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EUROPLANET 2020 Research Infrastructure (EPN2020-RI)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

The Europlanet 2020 Research Infrastructure (EPN2020-RI) will address key scientific and technological challenges facing modern planetary science by providing open access to state-of-the-art research data, models and facilities across the European Research Area. Its Transnational Access activities will provide access to world-leading laboratory facilities that simulate conditions found on planetar ...
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NANOSCIENCE FOUNDRIES AND FINE ANALYSIS - EUROPE (NFFA-Europe)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

NFFA-EUROPE will implement the first open-access research infrastructure as a platform supporting comprehensive projects for multidisciplinary research at the nanoscale extending form synthesis to nanocharacterization to theory and numerical simulation. The integration and the extension of scope of existing specialized infrastructures within an excellence network of knowledge and know-how will ena ...
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Advancing the European Multilingual Experience (ATHEME)

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

"The project Advancing The European Multilingual Experience (AThEME) takes an integrated approach towards the study of multilingualism in Europe by incorporating and combining linguistic, cognitive and sociological perspectives; by studying multilingualism in Europe at three different levels of societal magnitude, viz. the individual multilingual citizen, the multilingual group, and the multilingu ...
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Science, Technology, and Society Initiative to minimize Unwanted Catches in European Fisheries (MINOUW)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

The complexity of the problem of banning discards and bringing all unwanted catches to land makes it necessary to follow a multi-actor approach, whereby scientists, fisheries technologists, fish producers and NGOs work collaboratively to provide the scientific and technical basis to achieve the gradual elimination of discards in European marine fisheries. The project’s overall objective is to mini ...
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Life in a cold climate: the adaptation of cereals to new environments and the establishment of agriculture in Europe (ADAPT)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

"This project explores the concept of agricultural spread as analogous to enforced climate change and asks how cereals adapted to new environments when agriculture was introduced into Europe. Archaeologists have long recognized that the ecological pressures placed on crops would have had an impact on the spread and subsequent development of agriculture, but previously there has been no means of di ...
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MANAGING THE EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE STRESSORS ON AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS UNDER WATER SCARCITY (GLOBAQUA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

Water and water-related services are major components of the human wellbeing, and as such are major factors of socio-economic development in Europe; yet freshwater systems are under threat by a variety of stressors (organic and inorganic pollution, geomorphological alterations, land cover change, water abstraction, invasive species and pathogens. Some stressors, such as water scarcity, can be a st ...
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MagIC – Magnonics, Interactions and Complexity: a multifunctional aspects of spin wave dynamics (MagIC)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

The artificial patterning of nanoscale structures provides an excellent opportunity for modifying spectra of their excitations, and therefore for designing materials with unforeseen properties. Newly created materials (photonic, magnonic or plasmonic) serve as promising candidates for technological applications in integrated devices with smart functionalities for optoelectronic applications, nanos ...
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European Joint Doctorate in Organocatalysis and Sustainable Polymers (SUSPOL)

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

SUSPOL-EJD is an European Joint Doctorate in “Organocatalysis and Sustainable Polymers”. SUSPOL-EJD is set up by a consortium formed by four Academic beneficiaries: University of Bordeaux (FR), University of the Basque Country (SP), University of Mons (B) and University of Warwick (UK). Furthermore, six industrial organizations: BASF (D), Purac Corbion (NL), Critical Pharma (UK), Synthomer (UK), I ...
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Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling (TCCM)

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

Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling (TCCM) is emerging as a powerful tool to help in the rational design of new products and materials for pharmaceutical, chemical, energy, computer, and new-materials industries. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to go beyond the traditional electronic structure studies, and merge complementary techniques that are normally not available at a sing ...
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Training of Innovative, Creative and Entrepreneurial Researchers in Waterborne Dispersed Polymers (TRACKWAY)

