[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"awarded-msca-doctoral-networks-2006":3,"awarded-stats-msca-doctoral-networks":974},{"awarded":4,"total":973},[5,16,23,29,36,42,49,56,62,68,74,80,87,93,100,106,112,119,125,130,136,142,148,154,160,166,172,178,184,191,197,203,209,215,220,226,232,238,244,250,257,262,268,274,279,284,290,296,302,308,314,320,326,332,338,345,351,357,363,368,373,379,384,390,396,402,408,414,420,425,431,438,444,451,457,463,468,474,480,486,492,499,504,509,515,520,526,532,538,544,549,555,561,566,572,578,584,590,595,599,605,611,618,623,628,634,639,645,650,656,662,668,674,680,686,692,698,704,710,716,722,728,735,741,747,753,758,764,769,775,781,787,792,797,803,808,814,819,825,831,836,842,848,854,860,866,872,877,882,888,894,900,906,912,916,922,927,932,938,943,948,953,958,963,967],{"id":6,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":9,"piName":10,"institution":11,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":14,"abstract":15},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19247","Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions","MSCA Doctoral Networks","Neuro-cognitive science and information technology virtual University",null,"TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITäT MüNCHEN","DE",2006,"€2,540,000","NEURoVERS-it will combine brain research, cognitive research, research on new robot concepts and medical feasibility experiments with the goal of developing long-term spin-off applications. The project builds an interdisciplinary research training programme with 10 top research institutes in 4 EU-countries, Switzerland and an accessing country to raise a next generation of interdisciplinary researchers. It merges two complementary academic networks in the field to set-up a Virtual Pan-European T",{"id":17,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":18,"piName":10,"institution":19,"country":20,"year":13,"amount":21,"abstract":22},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20323","Quantitative methods in Economic analysis","UNIVERSITE DE LA MEDITERRANEE","FR","€734,300","The proposed EST project, taking place in Aix-Marseille has several originalities.",{"id":24,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":25,"piName":10,"institution":26,"country":20,"year":13,"amount":27,"abstract":28},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-21175","Core signal processing training Program","CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE","€3,016,191","SIGNAL is aimed at providing a unified training in signal processing, focussing on the fundamental research aspects of signal processing, offering the early stage researcher an in-depth knowledge of the field.",{"id":30,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":31,"piName":10,"institution":32,"country":33,"year":13,"amount":34,"abstract":35},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20216","Electronics, Acquisition and Controls Developments for Physics Experiments","EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH","CH","€2,314,966","The ELACCO project will provide training for early stage researchers in the CERN Physics Department and provide them with innovative research opportunities in novel developments in microelectronics. telecommunication and control for future experiments. Early stage researchers will be closely supervised by internationally recognized experts, using state-of-the-art, and sometimes unique, equipment. Particular emphasis will be placed on direct, laboratory-based training. They will follow formal tra",{"id":37,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":38,"piName":10,"institution":39,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":40,"abstract":41},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-21050","Process optimisation and fouling control in membrane bioreactors for wastewater and drinking water treatment","RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN","€2,047,784","The research project MBR-TRAIN provides an Early Stage Research Training on process optimisation and fouling control in membrane bioreactors for water treatment. Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) which combine biological treatment with a membrane separation step are among the most promising emerging technologies in the water treatment sector. As membrane fouling has been identified as a major barrier to sustainable MBR application, MBR-TRAIN undertakes dedicated efforts to characterise and investigate",{"id":43,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":44,"piName":10,"institution":45,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":47,"abstract":48},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20599","Fluids and surfaces at the Engineering science Interface","UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS","UK","€1,251,393","Interactions between fluids and surfaces are vital to our lives - whether it is in a biological sense in the context of the human body or in a multitude of engineering systems, for example lubrication within engines to improve efficiency, preventing wear, depositing functional layers for micro-sensors, or in the electronics industry.The industrial drivers - to improve competitiveness and allow innovations in this area - as we move through the micro-scale and onto the nano-age are becoming vital ",{"id":50,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":51,"piName":10,"institution":52,"country":53,"year":13,"amount":54,"abstract":55},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-33481","European Leadership in Space Astrometry","LUNDS UNIVERSITET","SE","€2,790,493","ELSA brings together world-leading expertise in space astrometry - the use of space platforms for mapping the three-dimensional structure of our Galaxy - with specialists on numerical algorithms and software engineering for the double purpose of (1) preparing for the scientific exploitation of data from the European Space Agency's astrometric mission Gaia, scheduled for launch in 2011, and (2) training the next generation of researchers in this uniquely European specialty to maintain and extend ",{"id":57,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":58,"piName":10,"institution":59,"country":20,"year":13,"amount":60,"abstract":61},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35657","Investigation of the electroweak symmetry breaking and the origin of mass using the first data of the ATLAS detector at the LHC","COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (CEA)","€2,569,910","We propose a Research and Training Network (RTN) to explore one of the most fundamental questions in modern science, the origin of mass of the elementary particles. The RTN will draw together worldwide expertise from several key areas in Particle Physics in order to exploit optimally the physics potential of the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider of CERN, which will start operations in summer 2007 and is expected to provide data that will shed light to the above question. At the same ti",{"id":63,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":64,"piName":10,"institution":65,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":66,"abstract":67},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35327","Spin current induced ultrafast switching","TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET KAISERSLAUTERN","€2,831,277","The SPINSWITCH MCRTN project integrates the efforts of 15 leading European Groups including some from the New Member States and Associated Countries to explore the scientific foundation and the potential of the spin transfer effect, in particular for high frequency and ultra-fast switching applications, and to train ESRs and ERs for the future scientific work force. SPINSWITCH will focus on a limited number of well-defined, specific, scientific tasks concerning fundamental understanding and to a",{"id":69,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":70,"piName":10,"institution":71,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":72,"abstract":73},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-36053","Innovative solutions for extracting high value natural compounds","IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE","€2,796,270","Over the past decade there has been a huge increase in consumers¿ expectation, knowledge and understanding of the quality, safety and efficacy of many products, including food, cosmetics and medicines. In particular, there has been a strong consumer preference towards products made from natural rather than synthetic sources (i.e. plant, animal or microbial sources), which is seen as a rapidly growing consumer demand for natural remedies and organic products. This has led to resurgence in the nee",{"id":75,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":76,"piName":10,"institution":77,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":78,"abstract":79},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35536","Multi-level governance of natural resources: Tools and processes for water and biodiversity governance in Europe","UFZ - UMWELTFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM LEIPZIG-HALLE GMBH.","€2,409,548","The overall objective of GoverNat is to enable decision makers to better handle questions of multi-level environmental governance in an enlarged EU. Therefore it brings together a unique network of research institutes with SMEs, administrations and NGOs dealing with environmental governance. The partners jointly mentor the fellows, safeguard the practical relevance of their research, and ensure the appropriateness of the results and of their presentation for scientists and non-scientists outside",{"id":81,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":82,"piName":10,"institution":83,"country":84,"year":13,"amount":85,"abstract":86},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19248","Natural killer cell-mediated anti-viral and anti-tumour defence and therapy: Integrated research training in molecular medicine, bioinformatics and issues of patent application and the SME biotech business","MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA","AT","€3,480,000","The development of novel technologies of immuno-therapies holds great promise for potential future treatment of hitherto difficult to cure viral diseases and tumours. It is to be anticipated that such technologies will provide the physician with potent novel therapies and will be the basis for the establishment and growth of new biotech SMEs. This proposal suggests therefore to combine research work on natural killer (NK) cell immune defences and therapies, with training in bio-informatics and i",{"id":88,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":89,"piName":10,"institution":90,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":91,"abstract":92},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20888","Sustainable resource technologies","UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM","€1,064,360","This EST mono-site in the field of sustainable resource technologies is centred on an inter-disciplinary collaboration between the Schools of Physics and Astronomy; Mathematical Sciences; Chemistry; and Chemical, Environmental and Mining Engineering at the University of Nottingham. The overall aim is to combine world-leading expertise in science and engineering to deliver interdisciplinary doctoral level training in sustainable resource technologies at an attractive training site. Major advances",{"id":94,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":95,"piName":10,"institution":96,"country":97,"year":13,"amount":98,"abstract":99},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-514555","Person localisation in adverse complex environments","THALES NEDERLAND B.V.","NL","€781,678","The PLACE project contributes to cutting-edge radar, antenna- and signalprocessing developments, leading tonext generation radar systems, with better performances on detecting, localisation and analysing (moving)persons in complex environments for security purposes. Detection of persons is a very challenging problembecause of the very weak echo signal. The scientific challenges are embedded in three research topics:1. Signal generation. 