Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Implications and prospects of non-state post-secondary education initiatives in post-2021-coup Myanmar (EDU-MM)

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: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Czechia
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 191918.16
EU funding (EUR): 191918.16
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Myanmar, a diverse Southeast Asian nation with numerous ethnic and religious groups, faces socio-political conflicts that significantly affect its socio-economic development, neighboring countries, and the international community. The 2021 coup further impaired all sectors of its system, including education, resulting in millions of children being deprived of access to formal education. Various non-state educational services have emerged to address these gaps and provide alternatives to the junta's system; however, they face challenges in securing recognized qualifications and further learning opportunities for their students. Post-secondary non-state education initiatives are crucial for further learning opportunities for these non-state students who would serve as the change agents for the resilience of the socio-economic well-being of the country. This study, applying convenience sampling and case studies, aims to investigate the typology, challenges, coping strategies, and implications of these non-state post-secondary initiatives in post-2021-coup Myanmar. The study will employ principles of analytic eclecticism, which allows integration of diverse theoretical and academic perspectives to address real-world complexities. This study will be the first of its kind which explores the implications of these initiatives not only in the ethnic minority areas but also in the whole country, including the Bamar-dominated areas. Continuous monitoring and analysis are essential for regional and international stakeholders to comprehend the trajectory of the conflict in Myanmar. The findings from this research will elucidate the education landscape in Myanmar and broader theoretical concepts such as human rights, social agency theory, social mobility, structuralism, institutionalism and conflict studies. It will provide evidence-based policy recommendations for the participating organizations, local and national authorities, and international donors.

Keywords: myanmar,education,conflicts,social welfare,inequality,rights
Assessing Climate Change Risk in EUrope - HOP ON (ACCREU HOP-ON)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Cyprus
Call: Hop on Facility (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-06, 2023)
Duration (months): 32.0
Total project cost (EUR): 404150.0
EU funding (EUR): 404150.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

ACCREU Hop on builds on ACCREU activities on the quantification of physical, biophysical and direct impacts of climate change in the fields of infrastructure and built environment, food, energy and water, health and wellbeing, ecosystems and biodiversity, extreme and catastrophic event. A new field, air quality, will be explored: it will assess the consequences of CMIP6 scenarios for exposure of the population to gaseous (ozone) and fine particulate (PM2.5) air pollution. The regional and global atmospheric chemistry – circulation models WRF-Chem and EMAC will be used to compute air quality according to projected future climate conditions. Relative risk functions will be applied to assess the morbidity and mortality burdens for Europe and the world. It analyses account for projected climatic, demographic and urbanization developments associated with the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) basic to the CMIP6 emission scenarios. It will integrate an open-source modelling system, OSeMOSYS, providing a long-run integrated assessment and energy planning, working on an aggregate EU-wide model and specific models for selected EU member states. These models will incorporate impacts on energy demand and supply from the econometric and statistical and will allow a bottom-up assessment of the impacts of climate change on the power generation mix and the penetration of zero-carbon technologies in the energy systems of EU countries. It will perform an additional case study for economic appraisal of adaptation options, involving national and local stakeholders in Cyprus. As Cyprus is a climate change hotspot exposed to several risks (forest fires, droughts, coastal floods, health impacts), and as the whole country is one region, it is important to consider adaptation in a holistic manner which will be particularly beneficial to national economic authorities to prioritise policy options.

