Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Interplay between Chirality, Spin Textures and Superconductivity at Manufactured Interfaces (SUPERMINT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Condensed Matter Physics
Panel description: Structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences, biological physics
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2021-ADG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3188750.0
EU funding (EUR): 3188750.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Memories that operate at cryogenic temperatures are urgently needed to realize advanced quantum and superconducting computing systems that will enable more efficient and scalable computing systems beyond today’s reach. SUPERMINT proposes to combine the latest advances in superconductivity and spintronics to build a novel SUPERTRACK cryogenic memory, that is high performance, non-volatile and that needs very low energy for its operation. A major objective will be to demonstrate the generation and use of triplet supercurrents, that are dissipation-less, but which carry spin-angular momentum, to move chiral domain walls in magnetic racetracks. A second major objective will be to explore the origin and utilize our recent discovery of a non-reciprocal Josephson diode effect, to build a novel device to detect magnetic fields and thereby “read” magnetic domain walls for SUPERTRACK. These objectives will be met by exploring and designing “manufactured interfaces” or MINTs that combine superconducting and magnetic ultra-thin layers using an advanced complex of thin film deposition systems that I have constructed over the past 5 years. To achieve these objectives, fundamental breakthroughs are needed in the preparation of MINTs with high-quality interfaces. A wide-ranging exploration of MINTs formed from superconducting layers with chiral antiferromagnets, homo-chiral layers of chiral compounds, especially from the B20 family of materials, and geometrical chiral structures will be undertaken. In addition, the concept of obstructed atomic insulators that we have recently developed will be used to identify novel interfaces of insulating materials that are metallic and, thereby, to explore the possibility of making these superconducting by pairing electrons via chiral antiferromagnetic fluctuations in adjacent layers.
Endothelial-microglial communication as a sculptor of brain capillary network architecture (AngioArchitects)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Neuroscience and Disorders of the Nervous System
Panel description: Nervous system development, homeostasis and ageing , nervous system  function and dysfunction , systems neuroscience  and modelling , biological basis of cognitive processes and of behaviour, neurological and mental disorders – In humans and all other organisms
Countries involved: Portugal
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2025-STG, 2025)
Start date: 2026-01-01
End date: 2030-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2098617.0
EU funding (EUR): 2098617.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Brain capillaries are the lifelines of the brain, supplying essential nutrients and oxygen and safeguarding its delicate environment. Therefore, proper establishment of this hierarchically branched circuitry is crucial for brain growth and function throughout life. Orchestrating the creation of a functional vascular network requires coordinated signalling among endothelial cells, the vessels´ building blocks, with adjacent cells. Despite its importance, the exact spatiotemporal events, and molecular bases of the capillary network construction during postnatal development remain a mystery. Elucidating this dynamic process within the intact developing mammalian brain in both space and time is a challenging but a necessary step to unveil this fascinating biological knowledge gap. Towards this goal, I recently established a longitudinal live imaging approach to capture brain development processes with minimal perturbation. Based on preliminary work, I postulate that endothelial tip cells instruct microglia, the brain resident immune cells, to serve as pathfinders and guide them to their target vessel. To address this original and innovative hypothesis, ANGIOARCHITECTS proposes to employ a powerful multi-disciplinary combination of mouse genetics, two-photon live imaging, omics profiling, high-resolution microscopy mapping, and computational modelling tools to reveal the developmental principles of building the capillary network, focusing on communications between endothelial tip cells and microglia. This pioneering project will be the first to offer unprecedented imaging of vascular-immune interactions during angioarchitecture formation in the neonatal period, when the brain is highly susceptible to insults and injuries. ANGIOARCHITECTS will not only advance the frontiers of vascular research but also holds immense potential for driving future investigations in neonatal healthcare and clinical therapies targeting cerebrovascular disorders.

