RCaz/eu-funding-proposals-sft huggingface dataset:
system: You are an expert grant writer specializing in European Union research funding proposals. You write compelling, well-structured proposal sections that demonstrate excellence, impact, and implementation quality, using precise EU terminology and following best practices for Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, and earlier framework programmes.

user: Write a project proposal abstract for 'The Socio-Economic Impacts of the Little Ice Age on Venice and Venetian Crete Between 1453-1571' to be submitted under Horizon Europe.

assistant: **Abstract**

This research project investigates the socio-economic impacts of the Little Ice Age on Venice and Venetian Crete from 1453 to 1571. The Little Ice Age,  occurring approximately between 1300 and 1850, marked by the expansion of glaciers across Europe, Alaska, and New Zealand, along with a notable decrease in average annual temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere by about 0.6°C. The proposed project will analyse archival documents, including those from the Senate Mar, Terra, and Duca di Candia, as well as Venetian chronicles. Historical records reveal that during the climatic disturbances from 1453 to 1571, Venice sourced essential products, including wheat, wine, and timber, from Crete.  This study integrates history, palaeography, climate science, and digital humanities. What sets this project apart from previous research is its pioneering examination of how the Little Ice Age affected Venetian Crete and, in turn, Venice itself.  By linking historical and climate science, this study aims to bridge the past and present. Although focused on the Venetian Republic during the Early Modern Period, the findings will remain relevant today, particularly in the context of climate-related issues. Upon completion, we will reveal the extent to which the socio-economic conditions in Venice and Venetian Crete were affected during the Little Ice Age, as well as how Venice benefited from Crete due to the impacts of climate change. The resulting socio-economic outcomes will be processed into a digital database using programs such as ArcGIS and GIS, providing a foundation for future studies. This project will enable me to develop new ideas that will enhance my chances of securing high-level projects, such as European Research Council (ERC) grants. It will significantly impact my opportuni
system: You are an expert grant writer specializing in European Union research funding proposals. You write compelling, well-structured proposal sections that demonstrate excellence, impact, and implementation quality, using precise EU terminology and following best practices for Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, and earlier framework programmes.

user: Explain how 'Development of a policy to stop the suffering caused by Nodding Syndrome and Onchocerciasis associated epilepsy' goes beyond current state-of-the-art under Horizon 2020.

assistant: **Innovation**

Nodding syndrome (NS) is a form of epilepsy, characterized by head-nodding, often associated with severe intellectual disability, psychiatric problems, and early death. Initially, NS was reported only in onchocerciasis-endemic regions in Tanzania, Uganda and South Sudan. Until recently, the cause of the syndrome was unknown. Therefore, no strategy for prevention and cure was possible. Our ERC project (NSETHIO) discovered that NS is only one of the clinical presentations of onchocerciasis associated epilepsy (OAE) and that this form of epilepsy is probably present in all onchocerciasis endemic regions where onchocerciasis is insufficiently controlled. We estimate that the number of excess cases of epilepsy due to onchocerciasis could be as much as 100,000. Based on NSETHIO findings we will  develop an innovative comprehensive OAE policy plan that will prevent children from developing OAE and that will reduce the negative consequences of OAE for the economy and society.  This plan includes the following components: strengthening community directed ivermectin (IVM) treatment programs (IVM will stop OAE), establishing  an SMS based epilepsy surveillance system by epilepsy trained community-directed IVM distributors,  developing a community-based care system using evidence based OAE treatment algorithms, and a community-awareness program.  We will fine tune the plan during 2 OAE stakeholder workshops, field test it in a high OAE prevalence health zone and calculate its cost. We will create an international OAE alliance including  scientists and health care workers, representatives of communities and advocacy groups, WHO, Ministries of Health, non-governmental organizations, the pharmaceutical industry and donors to scale up the implementation of these  interventions after th
system: You are an expert grant writer specializing in European Union research funding proposals. You write compelling, well-structured proposal sections that demonstrate excellence, impact, and implementation quality, using precise EU terminology and following best practices for Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, and earlier framework programmes.

user: Compose a compelling abstract for 'Crop Monitoring for Food Security' demonstrating excellence, impact and implementation quality for a Sixth Framework call.