2. Agile digital receivers. 3. System architecture and rada",{"id":101,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":102,"piName":10,"institution":103,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":104,"abstract":105},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20268","Cellular and molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular disease","CHARITÉ - UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN","€1,506,893","The aim of CARDIOVASC is to provide training for early stage researchers in the specialized and highly competitive area of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) under the tutorial of highly experienced scientists in the field at the Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CCR), a multidisciplinary research and training facility at the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin.Its research focus is to better understand the molecular mechanisms and the pathophysiology of CVD, the major cause of mortality in Europe, ",{"id":107,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":108,"piName":10,"institution":109,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":110,"abstract":111},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19296","Optimization of systems, energy management and environmental impact in process engineering","TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT CLAUSTHAL","€2,942,810","Currently the energy consumption in the European Union amounts to circa 1500 million tonnes (coal equivalent) of primary energy. By 2020, 1600 million tonnes will be needed even though the energy utilization efficiency is expected to increase by 18%. The changes in the European energy markets as well as the forthcoming Carbon Tax and emission-trading schemes are the primary scientific and technological reasons for establishing this network.The scientific and technical objective of this work is t",{"id":113,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":114,"piName":10,"institution":115,"country":116,"year":13,"amount":117,"abstract":118},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35695","Cause-effect relationships of key pollutants on the European rivers biodiversity","UNIVERSITAT DE GIRONA","ES","€3,410,617","The overall objective of KEYBIOEFFECTS is to provide new generations of scientists with the skills needed to assess the effects of pollution on European Rivers' biodiversity.  The scientific objective of this project is to provide a better understanding of t he causes of ecological quality loss and the cause-effect relationships of pollution and to derive from this knowledge practical tools for water quality assessment.  The development of complementary tools is crucial to achieving this objecti",{"id":120,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":121,"piName":10,"institution":122,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":123,"abstract":124},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20844","Hydrogen combustion in the context of fire and explosion safety","KINGSTON UNIVERSITY","€949,878","We are at the dawn of a hydrogen economy. Both governments and industries are investing heavily on hydrogen. There is an increasing demand for substantial efforts to ensure the safe use of hydrogen as an energy carrier. In common with a new industry, there is also a pressing need to train young talents who will take on the challenges ahead in their proud stride to carry the industry forward. The proposal aims to offer a unique opportunity for researchers in the early stages of their careers to w",{"id":126,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":127,"piName":10,"institution":71,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":128,"abstract":129},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35965","Motorcycle and motorcyclist safety","€2,668,502","The main aim of the present proposal is to create a highly qualified training environment for early stage researchers, who want to develop their career in the sector of road safety, with a special focus on the fast growing area of motorcycle and motorcyclist safety. In this way the project would contribute to the overall objectives of the EU to structure the ERA and to make the EU the world's most dynamic and competitive economy (Lisbon Strategy).In a scientific perspective the aim is to train r",{"id":131,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":132,"piName":10,"institution":133,"country":20,"year":13,"amount":134,"abstract":135},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35801","Advanced signal-processing for ultra-fast magnetic resonance Spectroscopic Imaging, and Training","UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1","€2,796,204","Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging - MRSI - is an emerging, non-invasive modality of Molecular Imaging that opens the way to in vivo mapping of metabolism. It will greatly contribute to combating major diseases (cancer, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, etc), monitoring therapy, drug development. Spin-offs: food inspection, materials research. Till today, major obstacles to routine clinical applications of MRSI are 1) Long measurement time, several minutes minimal, 2) Low spatial re",{"id":137,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":138,"piName":10,"institution":139,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":140,"abstract":141},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20884","Computer Aided Surgery training for Physicians and Engineers","KLINIKUM DER RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITÄT, UNABHÄNGIGE ANSTALT DES OFFENTLICHEN RECHTS","€1,331,324","With respect to the current demographic development and a growing demand for medical therapy, minimally invasive therapy and computer-assisted surgery becomes increasingly important. In future, such modern methods will revolutionise medical supply both in European countries and worldwide, as these methods promise a more precise and less traumatic outcome and an overall improvement of interventions. In order to apply and advance highly complex technology and encourage research in this field, exce",{"id":143,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":144,"piName":10,"institution":145,"country":97,"year":13,"amount":146,"abstract":147},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-21000","AMOLF integrated training in nanophotonics, femtophysics and mesoscopic biophysics","STICHTING VOOR FUNDAMENTEEL ONDERZOEK DER MATERIE - FOM","€999,250","The aim of the AMOCROSS project is to provide high-level interdisciplinary training to early-stage researchers at the interface of three emerging fields: nanophotonics, femtophysics and mesoscopic biophysics. Europe has a strong, often leading, position in these strategic fields of science. Purely mono-disciplinary training will not provide the best preparation for young scientists who will form the core of the future knowledge-based economy. For this reason, an early-stage training program is o",{"id":149,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":150,"piName":10,"institution":151,"country":33,"year":13,"amount":152,"abstract":153},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35810","Supramolecular hierarchical self-assembly of organic moleculesonto surfaces towards bottom-up nanodevices: an host-driven action","EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH","€2,701,102","PRAIRIES is an interdisciplinary and intersectorial network exposing high-profile, early-stage and experienced researchers to a broad spectrum of training and transfer of knowledge activities beyond conventional academic boundaries, thereby educating them not only to supra-molecular chemistry, nanoscale science and technology, but also to complementary skills (i.e., management, communication, IPR) and preparing them for positions in academia, industry, and government labs. A personal career deve",{"id":155,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":156,"piName":10,"institution":157,"country":97,"year":13,"amount":158,"abstract":159},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20446","Modelling and characterisation of IC components for complicated system-on-a-chip applications including RF and analog functions","NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NETHERLANDS BV","€31,701,098","The general goal of the MoICCo project is to train young researchers in advanced System-On-Chip technology with an emphasis on applications integrating analogue and RF functionality. We intend a technological leap towards full system integration of future `Ambient Intelligence¨ and `Ubiquitous Communication¨ applications.This includes a broad interdisciplinary training program in the field of modelling and characterization, covering four areas,1) Advanced RF characterization for 50-200 GHz appli",{"id":161,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":162,"piName":10,"institution":163,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":164,"abstract":165},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-21074","EST at the interface between particle physics and cosmology","UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM","€1,048,545","Particle physics and cosmology are two of the most exciting and dynamic research areas in pure science. Our understanding of the Universe on both large and small scales has been revolutionised over the past 30 years. To maintain this progress, it is essential to produce highly trained early stage researchers. Despite the obvious synergies between these two disciplines, there has been surprisingly little interaction between the leading research groups.The goal of the ICCIPPP fellowship is to redr",{"id":167,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":168,"piName":10,"institution":169,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":170,"abstract":171},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35619","Nanoengineered superconductors for power