Keywords: two photon microscopy,endothelial microglia crosstalk,brain capillary network,neonatal brain,live imaging,cerebrovascular branching pattern,angioarchitecture
Fathoming SEquestration and Enrichment of metals in DEEP marine deposits with novel micro-X-ray emission spectroscopy (DEEP-SEE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Earth System Science
Panel description: Physical geography, geo logy, geophysics, atmospheric sciences, oceanography, climatology, cryology, ecology, global environmental change, biogeochemical cycles, natural resources management
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2021-ADG, 2021)
Start date: 2023-04-01
End date: 2028-03-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2370431.25
EU funding (EUR): 2370431.0
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

Rare earth elements (REE) and transition and post-transition metals (TM) are essential to modern life, yet we know little about how they concentrate at Earth’s surface, especially on the seafloor, which holds vast reserves. The DEEP-SEE project will shift paradigms on marine metal deposits from chemical composition and resource inventories to a holistic view based on atomic-scale observations and modeling. This research will determine geochemical processes that give rise to some of the highest metal partitionings in supergene ores. First, crystal chemistry of 3+ REE in biogenic vs. authigenic sedimentary apatite is proposed as a new proxy for the paleoceanographic enrichment setting with the potential to become an indicator for future exploration sites. Second, crystal chemistry of 3+ REE will elucidate the scavenging history of Fe-Mn crusts and corresponding evolution of seawater REE as recorded in growth layers over millions of years. Third, investigation of the redox chemistry and mineralogy of Fe-Mn crusts and nodules will explain how the redox-sensitive metals Co, Ce, Tl, and Pt are enriched from 109 to 106 times relative to seawater. To date, these processes have been impossible to interrogate because of analytical challenges posed by the multi-elemental composition and mineralogical heterogeneity of seafloor deposits. A promising approach for tackling these challenges is new micro-X-ray emission spectroscopy using a unique high-luminosity compact XES spectrometer at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility. Installation of the spectrometer on a microfocus beamline under construction on the new 4th generation ESRF X-ray source will provide a momentous gain of at least 100 in detection limit and unprecedented sensitivity and precision in the analysis of REE and TM. More broadly, the research will show how new knowledge about Earth processes can be obtained with a fresh look at individual trace elements previously inaccessible by crystal chemical study.
EYES HEARTS HANDS Urban Revolution (EHHUR)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Mission
Theme: Other missions
Destination: Other missions
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Greece,Portugal,Croatia,Belgium,Spain,Denmark,Türkiye
Call: Support the deployment of lighthouse demonstrators for the New European Bauhaus initiative in the context of Horizon Europe missions (HORIZON-MISS-2021-NEB-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2025-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5010527.27
EU funding (EUR): 4994902.25
Participants: 34
Project status: SIGNED

Cities need support to implement their Sustainable Action Plans in line with the ambitious and stringent regulations towards a zero carbon Europe. The EYES HEARTS HANDS Urban Revolution (EHHUR) project will develop and test a co-designed methodological structure to support cities in their built environment transformation by using already existing good practices and complementing them with the New European Bauhaus and EU Missions principles. 7 Lighthouse demonstrators will be involved across EU and Associated countries (DK, EL, BE, PT, TK, HR, IT). EHHUR will tackle socio-economic and cultural challenges through relevant case studies facing social segregation, vulnerable residents (experiencing energy poverty), coal transition, depopulated and degraded historic centres. EHHUR relies on engagement and co-design as the “backbone” of its methodology, by deploying a set of tailored social innovation activities aimed not only to engage, but also to commit the participation of relevant urban players at multiple and multidisciplinary levels (technology co-design, co-financing, aesthetic co-creation). The EHHUR new integrated methodology will cover innovative i) engagement practices to transform citizens into active players of their future urban transformation and empower them in the decision-making process, ii) financing schemes involving local businesses and citizens, iii) digital and green technologies, iv) architectural design and materials to meet climate change and sustainability challenges while respecting heritage and cultural eco-systems, v) arts and creative co-design in third sector buildings and public areas. The diversified experiences of the LH demonstrators will provide a variety of good practices and guidelines for future replication. Future adopters will benefit from a DSS tool, supported by a capacity building programme, that offers the ideal mix of best technical solutions, optimal financing schemes and engagement tools and social innovation practice.