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

TRACKWAY aims at training the next generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative researchers combining projects at the frontline of the research in functional dispersed polymers with interdisciplinary training in transferable and specialized skills. Based on the synergetic collaboration between BASF, a leading industry in dispersed polymers and University of the Basque Country, a reputed ...
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Innovative Polymers for Energy Storage (IPES)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

iPes project aims to provide adequate support to Dr. David Mecerreyes (DM) who is at the stage of consolidating an independent research team. During his scientific career, DM has demonstrated creative thinking and excellent capacity to carry out research and going beyond the state of the art. His meritorious record of research, scientific publications (128 ISI articles, h index = 33), project conc ...
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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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Coupling dimerisation and metathesis reactions to produce propene from ethanol using heterogeneous catalysts and microreactor systems (COUPCAT)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

Biomass-derived molecules contain excess oxygen that must be removed to render as fuel or chemicals. Due to feedstock fluctuations, ethanol and ethene are becoming key components to overcome these challenges. Given the current bioethanol (fermentation) and ethene (crackers) excess, and the propene shortage in Europe, alternative routes are required. During the outgoing phase under the supervision ...
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Cross-sectorial real-time sensing, advanced control and optimisation of batch processes saving energy and raw materials (RECOBA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

In many aspects batch processes are superior to continuous. Therefore it is worthwhile to take advantage of recent progress in sensor technologies, modelling and automation to develop a new paradigm for the design and conduction of batch processes: a) operation at maximum efficiency, b) dynamic, quality driven process trajectories rather than fixed schedules c) detailed analysis and tracking of al ...
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Small cEllS coordinAtion for Multi-tenancy and Edge services (SESAME)

Start date: Jul 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

SESAME targets innovations around three central elements in 5G: the placement of network intelligence and applications in the network edge through Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) and Edge Cloud Computing; the substantial evolution of the Small Cell concept, already mainstream in 4G but expected to deliver its full potential in the challenging high dense 5G scenarios; and the consolidation o ...
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Network for Sensor Knowledge Transfer (IBS-NETWORK)

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

The aim of Research Exchange programme Ionophore Based Sensor Network (IBS-NETWORK) is to establish the scientific basis from which the utility and potential for IBSs can be extended in a range of new sectors. To achieve this requires the combined expertise from a number of disciplines and backgrounds, including analytical science focused on IBSs, organic synthesis, material science, microfluidics ...
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Geophysical Exploration using Advanced GAlerkin Methods (GEAGAM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

The main objective of this Marie Curie RISE action is to improve and exchange interdisciplinary knowledge on applied mathematics, high performance computing, and geophysics to be able to better simulate and understand the materials composing the Earth's subsurface. This is essential for a variety of applications such as CO2 storage, hydrocarbon extraction, mining, and geothermal energy production, ...
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Magnetoelectric couplings in solids and related phenomena: First-principles theory (MagnetoOrbital)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

This proposal deals with theoretical and computational studies of megnetoelectric couplings and related phenomena in solds.The first goal is to develop and apply first-principles methods capable to describing the full magnetoelectric response ofantiferromagnetic insulators to static fields. Previous work has successfully deal with the response associated with the spin of theelectrons, but the orb ...
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REsettable Hold-Down and Release ACTuator (REACT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

Unrestricted access to Space low shock non-explosive actuators has been identified as an urgent action by the European Commission, the European Space Agency and the European Defence Agency. Project REACT proposal is oriented to permit the unrestricted access of Europe to the technology of high reliable non-explosive actuators based on SMA (Shape Memory Alloy) technology. The REACT (REsettable Hold ...
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Implementation of Demonstrative & Innovative Strategies to reduce the use of phytosanitary products in viticulture (LIFE FITOVID)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Background Pesticides are used in viticulture to maintain a good level of pest prevention in vineyards. Fungicides are applied to control fungal pathogens that can cause devastating diseases, such as grapevine downy and powdery mildews. Treatment of these diseases generates resistance in pathogens, which can result in application of higher doses and use ...
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Organic Bioelectronics (ORGBIO)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Organic Bioelectonics is a new discipline which holds promise to shape, direct, and change future medical treatments in a revolutionary manner over the next decades. At the moment Europe has a unique leading position in this area, being almost all the world-leading groups in this field located in Europe and constituting the core of this international training network. However, realizing the promis ...
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Affordable and Adaptable Public Buildings through Energy Efficient Retrofitting (A2PBEER)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

