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The RStone project investigates a pivotal period in human history: the Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS3), spanning roughly 59,000 to 28,000 years ago. This period is critical for understanding the biocultural evolution of our species, Homo sapi…

Difficulties in learning maths usually begin at the start of education and are robust over time. The number of students not reaching basic levels of maths achievement remains a major societal challenge, at a time when societies are increasi…

The interface between physical and digital domains is rapidly fading, raising questions about the ramifications that technological innovations have for organisations. Despite offering plenty of opportunities, a more digitalised world of wor…

Languages encode knowledge, culture, and identity, yet more than half of the world’s languages are currently endangered, and many are represented only through short, fragmentary wordlists. These sparse records restrict our ability to unders…

Given the immature cognitive abilities of infants at birth, caregivers connect with them by producing stereotyped infant-directed (ID) forms of speech and songs in which the acoustic features are modified. Although ID vocalisations are fund…

A breakthrough in precision diagnostics and treatement for breast cancer Breast cancer diagnosis and treatment face persistent challenges, with current methods often lacking the precision and ease of use required for optimal patient care. E…

Additive manufacturing (AM), often referred to as 3D printing, is transforming traditional manufacturing by enabling unprecedented design flexibility, rapid prototyping, and customization. However, significant challenges remain, such as con…

Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) have the potential to provide efficient and sustainable transportation. However, road safety of autonomous driving remains a critical challenge, the lack of which hinders their widespread adoption an…

Scientific progress is strongly linked to developments in methods of characterization - to control something, we need to understand it, and to understand something, we need to be able to probe it. For example, it would be hard to imagine mo…

NMR-IMPROV introduces an innovative approach to examining the properties of dairy products through advanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) relaxation techniques, including Fast Field Cycling and Time-Domain NMR. This concept is based on t…

Towards the forthcoming transition to a fully connected world (e.g., Internet of Senses, digital twins), support of connected intelligence requires service advertisement, discovery, negotiation and management that goes beyond the complexity…

Catastrophic sediment release in fluvial systems is largely driven by landsliding, which occurs naturally during large earthquakes (e.g., November 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, New Zealand) or climatic events in mountain belts (e.g., Oct…

This project developed new tools to give European citizens greater transparency and control over their smartphones and other smart devices. European citizens rely on billions of smart electronic devices in their daily lives, from smartphone…

6thSense follows a holistic approach to address these challenges by: (WP1) Going beyond traditional sub-6GHz systems and enabling sensing in new B5G/6G communication bands, i.e., millimetre-wave and visible light; (WP2) Addressing distribut…

Last-mile delivery (LMD) is the final stage of the logistics process, where goods move from a hub or distribution center to the customer. It is widely recognized as the most expensive and operationally challenging segment of the logistics c…

Recent breakthroughs in the field of quantum technologies combining academic and R&D efforts have demonstrated the potential of quantum networks for major applications such as long-distance secure communication or quantum cloud computing. O…

The formation and evolution of massive galaxies is reasonably well understood in the context of the successful standard ΛCDM formalism. Such simulations of cosmic evolution, however, lead to serious challenges in the regime of very faint ga…

Soft biological tissues—such as skin, vessels, and tumors—exhibit highly complex mechanical behavior driven by nonlinear, time-dependent, and multiphysical interactions. Traditional models often treat these effects in isolation, failing to…

Large bone defects caused by trauma, disease, or ageing represent a growing clinical challenge in Europe, particularly in an ageing population. Current treatments heavily rely on bone grafts taken from the patient or donors, which are limit…

For the first 24 months of the project, the project has been implemented in line with the overall objectives. In terms of theoretical advances, we have had new results on the study of tensor spaces (objective 1), including generalized addit…

The aim of the MSCA-DN project CaLiForNIA is to provide a novel interdisciplinary training to a new generation of researchers in the key theoretical areas of Cartan geometry, Lie theory, and representation theory, as well as their quantum c…

Historically, major storms, the associated storm surges and rainfall have posed the biggest threat to life and property around coastlines and along rivers. However, in the age of global warming and accompanying sea level rise the confluence…

Structural components made from composite materials are increasingly used in transport, aerospace, renewable energy, marine structures and other safety-critical engineering systems because they are lightweight, strong and corrosion resistan…

The adoption of renewable hydrogen as green fuel and energy storage is key to achieve the European Green Deal. However, its large-scale storage is still facing significant challenges.