applications","LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER FESTKOERPER- UND WERKSTOFFFORSCHUNG DRESDEN E.V.","€4,092,585","High temperature superconductors (HTS) have an enormous potential for significantly improving existing power systems, such as cables, motors, magnets and generators, because higher power densities and reduced losses can be achieved by replacing copper wires . Superconducting materials will also enable completely new technologies, such as fault current limiters. As examples for innovative applications, advanced energy systems for all-electrical ships, off-shore wind mills and transportation syste",{"id":173,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":174,"piName":10,"institution":175,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":176,"abstract":177},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19475","European Network on selection and analysis of protein-protein Interactions","THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIGE","€2,368,446","Networks of protein-protein interactions are central to cell and developmental biology and of great importance in molecular medicine. Given the potential importance of protein-protein interactions to healthcare, wealth creation and the biotech industry the re is an urgent need to train young researchers in the latest technologies aimed at identifying and dissecting such interactions by the very latest in high-throughput approaches, bio-informatics and rigorous biophysical analysis. We will train",{"id":179,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":180,"piName":10,"institution":181,"country":84,"year":13,"amount":182,"abstract":183},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20263","Advanced and New Simulation Methods in Vehicle Vibro-acoustics - Scientific Analysis, Experimental Verification and Development of Methodologies for the Industrial Application.","KOMPETENZZENTRUM - DAS VIRTUELLE FAHRZEUG FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH, GMBH, SME","€1,940,787","The EST project SIM-VIA 2 aims to provide training facilities and scientific supervision for young researches in the field of vibroacoustics for vehicles. The focus of SIM-VIA 2 is to motivate and encourage early stage researchers for scientific work in th is interdisciplinary field. The training facilities include latest facilities for computation and experimental testing. Specific workshops, courses and educational programmes are existing and planed respectively within this training centre. Th",{"id":185,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":186,"piName":10,"institution":187,"country":188,"year":13,"amount":189,"abstract":190},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20686","TRANSPORTNET-EST","UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN","BE","€1,757,585","TRANSPORTNET is a network of eight European leading universities involved in transport research and education. One of its major targets is the training of young researchers specialised in different fields of transport and a thorough knowledge of the requi rements for implementing successfully transport policies. As part of this target, the network wants to start with a training programme for young researchers in four major fields for which wider research experience has to be built up: - analysin",{"id":192,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":193,"piName":10,"institution":194,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":195,"abstract":196},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19669","Early stage training site for European long-wavelength Astronomy","THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER","€113,068,973","ESTRELA aims to focus and extend the postgraduate training provided by six of Europe's major astronomy institutes, to introduce students to new areas of science to be addressed by radio interferometry in the next decades, and to complement the training functions of the I3 RadioNet programme. Our collective ambition is a strong training programme to enable the next generation of European astronomers to exploit the wide range of instruments to be built worldwide in the next decade to their full as",{"id":198,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":199,"piName":10,"institution":200,"country":97,"year":13,"amount":201,"abstract":202},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19481","Long-period observation of biological processes at Picosecond time resolution and Nanometre spatial resolution: a research-training network for advanced imaging Technology","VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT AMSTERDAM","€2,496,170","Based on novel technology developed in the framework of a new FP6 STREP project (STRP 013880) we propose to establish a multidisciplinary Research Training Network for training young scientists in advanced Fluorescence Microscopy techniques that will be applied to address a broad range of biological questions. Special emphasis will be put on Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM), a method of choice to study dynamic interactions of bio-molecules in the living cell, and its extension int",{"id":204,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":205,"piName":10,"institution":206,"country":188,"year":13,"amount":207,"abstract":208},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20824","Public Policy, market organization and transition economies","UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN","€1,775,576","The aim of this training project is to prepare students for careers in teaching, research or government services and to prepare researchers for active participation in the analysis of the fundamental economic questions facing mixed-market regulated and tra nsition economies. The programme is designed to ensure that students acquire rigorous and state of the art knowledge of core areas of economic theory and research methodology and to offer them research opportunities under close supervision. In",{"id":210,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":211,"piName":10,"institution":212,"country":20,"year":13,"amount":213,"abstract":214},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-36077","The integration of the Second Generation","INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ETUDES DEMOGRAPHIQUES","€2,616,230","This RTN seeks to develop a framework of European level training on one of the key areas of migration and ethnic studies. The originality of the RTN is to be built on an European comparative survey -the TIES survey- that investigates processes of integration in 15 cities in eight countries (Sweden, Germany, France, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland). 12 ESRs and 2 ERs will be involved in an ambitious research project and will be trained by-doing.The TIES survey will tackle the",{"id":216,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":217,"piName":10,"institution":218,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":140,"abstract":219},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20984","Risk assessment and environmental safety affected by compound bio-availability in multiphase environments","UFZ - UMWELTFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM LEIPZIG - HALLE GMBH","Bioavailability is mostly considered as a property of a chemical compound. Recent results show bioavailability as result of complex interactions of a compound or a mixture with the affected biota, the environmental matrix, and the respective time scale. New concepts for the assessment of ecotoxicological impacts based on the effect of compounds on a biological receptor do not reflect these results.Such effects are correlated to the concentrations measured in a given environment without account o",{"id":221,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":222,"piName":10,"institution":223,"country":97,"year":13,"amount":224,"abstract":225},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35866","(R) - Evolutionary Catalysis","UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM","€2,841,882","Catalysis is at the heart of chemical sciences because it is the art of selectively making and breaking chemical bonds. It is for this reason that it has been a major topic in various fundamental research programs in the past, and also it has served as an important innovative technology in industry. The research efforts in the past decades generally resulted in incremental improvements, with occasional new reactions found by serendipity. It is clear that radical new approaches are required to en",{"id":227,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":228,"piName":10,"institution":229,"country":20,"year":13,"amount":230,"abstract":231},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20494","Nutrient Sensing In Satiety Control and Obesity","INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE PARIS-GRIGNON","€1,647,165","Overweight and obesity have become a major health problem and their prevalence is accelerating dramatically in Europe and the rest of the world. This project aims to deliver European expert scientists which are urgently required in the field of feeding behaviour and satiety control. Scientific expertise: The EST will provide early-stage researchers with a structured training programme on feeding behaviour and control of food intake and appetite in three top European institutes located in Paris, ",{"id":233,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":234,"piName":10,"institution":235,"country":97,"year":13,"amount":236,"abstract":237},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20919","Functional Genomics of the brain","VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS, WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIËNTENZORG","€1,002,368","One of the major challenges in the life sciences is to fully apprehend the complexity of the brain in functional terms, as well as to unravel causes of brain diseases (e.g. Parkinson's, mood disorders). Because brain diseases are common, they have a huge impact on quality of life and the individual's socio-economic prospect. Research into genetical and environmental causes of brain disease is becoming more important given the increasing age of the European population.The completed sequences of v",{"id":239,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":240,"piName":10,"institution":241,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":242,"abstract":243},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20013","Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease - mechanisms, consequences and therapy","UNIVERSITAETSMEDIZIN GOETTINGEN - GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAET GOETTINGEN - STIFTUNG OFFENTLICHEN RECHTS","€1,784,190","The aim of this project is to provide structured research training for early stage researchers in the field of Neurosciences, with special emphasis on Alzheimer's disease (AD). Due to the demographical development of societies in industrialized countries, the number of AD patients will increase dramatically within the next years.Thus, the demand