement (COM´N&N)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,Spain,Greece
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2012-CSA-6, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2013-09-30
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 312633.07
EU funding (EUR): 243000.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

Evaluating EC communication and dialogue developed so far on nanoscience and nanotechnology (N&N) is crucial to identify future areas for improvement. Measuring the effectiveness of these efforts is still a relatively new field, and emerging evaluation techniques are grappling with how to deal with. Under a comprehensive (formative, process, outcome and impact) evaluation focus, Com’N&N proposes the following specific objectives to be achieved: 1. Gathering data and evidence that guided the design of the N&N communication and dialogue actions, including information on ways that was shaped; 2. Measuring N&N communication and dialogue’s implementation and how planned activities have been carried out; 3. Measuring shorter term changes in beliefs, attitudes and behavior within the target audiences after exposure to N&N communication and dialogue activities; 4. Identifying longer-term effects of behavior that can be made after exposure to the N&N communication and dialogue activity. The following measurable results will be achieved by Com’N&N: • List of 25 indicators covering the spectrum of focus; • List of 7.500 potential surveyed participants • Obtaining approx. 15% of participants (1.150) completing the 10-15 minutes web survey; • Sample of 100 interviewees covering most of the 160 matrix segments among type of messages + communication vehicles + audience target; • Combined use of analytical techniques: concatenation, statistics and SWOT; • Recommendations based on 10 case studies and good practices of communication efforts carried out during the period 2008-2011; • Dissemination of 75 paper final evaluation report; 500 leaflets promoting evaluation of communication efforts in N&N and recognizing a selection of case studies and good practices; and, 500 visitors of the website having downloaded at least 1 public deliverable. This proposal is submitted by independent, specialized consultancies ensuring a neutral approach from stakeholders interest.

Keywords: nanotechnology,evaluation,communication,dialogue,research,innovation,future,needs,european,union
An Intelligent Implantable MOdulator of Vagus nervE function for treatment of Obesity (I2MOVE)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Synergy grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (ERC-2012-SyG, 2012)
Start date: 2013-04-01
End date: 2018-11-30
Duration (months): 68.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7175339.0
EU funding (EUR): 7175339.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Obesity is one of the greatest public health challenges of the 21st century. Affecting over half a billion people worldwide, it increases the risk of stroke, ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, many cancers, depression and complications in pregnancy. Bariatric surgery is currently the only effective treatment available but is associated with significant risks of mortality and long-term complications. New and innovative treatments are thus required. The signals to and from the gut during eating and digestion are passed through the vagus nerve. Despite this, our knowledge of vagus nerve function comes from studies in which the nerve is cut. This fails to provide any impression of the complex signal received by appetite centres in the brain. We propose to use obesity as a paradigm for development of a new generation of neural interface that will combine novel electrode materials, structures and sensing modalities with ultra-low power electronic neural recording, analysis, stimulation and wireless communication. Several steps beyond state-of-the-art, this will allow, for the first time, detailed study of the entirety of vagus nerve function. We will develop neural stimulation that mimics the response of the vagus nerve to ingestion of food, thus providing a new treatment for obesity. The synergy between our groups will thus combine complementary interests to develop an innovative technological solution for a major public health crisis. The sensing capability will deliver, for the first time, real-time and long-term recordings, providing new insights into peripheral nerve activity. The impact will thus extend beyond appetite and the vagus to many other neurally regulated processes and diseases.

Keywords: neural interfacing technology,microelectrodes,gut hormones,obesity
Resource Efficient Maritime Capacity (REMCAP)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Regions of Knowledge
Destination: Transnational cooperation between regional research-driven clusters
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Sweden,France,Ireland,Lithuania,United Kingdom,Portugal
Call:  (FP7-REGIONS-2012-2013-1, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2015-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2065975.91
EU funding (EUR): 1860395.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

The global maritime market is on a strong growth trajectory, and this project aims to harness that growth to create economic and employment benefits for Europe. On the one hand, growth is driven by commercial megatrends such as demand for marine/offshore renewable energy, fish products and emerging potential for ‘blue biotech’ products; on the other hand, there is high demand for efficient use and management of the ocean resource, as described in the EU Integrated Maritime Strategy. Increasing Europe’s innovation capacity in maritime resource efficiency will underpin successful exploitation of these growth opportunities. Traditionally, the maritime industries have been slow to explore how demands for resource efficiency would impact on them. Fish stock depletion and rising fuel costs have, of course, risen quickly up the political and commercial agendas, and shipping companies as well as builders and engine manufacturers have invested in improving fuel efficiency. However, the wider needs for maritime resource efficiency are posing challenges which in many cases lack viable solutions. Emerging marine activities (for example in exploiting marine renewable energy) are presenting new opportunities for innovation, but are also highlighting areas where further improvements in resource efficiency need to be achieved. European member states contain a number of Regional Research Driven Clusters (RRDCs) which are active in the fields of maritime development and marine & coastal resource management. This project will add significant value to this existing cluster infrastructure, via three main approaches that will support their long-term development and sustainability: • Facilitating interaction and knowledge exchange between RRDCs each focused on its world-class strengths (Smart Specialisation); • Raising the effectiveness of RRDCs by strengthening shared approaches to innovation support • Using RRDC activities to stimulate involvement of supply chain companies

Keywords: coastal resources
Inpainting Tools for Video Post-production: Variational theory and fast algorithms (INPAINTING)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Mathematical foundations
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (ERC-2012-ADG_20120216, 2012)
Start date: 2013-04-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 515054.69
EU funding (EUR): 515054.69
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The goal of this project is the mathematical investigation of smoothness and self-similarity principles in generating natural images, the mathematical formulation and unification of both ideas in a variational form, and its application to develop models and algorithms for image processing tasks. The proposed research will lead to the formulation and mathematical analysis of new variational principles for image and movie processing, the analysis of their underlying geometric measure theory and partial differential equations, unifying local and nonlocal approaches as respective mathematical expressions of the ideas of regularity and self-similarity. Our research will be guided by a thorough investigation of the inpainting problem (including images, video and stereo video inpainting), as a very suitable model for testing the proposed ideas. The first practical impact will be the development of models and algorithms for 2D and 3D image and video editing and manipulation, enabling the deletion and insertion of objects. As a second impact we will provide the theoretical background and implementation of a set of algorithms for 2D to 3D conversion of video data enabling the generation of 3D content for 3D TV from existing 2D video. Due to its fundamental nature, the proposed models may impact other image and video processing areas such as denoising, restoration, optical flow computation, or stereo, that share similar challenges. Although their study is not in the scope of this project, it will be fostered by the dissemination of our results and the public release of our algorithms. The PI has a long experience in the variational formulation of image processing problems, with key contributions in the variational formulations of edge detection and image inpainting, mathematical morphology, and the analysis of Total Variation based models. On the practical side, he has been contributing to the development of video post-production tools in several projects led by industry.

Keywords: images,video,inpainting and interpolation,variational models,partial differential equations,optimization,manifold of image patches,optical flow,disparity