ERC Proof of Concept 2021

Funded projects

• Perception Ultrasound for Reassuring Fetal Echo Clinical Trainees

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

• DNA4Science: Citizen-science data collection for ethical data re-use

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

• Portable Luminescent Sensor for Volatile Organic Compounds

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

• An innovative family of antibiotics to fight multi-resistant bacteria

  INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT · FR · €150,000

• A universally applicable system for direct readout of eukaryotic cell transgenesis with a novel integration-coupled gene expression switch

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

• High precision material printer for electronics

  UNIVERSITA DI PISA · IT · €150,000

• Artificial Intelligence for Smart Cities

  TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN · DE · €150,000

• Establishing continuous biomarker monitoring for Big Data in fitness and healthcare

  TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN · DE · €150,000

• On- and offline-Networks for Event Aware Topological detection

  CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · FR · €150,000

• SERENITY-X – Accelerating AI

  IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE · UK · €150,000

• Shape controlled spin-Orbit memories : Fabrication process and Technology transfer

  CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · FR · €150,000

• Injectable wireless microsensors based on the eAXON technology

  UNIVERSIDAD POMPEU FABRA · ES · €150,000

• ORganic thermoelectric GEnerators to power precision VIticulture sensor NEtworks

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

• Targeting the cancer stem cell (CSC) metabolism with designed, reactive metal complexes

  UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA · ES · €150,000

• Supramolecular attack particles to prevent cancer recurrence

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

• Translation of adaptive optical microscopy expertise to the commercial domain

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

• Teaching Race, Belonging, Empire and Migration

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

• Operando-Spectroscopy Annular Reactor for Spectro-kinetic Analysis in Heterogeneous Catalysis

  POLITECNICO DI MILANO · IT · €150,000

• Safety Analysis of Concurrent Systems

  RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN · DE · €150,000

• Shaped Hybrid Forward Error Correction

  TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN · NL · €150,000

• Temperature InduCed K+ channel as a tool to treat neuropathic pain

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

• Highly multiplexed, quantitative epigenetic profiling

  KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET · SE · €150,000

• Collaborative AI Counters Hate

  LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN · DE · €150,000

• Magnetic alignment for high precision 3D assembly

  COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR · €150,000

• BioAlkane

  TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT · NL · €150,000

• Printable Strain Sensors - Nanomaterial based Inks for High Performance Sensing Applications

  THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN · IE · €150,000

• 3D Autonomous 2-PhoTon Optogenetics MICroscopy

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

• Fast and accurate enantiomeric and chemical analysis

  CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · FR · €150,000

• Secure Analytics as Business Services

  CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · FR · €150,000

• Superconducting memristors for memory and neuromorphic applications

  CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · FR · €150,000

• Graphene to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance

  TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT · NL · €150,000

• 3D printed elastomers with stereochemically-defined properties

  THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · UK · €150,000

• Novel senolytic drugs for the treatment of lung and kidney fibrosis

  FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE RECERCA BIOMEDICA (IRB BARCELONA) · ES · €150,000

• STIMBOY: Your STIMulating BOt

  UNIVERSITA CAMPUS BIO MEDICO DI ROMA · IT · €150,000

• An exosome-based therapeutic approach against chronic inflammation

  IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS · EL · €150,000

• A user-friendly approach to widespread gas monitoring

  UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA · ES · €150,000

• Targeting Tau-induced cognitive decline with antisense oligonucleotides to synaptogyrin-3

  VIB VZW · BE · €150,000

• Scalable fabrication process for quantum-circuit refrigerators

  AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR · FI · €150,000

• Photon-Multiplication to Boost Si Photovoltaic Power Conversion Efficiency

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

• Interventional SPECT/CT for Radioembolization

  UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM UTRECHT · NL · €150,000

• Selective Inhibition of NOTCH by novel γ-Secretase Inhibitors in Tumours

  UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT · NL · €150,000

• Artificial Intelligence for Lyrics Comprehension

  IE UNIVERSIDAD · ES · €150,000

• Flexible x-ray detectors for large area imagers: towards consumer electronics

  FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA · IT · €150,000

• A new spectrophotometer for measurements in turbid liquids

  LUNDS UNIVERSITET · SE · €150,000

• Laser remote sensing for monitoring air pollution over cities

  ETHNIKO ASTEROSKOPEIO ATHINON · EL · €150,000

• SoftReVision - SOftware for the REhabilitation of Vision

  HEINRICH-HEINE-UNIVERSITAET DUESSELDORF · DE · €150,000

• Hybrid drug-loaded plasmonic photothermal microneedle patch against skin infections

  KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET · SE · €150,000

• Commercial assessment of a novel protocol for epilepsy characterisation with temporally interfering electric fields

  UNIVERSITE D'AIX MARSEILLE · FR · €150,000

• Bench-top system for detection and analysis of miRNA using solid-state nanopores

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

• Fast Response Circuits for Voltage Droop Compensation

  CISPA - HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR INFORMATIONSSICHERHEIT GGMBH · DE · €150,000

• Wafer-scale, fully automated solid-state nanopore fabrication for biomolecular sensing

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

• Pure, separated hydrogen from shift processes

  UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE · UK · €150,000

• Commercial feasibility of targeting the histone methyltransferase SETD8 in cancer: New chemical entities and biomarkers.

  FUNDACION SECTOR PUBLICO ESTATAL CENTRO NACIONAL INVESTIGACIONES ONCOLOGICAS CARLOS III · ES · €150,000

• Breath analysis sensor for disease detection in the dairy industry

  STICHTING VU · NL · €150,000

• Proof of Concept study for the development of methylation based NIPT for trisomy 21 using droplet digital PCR

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

• Inventive Neurophysiology Software, Outputting Measures of Nocturnal Instability Automatically in Anxiety, Insomnia & Depression

  KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE AKADEMIE VAN WETENSCHAPPEN - KNAW · NL · €150,000

• Engineering B cells against HIV using Switch targeting

  TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY · IL · €150,000

• INtroDucing axial rEsolution in oPToelectronic implantable devices for tHe brain

  FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA · IT · €150,000

• AI-driven enhancer design for gene therapy

  VIB VZW · BE · €150,000

• Single-Molecule Epigenetic Analysis of Plasma Isolated Nucleosomes for Colon Cancer Diagnostics

  WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE · IL · €150,000

• Dual-comb laser driven terahertz spectrometer for industrial sensing

  EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH · CH · €150,000

• PrInted gRAphene ThermocouplE for the IoTs

  THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER · UK · €150,000

• An embryo transfer decision-support tool optimizes live-birth rates in IVF treatments

  THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM · IL · €150,000

• Preventing unnecessary biopsies in the diagnosis pathway of cervical cancer.

  STICHTING VU · NL · €150,000

• Pharmacological restoration of selective autophagy for the treatment of skeletal disorders

  FONDAZIONE TELETHON ETS · IT · €150,000

• Forward Slice Core

  UNIVERSITEIT GENT · BE · €150,000

• An easy-to-use garment for the non-invasive recording of the electrical activity of the human spinal cord

  FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA · IT · €150,000

• Supersonic material ablation at THz repetition rates for ultra-efficient laser micromachining

  BILKENT UNIVERSITESI VAKIF · TR · €150,000

• effIcieNt Small scale uniT for distributed heAt and hydrogeN generaTion

  POLITECNICO DI MILANO · IT · €150,000

• RNA NanopartIcles for Cardiac rEgeneration

  KING'S COLLEGE LONDON · UK · €150,000

• Riding a ‘Trojan horse’ against cancer

  SZKOLA GLOWNA GOSPODARSTWA WIEJSKIEGO · PL · €150,000

• Lead-free halide perovskites for the highest efficient solar energy conversion

  UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II · IT · €150,000

• A Human Neural Platform for Assaying Antigen-Antibody Interactions for Autoimmune Encephalitis

  FUNDACIO INSTITUT D'INVESTIGACIO BIOMEDICA DE BELLVITGE · ES · €150,000

• Generating superior industrial yeasts through modulation of Crabtree repression

  VIB VZW · BE · €150,000

• A novel medical device for the treatment of Endometriosis

  UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY · IE · €150,000

• Solar-driven reforming of waste into hydrogen

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

• The Picture Pile Platform

  INTERNATIONALES INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMANALYSE · AT · €150,000

• Acquiring assembly skills by robot learning

  TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADT · DE · €150,000

• A novel chemical discovery platform enabled by machine learning

  UNIVERSITE DU LUXEMBOURG · LU · €150,000

• Finding and Assessing proteIn nano-crystaLs, a Fail fAst STory

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

• Power in Low Earth Orbit. Verified.