for well-trained scientists in pharmaceutical companies and academic research units focussing on AD is expected to rise. To be able to meet the future r",{"id":245,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":246,"piName":10,"institution":247,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":248,"abstract":249},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-21014","International, interdisciplinary PhD-program of the Centre for Systems Neuroscience Hannover (ZSN)","STIFTUNG TIERAERZTLICHE HOCHSCHULE HANNOVER","€1,670,511","Neuroscience has become the leading biomedical research field in this century. In this rapidly evolving field it is important to stress a multidisciplinary, systemic approach in order to develop therapies for neurological and mental disorders of great public interest. There is a fundamental lack of suchlike trained neuroscientists in Europe today. The Centre for Systems Neuroscience (ZSN) Hannover, established by the Hannover Medical School, the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, the Ha",{"id":251,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":252,"piName":10,"institution":253,"country":254,"year":13,"amount":255,"abstract":256},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20228","Bio- and environmental fluid mechanics","UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA","IT","€897,395","The FLUBIO single host EST project, located at the University of Genova, will provide outstanding research training in the field of basic and applied Fluid Mechanics to young researchers.Research\u002Feducational competences of the 9 members of the FLUBIO research team cover a wide spectrum of topics in Basic, Environmental and Biological Fluid Mechanics. The programme will initially run for 4 years and be rooted in a solid educational strategy blending classical fluid dynamics courses with modern co",{"id":258,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":259,"piName":10,"institution":260,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":91,"abstract":261},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20724","Newgrowth in the EU chemicals and technology sector through industry led training in nano-materials, catalysis, chemical engineering and atomistic modelling","JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC- TECHNOLOGY CENTRE","The aim of this Marie Curie Host Fellowship for Early Stage Training (EST) is to establish a single-host training hub in the area of nano-chemistry, materials synthesis, catalysis and modelling at Johnson Matthey (JM).JM will benefit through development o f science know-how in core business areas and the fellows will gain unique skills, such as business awareness and IPR knowledge, which will be very attractive to both industrial and academic employers for their future career.The scientific proj",{"id":263,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":264,"piName":10,"institution":265,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":266,"abstract":267},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35366","Complex solid state reactions for energy efficient hydrogen storage","GKSS - FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEESTHACHT GMBH","€2,467,170","Reactive Hydride Composites reveal great potential as hydrogen storage materials as they overcome the thermodynamic limitations hindering the use of light-weight complex hydrides. However, their sorption kinetics is still slow due to the fact that the hydrogen sorption process takes place within complex solid state reactions. It is aim of this project to explore the fundamental mechanisms involved in these reactions. For this, experimental studies on sorption kinetics, thermodynamics, crystal st",{"id":269,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":270,"piName":10,"institution":271,"country":254,"year":13,"amount":272,"abstract":273},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19601","Tailored multifunctional Polymer-derived nanoCeramics","UNIVERSITÃ'  DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO","€2,513,686","A European consortium of six universities, two research institutes and four industries propose a collaborative Marie Curie Research and Training Network in the field of novel, nanoscale, multifunctional ceramics that are made from polymers. These ceramics are photo- and electro-luminescent, semiconductors and gas sensing, and also resist corrosion and deformation up to 1500°C. The nanodomain structure of this ceramics evolves from the molecular network of the polymer. The scientific goal of the",{"id":275,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":276,"piName":10,"institution":52,"country":53,"year":13,"amount":277,"abstract":278},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20908","Molecular networks at phase Boundaries","€2,574,659","The Early Stage Researcher Training network is concerned with providing young researchers with a multidisciplinary education in nanoscience. In each case the education will lead to a PhD-degree in physics or chemistry. The research project focuses on surface molecular networks (SMNs) at the solid\u002Fliquid and solid\u002Fgas phase boundaries. SMNs can be used for a deliberate functionalisation of surfaces towards the exhibition of desired properties and functionalities by adsorption of ordered molecular",{"id":280,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":281,"piName":10,"institution":26,"country":20,"year":13,"amount":282,"abstract":283},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20195","Synthesis, self-aggregation and properties of nano-objects in chemistry, biology and material science","€1,151,406","The heart of this proposal is to give access for European fellows to interdisciplinary knowledge and training focused on the elaboration and properties of nano-objects (metal nanoparticles, dendrimers and surfactant aggregates).The training site localized at the University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse is composed of three internationally recognized research teams working with a multidisciplinary approach.It will provide to the fellows the common technical and methodological background on three comp",{"id":285,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":286,"piName":10,"institution":287,"country":188,"year":13,"amount":288,"abstract":289},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35533","Development of n-type polymer materials used as alternative to soluble C60 derivatives and their use in organic solar cells","INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM","€3,264,824","The utilisation of conjugated polymers in solar cell active layers is based on a photo induced electron transfer phenomenon and first promising results came from donor\u002Facceptor hetero-junction solar cell based on polymer\u002Ffullerene blends, the conjugated polymer being a p-type material and fullerene a n-type material. Since that first discovery, main research on donor\u002Facceptor hetero-junction solar cells has focused on p-type materials and very little on n-type materials, with fullerene and its d",{"id":291,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":292,"piName":10,"institution":293,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":294,"abstract":295},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-36040","Threaded Molecular wires as supramoLecularly engineered multifunctional Materials","UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON","€2,706,476","THREADMILL aims at enabling cross-disciplinary training and research at the interface between Supra-molecular Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Physics, and Nanoscience. The overall goal is the generation of new knowledge underpinning the exploitation of supra-molecular wires (namely conjugated polyrotaxanes) in the fabrication and investigation of prototypical systems, both at the level of single-molecule devices, and of large-area polymer applications (LEDs, PVDs, ultra-fast photonic switches",{"id":297,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":298,"piName":10,"institution":299,"country":97,"year":13,"amount":300,"abstract":301},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-21029","Polymer characterisation using electron capture dissociation and collision-induced dissociation multistage mass spectrometry","AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS B.V.","€958,819","Millions of tons of a great variety of polymers are synthesised every year to serve a multi-billion Euro market. Responsible entrepreneurship of manufacturers of polymers and surface chemicals focuses the research efforts on environmental risk, biodegradability, sustainability, durability and optimisation of properties to fit the customers' needs. Mass spectrometry plays an important role in the characterisation of the polymers designed. Yet, a knowledge base and experience must be generated to ",{"id":303,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":304,"piName":10,"institution":305,"country":188,"year":13,"amount":306,"abstract":307},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20643","Sensing Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: development of novel solid phase extraction systems","UNIVERSITEIT GENT","€646,482","Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are environmental pollutants endowed with endocrine activity. An increasing risk of cancerogenesis, disturbance of childrens development and reduced male fertility are attributed to EDCs in water and nutrition. The pro posal will focus on an efficient collaboration between synthetic organic chemists, polymer chemists, separation scientists and specialists in structural characterization, for the design of novel solid phase extraction systems for EDCs. The spe",{"id":309,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":310,"piName":10,"institution":311,"country":20,"year":13,"amount":312,"abstract":313},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20491","European molecular simulations training program","ECOLE NOMALE SUPERIEURE DE LYON","€1,930,064","The EuroSim Early Stage Training program is hosted by five different European partners from Germany, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. With this program we aim at setting the standard for a European PhD program in Molecular Simulations. The training is based on collaborative research projects in which different types of molecular simulation techniques are used to study an experimental problem in (bio) material science.In addition to the research training, we offer a comprehensive ",{"id":315,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":316,"piName":10,"institution":317,"country":97,"year":13,"amount":318,"abstract":319},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-32474","Production and storage of hydrogen","UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN","€3,536,726","The introduction of the hydrogen economy requires breakthrough solutions for the production of hydrogen, and for on-board storage of hydrogen in cars. The network's aims are to achieve such breakthroughs