Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
The development of very high performance bioderived composite materials of cellulose nanofibres and polysaccharides. (NANOCELLUCOMP)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Denmark,Sweden,United Kingdom,Sweden,Switzerland,Denmark,United Kingdom,Italy,Sweden
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2010-SMALL-4, 2010)
Start date: 2011-03-01
End date: 2014-03-31
Duration (months): 37.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3221075.69
EU funding (EUR): 2411183.3
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

The overall aim of the NanoCelluComp project is to develop a technology to utilise the high mechanical performance of cellulose nanofibres, obtained from food processing waste streams, combined with bioderived matrix materials, for the manufacture of high performance composite materials that will replace glass and carbon fibre reinforced plastics in many applications including transportation, wind turbines, biomedical, sport and consumer goods. The technology will include two key stages: 1) liberation of cellulose nanofibres from vegetable food waste and combining the nanofibres with polysaccharides in a single process free of organic solvents to form a 100% bio-composite comprising up to 75 wt% of cellulose nanofibres and 2) orientation of cellulose nanofibres and compaunding the composite in a form easily usable for established technologies, e.g. in the form of bio-prepregs or as composite fibres suitable for bonding with a bioresin. The development of the technology components will be based on the principals of green chemistry and green engineering and aimed to achieve the Technology Readiness Level 6 (a prototype demonstration in a relevant environment) by the end of the project. The project directly addresses all key objectives of the NMP.2010.1.2.1-2 topic. In particular, the new process and materials will significantly contribute to • increase in the sustainability of high performance composites by using vegetable food processing waste; • reduction on the demand of scarce or non-environmentally friendly raw materials by replacing synthetic materials with bioderived nanocellulose and polysaccharides; • elimination of use of volatile solvents in polymer composite production processes by using only water as solvent; • reduction in the energy consumption in composite manufacture. The substitution potential of the new materials shall be investigated in a systematic way during the project.

Keywords: nanocomposites,biocomposites,cellulose,green chemistry,sustainable materials,nanofibre,high performance,polysaccharide
Printable Organic-Inorganic Transparent Semiconductor Devices (POINTS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Finland,Germany,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Romania,Portugal,United Kingdom,Germany,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2010-SMALL-4, 2010)
Start date: 2011-05-01
End date: 2014-08-31
Duration (months): 40.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4330755.28
EU funding (EUR): 3247950.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

Europe is targeting a global leadership in the field of printed electronics (PE). This industry is expected to grow to a market size of 47 billion USD by 2018 (Figure 1) with a long-time potential of 300 billion USD by 2030 as estimated by IDTechEx [1,2,48]. The growth rates of the PE industry are expected to be comparable to those of silicon industry in past (inset of Figure 1). This is an ambitious goal for Europe with strong global competition, for example, from Kovio Inc. [54] (US), Nanosolar [53] (US) and Paru Co [50] (Korea). The POINTS project combines the multidisciplinary and complementary competences of top-level European research groups and industries in order to make a significant step towards the above strategic target. For this purpose, the project objectives are set to make break-through advances in the state of the art in terms of new low-temperature printable materials with enhanced performance. This is achieved through combining the best properties of organic and inorganic materials into hybrid structures at both the molecular and at structural-interface level. The POINTS approach is guided by the recent research discoveries of the project partners. Furthermore, expertise of the consortium in cost-efficient mass fabrication processes is coupled to the materials development to obtain optimum performance and processability. Industrial relevancy of the work is assured by selected test structures of industrial interest for ICT applications.