Keywords: co design,co creation,co investment,local heritage,collaborative methodology,building renovation,urban renovation
Political and community engagement, trust and identity among European adolescents and emerging adults (ENGAGED Youth)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Theme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Destination: Innovative Research on Democracy and Governance
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Norway,Romania,Spain,United Kingdom,Portugal
Call: The interrelation between social, cultural and political identities, as well as the sense of belonging, and democracies (HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-02-01
End date: 2028-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3253020.0
EU funding (EUR): 3252120.0
Participants: 8
Project status: SIGNED

The project will develop and validate measures on adolescents’ and emerging adults’ social, cultural and political identity, their sense of belongingness in different groups, their participation in physical and online communities, their interest in democratic participation and their trust in democratic institutions. The measures will be used to explore and understand 13- and 15-year olds’ political and community engagement in almost all countries in Europe through the survey “Health Behaviour in School-aged Children. A WHO-Collaborative Study” as well as emerging adults turned 18 years of age. Further, qualitative information on adolescents’ and emerging adults’ perspectives of what is political and community engagement to them and how to they act on or communicate their perspectives on key societal issues will be collected and analysed. The project will also identify formal and informal structures for youth democratic participation in a selected number of countries. A key focus here will be to explore adolescents’ and young adults’ participation in communities on social media platforms to learn where and how they communicate their political and community engagement. Finally, the project will develop policy initiatives with adolescents and emerging adults and policy makers using the Co-Create Dialogue Forum tool, including piloting of strategies in Living Labs. Marginalized groups will be given particular emphasis in the analyses to identify need for specific focus in policy development strategies.

Keywords: social identity,cultural identity,political identity,political participation,civic engagement,democratic participation,adolescents and emerging adults,sense of belonging,living labs
The first medical device for non-invasive detection and monitoring of infant meningitis (NEOSONICS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Spain
Call: EIC Accelerator Open (HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOR-01, 2022)
Start date: 2022-12-01
End date: 2025-08-31
Duration (months): 33.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4125058.63
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Meningitis is a life-threatening disease that can kill in a matter of hours or cause life-long disabilities if not detected promptly. Infants (<12 months) are the most vulnerable population with a compromised immunologic system. Although the incidence is relatively low in industrialised countries, neonatologists only count with lumbar punctures as the gold standard method to detect the disease being invasive, risky and cost-inefficient. NEOSONICS is a patented first-in-class medical device based on high-frequency ultrasound to non-invasively detect and monitor infant meningitis. The hand-held device is placed on the open fontanelle of a baby and, due to proprietary coupling materials and in-house developed machine learning algorithms, detects the level of white blood cells in the cerebrospinal fluid at a sensitivity of 100%. With NEOSONICS, LPs will be limited to only a few patients with infection (and no LP contraindication) that will be non-invasively assessed with our innovation.

Keywords: newborns,artificial intelligence,ultrasound technology,machine learning,white blood cell,screening tool,infant meningitis,body fluid infection,clinical validation,medtech
[SCIMIN-CRM] Sustainable & CIrcular Production of MINeral Critical Raw Materials (SCIMIN-CRM)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Industry
Destination: Increased Autonomy in Key Strategic Value Chains for Resilient Industry
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,France,Sweden,Austria,Serbia,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Netherlands,Cyprus,Finland
Call: Technologies for processing and refining of critical raw materials (IA) (HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01, 2024)
Start date: 2024-10-01
End date: 2028-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8493027.5
EU funding (EUR): 7198734.5
Participants: 22
Project status: SIGNED