through research, and to train a new generation of researchers in the skills needed for solving the problems associated with the introduction of the hydrogen economy. In performing the proposed research and through specific training actions, the network will train both early stage researchers (3",{"id":321,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":322,"piName":10,"institution":323,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":324,"abstract":325},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20316","Training for Micro-analytical platform technology","UNIVERSITY OF TEESSIDE","€1,086,219","Training for Micro-Analytical Platform Technology (MAPTech) programme for early stage researchers aims to significantly enhance expertise in microanalytical systems and nanotechnology at a European level by facilitating the structured flow of researchers, expertise and technology between research centres in Finland, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom.This training initiative operates within an area that has been highlighted as one of significant importance to the European Research Area, and M",{"id":327,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":328,"piName":10,"institution":329,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":330,"abstract":331},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35884","Supramolecular nanostructured organic\u002Finorganic hybrid systems","EBERHARD-KARLS UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN","€3,682,047","NANOMATCH is an interdisciplinary and intersectorial research and training network in the emerging field of nanoscience and -technology. The project aims at the development of tailored photo- and electro-responsive organic\u002Finorganic hybrid systems such as photovoltaic cells, LEDs, and electro-optic modulators, by combining the advantages of organic and inorganic materials. Widespread application of polymeric materials is mainly restricted by their limited chemical stability and lack of control o",{"id":333,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":334,"piName":10,"institution":335,"country":20,"year":13,"amount":336,"abstract":337},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20513","Chemistry and nanoelectronics","COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE","€1,675,511","This EST proposal aims at addressing the ultimate issue of the necessary multidisciplinary training at the interface between the most advanced scientific research and the pre-industrial research in the chemistry and nanoelectronics domain. This training project based on recruitment of more than 15 PhD students, in the frame of the MINATEC innovation centre, will allow a better coupling efficiency both between chemistry and nanoelectronics and between scientific and technological research. It wil",{"id":339,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":340,"piName":10,"institution":341,"country":342,"year":13,"amount":343,"abstract":344},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20621","Novel Fabrication Techniques to Produce Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications","DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY","IE","€1,203,773","Tissue engineering aims to produce patient specific biological substitutes to overcome the limitations of traditional solutions for damaged tissue, such as lack of suitable donor organs or diseased cells. The scaffold aids the delivery of cells when they a re implanted and provides temporary mechanical support to the newly grown tissue.An EST Host Fellowship is proposed by the Materials Processing Research Centre at Dublin City University. The objective is to provide training in novel fabricatio",{"id":346,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":347,"piName":10,"institution":348,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":349,"abstract":350},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-36097","Developing a stem cell based therapy to replace nephrons lost through reflux nephropathy","THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL","€2,463,000","The aim of this project is to design a stem cell-based therapy to prevent end-stage renal disease caused by reflux nephropathy in children. The two main reasons to focus on this condition are that it is the major cause of kidney failure in children and young adults and secondly, the disease typically takes several years to reach end stage, allowing time for therapies to repair damage kidneys before they become completely non-functional. Recent advances in stem cell science and tissue engineering",{"id":352,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":353,"piName":10,"institution":354,"country":20,"year":13,"amount":355,"abstract":356},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20580","Training for new approaches in anti-parasite and anti-tumour drug discovery","UNIVERSITE PARIS-SUD","€937,100","The objective of the project is to provide postgraduate students, a pluri-disciplinary qualification for future career in medicinal chemistry, through research training, focused on two of the most important human health world problems: cancer and parasite diseases, and through additional training courses.Medicinal chemistry has undergone deep changes during these last years with the emergence of new techniques and tools, in particular related to the progress of the genome knowledge. The goal of ",{"id":358,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":359,"piName":10,"institution":360,"country":84,"year":13,"amount":361,"abstract":362},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19676","Research Training in functional Genomics and molecular Medicine","INSTITUTE FUER MOLEKULARE BIOTECHNOLOGIE GMBH","€671,766","Medicine will be revolutionized by the introduction of novel therapeutics that targets the underlying molecular and genetic mechanisms of disease. Targeting of defined genes using functional genomics has been proven to be particularly useful since loss of expression mutants reveal essential functions of molecules in normal physiology and the pathogenesis of multiple diseases. IMBA, a new Centre of Excellence founded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, will create a new PhD programme, which will",{"id":364,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":365,"piName":10,"institution":169,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":366,"abstract":367},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35616","Multi-functional carbon nanotubes for biomedical applications","€3,050,500","We will exploit the potential of multi-functional carbon nanotubes (CNT) for biomedical applications, in particular to act as magnetic nano-heaters, drug-carrier systems and sensors for diagnosis and therapy at a cellular level. CNT are hollow tubes (with 1, 2 or more walls) which can be filled with suitable materials and also be bio-functionalised, i.e. made compatible to biological environment. The long-term objective of the RTN is to develop and optimise multi-functional CNT for human medical",{"id":369,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":370,"piName":10,"institution":65,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":371,"abstract":372},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35369","Engineering, manipulation and characterization of Quantum States of matter and light","€4,394,997","The proposed network will develop general theoretical and experimental techniques for engineering, manipulating and characterizing quantum states of matter and light. Realistic quantum technologies will require broad and robust mastery ofthese basic capabilities. The network will thus apply universally applicable principles of control theory and atomic and optical physics to a broad range of physical systems of varying complexity. It will move recent advances in pure science toward practical uti",{"id":374,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":375,"piName":10,"institution":376,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":377,"abstract":378},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20301","Unsteady aerodynamics training network in airframe components for competitive and environmentally friendly civil transport aircraft.","UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER","€2,309,332","The European airframe and automotive industries are evolving into consolidated trans-national consortia and require a trans-nationally mobile RandD workforce. These firms are also concerned by the increased drag, vibration and noise due to bodywork cavitie s. AeroTraNet aims to meet these structural and scientific needs by providing Early Stage research Training (EST) in unsteady aerodynamics, noise and control of cavity flows. The objectives are: (i) to provide trans-national doctoral training ",{"id":380,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":381,"piName":10,"institution":45,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":382,"abstract":383},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20327","CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS","€2,314,053","The mission of the Centre for CFD is to conduct academic research in CFD in engineering and environment and computing practice, and to bring the emergent, cutting-edge simulation capability to focus in assisting industry to do a better job of environmental , engineering and medical design optimisation. All the Marie Curie Fellows, MSc and PhD students and research fellows in the Centre for CFD, plus participating industrial scientists and engineers, conduct leading-edge research into the fundame",{"id":385,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":386,"piName":10,"institution":387,"country":188,"year":13,"amount":388,"abstract":389},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35713","Aero-acoustical and thermo-acoustical coupling in energy processes","LEUVEN MEASUREMENTS AND SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL NV","€3,126,143","The objective of AETHER is the development of a unique and highly qualified training and research environment for fellows motivated to develop their careers into sustainable energy production. The network is composed of universities, research centres and industry partners, covering 8 countries of the ERA, all linked through their excellence in energy processes. The network is multi-sectorial, as three sectors of activity are targeted: gas turbines, combustion systems in manufacturing industry, a",{"id":391,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":392,"piName":10,"institution":393,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":394,"abstract":395},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20505","Quantum information processing early stage training network","THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD","€713,870","This early stage training network will provide doctoral training in the field of quantum computing and communication as well as in a variety of related quantum technologies. Research projects will be provided by leading UK research groups which