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Sustainable PoLymers from Algae Sugars and Hydrocarbons (SPLASH)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

The 4-year SPLASH project will develop a new biobased industrial platform using microalgae as a renewable raw material for the sustainable production and recovery of hydrocarbons and (exo)polysaccharides from the species Botryococcus braunii and further conversion to renewable polymers. The project comprises 20 partners of which 40% SME and several large corporates plus universities and research i ...
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"PHIDIAS: Phenotyping with a High-throughput, Intelligent, Distributed, and Interactive Analysis System" (PHIDIAS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

"In this proposal we present PHIDIAS, with the objective to provide an affordable, high-throughput, distributed, knowledge-sharing platform for phenotype collection and analysis. PHIDIAS will incorporate lessons learned from prior phenotyping efforts and will be a simple to use platform for acquiring (non-destructively and continuously) and analyzing phenotypes from plant experiments. Its novelty ...
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MODEL-BASED OPTIMIZATION & CONTROL FOR PROCESS-INTENSIFICATION IN CHEMICAL AND BIOPHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEMS (OPTICO)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

In response to world-wide changes in the chemical/biopharmaceutical industry, new market requirements for specific end-use product properties as well as to stricter energy, safety and environmental constraints a revolutionary approach is needed regarding equipment design, plant operation and new production paradigms that will result in better products and processes. Process intensification (PI) is ...
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"Microscopic Image Processing, Analysis, Classification and Modelling Environment" (MIRACLE)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

"The main objective of this exchange scheme is to establish a long-term research co-operation at an international level and to create new research opportunities in the emerging area of microscopic image processing. To this day, analysis of histology images of the human tissue biopsies remains the most reliable way of diagnosing and grading cancer. Our work on the computer-aided classification and ...
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Multiscale Modeling of Chemical and Biochemical Systems (MULTIMOD)

Start date: Dec 15, 2009, End date: Dec 14, 2013,

"The MULTIMOD Training Network will have duration of 48 months and will bring together 8 academic research groups with 5 industrial partners from 8 European countries to undertake innovative research and scientific research training in “Multi-Scale Computational Modeling of Chemical and Biochemical Systems”. The network will provide unique cross- and multi-disciplinary training opportunities for 1 ...
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The Microme Project: A Knowledge-Based Bioinformatics Framework for Microbial Pathway Genomics (Microme)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

The exponential increase in microbial genome and metagenome sequencing throughput has widened the gap between sequence and functional understanding. A clear picture of metabolic processes across the spectrum of bacterial species is essential to enable the exploitation of microbial genomics for the purposes of environmental biotechnology. The Microme project endeavors to extend the scope of microbi ...
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Forest biorefineries: Added-value from chemicals and polymers by new integrated separation, fractionation and upgrading technologies (AFORE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

The approach of AFORE project is to develop novel, industrially adaptable and techno-economically viable bio-based solutions for the separation, fractionation, and primary upgrading of green chemicals from forest residues, wood chips, and chemical pulping liquors to be used as starting materials for current and novel value-added applications. It is targeted that by this means European forest and p ...
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European e-freight capabilities for co-modal transport (E-FREIGHT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

The key issues that will be addressed in e-Freight are:1. Intra-European trade is complicated due to disconnected logistic chains. This hindrance conflicts with the legitimate ambition of achieving a European maritime transport space without barriers. Linked to these issues is the broader need for simplification and harmonisation of regulatory requirements and accelerated development of EU and Nat ...
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International Demonstrations of Platform for Transport Planning and Travel Information (VIAJEO)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

"The VIAJEO project will design, demonstrate and validate an open platform which will be able to: support the transport operations, planning and a wide range of traveller information services; deliver dynamic information independent from the language to improve their provision of transport information and traveller services through integrated traffic data collection and management; deliver a solu ...
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Urban Freight Energy Efficiency Pilot (FREILOT)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

Transportation of goods is a key enabler for European economy to maintain its competitiveness. However, the same transportation brings other, less positive effects, such as CO2 emissions, contributing to the global gas house effect. Therefore, reduction of fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and emissions of other pollutants is one of the biggest challenges for the road transport today.The specific en ...
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Inter-sectoral mobility of researchers in South-Eastern Europe (I-SEEMOB)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

The I-SEEMob project is a bottom-up policy coordination initiative undertaken by 8 countries in the region of South-eastern Europe (SEE). The proposal focuses on the specific research policy issue of enhancing the career development and the intersectoral mobility of R&D personnel in SEE. The aim of the project is to develop a set of policy recommendations targeting national governments for the rem ...
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Weather Extremes: Assessment of impacts on Transport Systems and Hazards for European Regions (WEATHER)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

"The WEATHER project aims at adding to the current state of knowledge on the impacts of extreme weather events on economy and society in total and on European transport systems in particular. The project starts from the broad picture of climate scenarios and breaks them down to specific regions. Economic growth models are applied to study the impacts on economy and society and the inter-relations ...
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"Technologies for Synthesis, Recycling and Combustion of Metallic Nanoclusters as Future Transportation Fuels" (COMETNANO)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

"COMETNANO project is an integrated approach of metallic-nanoparticles synthesis, their controlled combustion in internal combustion engines and regeneration of the respective metal-oxides via reduction by renewable means. The main objectives of COMETNANO project are the following: -The production of tailor-made metal fuel nanoparticles with controllable combustion rate. -The utilization of an en ...
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Biometric European Stakeholders Network (BEST NETWORK)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

