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Petrifying Wealth. The Southern European Shift to Masonry as Collective Investment in Identity, c.1050-1300 (PETRIFYING WEALTH)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

Between the years 1050 and 1300 the European landscape turned to stone. It was a structural transformation that led to the birth of a new, long-lasting panorama and helped in the creation of individual, collective and regional identities: a landscape epitomising the way we see the space and territory of Europe. Petrifying Wealth seeks to rewrite the social history of the central Middle Ages, empha...
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The Common Core of European Administrative Law (CoCEAL)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2021,

The European dimension of administrative law is the focus of a flurry of initiatives aiming to investigate similarities and differences, and to shape common legal scenarios. A codification of the administrative procedures of the EU has been envisaged by the European Parliament in its resolution of February 2013. A broader proposal of codification, including rule-making and contractual procedures, ...
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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF REGIME CHANGE: SICILY IN TRANSITION (SICTRANSIT)

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2021,

This project will throw new light on human experience during changes of political regime, selecting medieval Sicily as the primary area of study. Between the 6th century and the 13th century, this island experienced four radical changes in regime: from Byzantine to Aghlabid to Fatimid to Norman to Swabian. Potentially, each of these transitions saw new groups of migrants, new forms of agriculture ...
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Overcoming the Limits of Diffraction with Superresolution Lighting on a Chip (ChipScope)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

The physical laws of diffraction generally limit the spatial resolution of optical systems, being about 200 nm for light in the visible range. Within ChipScope we want to overcome this limit by developing the scientific and technological basis for a completely new approach to optical superresolution, based on semiconductor nano Light Emitting Diode (nanoLED) arrays with individual pixel operation....
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Quantum Algebraic Structures and Models (QUEST)

Start date: Dec 1, 2015, End date: Nov 30, 2020,

This project aims to an innovative deep interplay between Operator Algebras and Quantum Field Theory. On one hand we want both to develop powerful tools to construct Quantum Field Theory models and provide a mathematical-conceptual description of interesting Physical contexts, on the other hand we want to set up and study the emerging mathematical structures, that have their own interest. Our fir...
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Uncovering New Phenomena at the TeV Scale With Top Quarks (NPTEV-TQP2020)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Our understanding of the subatomic world and of the very fabric of the space-time is encompassed in a theory which is the result of all past experimental observations and theoretical developments: the Standard Model of Particle Physics. Yet cosmological observations and theoretical arguments lead us to conclude that new phenomenology, new particles, forces, or a new space-time structure is waiting...
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Critical Raw materials Elimination by a top-down Approach To hydrogen and Electricity generation (CREATE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Jun 30, 2020,

CREATE aims at developing innovative membrane electrode assemblies for low-temperature polymer-electrolyte fuel cell (FC) and electrolyzer (EL) with much reduced cost. This will be achieved via elimination or drastic reduction of critical raw materials in their catalysts, in particular platinum group metals (PGM).Key issues with present low-temperature FC & EL are the high contents of PGM in devic...
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Structural Transformation to Attain Responsible BIOSciences (STARBIOS 2)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2020,

STAR BIOS 2 (Structural Transformation to Attain Responsible BIOSciences),coordinated by the University of Tor Vergata (IT), has been designed to respond to the Topic ISSI 5 (Workprogramme Science With And For Society). The general aim of project is that of contributing to the advancement of the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) strategy, which underpins Horizon 2020, by promoting 6 Action...
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A new environment-friendly manufacturing approach for marine antifouling coating (LIFE Paint-it)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

Background Fouling is the unwanted growth of biological material - such as barnacles and algae - on surfaces of structures immersed in water, such as the hulls of ships. If not properly treated, ship hulls become covered with numerous organisms, and this undesired colonisation has severe consequences. The main effects on ships are surface deterioration, s...
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Convergence of Electronics and Photonics Technologies for Enabling Terahertz Applications (CELTA)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

CELTA: Convergence of Electronics and Photonics Technologies for Enabling Terahertz Applications aims to produce the next generation of researchers who will enable Europe to take a leading role in the multidisciplinary area of utilizing Terahertz technology for applications involving components and complete systems for sensing, instrumentation, imaging, spectroscopy, and communications. All these ...
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“Tracking nano-bioprocesses using Super-Resolution Microscopy Techniques” (NANO-SUPREMI)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