collaborate via the nationwide Quantum Information Processing Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration (QIPIRC). Via the QIPIRC research is focussed on converting qubits between different physical systems like e.g. transferring photonic qubits into quantu",{"id":397,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":398,"piName":10,"institution":399,"country":53,"year":13,"amount":400,"abstract":401},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20872","Doctorate Training in Tuberculosis and HIV Infections","SMITTSKYDDINSTITUTET","€1,567,346","Chronic infectious diseases constitute the main disease burden in developing countries and an increasing health problem in the Central European countries, which recently have joined the European Union. In particular tuberculosis and HIV\u002FAIDS result in more deaths than any other infectious disease, globally. The two causative pathogens, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus, very often infect the same host, which leads to the accelerated death of the double-infected individu",{"id":403,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":404,"piName":10,"institution":405,"country":116,"year":13,"amount":406,"abstract":407},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19707","A multidisciplinary research-training programme in fetal medicine and health","FUNDACIO PRIVADA CLINIC PER A LA RECERCA BIOMEDICA","€1,589,144","Fetal Medicine research involves a multidisciplinary approach and affects yearly >5 million pregnancies in Europe. An international multidisciplinary training programme around fetal medicine is proposed, a virtual European Fetal Medicine Institute formed by three leading European Fetal Medicine Research Centres from Barcelona, Leuven and London. All are leaders in clinical and basic multidisciplinary research in the field. Each partner has a core multidisciplinary Research Group in Fetal Medicin",{"id":409,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":410,"piName":10,"institution":411,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":412,"abstract":413},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20718","Molecular imaging for translational research applications in Cancer","THE INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH: ROYAL CANCER HOSPITAL","€1,038,132","Molecular Imaging is an exciting new research area that aims to provide non-invasive means of assessing pathways, processes and interactions that play a critical role in the development of major diseases and their treatment.This form of imaging builds on our developing understanding of the human genome, of cellular molecular mechanisms and of advances in imaging techniques. Such approaches are playing a fast-growing role in the diagnosis and evaluation of disease, in the development and clinical",{"id":415,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":416,"piName":10,"institution":417,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":418,"abstract":419},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20996","Training and Research in the Fundamentals of Inflammatory Disease","THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM","€1,269,604","Chronic inflammatory diseases affect 30% of the EU population and can affect most tissues in the body. Important examples are rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. These diseases have a high mortality rate and high morbidity with low quality of life. Identification of the processes central to the development of different inflammatory diseases has proven difficult as it involves understanding how immune cells interact with each other and with stromal cells in complex tissue microen",{"id":421,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":422,"piName":10,"institution":423,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":248,"abstract":424},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20385","Innovative graduate training and research in cognition, learning and memory research","RUHR-UNIVERSITAET BOCHUM","NovoBrain will provide PhD fellows with a comprehensive and multidisciplinary research training programme in basic, cognitive and clinical neuroscience. The programme particularly focuses on ¨the mechanisms underlying cognition, learning, and memory formation¨ in the mammalian brain. A key goal of NovoBrain will be to give PhD fellows the opportunity to conduct high level research in a nurturing educational environment that equips them to work in a multidisciplinary manner in the neuroscience fi",{"id":426,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":427,"piName":10,"institution":428,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":429,"abstract":430},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35987","European Twin Study Network on Schizophrenia","FRIEDRICH-SCHILLER-UNIVERSITAET JENA","€2,402,000","Schizophrenia is one of the most severe and common mental disorders and a major challenge to health sciences in the European area and worldwide. Recent advances in neuroscience have shown disturbances of brain structure and function in schizophrenia. The genetic component is, however, complex and poorly understood. For this purpose, twin studies are a powerful approach in identifying endophenotypes, i.e. specific heritable biological markers, which might differentiate subgroups of schizophrenia ",{"id":432,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":433,"piName":10,"institution":434,"country":435,"year":13,"amount":436,"abstract":437},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20924","Enzymatic tailoring of protein interactions and functionalities in food matrix","TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT","FI","€908,418","The objective of the single host Marie Curie EST (PRO-ENZ) is to train young scientists in the use of modern biotechnology and protein chemistry, especially proteomics in food research and hence to give them competence for high quality product development in the food industry sector. Enzymes are interesting and effective biotools for engineering food structure. Modern biotechnological research currently exploits a wide variety of novel techniques in e.g. high throughput screening for enzyme disc",{"id":439,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":440,"piName":10,"institution":441,"country":116,"year":13,"amount":442,"abstract":443},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19678","Elucidating the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems through synthesis and comparative analysis","AZTI FUNDAZIOA","€2,233,277","Major international programs and parallel technological developments have delivered a massive amount of information on the biogeochemistry, functioning and structure of marine food webs. The resulting data represents a key resource to explore patterns in t he functioning of the ocean ecosystem. This vast resource remains largely unexploited, as these data have been used on the local context and few attempts have yet been made to synthesize them to deliver a global perspective of the functioning ",{"id":445,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":446,"piName":10,"institution":447,"country":448,"year":13,"amount":449,"abstract":450},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20932","Ecololgical and Evolutionary Response to Climatic Variation - Marie Curie Early Stage Research Training in Oslo (CEES-MCO)","UNIVERSITETET I OSLO","NO","€1,000,943","A major scientific challenge of today is to understand how rapid climatic change may affect the biosphere. To predict and understand future ecological and evolutionary responses to climatic change we need to combine the knowledge on how past and present climatic change affects ecological and evolutionary processes. Such insight is essential if we are to develop sustainable strategies for management, conservation and rehabilitation of ecosystems' strategies that will form the fundament for approp",{"id":452,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":453,"piName":10,"institution":454,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":455,"abstract":456},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20601","Palaeoecology, Archaeology and Evolutionary Origins","UNIVERSITY OF YORK","€1,340,354","PALAEO - Palaeoecology, Archaeology and Evolutionary Origins - is an interdisciplinary training centre for the recovery of information about past peoples and their environment. It reflects European research strength particularly concentrated at York.The PALAEO EST comprises a collaboration between the Centre for Human Palaeoecology, BioArch (biomolecular analysis in archaeology and geochemistry) and the primate Functional Morphology and Evolution Group. PALAEO investigates the prehistory and ear",{"id":458,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":459,"piName":10,"institution":460,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":461,"abstract":462},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20826","Investigating polyelectrolytes - a joint experimental, theoretical and computer modelling approach","UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER","€709,573","Polyelectrolytes form the basis of all biological structures and are used in lubricants, paints, inks and organic conductors. The quality of the product depends crucially on the shape of the polyelectrolyte molecules in solution.",{"id":464,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":465,"piName":10,"institution":417,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":466,"abstract":467},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20842","DNA recognition by drugs and proteins","€952,146","The DNAREC EST site will perform internationally leading research training in the area of recognition of DNA by synthetic agents and biomolecules (drugs and proteins), an area at the interface of chemistry and biology. This will be achieved through multid isciplinary training on projects each of which will involve chemists, biologists and biophysicists with a broad spectrum of complementary expertises which range from drug design and synthesis, through biophysical techniques to molecular biology",{"id":469,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":470,"piName":10,"institution":471,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":472,"abstract":473},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20423","Southampton early stage training in structural and materials chemistry","UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON","€1,241,754","The structure of a molecule or material dictates it properties and provides the key to understanding and enhancing these characteristics for a new generation of functional chemicals. These molecules and materials are central to the future of the EU in terms of enhancing the human environment and maintaining a competitive position for advanced chemicals in areas such as nanomaterials, information technology, aeronautics and space, sustainable development, global change, ecosystems and