Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Joint Optimization of Data and Energy Networks for digitizing Sustainable Communities (COALESCE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Staff Exchanges
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Ireland,Cyprus,Finland,Portugal,Pakistan
Call: MSCA Staff Exchanges 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-SE-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-12-01
End date: 2027-11-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1749314.29
EU funding (EUR): 1591600.0
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

COALESCE aims to develop a cross-optimization platform that enables integrated operation and interplay between the energy grids and the data and telecommunication networks. Telecommunication and data networks need energy, while energy grids need data to operate efficiently. This project will develop a framework that will optimize the interplay between energy grids and telecommunications and data networks in a way that both the infrastructure pillars (energy and telecommunications) are jointly sustainable and efficient. Through the Staff Exchange program, we will be able to exchange expertise and know-how between energy, data and telecommunications sectors across both academia and industry. We will assess how the proposed architecture performs by validating the framework against 4 use case scenarios; a) To investigate optimization algorithms for energy efficiency under simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) will be investigated in a local energy system context for a wireless sensor network. b) To develop a novel framework for predicting and validating trading optimization strategies for in-house energy asset management, considering battery storage, flexible domestic demand, windfarm, solar cells etc,. using neural network and transfer learning-based models; while maintaining sustainable and secure exchange of data and user (or individual residence) portfolio. c) To design novel set of measurement methodologies for the characterization of 5G/6G RAN's energy consumption and open data sets for analysis, parametric models of the energy consumption transfer function for the uplink and downlink and generative neural network models of the energy transfer function for the uplink and downlink. d) To formulate joint data-energy-transportation robust/stochastic optimization algorithms considering computational load flexibility, intermittent energy generation and storage and multi-agent learning algorithms for collaborative e-transportation and SLES.

Keywords: green communications and computing,renewables and microgrids
NItrate REcovery CApacity Status (NIRECAS)

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: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: France
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-06-14
End date: 2026-11-13
Duration (months): 29.0
Total project cost (EUR): 255870.48
EU funding (EUR): 255870.48
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Nitrate pollution remains a significant concern for water quality. Since the 90s, Europe has been actively working to reduce nitrate levels and improve water quality. Yet, restoring water quality is a slow process as nitrates may remain for decades within aquifers as a legacy. While imperative, assessing Nitrate Recovery Capacity (NRC) faces challenges due to strong variabilities in nitrate transfer times and percentages removed by bacterial consumption within anoxic zones, often requiring intricate models. Here, we propose to leverage an innovative regional-scale assessment method to investigate the correlation between NRC and a readily accessible catchment attribute: lithology. Comparing nitrate concentrations with proxies of conservatively transferred element, NIRECAS determines the nitrate reactivity and legacy of a region. Within consistent geological contexts, the method analyzes the correlation between these factors and lithology while providing uncertainties of the correlation estimates. Our objectives are to (i) investigate the control of lithology on nitrate reactivity and legacy using 200 pilot sites in the Armorican Massif (France) taken as a first experimental region and (ii) extend and generalize the methodology to other European regions. Our deliverables include (1) a methodology for regional scale NRC mapping using available lithology databases, (2) maps of NRC for one to several European regions where lithology is found to be the primary controlling factor, (3) a user-friendly interface to a priori assess the percentage and transfer time of nitrate removed. This should provide key information on the ability of vulnerable regions to restore water quality while catching the legacy of past agricultural practices at the relevant resolution. Besides, NIRECAS should serve as a valuable predictive tool to assess the impact of current agricultural strategies on future generations and support the transition of practices over the medium and long term.