Keywords: climate risk,mitigation,adaptation,co creation
A molecular proxy for gender contrasts at the Neolithic to Bronze Age transition (anthropYXX)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Study of the Human Past
Panel description: Archaeology and history
Countries involved: France
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): 1487116.25
EU funding (EUR): 1487116.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The project anthropYXX proposes an archaeogenomic exploration of the status and life of women and men during the key transitional period between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age in occidental Europe, with the ambition to better understand the deep roots of gender contrasts in present-day societies. Inequalities today can be measured through economical markers, health or education levels. As these metrics are not directly accessible in prehistoric periods, alternative proxies have to be exploited to trace back the emergence of inequalities, including data from ethno-archaeology and anthropobiology, traditional isotopic analyses, or the interpretation of funerary practices and artistic representation. The project anthropYXX proposes to add palaeogenomics to the current gender archaeology toolkit. More specifically, anthropYXX aims at leveraging the latest advances in ancient genomics applied to a rich collection of protohistoric human remains, and combined with isotopic data, to better picture the contrasted life of women and men, through the reconstruction of family structures, inbreeding levels and residential rules. The health status of the women and men, and their associated microbes, will be assessed. The development of innovative approaches both on the bench and in silico will enable the characterization of past DNA methylation levels and their comparison with modern data, especially at positions impacted by adverse life conditions. Finally we will document the populations’ genetic heterogeneity and investigate the hypotheses of sex biases in population migrations. The anthropYXX project will provide a new proxy to test if (i) health conditions, reproductive behaviour, as well as epigenetic environmental impact, were contrasted between women and men during protohistory, (ii) men and women contributed differently to the genetic makeup of European populations, and (iii) these contrasts were exacerbated during the transition from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age.

Keywords: palaeogenomics,ancient dna,epigenetics,gender,neolithic,bronze age,isotopes
Lifting Design Drawings to 3D (DLift)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2023-POC, 2023)
Start date: 2024-04-01
End date: 2025-09-30
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Building on the outcome of the ERC Starting Grant D3 (ERC-2016-STG 714221), the objective of DLift is to demonstrate how our technology for reconstructing drawings in 3D can streamline the Computer-Aided-Design (CAD) workflow, and to take the first steps in industrializing this technology. Drawing is a fundamental tool of product design. However, while 2D drawings are easily understood by humans, they are currently not interpretable by computers. To confront their ideas with physical reality, designers have to separately create 3D models that form the necessary input for digital engineering tools. Skilled 3D modelers often need several hours to convert a drawing into a 3D model, at an hourly rate of 50 euros on average, making 3D modeling a major bottleneck that hinders rapid iterations between ideation and prototyping. The ERC Starting Grant D3 aimed at bridging design exploration and design engineering by offering the first algorithm capable of automatically lifting 2D design drawings to 3D. The objective of DLift is to optimize our algorithm to integrate it within leading CAD software. This objective will be achieved through three iterative steps: 1. Feature development. Based on preliminary discussions with CAD users and software editors, we have identified a set of key features to unleash the potential of our technology. 2. User testing. We will hire professional designers and 3D modelers to stress test our tool, first to make it robust to the diversity and complexity of real-world design drawings, but also to assemble a portfolio of artworks that will illustrate diverse ways in which our technology can be used in practice. 3. Transfer. Within each iteration of feature development and testing, we will work hand-in-hand with software companies interested in our technology to assess how it addresses their specific needs. We aim at licensing our technology to one or several of these companies such that it can be integrated in their own solutions.
Transcriptional REGUlation as a mediator of bacterial interactions in the microBIOME (REGUBIOME)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Integrative B iology : from Genes and Genomes to S ystems
Panel description: For all organis ms: Genetics, epigenetics, genomics  and other ‘omics studies , bioinformatics, systems biology , genetic diseases , gene editing, innovative methods and modelling,  ‘omics for personalised  medicine
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2023-11-01
End date: 2028-10-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1497479.0
EU funding (EUR): 1496479.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Bacteria from the gut microbiota constantly interact with a range of abiotic and biotic factors. Perturbations in these factors, such as nutrient depletion or exposure to exogenous microbes, require specific bacterial responses that involve tightly controlled gene expression changes. However, the transcriptional regulation mechanisms promoting such gene expression changes remain poorly understood despite their importance. REGUBIOME will characterize how responses to specific biotic and abiotic stimuli are regulated at the transcriptional level in two health-associated gut bacteria: one probiotic (Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus) and one pathobiont (Fusobacterium nucleatum, previously linked to colorectal cancer). This project relies on combining experimental platforms of increasing complexity to systematically characterize the responses of these two bacteria to defined biotic and abiotic factors, and to evaluate how these responses impact host health. First, I will develop a novel high-throughput functional screening tool, coupling CRISPR interference, microfluidic platforms for single-cell isolation, and transcriptomic profiling of isolates. By applying this tool to in vitro monocultures, I will reconstruct the first-ever gene regulatory networks in these bacteria and identify mechanisms of response to different abiotic factors. Second, microfluidic co-culturing of these two strains with multiple other bacteria, coupled with metatranscriptomic profiling, will reveal the regulatory mechanisms mediating the interactions with other microbiome members. Lastly, in vivo work in mouse models will shed light on how the host colonic environment impacts gene expression in these health-associated bacteria. Altogether, REGUBIOME will provide proof of the importance of gut bacterial gene regulation networks to host health. Besides, by uncovering gene regulatory mechanisms in microbiome bacteria, REGUBIOME will provide novel actionable targets for microbiota modulation strategies.