smart\u002Fadapt",{"id":475,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":476,"piName":10,"institution":477,"country":53,"year":13,"amount":478,"abstract":479},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19561","Dynamic interactive chemical biology and biomedicine","KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HÖGSKOLAN","€3,208,107","This network involves the training of researchers to acquire particular skills in the highly interactive field of chemical biology & biomedicine. It will rely on the interplay with the emerging concept of Constitutional Dynamic Chemistry to produce molecular diversity, and Glycobiology as a field of application. Dynamic chemistry allows for the generation of large compound arrays based on reversible processes, and enables the acquisition of new structures applicable to the study of complex carbo",{"id":481,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":482,"piName":10,"institution":483,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":484,"abstract":485},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20723","Research training in mathematical medicine and Biology at the University of Nottingham","THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM","€1,671,872","The Centre for Mathematical Medicine (CMM) at the University of Nottingham comprises a large group of applied mathematicians, applied probabilists and statisticians who undertake multidisciplinary research in a broad range of topics of relevance to the life sciences.Working closely with collaborators in biomedical disciplines based elsewhere at the University of Nottingham, this team is one of the largest groups of its kind in Europe. It undertakes internationally- leading research using a wide ",{"id":487,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":488,"piName":10,"institution":489,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":490,"abstract":491},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35833","Vacuolar Transport equipment for growth regulation in plants","UNIVERSITAET POTSDAM","€2,422,326","Plant growth is a fundamental biological process that impacts food production and landscape structuring, and is highly relevant for the goal of an integrated and sustainable agriculture in the EU. Growth is a highly co-ordinated process involving multiple scales, ranging from molecular entities through cellular structures to the whole-tissue and organ level. Environmental cues also strongly affect growth of higher plants.The plant vacuole can be considered as a central cellular integrator of gro",{"id":493,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":494,"piName":10,"institution":495,"country":496,"year":13,"amount":497,"abstract":498},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35468","Training Network on novel animal models for medical purposes","MEZOGAZDASAGI BIOTECHNOLOGIAI KUTATOKOZPONT","HU","€2,600,000","The overall goal is to develop a complex training program for PhD students on mammalian developmental biology, embryology, stem cell research combined with transgenic technology, genetic reprogramming, laboratory animal science and appropriate micromanipulation, microscopic imaging and molecular biological methods, using real-time PCR, micro-arrays andproteomics. Such training would reduce the fragmentation in the ERA in these areas and would enable the graduates to tackle the complexity of tran",{"id":500,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":501,"piName":10,"institution":26,"country":20,"year":13,"amount":502,"abstract":503},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20737","Moving into the genomics of marine biodiversity","€1,737,410","The Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR) is a research and training center in marine biology and oceanography, jointly operated by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and by the Université Pierre -et-Marie Curie. The SBR missions are to promote research and academic education on biology of marine organisms and ecosystem. The SBR has adopted a leading stance in promoting genomics approaches on marine models and ecosystems. This EST programme is thus designed to provide European pre-do",{"id":505,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":506,"piName":10,"institution":206,"country":188,"year":13,"amount":507,"abstract":508},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20387","Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the accumulation of radiocaesium by plants","€693,616","Soils contaminated with Cs pose a long-term radiation hazard to human health. Indeed, the chemical similarity of Cs and K constitutes the major threat to the contamination of the above-ground vegetation and incorporation in the food-chain as root uptake mechanisms appear closely related for these elements. Rhizospheric processes involving soil micro-organisms are known to influence radiocaesium root uptake. Among these, the obligate arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal symbionts are expected to pl",{"id":510,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":511,"piName":10,"institution":512,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":513,"abstract":514},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20501","Ecosystem approach to sustainable management of the marine environment and its living resources","THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN","€2,207,520","There is an increasing need for the adoption of an ecosystem approach to the exploitation on marine resources, to promote, ecological, environmental, economic and social sustainability and preserve biodiversity. The next generation of marine scientists will need to be fully trained in these concepts. A consortium of eight internationally-recognised universities and marine science institutes in UK, Spain and Greece offers early stage training in a range of topics related to the project theme (e.g",{"id":516,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":517,"piName":10,"institution":157,"country":97,"year":13,"amount":518,"abstract":519},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20461","Total realization of analogue and digital systems on silicon for ambient technology","€666,166","The research fellows in the TRANDSSAT project look for innovations in the enabling electronics to substantially reduce the power consumption of a portable transceiver to the level where they can have lifetime operation from a single battery, which results in a microwatt transceiver. Two fellows will focus on the design of the RF front end and two others on the AD\u002FDA converters. In the integration phase close collaboration between all fellows aims at the design of the microwatt transceiver with r",{"id":521,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":522,"piName":10,"institution":523,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":524,"abstract":525},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20424","Functional imaging during X-ray interventions","PHILIPS GMBH FORSCHUNGSLABORATORIEN","€835,255","The overall aim of this multidisciplinary project is to train five early stage researchers in the exciting and relevant field of medical imaging, and to close a technology gap in interventional radiology. Training will be provided in various inter-related disciplines, including X-ray and imaging physics, numerical mathematics, engineering disciplines, and interventional medicine.The technical objective of the project is to develop and exploit basic and application-specific methods for tomographi",{"id":527,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":528,"piName":10,"institution":529,"country":53,"year":13,"amount":530,"abstract":531},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20395","USO-SP international graduate school for solar physics","KUNGLIGA VETENSKAPSAKADEMIEN","€1,539,738","The USO-SP Consortium consists of Utrecht University (UU), the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) and the University of Oslo (UiO). Its mission is to advance solar physics. The present project starts an international graduate school in solar physics with training in a broad range of subjects, encompassing solar physics and stellar-atmosphere astronomy, advanced optics and polarimetry, wave-front restoration, large-volume image acquisition and processing, and numerical simulation techniques ",{"id":533,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":534,"piName":10,"institution":535,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":536,"abstract":537},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35890","Constellation: The origin of Stellar Masses","THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER","€3,409,322","CONSTELLATION will bring together 12 European teams and recruit 17 young researchers to attack some of the key problems concerning the origin of stellar masses. The scientific goals of the network are concentrated in three main tasks: the fragmentation and collapse of molecular clouds into clusters and aggregates of protostars; the formation of massive stars and their impact on their surrounding environment; the form of the low-mass and sub-stellar mass function, and the physical characteristics",{"id":539,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":540,"piName":10,"institution":541,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":542,"abstract":543},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20235","TRAINING AND UNDERSTANDING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES","EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN","€1,717,541","Cognitive function is the most precious of all human attributes, its loss is considered as one of the most severe and dreadful handicaps for human life quality. The prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases is increasing in the European society and will get even more prevalent in our ageing population. The focus of the Early Stage Training (EST) Network ('NEUROTRAIN') will be to promote and improve training possibilities and to improve our knowledge of neurodegeneration that will eventually lead ",{"id":545,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":546,"piName":10,"institution":317,"country":97,"year":13,"amount":547,"abstract":548},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35495","Galois theory and explicit methods","€2,574,379","Driven by applications in data security and networking, computational techniques are gaining importance in a range of areas in number theory and arithmetic geometry. The GTEM network will unite 12 centres of expertise of international stature in this broad range in a common research project to make hitherto purely abstract parts of advanced number theory and arithmetic geometry accessible to efficient computation. This project will develop feasible computational methods in the areas with proven ",{"id":550,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":551,"piName":10,"institution":552,"country":33,"year":13,"amount":553,"abstract":554},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35763","3D anatomical functional models for the human musculoskeletal