Keywords: printed electronics,organic-inorganic hybrids,metal-oxide materials,tft,transistors,ict
Hybrid organic/inorganic memory elements for integration of electronic and photonic circuitry (HYMEC)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Belgium,Italy,Italy,Germany,France,Poland,Austria
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2010-SMALL-4, 2010)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4164187.0
EU funding (EUR): 3132475.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The objectives of the project "Hybrid organic/inorganic memory elements for integration of electronic and photonic circuitry" (HYMEC) are to resolve fundamental issues of materials science and to realize new hybrid inorganic/organic devices with functionality far beyond current state-of-the-art. This is of direct relevance to the objectives of the FP7-NMP Work Programme, as it calls for "design novel knowledge-based smart materials with tailored properties, releasing their potential for enhanced and innovative applications". Specifically, we will perform research towards understanding and controlling all relevant properties of systems comprising inorganic metal nanoparticles embedded in matrices of conjugated organic materials (organic semiconductors), and we will demonstrate the function of such material hybrids as non-volatile memory elements that can be addressed electrically and optically, which thus represent potential interconnects of future hybrid electronic and photonic circuitry. Moreover, we target implementing cost-efficient production routes, such as printing, as well as exploring the ultimate miniaturization of such memory elements by novel sublimation- and imprinting-based nanostructuring processes. Electronic, optical, dielectric, structural, and morphological properties of our systems will be determined using state-of-the-art experimental techniques and modelling to establish a reliable specific knowledge base, which we will exploit for device fabrication and integration. Through our cooperative efforts, we expect to make use of new knowledge for the realization of reliable non-volatile memory elements (NV-ME) employing resistance switching, with a substantial extension of existing NV-ME functionality, i.e., optical addressing of devices in addition to purely electric.

Keywords: non-volatile memory,organic/inorganic hybrid materials,integration,organic electronics,printed electronics
Science based remote sensing services to support REDD and sustainable forest management in tropical region (RECOVER)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Space
Destination: Space-based applications at the service of the European Society
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Finland,Germany,Mexico,Spain,Netherlands,Brazil,Norway,Colombia
Call:  (FP7-SPACE-2010-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-11-01
End date: 2013-12-31
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3598238.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499560.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

ReCover project will develop beyond state-of-the-art service capabilities to support fighting deforestation and forest degradation in the tropical region. The pilot service capabilities mean provision of a monitoring system of forest cover and forest cover changes and biomass including a robust accuracy assessment. The capabilities are based on utilizing mainly space-borne earth observation data and in-situ data. The service development is controlled by specific user requirements that are expressed through Service Level Agreements (SLA) between the ReCover consortium and six users. The services prepare particularly for the implementation of the post-Kyoto climate treaty and the REDD+. Service roll-out and expansion to the community outside the project and present pilot users is a key activity of ReCover. The outside community includes but is not restricted to TREES-3 project, GSE Forest Monitoring Extension, FRA, and GEO. The scientific viewpoint that reaches beyond the state-of-the-art techniques is the leading baseline of the study. The main research focus in ReCover is to develop a sound statistical concept and validation procedure in the production, apply very high resolution image data to improve result reliability, estimate biomass and degradation as well as their change, define the role of radar data in REDD related services, and build standardized service system with a capacity building concept. The consortium consists of nine leading research and industrial partners of which one is an SME. Three partners are from REDD eligible countries. The high impact value of ReCover is achieved by working directly for and with the customers and with local research partners, creating novel, trustworthy and standardized but affordable services and applying them in INSPIRE compatible service environment. The long-term service sustainability is concerned including evaluation of the potential of new missions such as the Sentinels.

Keywords: remote sensing,redd,degradation,biomass,forest cover,forest change,gmes,ipcc,unfccc
Hybrid Molecule-Nanocrystal Assemblies for Photonic and Electronic Sensing Applications (HYSENS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Ireland,Switzerland,Italy,United Kingdom,Spain,Germany,Ireland,Germany
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2010-SMALL-4, 2010)
Start date: 2011-04-01
End date: 2014-03-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3979357.07
EU funding (EUR): 3000000.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Functional organic molecules and metal and semiconductor nanocrystals represent attractive building blocks due to their composition-, size- and structure-dependent electronic properties, and the ability to design and manipulate these properties via low-cost and established chemical synthesis. Building from the pressing need of the European market to develop novel, scalable and cheaper technologies for sensing applications, the main objective of the HYSENS project is to exploit inexpensive organic functional molecules and inorganic nanocrystals as building blocks to synthesize novel high-knowledge materials for the development of sensors for Group I, II transition metal cations and anions (Cl-, NO3-). The hybrid material intelligence resulting from the engineered combination of individual units will allow the execution of logic functions able to reduce false sensing outputs towards the development of sensors with enhanced selectivity and sensitivity. Our goal is to elucidate the mechanisms governing the optical and electrical response of such engineered hybrid materials arising from the interaction between the organic functional molecule component and the inorganic nanocrystal core component. Establishment of component-function relationships will lead to disruptive new knowledge that will impact on optical and electrical sensors technologies.

