ERC Proof of Concept 2016

Funded projects

• Functional Optoacoustic Neuro-Tomography

  HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MUENCHEN DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUER GESUNDHEIT UND UMWELT GMBH · DE · €150,000

• SAMSON: Integrating computational nanoscience

  INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE · FR · €149,750

• Statistical modeling for Optimization Mobility

  INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE · FR · €149,109

• IceXL: Advanced modeling and slicing software for additive manufacturing

  INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE · FR · €149,750

• OCEAN in-situ Isotope and Dissolved gas sensing

  CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · FR · €149,535

• BioActive Coatings in multi-well cell culture plates

  INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE · FR · €149,998

• Probing Complex Dynamical Structures in Three Dimensions

  CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE · IT · €150,000

• Simultaneous Vision Simulator for optimizing selection of presbyopic correcions

  AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS · ES · €150,000

• 3D-Integrated single photon detector

  UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA · IT · €150,000

• Cost efficient thermal management in motors using next generation nanomaterials

  THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD · UK · €150,000

• Perovskite Light Emitters

  THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD · UK · €149,983

• Emulating visual perception of contrast for image capture, post-production and synthesis

  UNIVERSIDAD POMPEU FABRA · ES · €149,750

• THOR – Total solution for High throughput surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy

  DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET · DK

• Immunological Diagnosis of Familial Mediterranean Fever

  VIB VZW · BE

• sImultaNeous oxIdaTIon of Ammonium and meThane at lOw tempeRatures (INITIATOR)

  STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT · NL · €150,000

• Ribo-regulators that sense trace antibiotics

  WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE · IL · €150,000

• BIONOTE– A CROWDSCIENCE PLATFORM FOR IDENTIFYING AND LEARNING ABOUT ALL SPECIES ON EARTH

  GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET · SE · €149,427

• Multi-revolution non-volatile magnetic sensors

  JOHANNES GUTENBERG-UNIVERSITAT MAINZ · DE · €150,000

• Laser-Based Bioprinter

  TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN · AT · €149,850

• A Compact Terahertz Trace Gas Detector

  UNIVERSITAET INNSBRUCK · AT · €150,000

• The development, evaluation and commercialisation of an early years test of colour vision deficiency.

  THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX · UK · €149,645

• MUTATION++ library, technology transfer from atmospheric entry plasmas to biomass pyrolysis

  VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS · BE · €149,921

• Leveraging Small Demethylase inhibitors for Autism Spectrum Disorder

  UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO · IT · €145,250

• Non-Volatile Magnetic Flip Flop

  TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN · AT · €149,625

• Novel Thermoelectric Energy Solutions based on Flexible Thin-Film Materials

  AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR · FI · €150,000

• Copper Catalysis Applications

  UNIVERSITAT DE GIRONA · ES · €147,500

• Monolithic Diamond Raman Laser (MonoDial)

  UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE · UK · €149,962

• A treatment for BRAF inhibitor resistant melanoma

  STICHTING HET NEDERLANDS KANKER INSTITUUT-ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK ZIEKENHUIS · NL · €149,750

• Commercialising MR-HIFU: an Image-Guided Local Drug-Delivery Platform

  UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM UTRECHT · NL · €150,000

• Immunomodulatory effects of sustained pantethine release in inflammatory diseases

  UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI VERONA · IT · €150,000

• Coordinated Development of Inhibitors and Biomarkers for Resistance to Antiangiogenics in Cancer - AngioResist

  INSTITUT CATALA D'ONCOLOGIA · ES

• Multi-tubular Catalytic Reactor for Flexible Production of Fine Chemicals

  UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK · UK · €149,930

• A lab-on-chip platform for blood cell counting and identification at the point-of-care

  NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH DEMOKRITOS" · EL · €148,250

• Study of the therapeutic potential of an Akkermansia muciniphila-based products in subjects with an increased cardio-metabolic risk.

  UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN · BE · €149,375

• Enhancing OLED device performance using Fused Borylated Materials

  THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER · UK · €149,662

• Discovery and commercialisation of novel compounds targeting redox proteins

  THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE · UK · €149,996

• CONQUEST: Enabling advanced medical imaging

  STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT · NL · €150,000

• Biodiversity Change: an open access data resource supporting societal responses to the biodiversity crisis

  THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS · UK · €149,428

• UPscaling GRaphite Electrochemical ExfoliatioN

  TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN · DE · €150,000

• Ensured Randomness Integrity in Device-Independent Networks

  FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES · ES · €149,925

• Chiral based spin organic light emitting diodes

  WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE · IL · €150,000

• HYPERTRANS: Transport of hyperpolarized substrates for metabolic MR imaging

  STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT · NL · €150,000

• Companion Nanodiagnostics for Quantifying EPR and Stratifying Patients to Targeted Nanotherapies

  UNIVERSITAETSKLINIKUM AACHEN · DE · €145,312

• GlioDx - Blood platelet-based monitoring and treatment optimisation for glioblastoma patients

  STICHTING AMSTERDAM UMC · NL · €150,000

• Rapid Defect Characterisation by Non-Contact Ultrasonic Scanning

  UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK · UK · €149,998

• Hybrid quantum dot and graphene wearable sensor for systemic hemodynamics and hydration monitoring

  FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES · ES · €150,000

• Catalytic reductive carboxylation of unactivated olefins with carbon dioxide

  FUNDACIO INSTITUT CATALA D'INVESTIGACIO QUIMICA · ES · €149,500

• Self-calibrating nanobolometer based on superconductor–normal-metal hybrids

  AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR · FI · €149,838

• Commercializing NuDev's Organic Permeable Base Transistors (OPBT) in full Organic photodetectors and chip-size spectrometers

  TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN · DE · €149,687

• dIagnoSIs app for regular aTrial arrhytmia like Flutter

  MATHE MEDICAL GMBH · DE · €150,000

• MobIle health-Care system for monitoring toxicity and symptoms in cAncer patients Receiving diseasE-oriented therapy

  SMARTLY: NATIVES OF SMART LIVING SRL · IT · €150,000

• Early Stage Sensing of Fouling in Membrane Water Treatment

  UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO/ EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA · ES · €149,760

• Chemical Hematology: breaking resistance of hematological malignancies through personalized drug trials

  CEMM - FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUER MOLEKULARE MEDIZIN GMBH · AT · €146,668

• Commercialisation of new miniaturised, automated robots for high throughput training and assessment of dexterity in rats and mice.

  KING'S COLLEGE LONDON · UK · €149,761

• Translational synergistic growth factor microenvironments for bone regeneration

  UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW · UK · €148,783

• Commercialization of an innovative tomographic reconstruction algorithm (Super-sampling SART) for various geometry setups

  JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE-UNIVERSITAET FRANKFURT AM MAIN · DE · €148,750

• Asset Centric Adaptive Protection

  UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK · IE · €149,977

• Precision tracking with tools from Astrophysics

  STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT · NL · €150,000

• Software tools for fast, reliable analysis of magnetic materials in the electron microscope

  UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID · ES · €150,000

• Developing an anti-Myc cell-penetrating peptide for cancer treatment

  FUNDACIO PRIVADA INSTITUT D'INVESTIGACIO ONCOLOGICA DE VALL-HEBRON (VHIO) · ES · €147,750

• Geographic mapping of radio signals

  CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB · SE · €150,000

• Embedded Neuromorphic Sensory Processor

  UNIVERSITAT ZURICH · CH · €150,000

• A tactile prosthesis to improve speech perception in persons with hearing loss.

  UNIVERSITE PARIS CITE · FR · €149,950

• Surface modulation of wounds: heal by inhalants! Novel drug-based treatment for excessive scars and chronic wounds.

  UNIVERSITAET BREMEN · DE · €150,000

• Rituximab in Acute Myocardial Infarction

  THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE · UK · €149,402

• A new biosynthesis procedure for pharmaceutically active gamma-aminobutyric acids

  RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN · NL · €150,000

• Active microcleaners for water remediation

  FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE BIOENGINYERIA DE CATALUNYA · ES · €150,000

• RNA virus attenuation by altering mutational robustness

  INSTITUT PASTEUR · FR · €150,000

• microRNA replacement therapy for mature B cell neoplasias

  CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CARLOS III (F.S.P.) · ES · €149,750