Keywords: metatranscriptomics,crispr interference,host microbe interactions,gut microbiome
Sensing as a Service (PYDRO - Water to Data)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Challenges
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call: Green Deal innovations for the Economic Recovery (HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-08-01
End date: 2025-06-30
Duration (months): 35.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2798138.75
EU funding (EUR): 1958697.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Water utilities face growing challenges due to urbanization, water scarcity, rising energy prices, and aging water supply networks. To improve resource efficiency, utilities are integrating smarter technology in their networks. However, there are some constraints that make implementation difficult, such as reasonable and easy access to sufficient power for technological solutions. Furthermore, these solutions need to be pieced together using different components from various manufacturers (sensors, battery, data logger, connectivity and software). In addition, experts are needed to making the entire system work. With our self-powered and smart plug-and-play sensors,we provide more data to water system managers and help them better understand and manage their pipe networks.

Keywords: water,service innovation,business model innovation,environmental and green technologies,network infrastructures,digital services
Trustworthy AI Tools for the Prediction of Obesity Related Vascular Diseases (AI-POD)

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: Austria,Sweden,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Hungary,Germany,Belgium,Netherlands,Czechia
Call: Trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) tools to predict the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases and/or their progression (HORIZON-HLTH-2022-STAYHLTH-01-two-stage, 2022)
Start date: 2023-05-01
End date: 2027-04-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5292785.75
EU funding (EUR): 5292785.75
Participants: 13
Project status: SIGNED

Weight problems and obesity are increasing at a rapid rate already concerning more than 436mio people in European countries. Obese persons have a 50% higher risk of cardio-vascular disease (CVD) mortality and treatment costs result in a total economic burden of over 210 billion Euro per year. To date the prediction of the individual risk for major adverse CVD events in the obese patient population is a challenge. Current risk scores are not sufficiently accurate and there is no implementation of scores into user friendly solutions. The AI-POD project aims to reduce the number of CVD related deaths in Europe by developing an AI-based risk prediction score to support clinical decision making and by equipping obese persons with trustworthy AI tools. AI tools will integrate clinical, laboratory and imaging data to translate disease risk into actionable health information to guide diagnostic steps and treatment recommendations. The tools will be validated in six clinical sites on CVD and serve as the basis for a lasting interdisciplinary platform for distributed learning in other vascular territories. AI-POD will push the boundaries of clinical insight in CVD in obese persons, including its treatment and risk management. AI-POD main outcomes are (1) a novel imaging-based AI-based risk score and Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) for the risk assessment and prediction of obesity-related CVD and associated complications as a pre-requiste for further AI-based prevention and treatment management; (2) an innovative, easy-to-use mobile app for citizens (Citizen App) that interacts with the CDSS empowering obese people to better monitor and manage their own health. Physicians will benefit from more efficient workflows and in consequence, public health budgets will be unburdened by reducing morbidity and mortality of obese indiviudals.