Keywords: molecule hybrid selecitivity
Development of reference methods for hazard identification, risk assessment and LCA of engineered nanomaterials (NANOVALID)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,European organisations area,Finland,Austria,Spain,Belgium,Slovenia,United Kingdom,Germany,Germany,Romania,Denmark,Germany,Switzerland,Estonia,Germany,Brazil,India,Canada,Italy,Sweden,Germany,Italy,Belgium,France,United Kingdom,Sweden
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2010-LARGE-4, 2010)
Start date: 2011-11-01
End date: 2015-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 13151187.62
EU funding (EUR): 9592994.72
Participants: 32
Project status: CLOSED

The growing development, production and use of engineered nanomaterials and associated products will increase exposure of both humans and ecosystems to these new materials. However, current knowledge is still incomplete and established test methods are as yet inappropriate to reliably assess the extent of exposure and risk of materials at the nano-scale. There is an urgent need to develop methods to overcome the current limitations of existing hazard and risk assessment schemes and to generate the body of reference data needed as the basis for regulative requirements and for measures to safeguard production, application and the disposal of nanomaterials. The proposed project will mobilize the critical mass of international scientific knowledge and technical expertise required to address these questions. Current analytical and toxicity test methods and models will be put to test and subjected to rigorous intercalibration and validation. Where necessary, methods and test materials will be modified, adapted and validated, and new reliable reference methods developed, in cooperation with international standardisation bodies and the concerned industry, to support both pre and co-normative activities and to make the applicability of existing RA and LCA schemes to ENPs more reliable. The feasibility of validated measurement, characterization and test methods will be assessed by selected case studies to help the significant improvement of the performance of existing exposure monitoring systems as well as the development of new risk management and reduction strategies.

Keywords: nanomaterials,toxicology,reference method,risk management,hazard identification,monitoring,lca
GMES for Regions: Awareness and Access Link (GRAAL)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Space
Destination: Space-based applications at the service of the European Society
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Italy,Spain,France,Germany,Austria,Czechia,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SPACE-2010-1, 2010)
Start date: 2011-02-01
End date: 2013-01-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1272854.8
EU funding (EUR): 999000.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

The overall objective of GRAAL is to foster the development of GMES Downstream Services and develop the link of GMES with Regions (and other local authorities of comparable importance). The essence of GRAAL lies in the balance between these two sub-objectives. The members of the GRAAL consortium believe that there is as much a need to develop the awareness of GMES in LRAs as it is necessary to ensure that there are Service Providers in a position to serve this market and to accomplish the Lisbon strategy-related objectives of GMES. It is proposed to achieve this overall ambition through the following objectives: • To characterise the offer in terms of GMES services for LRAs; • To establish an observatory of the GMES Downstream Service sector; • To develop a user oriented tool implemented on a Website where demand and offer will meet and where exchanges can take place by using the most advanced web-based technologies; • To increase awareness of GMES among LRAs and potential Service Providers; All the activities shall be conducted in coordination with the DORIS_Net project. To maximise the overall efficiency of the work performed by the two projects, this coordination will be based on a clear distribution of tasks and targets.

Keywords: gmes regions
How brain development underlies advances in cognition and emotion in childhood and adolescence (BRAINDEVELOPMENT)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: The Human Mind and its complexity
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call:  (ERC-2010-StG_20091209, 2010)
Start date: 2011-02-01
End date: 2016-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Thanks to the recent advances in mapping brain activation during task performance using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (i.e., studying the brain in action), it is now possible to study one of the oldest questions in psychology: how the development of neural circuitry underlies the development of cognition and emotion. The ‘Storm and Stress’ of adolescence, a period during which adolescents develop cognitively with great speed but are also risk-takers and sensitive to opinions of their peer group, has puzzled scientists for centuries. New technologies of brain mapping have the potential to shed new light on the mystery of adolescence. The approach proposed here concerns the investigation of brain regions which underlie developmental changes in cognitive, emotional and social-emotional functions over the course of child and adolescent development. For this purpose I will measure functional brain development longitudinally across the age range 8-20 years by using a combined cross-sectional longitudinal design including 240 participants. Participants will take part in two testing sessions over a four-year-period in order to track the within-subject time courses of functional brain development for cognitive, emotional and social-emotional functions and to understand how these functions develop relative to each other in the same individuals, using multilevel models for change. The cross-sectional longitudinal assessment of cognitive, emotional and social-emotional functional brain development in relation to brain structure and hormone levels is unique in the international field and has the potential to provide new explanations for old questions. The application of brain mapping combined with multilevel models for change is original, and allows for the examination of developmental trajectories rather than age comparisons. An integrative mapping (i.e., combined with task performance and with biological markers) of functional brain development is important not only for theory development, but also for understanding how children learn new tasks and participate in a complex social world, and eventually to tailor educational programs to the needs of children.