Europe must reduce its dependence on raw materials (RM). Over 100,000 MWFs hold vast potential for critical and non-critical RM, while addressing environmental concerns. SCIMIN-CRM aims to enhance access to primary and secondary RMs in Europe by leveraging MWFs' untapped potential. This involves developing a streamlined ‘fast-path’ process and a collaborative digital platform for smart assessment, alongside technology development for RM valorisation in various MWF types across Spain, Sweden, Austria, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. A roadmap will prioritize extraction of valuable CRM like fluorspar, baryte, REEs, and bauxite/aluminium, among others non-critical but highly valuable materials (e.g. copper, aggregates). SCIMIN-CRM will transform discarded materials into valuable resources, increasing valorisation from near 0% to 5% and reducing assessment time by -83%. It will deliver two mobile crushing technologies, a collaborative digital platform, and four cutting-edge processing methodologies. By 2030, the new process aims to become the standard for sustainable MWF assessment aligned with the CRM Act. The project will promote market adoption of sustainable solutions, offer capacity-building programs, enhance social acceptance, and foster industry collaboration. Ultimately, SCIMIN-CRM seeks to boost EU's access to RMs, improve economic performance, enhance recovery rates, and ensure responsible supply, contributing to long-term sustainability and competitiveness. The consortium involves 21 participants from 10 countries spanning the MWF value chain.

Keywords: mining waste facilities,critical raw materials,valorisation,environmental assessment,resource efficient,sustainability,standards,digital platform,recovery,raw material,crm,fluorspar,bauxit
Slaves of Religion: Paternalism and Resistance, Brazil. (SLAVESRELIGION)

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: Portugal
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-12-01
End date: 2024-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 172618.56
EU funding (EUR): 172618.56
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

SLAVESRELIGION is an interdisciplinary proposal aimed at understanding the process of implementation, exploitation and perpetuation of slavery in the properties of the Luso-Brazilian Benedictine Congregation between 1750 and 1871, highlighting issues related to Gender, Race and Slavery in the Atlantic world. It also intends to analyse the resistance strategies built by enslaved men and women against the disciplinary and moralising measures of the Order of Saint Benedict. The project aims to demonstrate that this Congregation played an important role in the construction of modern slavery, transforming it into one of the richest and most powerful Slave Orders in Brazil. The Benedictines built efficient and durable strategies for managing slaves through measures designed to control female behaviour, access to freedom, and reproduction. Despite the importance of this Congregation in the construction of modern slavery, few historians have analysed its peculiarities. There are indications that this Religious Order encouraged its slaves to own slaves. Moreover, there is also evidence that they encouraged enslaved women to reproduce in exchange for benefits (especially freedom). Besides, there are suggestions that they allowed slaves to accumulate patrimony and pass it on by inheritance to their heirs. The results of this research will be disseminated through various means, such as social media, digital platforms and seminars, among others. When concluded, the research will render three scientific articles on the peculiar slave management of the Benedictines and the resistance strategies of the enslaved population, with a special focus on slave women.

Keywords: benedictine congregation slavery gender resistance paternalism atlantic world brazil
Digital Agriculture and Forestry: Understanding the Market to Forecast and Support Future Growth (4Growth)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Greece,Ireland,Germany,Spain,Belgium,France,Finland,Lithuania,Netherlands
Call: Digitalisation in agriculture and forestry: markets for data, and digital technologies and infrastructure – state of play and foresight in a fast changing regulatory, trade and technical environment (HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4848348.5
EU funding (EUR): 4848348.5
Participants: 13
Project status: SIGNED

4Growth aims to contribute to the uptake of digital and data-driven solutions in agriculture and forestry by (i) documenting the current state-of-play and projecting the future evolution (forecasting and foresight) of the sector, (ii) making insights available to the wider community of decision makers and value chain actors – through the 4Growth Visualisation Platform, (iii) collecting a wide range of ground truth data and identifying key factors or constraints for uptake, and (iv) producing sets of key policy recommendations and best practices to encourage/facilitate further uptake. To successfully fulfill its ambition and carry out the proposed activities, 4Growth brings together a highly-motivated team of 13 partners from 9 EU Member States, with strong proposition and extensive involvement in digital agriculture and forestry activities.

Keywords: digital agriculture digital forestry governance models adoption of technology