assistant: **Abstract**

Specific Objectives:Demonstration phase: 2003-2004 The overall objective is to develop, together with partners (in particular FAO), and demonstrate, crop yield monitoring and forecasting systems in four pilot areas (Russia and Central Asia, Mediterranean Basin, Eastern Africa, South America):1. To develop advanced methodologies and tools for crop monitoring and forecasting, possibly jointly with FAO;2. To demonstrate pilot system for crop yield monitoring in 4 areas;3. To set up 2 scientific networks (Eastern Africa and South America);4. To contribute to the GMES intitiative by improving the information available for EU food security and food aid policy and to potentially play a role in relevant international GMES networks;5. To define in detail customer requirements for pre-operational phase;6. To play an advisory role to DG DEV for programmes and projects involving crop monitoring for food security, in particular in Africa. Anticipated milestones and schedule Pilot databases for crop monitoring - Feb 2003 1st crop monitoring bulletins for Russia, Central Asia, Mediterranean Basin and Eastern Africa - April 2003 Initiation of scientific networks for South America & Eastern Africa - Jan 2003, March 2003 workshop on crop monitoring in Russia - October 2003 Prototype of crop assessment tool - October 2003. Planned Deliverables:Climatological data base for the four pilot areas. Pilot data bases for qualitative crop monitoring in Russia, Central Asia and the Mediterranean. Pilot methodology and data bases for qualitative crop monitoring in Eastern Africa. Ad-hoc analysis at national scale, e.g Somalia bulletin. Prototype of crop assessment tool for food security 2 workshops on crop monitoring for food security in Eastern Africa and Russia Scientific networks for Eastern Afr
system: You are an expert grant writer specializing in European Union research funding proposals. You write compelling, well-structured proposal sections that demonstrate excellence, impact, and implementation quality, using precise EU terminology and following best practices for Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, and earlier framework programmes.

user: Explain how 'Offshore Wind Turbine Towers – A Quicker, Cheaper Flange Supply Route' goes beyond current state-of-the-art under Seventh Framework.

assistant: **Innovation**

There is a tendency to higher power offshore wind turbines, leading to larger turbine towers (5m diameter and greater) and a requirement for large diameter connection flanges between the tower sections and between the tower and foundation transition pieces. Currently, forged rings are specified, with inherently high cost and few suppliers worldwide. This leads to long lead times and higher costs for these strategic parts.RingMan will develop an alternative manufacturing route (using lower-cost cold rolled plate) which will enable the fabrication of large diameter wind tower flanges to be undertaken by our SME consortium members.The project will enable the partners to commission:•Development of high quality, low distortion, thick section electron beam welding fabrication and machining to produce flanges from readily available cold rolled steel plate material.•Understanding of the flange property requirements and how these can be met by a fabricated flange leading to design tools to enable wind turbine tower designers to specify these products.•Procedures for inspection that will aim to ensure that the parts manufactured meet or exceed the required performance properties.
system: You are an expert grant writer specializing in European Union research funding proposals. You write compelling, well-structured proposal sections that demonstrate excellence, impact, and implementation quality, using precise EU terminology and following best practices for Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, and earlier framework programmes.

user: Draft an impact statement for 'Vulnerability Identification Tools for Resilience Enhancements of Urban Environments', explaining its relevance to EU policy priorities under Seventh Framework.

assistant: **Impact**

The vulnerability of urban environments remains an undeveloped theme. With half of the world’s population currently living in urban centres, and with this figure set to increase to two-thirds by 2050, the issue of security and citizen safety is of paramount importance and a growing concern. In view of the growing number of threats from global terrorism, natural disasters or crime, urban planning practice must incorporate appropriate security measures for vulnerability identification and resilience enhancements.Urban planning is a process involving numerous stakeholders and multi-disciplinary teams. Although the use of software tools plays a significant role in this complex process, yet, none exist that take into consideration the security (and connected safety) aspects of urban planning as a whole.Urban planning teams need tools that fully encompass the pre-application process with developers/designers, and facilitate flexible solutions, not imposed measures. The objective of VITRUV is the development of software tools for the long and complex screening process, which is urban planning, moving across three levels from concept to plan to detail design. Based on an all hazard risk approach, the tools will enable planners• to make well-considered systematic qualitative decisions (concept level),• to analyse the susceptibility of urban spaces (e.g. building types, squares, public transport, and their functionalities) with respect to new threats (plan level), and• to perform vulnerability analyses of urban spaces by computing the likely damage on individuals, buildings, traffic infrastructure (detail level).All levels (concept, plan and detail) will contribute to enabling the development of more robust and resilient space in the field of urban (re)planning/(re)design/(re)eng
system: You are an expert grant writer specializing in European Union research funding proposals. You write compelling, well-structured proposal sections that demonstrate excellence, impact, and implementation quality, using precise EU terminology and following best practices for Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, and earlier framework programmes.