Keywords: adolescence,brain development,emotion,cognition
Multisensor Satellite Technologies for Oil Pollution Monitoring and Source Identification (SEAU)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Space
Destination: Space-based applications at the service of the European Society
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Norway,Italy,France,Portugal,France
Call:  (FP7-SPACE-2010-1, 2010)
Start date: 2011-02-01
End date: 2014-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3078441.0
EU funding (EUR): 1982400.5
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The use of satellite radar data to detect oil at sea started in the early 90-ties. A first generation service has been developed through activities like research and development, demonstrations, trials and end user feedback. The improvement of the service has been on-going under the support of national and European (ESA, EC) R&D programs. Up till 2005, the oil spill detection activities were strongly project- driven and the service was delivered to a core user group particularly in Northern Europe on a year-to-year basis. In 2007 European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) launched the CleanSeaNet (CSN). CSN is a pan-European satellite based oil monitoring service. The service operations have documented a need for development and improvement. The overall objective of the project is to improve the current state-of-the-art methodology for satellite based oil spill detection and impact assessment and to demonstrate through deliveries to existing and new users how these improvements can contribute the development of a sustainable service. This shall be done by integrating new geoinformation products and improved or new innovative methods. The project shall demonstrate a next generation service compliant with existing and new users expectations. The EMSA/CSN service represents the state of the art for the satellite based oil detection service. The CSN service has proven its operational value. However, the experienced end users require improved quality and enhanced functionality. SeaU will be a collaborative approach towards a harmonised pan-European service which will take full advantage of the products provided by Marine Core Service.

Keywords: multisensor,satellite,oil spills,detection,monitoring,polluting source
Assessment and Monitoring of Forest Resources in the Framework of the EU-Russia Space Dialogue (ZAPÁS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Space
Destination: Cross-cutting activities
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Austria,Russian Federation
Call:  (FP7-SPACE-2010-1, 2010)
Start date: 2011-08-01
End date: 2014-07-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 668736.25
EU funding (EUR): 499990.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

ZAPÁS delivers a set of procedures and products for forest resource assessment and monitoring. The team consists of a balanced contribution of leading experts from Europe and Russia in the field of Earth observation for forestry and includes a Russian Forest Research Institute which also apply remote sensing techniques. ZAPÁS investigates and cross validates methodologies using both Russian and European Earth observation data to develop a worldwide observation system. Earth observation data include ENVISAT MERIS and ASAR in different acquisition modes, METEOR-M and RESURS-DK1. The methodologies include state-of-the-art optical and radar retrieval algorithms and their improvement as well as investigation of innovative synergistic approaches. Products include biomass maps and biomass change for the years 2007-2008-2009 on a local scale, a biomass and improved land cover map on the regional scale, and in addition, a 1 km scale land cover map as input to a carbon accounting model. These products serve the inventory community (e.g. FAO Forest Ressource Assessment) as well as the Kyoto Protocol implementation bodies. ZAPÁS is unique with respect to the team composition, Earth observation operational expertise, interdisciplinarity and envisioned improved synergistic products. In specified regions land cover change dynamics, specifically land abandonment, will be investigated. A ZAPÁS unique feature is the investigation of up- and down-scaling effects of data and products to improve the overall accuracies. A bi-lingual webportal (as already existing at partner locations) provides access to findings, data and products to the outside forest and Earth observation community.

Keywords: eu-russia space dialogue,earth observation,forest monitoring,biomass,land cover mapping,radar-optical synergy