A sustainable climate and an ecosystem-friendly economy demands novel "cell factories", in which organisms convert renewable biomass into various biomaterials that would otherwise be derived from fossil fuels or (harsh) chemistry. Especiall…

The SCIBOS project (“State functionaries in Byzantium: a social and cultural study, 7th–9th c.”) aimed to investigate the career patterns, social status, mobility, networks and cultural identity of Byzantine officials through the systematic…

Cultural heritage is at risk. 65% of the global heritage stock is structurally deficient due to ageing, lack of maintenance, environmental exposure and natural and human-induced hazards.

Photosynthesis is a natural process that relies on harvesting solar energy and transforming it into chemical energy. In addition to its ecological importance, obtaining a better molecular-level understanding of photosynthesis, particularly…

The overall purpose of the project was to investigate the relations between Indigenous women and the non-human world, with particular attention to women’s traditional ecological knowledge, their ontological relations with animals, landscape…

It concerns the following changes: 1. GA termination (early termination) These change(s) are necessary for the following reason(s): Arthur Hrast-Essenfelder, the researcher who applied for the grant, decided to withdraw BEFORE the start of…

High-throughput experimental techniques have transformed the life sciences, enabling quantitative investigation of biological systems across scales, from molecules and cells to patients and populations. These technologies generate massive,…

FutureData4EU is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND programme designed to address the growing demand for highly skilled researchers capable of navigating the societal, economic and ethical challenges posed by data-driven transformations in Eur…

Europe is investing heavily in next-generation communication systems (6G) to ensure secure, resilient, and sustainable connectivity for all citizens. However, traditional terrestrial networks alone cannot guarantee reliable coverage in rura…

The RIA4FOOD project aims to meet growing global demand for nutritious, sustainable food by developing sea buckthorn (SB)-based functional foods with proven health benefits. It combines advanced profiling of SB varieties with optimized proc…

In the nineteenth century, during the transition from sail to steam, port cities were central hubs of imperial colonialism and capitalist economies, embedded in maritime networks linking local and regional economies to globalisation and the…

The REGENERATION project proposes an innovative, bioinspired, and integrated approach to the development of engineered bone tissues mimicking healthy and aged bone that will be used in bioreactors as in vitro bone models for preclinical dru…

The security of data has never been more valuable. Today, cryptography is critical to the safe operation of digital infrastructures.

Offshore energy infrastructure (OEI) plays a central role in the EU’s energy transition strategy. As offshore wind and other marine energy systems expand into deeper waters and sloping seabeds, their exposure to geohazards such as seismic s…

PorMatDesign set out to develop a computationally feasible framework for the multi-scale design and optimization of porous materials, whose microscopic structure determines their overall mechanical and hydraulic performance. Such materials…

HYLOGLOB aimed to reconstruct the specificities of a long-forgotten philosophical debate on the metaphysical constitution of nature that took place in 16th-century Europe. The main figures in this debate were all Aristotelian philosophers,…

The Q-JEPS project addresses one of the grand challenges in particle physics: simulating the behavior of strongly interacting particles, such as quarks and gluons, in extreme environments like those created in high-energy collisions at the…

This project aims to develop an automatic and reproducible analysis tool for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images based on machine learning and deep learning techniques, with the goal of extracting clinically relevant metrics to improve…

Unlike other cultural heritage materials, film preservation and restoration has received limited technical and scientific research, leaving many aspects of film materials and color processes largely unexplored. While digital image processin…