Long-range research and innovation goal: The long-range goal of Nano-Supremi is to develop case studies to enable the advanced super-resolution microscopy to investigate nanoscale synthetic and biological structures and to probe nanoscale dynamic processes.Long-range biomedical research and technology goal: The implementation of Nano-Supremi will allow for tracking nanometer-scale bioprocesses suc...
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Multifunctional miRNA-targeting nanodevices for pluripotent cancer theranostics (MIRNANO)

Start date: Jan 15, 2017, End date: Jan 14, 2020,

WHAT: MIRNANO project is an interdisciplinary nanotechnology-driven program in which the fields of nanomaterial and DNA functional engineering are merged to develop innovative nanodevices for pluripotent targeted cancer treatment. The leading idea is to focus on aberrantly expressed microRNAs (miRNAs) as targets of the proposed therapeutic care, which allows for tailoring of the action to the gene...
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Portable photonic miniaturised smart system for on-the-spot food quality sensing (PhasmaFOOD)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

The main objective of the project is to design and implement a parameterized, knowledge-based, multi-target food sensitive mini-portable system, with heterogeneous micro-scale photonics for on-the-spot food quality sensing and shelf-life prediction. In particular, the miniaturized smart integrated system will be able to detect food hazards, spoilage (incl. early sign of spoilage) and food fraud th...
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Astrophysics

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

Objective The main objectives of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree programme in Astronomy and Astrophysics are initiation in scientific research and applied training in Astronomy and Astrophysics.Course duration Two years (120 ECTS)Brief DescriptionThe various specialities of the partner institutions result in an increased offer of pathways for the students: Theoretical Astrophysics, Models, ...
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Collective Excitations in Advanced Nanostructures (CoExAN)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

This project aims to develop, fabricate, theoretically and experimentally study carbon based nano-circuits which are able to generate, detect and process broadband electromagnetic (EM) signals. The carbon nanoscale EM sources can be based, in particular, on Cherenkov radiation emerging when electrons move inside carbon nanotubes (CNTs) or between spatially separated graphene sheets. The frequency ...
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Transparent qualifications for boosting the quality of services addressed to asylum seekers and refugees

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

ContextThe European Migration Forum (EMF) (26/27 January 2015, Brussels) confirmed the importance of consulting and involving civil society, migrants’ organisations as well as local and regional authorities in the design, implementation and evaluation of EU migration policies. Participants underlined the central role played by civil society in facilitating access to services and justice as well as...
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ICN2020: Advancing ICN towards real-world deployment through research, innovative applications, and global scale experimentation (ICN2020)

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

Information access on the Internet is exploding. Usage is shifting to multimedia applications, social networking and IoE. Cellular networks are moving to the next generation. Networking technology is shifting towards virtualization, with SDN and NFV likely to change the infrastructure landscape. The cloud concept is transforming the Internet to a network of data centers, with a communication model...
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Nanostructured molecular decoders for the quantitative, multiplexed, layer-by-layer detection of disease-associated proteins (Immuno-NanoDecoder)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

The long-range goal of this project is to develop a molecular nanodevice, based on nucleic acid-protein conjugates, for the multiplexed, quantitative imaging of biomarkers in tissue samples and cultured cells.The Immuno-nanodecoder will be used for the accurate molecular characterization of skin cancer (melanoma) and glycogenosis type II cellular models and to evaluate the in vitro response to exp...
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High Performance Computing in Life Sciences, Engineering And Physics (HPC-LEAP)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

Progress in computers and algorithms in the last years has made numerical simulation and modelling a key research methodology in both academia and industry, which in turn drives exascale computing in order to maintain excellence in research and innovation. A disruptive evolution in computer technologies is required for attaining exascale performances in the coming years bringing challenges that ur...
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"Nature-inspired theranostic nanodevices for tumor imaging, early diagnosis and targeted drug-release" (NATURE NANODEVICES)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