Buildings consume about 40% of total final energy in Europe, and those built before 1980 represent 95% of this energy consumption. The low renovation rate of building stock (1% per year) means that boosting energy efficient buildings’ retrofitting is the only way to reach EU’s “20-20-20” targets. The higher impact will be achieved through interventions in non-residential buildings, as their energy ...
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The formation of the state in Early Medieval Castile: craft production and social complexity (EARMEDCASTILE)

Start date: Jul 8, 2015, End date: Jul 7, 2017,

The main goal of the project is to analyse the emergency and the collapse of states in the Early Middle Ages through the study of production and distribution systems, which are consider a marker of social and political complexity. The project is based on two main axes: first at all, an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of pottery would have the capability of revealing the political backgr ...
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NAPES - Next Generation Analytical Platforms for Environmental Sensing (NAPES)

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

GOALS:The current state-of-the-art for autonomous environmental instruments monitoring the chemical and biological status of our water is based on flow systems that employ conventional approaches to sample/liquid handling, which makes them prohibitively expensive (often >€20K per unit) in terms of up-scaling deployments. This project will investigate ways to deliver revolutionary advances in liqui ...
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Multifunctional luminescent and magnetic nanoparticles for advanced biomedical applications (LUMIMAGNET-NANO)

Start date: May 18, 2015, End date: May 17, 2017,

The key goals of the “LUMIMAGNET-NANO” project are: (a) the training of a talented young researcher, Dr. Rosa Martín-Rodríguez, in the fast growing field of science, technology and industrial applications of nanomedicine, where the host and partner institutions have a critical knowledge and expertise; and, (b) the design, development and optimisation of cost-efficient magnetic nanoparticles with m ...
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Identification of new molecular and genetic basis of ammonium use efficiency in plants (AMUSE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

"Sustainable agriculture means to maintain equilibrium between obtaining a product at the best possible yield and with the best possible quality at the same time that the minimum environmental impact is provoked. Among the major challenges that the European Commission Horizon 2020 describes to be faced by researchers in the near future for building a better society, resources efficiency and sustai ...
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Generation and detection of many-particle entanglement in quantum optical systems (GEDENTQOPT)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

"During the last decade, quantum entanglement has been intensively studied within quantum information science and has also appeared as a natural goal of recent quantum experiments. Because of that the theoretical background of detecting entanglement has been rapidly developing. However, most of this development concentrated on bipartite or few-party entanglement, while today's experiments typicall ...
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Archaeology of Commons: cultural Heritage and Material Evidence of a Disappearing Europe (ARCHIMEDE)

Start date: Sep 3, 2014, End date: Feb 20, 2017,

The main goal of the project is to attain the intimate social dimension at the base of the common lands management in the context of South Europe Mountain regions, by means of historical and archaeological analysis.The existence of common lands, the complexity of their different uses and the permanence of common rights on lands were crucial in shaping rural landscapes, so they are nowadays protect ...
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Coupling effects in magnetic patterned nanostructures (COEF-MAGNANO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

The scientific objective of this programme is to achieve a comprehensive knowledge of magnetically coupled systems of reduced dimensionality. Spin configuration, magnetic and electrical properties of patterned nanostructures will be investigated in three kinds of magnetically coupled materials: antiferromagnetic / ferromagnetic (AF/FM), very thin multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy and super ...
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Expanding Capability in Heterocyclic Organic Synthesis (ECHONET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

"ECHONET is an Initial Training Network (ITN) comprising 8 full network participants from 6 countries, spanning 6 academic institutions and two private sector organisations, the latter representing SME and Global fine chemicals companies. The network is also supported by 2 associated partners from the private sector. Taken together, the consortium will offer research training and generic skills de ...
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Innovative Ionic polymers from Natural Sources for Energy&Environment (IONRUN)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