Keywords: denitrification,hydrogeological modeling,lithological control,shallow aquifers,up scaling
FUTURE HYDROGEN ASSISTED GAS TURBINES FOR EFFECTIVE CARBON CAPTURE INTEGRATION (TRANSITION-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,Türkiye
Call: Hop on Facility (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-06, 2023)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 422500.0
EU funding (EUR): 422500.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The achievement of the EU targets established for 2030 for a more sustainable, cost-effective and environmentally-neutral energy production will not only require increasing the penetration of renewable energy sources (RES) into the actual mix, but necessarily point to reduce the carbon footprint of the conventional technologies based on the use of natural gas which is required to complement and compensate intermittent availability of RES. TRANSITION objective is to pave the way for carbon-neutral energy generation from natural gas-fired power plants using gas turbines (GT), by enabling a highly efficient Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) process in the post-combustion phase. This will be achieved by the development of advanced hydrogen assisted combustion technologies capable to permit stable engine operations with high Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) rates leading to high CO2 content in the exhaust gas sent to the CCS unit. Two distinct scenarios will be considered, by #1) validating up to TRL4 a retrofit hydrogen-based burners targeting 50% EGR rate and #2) proving more aggressive technologies adopting hydrogen/oxygen flame piloting to reach 60% EGR. The TRANSITION-HOP-ON project will permit to improve the final TRL of TRANSITION objectives in Scenario #2, by providing experimental validation of non-conventional piloting solutions based on the combined use of hydrogen and pure oxygen/pure air localized injections. A final TRL4 will be reached with respect to the planned TRL 3 of the parent project. Experimental tests will be carried out on a single cup rig up to moderate pressure levels, using the same EGR simulation strategy and measurement techniques adopted in the tests panned at UNIFI and DLR in the parent project. Provided data will allow a direct validation of numerical results allowing to explore possible further optimizations of the piloting process.

Keywords: gas turbine,egr,carbon capture,hydrogen
Digitizing Other Economies: A Comparative Approach (DOE)

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: Netherlands
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-02-01
End date: 2029-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499998.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499998.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

How do longstanding, primarily non-industrial, non-capitalist societies adopt and adapt digital technologies in their daily practices and systems of values? Classical anthropological theory once arranged basic economic types on an evolutionary ladder ranging from hunter-gatherers, horticulturalists, pastoralists, and agriculturalists to industrialists. Today, the existence of these economies other than industrialism are correctly approached not as anachronisms but as contemporaneous to (post-)industrial life. Still, research on digitization has largely taken place in (post-) industrial contexts, meaning we know next to nothing about how different types of longstanding economies adopt and adapt digital technologies. At the same time, researchers have stipulated that digitization threatens global economic diversity. By comparing digitization to processes of colonization, they have argued that digital technologies facilitate assimilation into (post-)industrial economic systems and their often capitalist values by virtue of their technological design. This project empirically investigates these claims through in-depth ethnographic research among hunter-gatherers (Brazilian Amazon), pastoralists (Kyrgyz Republic), horticulturalists (Solomon Islands) and indigenous agriculturalists (India) who have long resisted assimilation into industrial-capitalism. Additional ethnological comparison of the four sites will offer unique macro-level insights into the possibilities for economic diversity in the digital age. Finally, the project advances a novel theoretical and methodological approach that advances both ethnographic research and ethnological comparison. This approach recognizes the significance of both technological design and contextual adaptations and provides tools for new research agendas not just on digital industrial-capitalism but on diverse economic systems and values.

Keywords: economic anthropology platform studies ethnography economic diversity smartphones anthropology of technology
Wireless Tissue Engineered Bioelectronics integrating a dual-mechano-electrical Therapy for Volumetric Muscle Loss (WTEB-Therapy-VML)

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: Life Sciences
Countries involved: United Kingdom,United States
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-09-01
End date: 2029-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 454103.4
EU funding (EUR): 454103.4
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Volumetric muscle loss (VML), or a frank loss of muscle tissue often results in a permanent loss of muscle tissue and chronic reduction in strength, which can lead to long-term disability. Tissue engineered biomaterial matrix (e.g. hydrogels) offers a promising strategy to restore and improve the function of VML injuries and regeneration. However, muscle regeneration cannot succeed in the absence of biophysical (e.g. mechanical force, topography, and electrical induction) and/or biochemical cues (e.g. integrins) from the extracellular matrix. The matrix design must take into account the functional characteristics of the target tissue. For example, the structural anisotropy in muscle is critical in guiding cell organization and generating powerful muscle contractions. Recently, mechanotherapy has drawn the attention of physical therapists, which is a strategy for tissue repair and remodelling through a conversional process from mechanical signals into biochemical response in cells. Moreover, muscle is responsive to electrical stimulation due to its physiological nature. Bioresorbable wireless bioelectronics as electrical stimulators have been developed for many applications, including neuromuscular regeneration, and cardiac pacemakers etc. Inspired by these, I aim to develop a novel anisotropic matrix with mechano-responsive properties, followed by integration with bioelectronics, which will provide a dual-mechano-electrical therapy for VML. To achieve this, I will carry out the project employing an interdisciplinary approach, including polymer chemistry, physics, electronic engineering, mechanobiology, and regenerative medicine. My experience in polymer chemistry, physics, and mechanobiology will be integrated with the outstanding expertise of the Northwestern University and University of Cambridge in bioelectronics and regenerative medicine. If successful, it will be a dramatic development for regenerative medicine and broaden the applications of bioelectronics.