user: Explain how 'New metal catalysts for alkene metathesis' goes beyond current state-of-the-art under Fifth Framework.

assistant: **Innovation**

Alkene metathesis constitutes an useful reaction for fine chemistry and Polymerisation. In the last decade this reaction has become a powerful tool because of the discovery of well-defined efficient new metal catalysts. The main objective of the project is the search of more efficient catalysts for these reactions and specially for the preparation of polymers from functional cyclic olefins by ROMP process. First, in situ Ru catalysts will be prepared with the bulky ligand imidazolin-2-ylidene for polymerization of cyclooctene and norbornene. Attempts will be made in parallel to understand the real nature of the catalytic species. Catalysts precursors derivatives of Fe, containing a bidentate or tridentate nitrogen ligands will also be prepared, and will be evaluated not only in ROMP polymerization but also in cross-metathesis between a simple alkene and a functional olefin. This innovation will deal with the introduction of a carbene source on a coordinative unsaturated metal moiety stabilized by bulky ligands. All intermediate catalytic species and polymers formed will be tried to isolate and characterize in order to improve and optimize the catalysts and the reaction conditions. The fellowship will provide training in a multidisciplinary team (organometallics, catalysis, polymers, and combinatorial catalysis optoelectronic materials). The work will involve multiple synthesis of organic molecules, of a variety of ligands, metal complexes, catalysts, oligomers and polymers and their characterization including GPC, TGA, DSC, and high level spectroscopies. In addition, the unit provides expertise in optics, biochemistry, and material science. This training, in addition to skills acquired to date, will provide the applicant with an excellent blend of new skills of interest
system: You are an expert grant writer specializing in European Union research funding proposals. You write compelling, well-structured proposal sections that demonstrate excellence, impact, and implementation quality, using precise EU terminology and following best practices for Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, and earlier framework programmes.

user: Describe how 'Browser-based Multilingual Translation' will create measurable scientific, societal and economic impact aligned with Horizon 2020.

assistant: **Impact**

The Bergamot project will add and improve client-side machine translation in a web browser.  Unlike current cloud-based options, running directly on users' machines empowers citizens to preserve their privacy and increases the uptake of language technologies in Europe in various sectors that require confidentiality.  Free software integrated with an open-source web browser, such as Mozilla Firefox, will enable bottom-up adoption by non-experts, resulting in cost savings for private and public sector users who would otherwise procure translation or operate monolingually.  To understand and support non-expert users, our user experience work package researches their needs and creates the user interface.  Rather than simply translating text, this interface will expose improved quality estimates, addressing the rising public debate on algorithmic trust.  Building on quality estimation research, we will enable users to confidently generate text in a language they do not speak, enabling cross-lingual online form filling.  To improve quality overall, dynamic domain adaptation research addresses the peculiar writing style of a website or user by adapting translation on the fly using local information too private to upload to the cloud.  These applications require adaptation and inference to run on desktop hardware with compact model downloads, which we address with neural network efficiency research.  Our combined research on user experience, domain adaptation, quality estimation, outbound translation, and efficiency support a broad browser-based innovation plan.


**Keywords:** browser, neural machine translation, domain adaptation, quality estimation, speed, efficiency
system: You are an expert grant writer specializing in European Union research funding proposals. You write compelling, well-structured proposal sections that demonstrate excellence, impact, and implementation quality, using precise EU terminology and following best practices for Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, and earlier framework programmes.

user: Draft the 'Objectives and Scope' section of a Horizon 2020 proposal for the project 'Bulgarian Days of Career Development and Mobility of Researchers'.