IONRUN (Innovative Ionic polymers from Natural Sources for Energy&Environment) International Research StaffScheme aims to stregthen research partnerships through staff exchanges and networking activities between threeEuropean Research organizations: University of the Basque Country (Spain), University Cergy-Pontoise (France) andUniversity Nova of Lisbon (Portugal) and five non-EU Research Organiza ...
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End-user driven DEmo for cbrNe (EDEN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

The accidental or deliberate release of CBRNE materials are low probability events that can have a significant impact on citizens and society. Whenever and wherever they occur, they usually require a gradual and multi-facetted response as they tend to provoke severe and unexpected physical, psychological, societal, economical and political effects that cross EU-borders. Successful CBRNE resilience ...
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Polymer - Carbon Nanotubes Active Systems for Photovoltaics (POCAONTAS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

Organic solar cells (OSC) feature several advantages over “classical” silicon solar cells: low cost, energy effective production, low weight and semi-transparency. This makes them apt for novel applications like, building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) with high market potential. However, both the efficiency and the long-term stability must be enhanced for OSCs to become profitable. POCAONTAS wil ...
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TRAINING NETWORK ON ORGANIC OPTOELECTRONICS INTEGRATED WITH LIVING SYSTEMS FOR NEUROSCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS AND APPLICATIONS (OLIMPIA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

"OLIMPIA is a training network initiative built on research and development of innovative organic optoelectronic devices interfaced and integrated with living systems. The living systems of choice are neural cells (glia and neuron) that will be interfaced and integrated in vitro and in vivo with different organic electronic and optoelectronic devices (such as OLED, OFET/OLET, OECT, OPD). The major ...
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More Medicines for Tuberculosis (MM4TB)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

The More Medicines for Tuberculosis (MM4TB) consortium evolved from the highly successful FP6 project, New Medicines for TB (NM4TB), that delivered a candidate drug for clinical development two years ahead of schedule. Building on these firm foundations and exploiting its proprietary pharmacophores, MM4TB will continue to develop new drugs for TB treatment. An integrated approach will be impleme ...
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Novel Amide Based Polymeric ionic Liquids: Potential Candidates for CO2 capture (NABPIL)

Start date: Jun 19, 2014, End date: Jun 18, 2016,

Global warming is certainly an alarming environmental issue at present owing to rising CO2 level in the atmosphere that needs to be addressed instantly1. Carbon dioxide has been proven to be a greenhouse gas (GHG), which contributes to the increase in earth’s surface temperature, ocean acidity and air toxicity, and may cause adverse climate changes. Existing scenario reveals the demand to reduce C ...
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Photophysics of Fluorescent Proteins (PhotoProtein)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

Fluorescent fusion tags have revolutionized many fields in molecular biology. Since the first applications of the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) extracted from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria, the photophysical properties of the protein have been improved and modified to optimize their application in various novel in vivo imaging techniques. These applications exploit, unique properties of fluore ...
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Bio-based polyurethane composites with natural fillers (BIOPURFIL)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

"The overall aim of this proposal is to create multinational partnership between European and South American research teams in order to exchange knowledge and experience concerning ""state of the-art"". Such solution will strengthen research cooperation and transfer ofknowledge between partners from Poland (Cracow University of Technology), Latvia (Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry), Spain ...
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Computer simulations of thermally excited molecules and materials by first principles (TEMM1P)

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

With the rapid development of computational sciences and of high-performance computing, first principles computer simulations have become a standard for the simulation of processes in physics, chemistry, biology and materials science. Moreover, the quality of first principles methods, most of all of density-functional theory, reached recently that of experiments, which allows the prediction of new ...
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Investigating Speech Processing in Realistic Environments (INSPIRE)

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

In everyday life, people listen to speech under a wide range of conditions that are “non-optimal” relative to the controlled conditions in laboratory experiments. Classical research methods can only deal with the effects of individual “adverse” conditions. This has contributed to the fragmentation of speech communication research in numerous sub-disciplines that have little interaction. While each ...
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