Keywords: biomimetic hydrogels,bioelectronics,anisotropy,magnetic nanoparticles,mechanobiology,volumetric muscle loss
Just and effective governance for accelerating wind energy (JustWind4All)

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: Netherlands,Germany,United Kingdom,Portugal,Spain,Denmark,Slovenia,Bulgaria,Belgium
Call: Wind energy in the natural and social environment (HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03, 2021)
Start date: 2022-11-01
End date: 2025-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2786908.0
EU funding (EUR): 2786907.75
Participants: 13
Project status: SIGNED

JustWind4All aims to support the acceleration of on- and offshore wind energy through just and effective governance, i.e., the creation of synergies among people and organisations to coordinate and participate in actions around wind energy strategies and deployment. To this end, JustWind4All develops knowledge, practical guidelines, instruments, strategies, and trainings for just and effective decision-making in on- and offshore wind energy governance. This move towards more effective and just decision-making processes and structures is crucial in the context of ambitious EU renewable energy targets, which require installing more and larger on- and offshore wind farms, speeding up the planning and deployment processes whilst ensuring no one is left behind. JustWind4All makes use of a rigorous trans- and interdisciplinary multi-method research design. It combines holistic impact assessment based on a social-ecological approach with techno-economic modelling to assess a variety of social, environmental, technical, and economic impacts and/or benefits to improve decision-making. Qualitative and quantitative methodologies (e.g., case studies, multicriteria mapping) help to investigate ways to foster wind energy citizenship with a particular focus on participation, energy justice and social innovation. Through transdisciplinary knowledge co-production in Wind Labs, JustWind4All makes the most out of novel resources i.e., practices (repowering), technologies (airborne, floating) and regions (e.g., Bulgaria) and engages in knowledge co-production with wind energy governance actors for fit-for-purpose outcomes. A cutting-edge Wind Forum network enables knowledge exchange and dialogue between multiple stakeholders across policy, community, market and third sector – it ensures that JustWind4All’s knowledge, practical guidelines, instruments, strategies, and training activities have maximum impact.

Keywords: governance,energy justice,impact assessment,energy system modelling,energy citizenship,participation,wind forum,knowledge co production,airborne,repowering,offshore,onshore
Exploring the impact of Stellar Multiplicity on planet formation Across Disc Evolution (Stellar-MADE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Universe Sciences
Panel description: Astro -physics/ -chemistry/ -biology; solar system; planetary systems; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy; cosmology; space sciences; astronomical instrumentation and data
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2021-STG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1246258.0
EU funding (EUR): 1246258.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

In regions of active star formation, the protoplanetary discs around young stars act as planetary factories. Recent observing campaigns have shown that the majority of protostars belong to multiple stellar systems: the younger the stars, the higher the degree of multiplicity. Young discs are then strongly affected by stellar multiplicity, unavoidably modifying the way in which planets form. The detailed evolution of multiple systems with discs and planets however remains to be explored. Since most current models have been designed for single stars, there is an urgent need to extend these models to multiple stars. This will pave the way for a better understanding of the process of planet formation, at a more general level. The Stellar-MADE project aims to provide a comprehensive view of disc dynamics and planet formation within multiple stellar systems. My team and I will thoroughly study multiples to: (1) Establish the formation channels of protoplanetary discs around young stellar objects; (2) Follow disc dynamics and grain growth in order to identify the regions of planetesimal formation; (3) Characterise planetary architectures and the resulting exoplanet population. To achieve our goals we will perform hydrodynamical and N-body simulations, developing and adapting state-of-the-art codes (Phantom, MCFOST, Rebound). Our calculations will include a broad range of physical processes: disc thermodynamics, radiative transfer, gravitational perturbations, aerodynamic friction, dust growth, and Mean-Motion Resonances. This will allow us to identify and quantify stellar multiplicity effects across evolution. My previous work on binary stars constitutes proof-of-concept that it is possible to coherently connect protoplanetary disc evolution to planetary architectures. Unveiling the effects of stellar multiplicity on planet formation will be a major breakthrough, which will enable us to interpret the whole exoplanetary population under a new and more realistic prism.