Previously seen as a ‘Celtic backwater’ during the expansion of the Carolingian empire, early medieval Brittany flourished as a hybrid region, blending cultural and intellectual traditions from Ireland, Britain, and Carolingian Europe. Anne…

In the Optical and WIreless sensors Networks for 6G scenarios (OWIN6G) MSCA DN project, key industry and academic stakeholders are brought together with the aim of developing a structured European training programme (TP) in optical technolo…

Biodiversity loss is ranked as one of the top 5 risks globally, both in impact and likelihood. Anticipated significant declines in bird and insect populations could trigger profound ecological catastrophes.

Europe’s medicines and chemicals sectors face twin pressures: accelerating discovery while increasing safety, transparency and sustainability. Recent developments in AI promise dramatic gains, yet “black-box” predictions are difficult to tr…

SCALE develops optimisation strategies to address real-world industrial applications aligning with the objectives of the European Green Deal and the Horizon Europe mission on Cancer. The Doctoral Candidates develop data-driven numerical CFD…

IVORY - ‘AI for Vision Zero in Road Safety’ is an industrial doctorates network aiming to develop a new framework for optimal integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in road safety research, and train a new generation of leading researc…

EarthSafe sets the stage for a transformational leap in the exploration and assessment of deep geothermal energy and critical minerals. As humanity approaches the third energy transition, the demand for low-carbon and renewable energy sourc…

Photonics is crucial for maintaining and increasing the competitiveness of EU industry, and light-based instruments are fundamental for non-invasive diagnostics and treatment of diseases, delivering huge economic benefits for national healt…

Time and energy limitations of modern computers have triggered the search for conceptually new approaches, also referred to as “unconventional computing”. The latest computational demands require the ability to deal with large and complex d…

The project an intelligent perovskite printing line tackles the problem of optimizing and controlling solution-processed hybrid perovskite solution films by employing state-of-the-art in situ characterization and Machine Learning methods. H…

To address the climate challenge and energy crisis, the European Union (EU) is transitioning to carbon neutrality, with wind power as the key driver. To fully exploit EU’s offshore wind resources, the strategy of constructing wind power hub…

The project addressed the urgent need for more energy-efficient cooling technologies, which are critical for a sustainable and climate-neutral society. Modern industries such as electronics, renewable energy, and transportation face increas…

Human skeletal remains can offer key information on diverse aspects of past life but, like all archaeological materials, they only give a glimpse into the life of past individuals; hence, a fragmented perspective into our ancestors’ lives.…

The project is positioned at the frontier of quantum photonics and metasurface engineering, addressing urgent global challenges in information and communication technologies. With the exponential growth of data traffic and the rise of 6G ne…

Aim: The REMEDY project will provide innovative interdisciplinary empirical research that explores the driver and health consequences of resistant behaviour against epidemic measures, leveraging social science insights, economic and statist…

The ability to feel is central to how humans interact with the world. We rely on our sense of touch to hold a pen, find keys in a pocket, or judge the texture and softness of an object often without needing to look.

Manufacturing is undergoing a major digital transformation. Over the last decade, advances in low-cost sensors, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence have made it possible for factories to become smart, adapting to changin…

There exists a direct relation between gas emissions and earth’s dynamics and climate: the impact of anthropogenic emissions and volcanic eruptions on the climate are well known and from the opposite, the effect of the climate on the volcan…

The transition toward climate neutrality needs rapid decarbonisation of both the electricity and transportation sectors, which together account for the majority of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. Electric vehicles (EVs) play a central r…

Metastasis—the spread of cancer from a primary tumor to distant organs—remains one of the most complex and least understood aspects of cancer progression, responsible for over 90% of cancer-related deaths. A key step in this process is the…

Photovoltaics is today a major pillar for a sustainable and clean electricity generation and contributes significantly to the reduction of carbon dioxide emission. The current technology is based on inorganic semiconductors, mainly crystall…

Modern software systems rarely run as a single, sequential program. They are /concurrent/: many activities run at the same time, often across several processors or machines in the cloud, and they communicate by exchanging messages.