assistant: **Objectives**

The project will be carried out by Sofia University, EURAXESS BHO in Bulgaria, with the expert support of the first EURAXESS Career Development Centre in Bulgaria, the local EURAXESS Contact Points, Vitae UK - the global leader in supporting the professional development of researchers, and other external experts. The proposal mainly addresses the third key priority of ERA – achieving an open labour market for researchers, aimed at facilitating mobility, supporting training and ensuring attractive careers. It is aimed at the organization of one-day event, to be performed consecutively in 5 Bulgarian cities.Objectives• To define attractive event programme, including relevant activities, interesting speakers, and opportunities for networking• To plan and perform a wide range of promotional activities in order to reach a large number of representatives of the identified target audiences• To conduct successfully the event in the 5 selected locations• To maximize the expected impact by identifying suitable measures for ensuring the sustainability of the achieved results after the project endThe programme for the 5 events will have identical structure and will approach students, young researchers and employers in Bulgaria, to promote research career opportunities, provide relevant information and support services, related to mobility and career development, and maximise the career prospects. Each local event will focus on the specific research needs of the region.Expected Impact• Activating the whole EURAXESS Bulgaria network in the events• Reaching the target groups all over the country• Reaching the local industrial stakeholders• Increasing the awareness among target groups about different career development opportunities• Increasing the level of soft skills for different ca
system: You are an expert grant writer specializing in European Union research funding proposals. You write compelling, well-structured proposal sections that demonstrate excellence, impact, and implementation quality, using precise EU terminology and following best practices for Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, and earlier framework programmes.

user: Describe how 'Between saints and celebrities. The devotion and promotion of stigmatics in Europe, c.1800-1950' will create measurable scientific, societal and economic impact aligned with Horizon 2020.

assistant: **Impact**

By far most of the historical studies on the 'golden age' of the stigmatics have focused on medical debates and religious treatises. This project wants to move beyond the traditional historiographical emphasis in at least three ways. First of all, it will focus on the popular perception of stigmatics in the nineteenth and early twentieth century and examine how they became symbolic figures of political and religious causes. Secondly, we will study the interaction of the 'victim souls' with their communities and examine how they were turned into 'living saints' through religious practices and discourse, and how some of them were eventually even beatified and canonized. Thirdly, we will address them as carefully constructed religious commodities (celebrities) and rebalance the research on the selling of religion that has adopted a top-down perspective and focused primarily on the popularization of authorized cults rather than on the impact of the commercialization from the bottom-up. Combining these three aspects in studying the stigmatics, the project will enhance our understanding of the role of (new) media and consumption practices in religious change and the construction of religious identities. As each of these emphases calls for a study that takes into account chronological and geographical differences, we will adopt a comparative approach and examine five of the countries where most of the (hundreds of) stigmatics have been attested (Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Belgium). This will allow us to trace larger trends as changes in the type of stigmatic (e.g. bedridden silent 'sign' or a socially engaged charismatic leader) and moments and locations of increased attention (e.g. political crises). However, since this was the era of an internationalized Catholicism t
system: You are an expert grant writer specializing in European Union research funding proposals. You write compelling, well-structured proposal sections that demonstrate excellence, impact, and implementation quality, using precise EU terminology and following best practices for Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, and earlier framework programmes.

user: Write the concept and methodology overview for 'Policy Simulation in Virtual Spaces' under Seventh Framework.

assistant: **Concept**

Positiv Spaces (+Spaces) aims to provide novel technologies and instruments that will allow government bodies to measure public opinion on a large scale and seize the outcomes of prospective policy measures by leveraging the power of the communities. From the +Spaces perspective, Virtual Spaces (VS) form a vast reserve of group knowledge that, once aggregated and properly processed, can be incorporated in the policy making process.Currently, government agencies seek to refine their policy making process by assessing the impact of prospective policies to the society prior to their implementation. Traditional tools for this include polls and forums, but these have limited capabilities and are inadequate for purpose variety of reasons. +Spaces aims to address this issue by using VSs as testbeds for policy simulation. Contemporary VSs can be viewed as micro-societies with dynamics resembling those of real world societies, the most evolved having virtual economies as well as regulations analogous to a legislative framework. Moreover, VSs are controlled environments in which all parameters of users' reactions and interactions can be tracked. +Spaces will provide governments with tools for testing their legislation in a number of virtual environments as well as data mining tools for tracking the users' reactions. We will develop technologies for aggregating, filtering and analyzing this information, as well as recommender and reputation systems that will ensure that only reliable sources of data are taken into account. Finally we will represent this information in an appropriate fashion that will enable government bodies to draw conclusions on the potential outcomes of the policies they propose, taking into account the analogies between VS and real life concepts. We believe th