Keywords: protoplanetary discs,planet formation,exoplanets,stellar binaries,hydrodynamics,celestial mechanics
A MOSAIC OF ESSENTIAL ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS (ECS) FOR OUR AUTOMATED DIGITAL FUTURE IN INDUSTRY AND MOBILITY (MOSAIC)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Chips for Europe Initiative
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: CHIPS (JU-JTI)
Countries involved: Germany,Austria,Taiwan, Province of China,France,Netherlands,Norway,Denmark,Greece,Türkiye,Italy,Czechia,Israel,Latvia,Poland,Belgium
Call: HORIZON-JU-Chips-2024-2-RIA Topic 1Global call according to SRIA 2023 (HORIZON-JU-Chips-2024-2-RIA, 2024)
Start date: 2025-07-01
End date: 2028-06-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 53319967.25
EU funding (EUR): 16013726.05
Participants: 50
Project status: SIGNED

MOSAIC addresses a grand challenge for European competitiveness: technological independence and filled fabs in the landscape of automated systems. By fostering innovation in Electronic Components and Systems (ECS), MOSAIC aims to propel Europe to excellence and digital autonomy, directly linked to the EU Chips Act. The project achieves this through a comprehensive strategy. It will develop next-generation ECS offering superior, cognitive system intelligence, enabling energy efficiency and robustness. These results will be tailored to the demands of automated systems, enabling rapid data processing and intuitive, AI-enabled decision- making. MOSAIC tackles the challenge of integrating diverse perception hardware configurations, ensuring that automated systems can perceive their surroundings in a non-invasive manner, avoiding a single point of failure, with unparalleled accuracy and decreased complexity. Additionally, the project emphasizes standardized communication protocols and interoperability, fostering a collaborative ecosystem across several industries, namely automotive, aerospace, maritime, industrial automation and infrastructures. By spearheading such advancements, MOSAIC empowers European ECS manufacturers to gain a competitive advantage. The project's achievements will be demonstrated in 31 cutting-edge technical showcases, indicatively global perception through 360° distributed radar, AI-enabled reasoning through magnetic field signature and resilient communications by means of non-terrestrial networks. 2 accompanying impact studies, will solidify Europe's position as a global leader in automated systems. MOSAIC leverages a pan-European consortium encompassing the entire ECS value chain, ensuring a comprehensive effort towards filling the European fabs and ensuring digital sovereignty. In essence, MOSAIC is an investment in Europe's future – a secure digital future of technological leadership, economic prosperity, and strategic independence.

Keywords: ecs,mosaic,foundational technologies,automotive,aerospace,maritime,sovereignty,fill the fabs
HYDROGEN EFFICIENT PURIFICATION USING MEMBRANES IN INDUSTRIAL GAS STREAMS (Hermes)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Hydrogen
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: CLEANH2 (JU-JTI)
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Netherlands,Türkiye
Call: Demonstration of hydrogen purification and separation systems for renewable hydrogen-containing streams in industrial applications (HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024, 2024)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7714546.01
EU funding (EUR): 5943423.08
Participants: 7
Project status: SIGNED

The HERMES project advances hydrogen separation and purification technologies through the development, scaling-up, and industrial demonstration at TRL7 of innovative membrane systems, while conducting comprehensive evaluations for safety, environmental impact, social acceptance, and cost reduction in industrial settings. The project aims at developing and scaling up two membrane technologies (Pd-based and Carbon based membranes), to design and build 2 prototypes at TRL7, and to prove the technologies at two industrial sites (in Italy and in Turkey), for separation of pure hydrogen for 5 different streams of industrial interest. The prototypes will allow the separation of hydrogen with energy consumptions well below 3.5 kWh/kg and costs below 1 euro/kg. The project will also evaluate the environmental impact of the processes with detailed LCA analysis. HERMES will also contribute to safety studies of the system and to the public awareness of the technologies. The project counts with 1 University, 2 research institutions and 4 large industries and SMEs.

Keywords: membranes pd based membranes carbon membrane industrial hydrogen streams