The project explores the socio-economic dynamics of silk weavers’ migration between France and the Italian peninsula during the Early Modern period. By combining migration studies, labour and urban history, gender studies, the history of te…

The LeafMap project aimed to uncover how genetic networks influence the extraordinary diversity of leaf morphologies in flowering plants. While leaves of different species begin their development as morphologically indistinguishable primord…

Changes in rainfall patterns are a direct consequence of the current climate change. Climate projections indicate an intensification of extreme rainfall events (and floods), which will directly affect social, ecological, and economic system…

JASMINE tackles a critical PNT challenge: ensuring GNSS integrity and resilience in complex environments facing deliberate threats such as jamming and spoofing, requiring robust, intelligent, and scalable protection. The project’s overarchi…

It is acknowledged by International declarations and policy guidance documents that cultural heritage (CH) can contribute directly to many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including resilience and adaptation to climate change (S…

Drug development pipelines follow a stringent, costly, and time-consuming process to ensure patients’ safety. In 2024, those pipelines lasted 10 to 15 years, and the cost of their different steps, from drug (re)discovery to clinical trials,…

The central nervous system (CNS) oversees our interactions with the environment and a multitude of internal regulatory mechanisms. In addition, the human brain makes actions purposeful and meaningful.

The literature on microeconometric methods based on statistical learning techniques has grown substantially over the last decade, yet macroeconometrics literature lacks an understanding of such methods which could be applied to answer causa…

NOVITAS addressed the need for accurate, efficient and physically reliable numerical tools for the virtual design of ultra-thin deployable composite space structures, with particular focus on deployable booms, TRAC longerons, membranes and…

Many systems of interest can be described as a large number of particles that interact in a highly non-intuitive way. In pollution, for example, these particles can be fine dust or aerosol particles, in mobility they are individual vehicles…

The project has four concrete objectives being developed in the project’s work plan: O1. To value and consolidate a community of skilled staff on the wide area of data sovereignty, by means of proper secondments and training.

CaLIGOLA aims to cross-fertilize with ideas coming from Lie Theory, Integrable Systems and Quantum Groups, multidisciplinary fields, like quantum computing, vision algorithms and machine learning, which need a rigorous mathematical approach…

The REMARKABLE project addresses a critical global challenge: reducing the urban-rural digital divide by enabling transformative digital transformation in rural areas through Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies.…

The aim of VILLAGE is to re-examine the post-pandemic teaching processes and needs of engineering instructors and students for laboratory practice in a multidimensional, multicultural, and multidisciplinary context, and to determine roadmap…

The OptiQ project explores how quantum technologies can improve data processing, image analysis, and secure communication. While quantum computing holds great promise, current systems are still limited by hardware imperfections and computat…

In today's world, access to information thought of as the resolution of uncertainty; is often considered as a benefit or even as an indisputable human right. There is, however, the “dark side” of information: the abundance of data beyond on…

SME 5.0 is one of the first larger projects conducting specific research to prepare SMEs for Industry 5.0. SMEs are the backbone of Europeans (and worldwide) economy.

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are vital for enhancing road safety, alleviating traffic congestion, and saving energy in transport. However, due to the complex and dynamic operating environments of ITS including fast-moving vehicl…

The transportation sector is one of the leading contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. According to the European Environmental Agency in 2021, 22% of GHG emissions were contributed by the transportation sector, which is the second-…

CLOUDSTARS presents a joint research programme in the fields of Cloud computing and AI technologies. On one hand, CLOUDSTARS pursues innovation in the Cloud infrastructures to support the next generation of low-latency, high-performance com…

The GaitREHub project wants to provide an innovative solution - an Interactive Smart Wearable System for Personalized Gait Rehabilitation, by developing an interactive tool for rehabilitation at home with real-time tele-monitoring from the…

The CAPHE project is aimed towards fostering artistic collaboration and community engagement across various global locales, with a dedicated push on notion of hybrid environment as milieu of the action. What fuels the CAPHE project?