Keywords: obesity,ai based risk prediction,vascular diseases,multidisciplinary data integration,trustworthy ai,mobile app,end user involvement
Computation Systems Based on Hybrid Spin-wave–CMOS Integrated Architectures (SPIDER)

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
Countries involved: Belgium,Greece,Germany,Romania,Netherlands,France
Call: Advanced spintronics: Unleashing spin in the next generation ICs (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-12-01
End date: 2026-05-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3090920.0
EU funding (EUR): 3090920.0
Participants: 7
Project status: SIGNED

In the future, the miniaturisation of electronic devices– epitomised by Moore’s law – will be progressively limited by increasing power densities and the associated chip heating. Moreover, autonomous microelectronic applications, for example for the Internet of Things, demand high performance at ultralow power. Therefore, much research has recently focused on disruptive computing technologies that limit power consumption and optimise performance per circuit area. Spin wave computing is a disruptive spintronic technology that uses the interference of spin waves for computation and has considerable potential for power and area reduction per computing throughput. Despite much recent progress in the realisation of spin wave logic gates, no concept for a complete computing system exists today that is based only on spin waves. Thus, to advance from devices to systems, spin wave devices need to be complemented by CMOS in a hybrid spin wave–CMOS system. Using an interdisciplinary approach joining partners with expertise in materials science, physics, device manufacturing, electrical engineering, circuit design, and packaging, SPIDER targets the demonstration of a complete operational hybrid spin wave–CMOS computing system. To date, complex spin wave circuits are yet to be realised. SPIDER targets to fill this gap by developing spin wave logic circuits based on majority gates. To embed these circuits into a CMOS environment, SPIDER will design mixed signal CMOS chips that can drive spin wave circuits and read out computation results. The spin wave and CMOS chips will then be combined on an interposer to obtain the final hybrid system. This work will pave the way towards viable spin wave chips and provide a first benchmark of spin wave computing at the system level. Based on the results, SPIDER will then develop a roadmap to advance spin wave technology to compete with CMOS in technology nodes below 1 nm.

Keywords: wave computing,spin wave majority gates and circuits,hybrid spin waves cmos integrated architecture,3d system integration,rf interposer
COOLing for Electricity Production: Battery-free Technology (COOLed)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Products and Processes Engineering
Panel description: Product and process design, chemical, civil, environmental, mechanical, vehicle engineering, energy processes and relevant computational methods
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2022-COG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2028-05-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

COOLed will explore the development of an innovative battery-free technology to generate electCOOLed will explore the development of an innovative battery-free technology to generate electricity using cold space in any place and at any time. COOLed proposes the powering of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in smart cities. This novel technology will combine a radiative cooler based on tri-dimensional (3D) polymer metamaterials and a thermoelectric generator of 2D transition metal selenides. The final proposal aims to produce a technology with the required maximum output power density (1 W/m2) to power IoT devices. To accomplish this objective several steps must be undertaken: - The development of 3D polymer metamaterials with excellent optical properties, high solar reflection and high infrared emittance. - The investigation of an efficient radiative cooler, composed of 3D polymer metamaterials, with enough cooling capacity to reduce the temperature to the required level. - The development of 2D materials of transition metal selenides with exceptional thermoelectric properties. - The engineering of high-performance thermoelectric generators based on the 2D materials studied. - The integration of a radiative cooler and thermoelectric generator in a single battery-free technology. COOLed will be an excellent opportunity for the energy sector, specifically in electricity consumption, to explore new ways to save and recover energy using battery-free and off-the-grid technologies. This ambitious proposal considers the exploitation of materials such as 3D polymer metamaterials and 2D transition metal selenides that will provide a huge benefit to the environment due to the generation of electricity using cold space without the use of batteries, promoting renewable energy. This proposal will allow the research of new investigation lines based on the development of devices of radiative cooler and thermoelectric generators formed by 3D and 2D materials, respectively.

Keywords: radiative cooler,thermoelectric materials,anodization,electrodeposition