  UNIVERSITAT DES SAARLANDES · DE · €150,000

• Inducible Human Photoreceptors for Research, Development and Therapy to Prevent Blindness

  UNIVERSITATSKLINIKUM BONN · DE · €150,000

• Integrated Solar Energy System

  UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA · PT · €150,000

• Construction & Environmental Biocementation in REal World Applications

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

• On-chip efficient storage of electrical energy with negative super-capacitance in 2D material systems

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

• Protein Nanosheet-Stabilised Emulsions for Next Generation Biomanufacturing

  QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON · UK · €150,000

• Assessing the Technical and Business Feasibility of Highly-active and Stable Intermetallic Pt-alloy Catalysts for Application in PEMFCs

  KEMIJSKI INSTITUT · SI · €150,000

• Fighting cancer relapse with remote activation of smart and targeted nanoconstructs

  POLITECNICO DI TORINO · IT · €150,000

• A sweet solution: novel antiviral siRNAs to help rescue the sugar beet industry

  JOHN INNES CENTRE · UK · €150,000

• Smell Healthcare Technology to Enable Digital Smell Training

  OWIDGETS LTD · UK · €150,000

• Communicate Heal-th: A Virtual Reality training tool for optimizing expectancy effects in patient-provider interaction

  UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN · NL · €150,000

• Pharmacological inhibition of macrophage activation

  IFOM-ISTITUTO FONDAZIONE DI ONCOLOGIA MOLECOLARE ETS · IT · €150,000

• A New Zn-Air Battery Prototype to Overcome Cathode Degradation Through Catalyst Confinement

  UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA · ES · €150,000

• Entropic rejuvenation of thin glass products by liquid metal immersion

  FRIEDRICH-SCHILLER-UNIVERSITÄT JENA · DE · €150,000

• Fully implantable patient-specific Artificial Hearts without External Power

  KOC UNIVERSITY · TR · €150,000

• Improving the safety of live attenuated viral vaccines by exploiting RNA silencing pathways

  STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM · NL · €150,000

• Fair Pensions and Population Ageing

  INTERNATIONALES INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMANALYSE · AT · €150,000

• Intraveneously injected unusual nanoparticles in the clinic

  CENYA IMAGING B.V. · NL · €150,000

• Disruptive fluorescent technologies for inflammatory bowel diseases

  THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH · UK · €150,000

• Robust Actuation through Magnetism for Safe Endovascular Surgery

  UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE · NL · €150,000

• Machine learning based Software Toolkit for Automated identification in atomic-REsolution operando nanoscopy

  TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADT · DE · €150,000

• Discovery of mevalonate and UBIAD1 inhibitors as novel drugs targeting melanoma skin cancer

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

• Bioprinting Complex Tissue-mimicking Architectures

  DWI LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR INTERAKTIVE MATERIALIEN EV · DE · €150,000

• Novel piezoelectirc peptide-based scaffold for 3D cell culture

  TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY · IL · €150,000

• A Modular Earth System Model Emulator for Regional eXtremes

  EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH · CH · €150,000

• Enabling Multilingual Conversational AI

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

• Exploring the market potential of photoporation as the next generation of intracellular delivery technology for the R&D and cell therapy markets

  UNIVERSITEIT GENT · BE · €150,000

• Novel small molecule activators of the NLRP3 inflammasome as immunostimulants

  UNIVERSITAETSKLINIKUM FREIBURG · DE · €150,000

• High Level Synthesis for Machine Learning

  ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLEAIRE · CH · €150,000

• Novel Prognostic Personalized Biomarker and Therapeutic Target in Blood Cancer Related Fibrosis

  ERASMUS UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM ROTTERDAM · NL · €150,000

• A discovery tool for accelerated adsorption-diffraction analysis of dynamic adsorbents in gas separation

  TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN · DE · €150,000

• Development of an accurate, early diagnostic tool for ovarian cancer

  THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · UK · €150,000

• An in-memory dataflow accelerator for deep learning

  IBM RESEARCH GMBH · CH · €150,000

• Novel vascular-like BBB-on-a-chip

  THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM · UK · €149,951

• Fair, Effective, and Sustainable Talent Management using Conditional Network Embedding

  UNIVERSITEIT GENT · BE · €150,000

• Boosting Confocal Microscopes by Quantum Image Scanning Microscopy

  WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE · IL · €150,000

• Commercial feasibility of a therapeutic approach to cancer based on ‘LEGO’ antibody recruiting glycodendrimers

  UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES · FR · €150,000

• Clinical translation of a novel CD1a-directed CAR for relapse/refractory cortical T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: feasibility, efficacy and safety

  FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE RECERCA CONTRA LA LEUCEMIA JOSEP CARRERAS · ES · €150,000

• One-step switchable fluorescent probe assay for direct virus detection.

  LUNDS UNIVERSITET · SE · €150,000

• Synthetic Viral Nanosystem for Highly Efficient AAV Manufacturing for Gene Therapy

  UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL · UK · €150,000