Music is an element that is present in our daily lives. There are different styles of music, including classical, jazz, pop, rock, etc.

Recent experiments with ultracold atoms, trapped ions, Rydberg atoms, and superconducting circuits succeeded in realizing quantum many-body states at unprecedented sizes and thus investigating their static and dynamical properties. These ac…

The joint doctoral project "Advanced computing, Quantum Algorithms, and data-Driven Approaches for Science, Technology, and Engineering (AQTIVATE)" provides an interdisciplinary training program for 15 Doctoral Candidates. Through this prog…

The SCION project is designed to advance the next generation of wireless networks. With the rapid growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), smart cities, and industrial automation, the need for ultra-fast, secure, and intelligent machine-to-m…

The aim of CONcISE is to develop novel, unconventional, multi-dimensional optical imaging techniques making use of structured-light, single-pixel imaging and adaptive, data-driven approaches for the detection and mapping of endogenous and e…

The main objective of the project is to identify current limitations and discrepancies of metabolomics datasets by studying how variances in metabolomics workflows can change outcomes in terms of metabolite annotation and identification, me…

In this project, an automatic memory design framework employing a specialized SRAM with tunable voltage levels is proposed to reduce energy consumption and alleviate the search complexity of the design space. The study is then planned to be…

Structural biology is being revolutionized by deep learning-based methods that produce high-quality protein structure models. However, current state-of-the-art prediction methods have a key limitation: they generate only static conformation…

Our planet is experiencing a rapid loss of biodiversity, and more species are threatened with extinction now than at any other point in human history. Habitat loss due to agricultural expansion, urbanization, land degradation, overexploitat…

The RELAX European Doctoral Network is training a cohort of 12 highly adaptable researchers to become experts in the design of scalable and efficient data-intensive software systems. The research fellows are learning to master the specific…

The MAGIC-MOLFUN doctorial network (DN) will train the next generation of specialists for transforming natural products research. They will be educated in a combination of wet-lab and computational skills to integrate genome mining and meta…

Soil is a finite resource, but the land we currently grow on is significantly degraded in many regions of the world. There is no more land that can be reclaimed for agricultural production, therefore one of the major food challenges we face…

As the standardization of 5G wireless networks progresses, the research community has started focusing on what 6G will be. Motivated by the need of ensuring high data-rates, while at the same time saving spectrum, a major technology that ha…

Recently, there has been a paradigm shift from the isolated focus on the health impact of single behaviours (physical activity, sedentary behaviour, sleep) to the combined health effects of 24/7 movement behaviours. Technological advancemen…

Geo-energies, such as geothermal energy, CO2 storage and underground energy storage, have a great potential to contribute to meet the Paris Agreement targets on climate change. Yet, their deployment has been hindered by a lack of a full und…

Machine learning methods operate on formal representations of the data at hand and the models or patterns induced from the data. They also assume a suitable formalization of the learning task itself (e.g., as a classification problem), incl…

In an era where fake news, disinformation, and hate speech proliferate across digital platforms, the integrity of democratic societies is increasingly under threat. The spread of manipulated narratives and misleading content has serious con…

PHYMOL trains researchers to develop accurate physical models, advance theoretical tools, and integrate them with machine learning to create robust molecular potentials for complex applications. The PHYMOL programme is international (throug…

Undoubtedly, fluorescence microscopy is a fundamental pillar supporting basic and applied research, particularly in biological and biomedical sciences. To the non-expert, fluorescence microscopy is primarily based on the analysis of fluores…