"Late diagnosis and difficult treatment represent major obstacles in the fight against cancer. I propose here the development of self-regulated theranostic nanodevices supporting both early cancer diagnosis and targeted, tumor-cell-specific drug-release. Specifically, I will exploit the “designability” of nucleic acids to design and optimize molecular nanodevices that undergo binding-induced confo...
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New eddy-simulation concepts and methodologies for frontier problems in Turbulence (NewTURB)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

Advances in transportation, energy harvesting, chemical processing, climatology, atmospheric and marine pollution are obstructed by the lack of understanding of turbulence. The turbulent energy transfer toward small-scales is characterized by highly non-Gaussian and out-of-equilibrium fluctuations that cannot be described by mean-field theories or traditional closure approximations. State-of-the-a...
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The Fablab for geodata-driven innovation - by leveraging Space data in particular, in Universities 2.0 (FabSpace 2.0)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

FabSpace 2.0 aims at making universities open innovation centres for their region and improving their contribution to the performance of societies. It will concentrate on one innovation area with high expected socio-economic and environmental impact: geodata-driven innovation, by leveraging space data in particular.When Universities must endorse a new role as co-creators of innovations in the cont...
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A Personalised Integrated Care Approach for Service Organisations and Care Models for Patients with Multi-Morbidity and Chronic Conditions (PICASO)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

The vision of the PICASO project is that it will become a Europe-wide Continuum of Care service platform that:will improve cooperation and exchange of knowledge between professional caregivers in health, rehabilitation and social care domains and actively include patients and their relatives in the integrated care settings thus supporting patient empowerment and self-care;will bring about improvem...
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Production technology to achieve low Cost and Highly Efficient phOtovoltaic Perovskite Solar cells (CHEOPS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

The aim of CHEOPS is to develop very low-cost but highly performing photovoltaic (PV) devices based on the emerging perovskite (PK) technology. At lab scale (20%. But only few attempts at upscaling have been made, yielding significantly reduced efficiencies 14% stable for aperture area in modules >15x15cm2). This will demonstrate the potential of PK as a very low-cost technology (target 29% on 2x2...
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Eliciting Mucosal Immunity to Tuberculosis (EMI-TB)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Tuberculosis (TB) is a global health problem, killing 1.5 million of people every year. The only currently available vaccine, Mycobacterium bovis BCG, is effective against severe childhood forms, but it demonstrates a variable efficacy against the pulmonary form of TB in adults. Many of these adult TB cases result from the reactivation of an initially controlled, latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...
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A mood-indexed database of scores, lyrics, musical excerpts, vector-based 3D animations, and dance video recordings (MUSICAL-MOODS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2015, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

The project aims at the development of an online database of scores, lyrics and musical excerpts, vector-based 3D animations, and dance video recordings, indexed by mood. Such a taxonomy of relations between the musical, linguistic and motion domains will be aimed at interactive music systems and music making. For realising the database, digital scores inclusive of lyrics will be gathered from col...
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Long-term, prospective study evaluating clinical and molecular biomarkers of epileptogenesis in a genetic model of epilepsy – tuberous sclerosis complex (EPISTOP)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

Despite a great progress in the management of epilepsy, still one third of patients is refractory to available medications. The incidence of epilepsy is highest in infancy and 50% of children experience epilepsy-related comorbidities, such as developmental delay and autism. The development of epilepsy (epileptogenesis), extensively studied in animals, is barely studied in humans, as patients usual...
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Microbubble driven multimodal imaging and theranostics for gliomas (THERAGLIO)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

Microbubbles (MBs) are used as contrast agent in ultrasound (US) imaging for a variety of tumours while little has been done for glioblastomas, a rare cancer. Intraoperative Contrast-Enhanced US-imaging (CEUS) using lipidic MBs hold promises in increasing extent of resection of such tumors. Furthermore, MBs gained recently interest as a delivery system for drugs. We will develop a new generation o...
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The Academic Research Network on Agencification of EU Executive Governance