The main objective of BEST NETWORK is to bring together knowledge and hands-on experience with biometric deployments, addressing gaps in the gathering and dissemination of best practices, lessons learned in the scope of studies, pilots and deployments on European and Member States level.Recent experiences with biometrics-enabled systems and services have revealed issues beyond accuracy of identifi ...
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NOVEL EFFICIENT CATALYSTS FOR BIO-SYNGAS CONVERSION TO C2-C4 ALCOHOLS (GAS2ALCO)

Start date: Mar 16, 2009, End date: Mar 15, 2012,

"Bioethanol is currently produced primarily by fermentation of sugars, an expensive and energy intensive process. Gasification of biomass to synthesis gas (H2/CO), followed by catalytic conversion of syngas, could produce significant amounts of fuel grade C2-C4 alcohols that can be blended in gasoline. However, the catalytic conversion of syngas to higher alcohols still remains challenging and no ...
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High Efficient and Reliable arrangeMEnts for CroSsmodal Transport (HERMES)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

"HERMES project will provide development and analysis of new mobility schemes and associated organisational patterns at the interface and interconnection between long distance transport networks and local/regional transport network. Although these are conceptually simple operations, requiring only some real-time telecommunication, there are organizational and contractual difficulties in its realis ...
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Trans-national co-operation among National Contact Points for Marie Curie Actions (People NCP’s) (PeopleNetwork)

Start date: Aug 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

National Contact Points (NCPs) play a crucial role in the Framework Programme as providers of information and assistance to potential participants (applicants) of new projects and contractors in on-going projects. They reach out to the European research community in order to inform and raise awareness about the funding opportunities of the Framework Programme, to advise and assist potential applic ...
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Swarm of Micro Flying Robots (sFly)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

Description Micro helicopter design, vision-based motion estimation and 3D reconstruction without GPS In the sFLY project autonomous micro helicopters are about to play major roles in tasks like search and rescue, security surveillance and law enforcement. The ability to fly allows to avoid obstac ...
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Stimulate Sustainable Freight Transport Systems with Latin American countries (ENABLE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

"The primary aim of the proposed project ENABLE is to contribute to the external relations of EU with Latin American countries, specifically Argentina and Brazil, in the area of co-modal and intermodal freight transport. The project will stimulate sustainable freight transport systems with Latin American countries.In order to achieve this aim, the work plan of ENABLE entails inventories and surve ...
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European Career of Researchers (E*CARE)

Start date: Aug 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2011,

"The overall goal of the E*CARE project is cogently formulated as follows: to strengthen the services of ERA-MORE members in support of researchers’ mobility, and to enhance the collaboration among Mobility Centres with different background on the basis of shared experience, practices and tools. The wider strategic goal of the project is to support EC efforts for building a single labour market fo ...
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Enhancing The Outreach and Effectiveness of the Partners in the EURAXESS Services Network (EURAXESS T.O.P.)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

"The objective of this proposal is to reinforce the quality, effectiveness and coherence of the services provided by the EURAXESS Services Network for mobile researchers. It will achieve this objective by promoting trans-national co-operation along with identification, refinement and exchange of best practice. The actions will focus on enhancing the local and overall performance of the network and ...
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Materials and components for Hydrogen production by sulphur based thermochemical cycles (HycycleS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2011,

HycycleS aims at the qualification and enhancement of materials and components for key steps of thermochemical cycles for solar or nuclear hydrogen generation. The focus of HycycleS is the decomposition of sulphuric acid which is the central step of the sulphur based family of those processes, especially the hybrid sulphur cycle and the sulphur-iodine cycle. Breakthrough developments are targeted ...
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Researchers' Night 2010: The Greek Events (ReN2010)

Start date: Jun 15, 2010, End date: Jan 14, 2011,

In 2010, five partners will organise four events in respective major Greek cities: Thessaloniki, Volos, Patras, Heraklion. The events have been carefully designed in such a way so as to target audience from all ages and backgrounds. The selected venues are spacious and can host with comfort, both outdoors and indoors, the thousands of participants that are expected. Dozens of researchers (both mal ...
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Concerted coordination for the promotion of efficient multimodal interfaces (DELTA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2010,

"Regions suffering from strong and seasonal variations of transport demand face growing problems, such as congestion, environmental pollution, energy loss and increased travel times. Furthermore, multimodal interfaces linking the various means serving these regions do not exist, passenger trips are organized on the basis of empirical estimations and there is ad-hoc handling of seasonal demand. O ...
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Visual Analytics - Mastering the Information Age (VisMaster CA)

Start date: Aug 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2010,

One of the most important challenges of the emerging Information Age is to effectively utilise the immense wealth of information and data acquired, computed and stored by modern information systems. On the one hand, the appropriate use of available information volumes offers large potential to realize technological progress and business success. On the other hand, there exists the severe danger th ...
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i-Travel - Service Platform for the Connected Traveller (iTravel)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2009,

“i-Travel” is an original concept that combines three key innovations. The goal of the overall i-Travel IP is to develop, validate and demonstrate an innovative solution for:- (1) a personalised, context-aware online “virtual travel assistant” service for travellers, both before and throughout their journey, based on (2) the integration of e-commerce and internet technologies to create the firs ...
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Methodology for evaluation of project impacts in the field of transport (METRONOME)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2009,

"An extensive amount of transport research projects have been conducted in the past EU Framework Programmes. Traditionally, the projects have been grouped under mode specific themes aiming to-wards commonly defined objectives for those themes. In Policy oriented transport research projects sustainable mobility has often been the key objective, in technology oriented projects the focus has been mor ...
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