The ModConFlex (Modelling and Control of Flexible Structures Interacting with Fluids) project is centered around two main fields of application. The research provides theoretical foundations in two areas that can contribute to reach the Eur…

Bone is the second most transplanted tissue in the world, with a total of over four million operations using bone grafts or bone replacement materials. 5% of people who receive an implant, such as hip replacement, may require a revision sur…

Flow systems play a vital role in the operation and performance of modern aerospace applications. Understanding their physical behavior is crucial for developing new technologies that optimize the efficiency and safety of future generations…

The Anarchist Translation Flows and World Literature Project (ARGOT) - Grant agreement ID: 101065157 Anarchist periodicals worldwide historically offered readers an uncommon and often outlawed experience of world literature. Yet, their coun…

Modern societies are hyperconnected, relying on IoT devices in critical areas like healthcare, transport, industry, and homes. This connectivity brings convenience but also expands the “attack surface” for cyber threats.

Many key questions and challenges in research, industry, and society involve large and complex Chemical Reaction Networks (CRNs). Examples of such challenges include: understanding the regulation of metabolic networks in humans; planning an…

Teamwork is crucial to maintain safe and effective care There is ample evidence that effective teamwork is crucial to the provision of safe and effective patient care. In the last decade significant progress has been made to describe cognit…

The global transition towards carbon neutrality by 2050 necessitates innovative solutions for decarbonising energy-intensive industries (EIIs). The ENCODING project (Enabling Sustainable Combustion Technologies using Hybrid Physics-Based, D…

Historiography in the Middle Ages generally downplayed women’s societal and political roles, and the additional focus on royalty often led to omission of other strata. This distorted image, however, is not limited to the medieval society.

Prostate cancer is one of the most prevalent malignancies among men and a major public health challenge in Europe. Minimally invasive treatments such as High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) have emerged as effective alternatives to radi…

Food waste is a global challenge with significant economic, environmental, and social implications. In the EU alone, an estimated 20% of food produced is lost or wasted annually, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and resource depleti…

The central scientific goal of RAICAM is to conduct research into the underlying technologies in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) that will unlock the capability for a fleet of robots to conduct coordinated sampling campaigns in in…

Cells in the body communicate by exchanging RNA that is associated with extracellular vesicles (EV-RNA). Therefore, analysis of EV-RNA may provide disease biomarkers.

Machine learning (ML) systems continue to revolutionize many aspects of daily life, but despite their immense potential have yet to impact significantly in polymer science. One major issue that is hindering the more widespread use of machin…

After several years of positive projections, some special-purpose domestic robots have finally reached the market, with the IFR Report on Service Robots showing an increase of 25% for domestic and 22% for entertainment robots. This increase…

While modern society is heavily dependent on digital technologies, data can be compromised, damaged or disappear due to errors induced by noise, disc failures, untrustworthy servers and malicious cyber-attacks. Transmission and storage of d…

The global digitalization process is often understood through a focus on some “disruptive” or “innovative” tech products or on the relentless public efforts to regulate the big tech companies releasing them, easing their social impacts and…

Over recent decades, the global economy has experienced profound transformations driven by accelerating globalization, economic integration, and the restructuring of production into complex global value chains. These developments have chall…

Glaciers are shrinking at an accelerating pace as the planet warms. This melting contributes to sea-level rise and threatens freshwater resources for almost two billion people who depend on glacier-fed rivers around the world.

“Ontological Bridge-building for Climate Change Mitigation in Maasailand” (OBCCMM) is a multidisciplinary project that builds bridges across clashing climate ontologies in Maasailand in Tanzania. This holistic project integrates Indigenous…

Recent European data shows that stress shortens life expectancy by 2.8 years. Critically, it also affects the way we sense and remember everyday life.

Our Solar system is composed of eight planets and also a large number of smaller bodies, grouped mainly in two belts: the main asteroid belt and the Kuiper belt. Other stars are frequently also surrounded by such belts.