• Sieving neuronal network communication

  TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN · NL · €150,000

• On a Nuclear Waste Deep Repository Simulator

  CENTRE INTERNACIONAL DE METODES NUMERICS EN ENGINYERIA · ES · €149,250

• Metal Assisted chemical etching of Gratings for X-ray InterferometriC systems

  EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH · CH · €149,997

• Effective Multidrug Cocktails for Cancer

  WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE · IL · €150,000

• Universal Pulses for Parallel Transmission and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR · €149,634

• Artificial Dielectrics for High-frequency On-Chip antennas

  TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT · NL · €150,000

• Rationally designed nanostructured catalysts for bio-conversion systems: assessing the innovation potential of Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) powder/particle coatings for the catalyst market

  TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT · NL · €149,550

• 2D nanomaterials-based composite films for more efficient thermal conduction

  THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN · IE

• LAser Systems for Focused Ion and Electron Beams

  CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · FR · €147,500

• FLUOrinated SURFactant formulations for droplet-based microfluidics

  CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · FR · €145,821

• Large Scale Protein Library Screening Biosensor

  IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE · UK · €149,990

• Alzheimer’s disease and AAV9: Use of a virus-based delivery system for vectored immunoprophylaxis in dementia.

  VIB VZW · BE · €150,000

• A new cryoprotectant formulation for the next generation of high throughput screening toxicology tests

  UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS · UK · €149,926

• Biologically inspired chiral oxidation catalysts for commercial applications of fine chemistry

  UNIVERSITAT DE GIRONA · ES · €149,750

• Personified Self Interaction

  UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA · ES · €149,950

• On-Chip Cytometry Printed On Demand

  UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE · NL · €150,000

• European Union Case Law Corpus: creating a multilingual and searchable corpus of case law from EU member state courts and the European Court of Justice.

  THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · UK · €150,000

• A novel muscle disorders 3D in vitro system for drug screening and validation.

  INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR JOAO LOBO ANTUNES · PT · €150,000

• GroundForce: Grounding Natural Language Semantics in Video Games

  THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE · UK · €149,867

• MicroRNA Isoforms for Molecular Interception of Cervical cancer using Self-samples

  STICHTING AMSTERDAM UMC · NL · €150,000

• Proof of Concept study for ERC NIPD discovered biomarkers

  NIPD GENETICS PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED · CY · €150,000

• Playfields: Prototyping a location based game for higher education.

  UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK · UK · €149,681

• Light-Responsive Adhesives for Debond-on-Demand Solutions

  UNIVERSITE DE FRIBOURG · CH · €149,250

• Automatically Interactivised and Individualised Videos

  EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH · CH · €149,876

• Translation of a fluorescent MYelin specific peripheral NERVE tracer

  ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS LEIDEN · NL · €140,000

• Quaternary Amino Acids on Scale for Medicine and Agroscience

  UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL · UK · €149,918

• Frequency Recognition Algorithm for Multiple Exposures

  LUNDS UNIVERSITET · SE · €150,000

• Gap Waveguides for Point-To-Point Wireless Links at 60 GHz and beyond

  CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB · SE

• Empowering expectations for health and disease: Development of a pioneering training tool

  UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN · NL · €150,000

• Rapid Antimicrobial susceptibility testing and phylogenetic Identification

  HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR INFEKTIONSFORSCHUNG GMBH · DE · €150,000

• Translating fundamental insights in endothelial metabolism: PFKFB3 drug discovery and development

  VIB VZW · BE · €150,000

• APPROAcH: Antimicrobial and Save 3D-Printable Polymers for Oral Health

  RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN · NL · €150,000

• Carbon dioxide utilisation as a soft oxidant in alkene production

  CARDIFF UNIVERSITY · UK · €149,380

• NeMoFoil: electronic foil for neuromonitoring

  UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM UTRECHT · NL · €149,060

• Enhancing Large-scale chemical Reactions based on Elementary Kinetics

  UNIVERSITEIT GENT · BE · €150,000

• Small satellites’ strategic analysis of realization potential and commercialization techniques

  ZENTRUM FUR TELEMATIK EV · DE

• Late Gothic vaults and their complex stone members: Recovering historical design procedures, implementing knowledge in restoration practice

  TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN · DE · €149,250

• SILKENE: Bionic silk with graphene or other nanomaterials spun by silkworms

  UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO · IT

• Concrete micromolds for microinjection molding

  UNIVERSITAT BAYREUTH · DE

• Wave-based Room Acoustics Modeling

  THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH · UK · €149,138

• COmmercializing first-in-class dCTPase Inhibitors for treatment of hematological Cancers

  KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET · SE · €150,000

• Drug Repurposing for Malaria Chemoprotection

  INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR JOAO LOBO ANTUNES · PT · €145,500

• Innovative nanoparticle formulation for a miR-133 based treatment of cardiac hypertrophy

  HUMANITAS MIRASOLE SPA · IT · €150,000

• Salt Tectonics and Dynamics

  JOHANNES GUTENBERG-UNIVERSITAT MAINZ · DE · €149,250

• Dried Blood Spot sampling at home in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

  KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN · SE · €150,000

• ICEBREAKER

  CENTRE INTERNACIONAL DE METODES NUMERICS EN ENGINYERIA · ES · €149,954

• HYBRID MAGNETIC SUPERCAPACITORS

  UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA · ES · €150,000

• A cartridge based flow chemistry machine for the automated synthesis of N-heterocycles for drug discovery

  EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH · CH · €149,040

• ULTRA-WIDE TUNEABLE RANDOM FIBRE LASER

  ASTON UNIVERSITY · UK · €149,445

• EndoNaut Delivery Platform

  UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON · UK · €149,929

• System for the efficient and non-invasive harvesting and RElease of ADherent CELLs controlled by light

  ASOCIACION CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION COOPERATIVA EN BIOMATERIALES- CIC biomaGUNE · ES · €149,940

• Quantum-dot doped polymer fibers for cheap and bright light sources.

  WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE · IL · €150,000

• HeartRater: Tools for the systematic evaluation of interoceptive ability

  THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX · UK · €149,630

• Stable Brain-Machine control via a learnable standalone interface

  FUNDACAO D. ANNA DE SOMMER CHAMPALIMAUD E DR. CARLOS MONTEZ CHAMPALIMAUD · PT · €149,625

• QUANTUM OPTICAL MAGNETOMETER FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS

  KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET · DK · €149,921

• Ultrastable optical frequency comb systems

  UNIVERSITE DE NEUCHATEL · CH · €150,000

• Integrated spectroscopic sensors for the risk assessment of fires

  UNIVERSITEIT GENT · BE · €149,685

• Novel heart regeneration strategies

  WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE · IL · €150,000

• High-Speed Architectural Simulation of ARM-based Systems

  UNIVERSITEIT GENT · BE · €150,000

• A novel platform for user-friendly spectroscopy at very low temperatures and under strong magnetic fields

  FUNDACIO INSTITUT CATALA D'INVESTIGACIO QUIMICA · ES · €150,000

• Web-based system for multi-arrangement task for rapid acquisition of subjective judgements.

  THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE · UK · €149,640

• DrugSynergy: A data-driven systems biology approach to optimize drug combination strategies

  INSTITUT CURIE · FR · €150,000

• Development of a potent dual GCS/GBA2 inhibitor as a best in class Gaucher therapeutic

  UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN · NL · €150,000

• Improved Over-The-Counter (OTC) Market Integrity and Privacy via cryptographic proofs of computational integrity

  TECHNION - ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · IL · €150,000

• The diagnostic potential of miRNAs for early diagnosis of Systemic Sclerosis

  UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM UTRECHT · NL · €149,190

• Printable Perovskite Solar Cells with High Efficiency and Stable Performance

  ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE · CH · €150,000

• Diffusion Barrier Layers and Anticorrosive Coatings from Functional Carbon Nanosheets

  ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE · CH · €149,500

• That Special First Time - Boosting Turnout and Satisfaction amongst First Time Voters

  LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE · UK · €150,000

• Epithelial resistance modulation to treat disease

  UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA · PT · €147,500

• Reprogramming cell identity to develop new therapies against Cholangiopathies

  THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE · UK · €149,907

• uPROPHET: Urinary PROteomics in Predicting HEart Transplantation outcomes

  KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN · BE · €147,500

• Development of immunosuppressive treatments with better safety

  INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE · FR · €150,000

• Wearable Brain Monitoring Technology for Quick Diagnosis of Sleep Disorders

  IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE · UK · €149,997