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

EU agencies have now become a core element within efforts to establish good EU governance. Yet, this agencification process is also a cause for critical concern, especially as regards legitimate and effective agency-led administration. This project aims to fill two particular lacunae in current agency research by:• Promoting in-depth multi- and interdisciplinary research to integrate isolated disc...
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Advanced Flow Battery Energy Storage Systems in a Microgrid Network (GREENERNET)

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

The GREENERNET project will develop a new highly innovative organic redox flow battery, integrated in an optimized microgrid infrastructure operated by an intelligent Energy Management System.The redox flow battery is a promising technology for both medium and large-scale renewable and grid energy storage, but is limited by its high price, low energy density and poor stability of the electrolyte s...
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Getting Ready for EST (GREST)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2018,

The present project is intended to take the European Solar Telescope (EST) to the next level of development by undertaking crucial activities to improve the performance of current state-of-the-art instrumentation. Legal, industrial and socio-economic issues will also be addressed, as key questions for the attainment of EST. The particular developments and strategic tasks proposed here can be summa...
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Modelling stability of organic phosphorescent light-emitting diodes (MOSTOPHOS)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2018,

The lifetime, reliability, and efficiency of organic light emitting diodes (OLED) are critical factors precluding a number of novel devices from entering the market. Yet, these stability issues of OLEDs are poorly understood due to their notorious complexity, since multiple degradation and failure channels are possible at different length- and timescales. Current experimental and theoretical model...
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Graphene-based disruptive technologies (GrapheneCore1)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

This project is the second in the series of EC-financed parts of the Graphene Flagship. The Graphene Flagship is a 10 year research and innovation endeavour with a total project cost of 1,000,000,000 euros, funded jointly by the European Commission and member states and associated countries. The first part of the Flagship was a 30-month Collaborative Project, Coordination and Support Action (CP-CS...
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DEsigning new Paths in The differentiation Hyperspace (DEPTH)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

"The adult human organism contains heterogeneous reservoirs of pluripotent stem cells characterized by a diversified differentiation potential. Understanding their biology at a system level would advance our ability to selectively activate and control their differentiation potential. Aside from the basic implications this would represent a substantial progress in regenerative medicine by providing...
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LIFE-PLA4COFFEE

Start date: Jul 16, 2015, End date: Jan 15, 2018,

Background About 10 billion coffee capsules are sold worldwide each year (2010 estimate), generating 120 000 tonnes of waste, of which some 70 000 tonnes is generated in Europe. In Italy, 12 000 tonnes of capsules (plastic/aluminium and coffee grounds) are disposed of annually in landfills and incinerators. Capsules cannot be recycled at municipal facilit...
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Cost-reduction through material optimisation and Higher EnErgy outpuT of solAr pHotovoltaic modules - joining Europe’s Research and Development efforts in support of its PV industry (CHEETAH)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Europe has invoked the SET-Plan to design and implement an energy technology policy for Europe to accelerate the development and deployment of cost-effective renewable energy systems, including photovoltaics. With lower cost of solar electricity, PV could significantly contribute to the achievements of the 20-20-20 objectives.The Joint Program on PV of the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA-P...
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Solar Facilities for the European Research Area-Second Phase (SFERA-II)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Solar Energy, as the primary source of renewable energy, will contribute a major part of this share, and its conversion by concentrating technologies for concentrating solar power (CSP) and heat generation has long been proven cost-effective for a wide range of applications. Several CSP projects have recently been put into operation. Some 2.400 MW are under construction and several GW are in advan...
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Monitoring biodiversity by a Citizen Science approach for solving environmental problems (CSMON-LIFE)

Start date: Jun 2, 2014, End date: Dec 2, 2017,

Background The increasing loss of biodiversity can be attributed to the influence of human beings on the world’s ecosystems. The EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy foresees various actions with the aim of halting the loss of biodiversity, conserving and restoring natural habitats, and maintaining and enhancing ecosystems and their services. This strategy req...
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Multi-frequency multi-mode Terahertz screening for border checks (TERASCREEN)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

Security checks at borders are required to be increasingly thorough and fast. There are currently two types of technologies available for this application: those that automatically detect objects concealed on a person, and those that rely on human operator analysis and interpretation in order to classify or identify body-borne threats.The objective of TeraSCREEN is to combine these two capabiliti...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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