system","UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE","€3,081,387","Human body representations have been used for centuries to help in understanding and documenting the shape and function of its compounding parts. Since Da Vinci drawings, human body atlases have evolved a lot and can nowadays describe the human anatomy wit h great precision, even in 3D. Parallelly, the body physiology, its systems and their functions, the mechanics of human motion, the pathological and healing situations are some among the many topics being studied and described in different dom",{"id":556,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":557,"piName":10,"institution":558,"country":84,"year":13,"amount":559,"abstract":560},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35589","Characterisations of wear mechanisms and surface functionalities with regard to lifetime prediction and quality criteria - from micro to the nano range","AC2T RESEARCH GMBH","€3,464,728","Almost all manufacturing techniques of surface preparing (polishing, lapping, deposition, etc.) have reached precision in nanometre scale. Although it is possible to measure sub micrometer structures of these surfaces (topography, thickness of coatings) there are hardly any information available for their functionality in tribological systems or wear characteristics due to nanometre or even micrometer surface effects.So there is a strong need for capable measuring devices and also for a higher l",{"id":562,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":563,"piName":10,"institution":471,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":564,"abstract":565},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-36186","A European research network on key technologies for intervention autonomous underwater vehicles","€3,284,786","There are many unresolved scientific questions and equally many major strategic economic and social development needs from an exploration of the seas around Europe. There is a pressing need for the development of advanced technologies to explore and exploit in a consistent and better manner the vastness of the oceans of the world. Intervention Autonomous Underwater vehicles (I-AUV) have shown their potential for the acquisition of marine data at extremely large scales and for the direct interven",{"id":567,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":568,"piName":10,"institution":569,"country":33,"year":13,"amount":570,"abstract":571},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19283","Fundamental understanding of cementitious materials for improved chemical physical and aesthetic performance","ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE F D RALE DE LAUSANNE","€3,021,014","Cements and concrete are essential components of the construction environment and, relative to other permanent materials, are environmentally appropriate for the future. Yet improvements can and must be made: the industry has lagged behind others in developing a materials-oriented approach. This proposal will close the gap by developing the relevant base of enabling science and providing pan-European training for the 21st century. In the preparation of this proposal five self-funded forums have ",{"id":573,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":574,"piName":10,"institution":575,"country":20,"year":13,"amount":576,"abstract":577},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35868","Greenhouse-gas removal apprenticeship and student Program","INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS","€4,393,006","The concern of this Marie Curie Research Training Network (RTN) is global warming due to the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The training and research effort lies in greenhouse gas (GHG) removal, focusing on geological GHG storage. Three major work packages aim to address the issues of capacity and sustainability of a geological GHG storage place: wellbore isolation to counter any eventual GHG leakage from the injected formation to another or to the surface and to ensure sustaina",{"id":579,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":580,"piName":10,"institution":581,"country":97,"year":13,"amount":582,"abstract":583},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-21089","Joined Education for Tissue Engineering: a multidisciplinary approach to regenerate joints","UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE","€1,604,988","Joint deficiencies and diseases are a common cause for disability, often with extreme pain, reduction of joint mobility and loss of function, affecting many EU citizens and resulting in tremendous costs. Very few existing surgically based protocols to treat osteochondral defects have yielded satisfactory clinical and functional results.JOIN(ed)T is composed of a consortium of 9 leading European institutes all with complementary expertise and resources on Tissue Engineering and Total Joint Repair",{"id":585,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":586,"piName":10,"institution":587,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":588,"abstract":589},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19822","Regenerative Medicine","UNIVERSITY OF BATH","€1,198,234","Regenerative medicine is critical to the future success of modern medicine and involves using the body's own stem cells and growth factors to repair organs, tissues, and cells. This new discipline is essential if we are to be able to repair tissues damaged in common chronic diseases such as diabetes, arthritis or Alzheimer's disease. Regenerative medicine involves new and ground breaking technologies such as stimulating tissue regeneration in situ, grafting of stem cells to bring about repair, t",{"id":591,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":592,"piName":10,"institution":541,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":593,"abstract":594},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35367","L-type Calcium channels in health and disease","€3,935,105","Disturbances in ion channel function lead to serious diseases of the nervous system, skeletal and cardiac muscle, and intestine which makes ion channels important drug targets for the pharmaceutical industry. Calcium currents through L-type voltage-gated C a2+ channels (L-VGCCs) play a key role in the cellular signalling in brain, heart, smooth muscles, sensory (e.g. inner ear, retina), and endocrine cells (e.g. pancreatic islets). In distinct cells of these organs, the pore forming 1-subunits C",{"id":596,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":597,"piName":10,"institution":423,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":140,"abstract":598},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20681","Non-Covalent Interactions in Chemistry and Biochemistry","INTCHEM is an interdisciplinary European Early Stage Research Training programme aimed towards understanding the complex phenomena of weak interactions between molecules via non-covalent bonding. These interactions govern the formation and structure of con densed phases of molecules (clusters, liquids, crystals), adhesion of molecules on surfaces, and determine the structure of biomacromolecules, such as proteines and DNA. Although applications cover the whole field of supramolecular chemistry, ",{"id":600,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":601,"piName":10,"institution":602,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":603,"abstract":604},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-21149","Early Stage Training in Catchment Science","UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD","€1,428,220","The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) is the most significant piece of EU water legislation to date. Meeting the requirements of the WFD will require catchment-scale land and water resource management to enhance and protect the ecological status of freshw aters. However, there remain significant gaps in our understanding of the physical and biogeochemical processes affecting water quality and quantity at the catchment-scale, and the links between these processes and ecosystem structure and func",{"id":606,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":607,"piName":10,"institution":608,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":609,"abstract":610},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20498","Advanced solar heating and cooling for buildings","UNIVERSITŽT KASSEL","€1,782,494","The proposed EST-network SOLNET consists of nine university research groups from seven different European countries and several commercial enterprises, working in the fields of civil, mechanical, and environmental engineering, as well as architecture and chemistry. Ten PhD projects shall be carried out in the framework of SOLNET. The common scope of the research activities is to lay the foundations for a new generation of solar heating and cooling systems with a high solar fraction. Within the t",{"id":612,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":613,"piName":10,"institution":614,"country":615,"year":13,"amount":616,"abstract":617},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19369","Atmospheric modelling for wind energy, climate and environment applications: exploring added value from new observation technique","DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET (TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK)","DK","€2,127,405","ModObs is a European training-through-research network, which addresses the improvement of atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) models to investigate the interplay of processes at different temporal and spatial scales, and to explore the added value from new observation techniques.The overall goal is to bring young scientists to work together with experienced researchers in developing a better interaction amongst scientific communities of modellers and experimentalists, using a comprehensive approac",{"id":619,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":620,"piName":10,"institution":602,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":621,"abstract":622},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-21143","Training in multi-scale approaches to understanding carbon dynamics in Arctic and upland systems","€1,099,351","MULTIARC will provide high quality research training to a team of six postgraduate researchers enabling them to develop their research skills through an integrated programme of formal research training and practical research experience. Training will be provided within the theme of carbon dynamics in Arctic and upland systems with the overall aims being to understand the plant and soil driven processes that define carbon dynamics at the plot and ecosystem scale and to understand how these proces",{"id":624,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":625,"piName":10,"institution":90,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":626,"abstract":627},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20992","Functional materials for storage, Sensing, electronics and catalysis","€2,116,937","This application seeks funding for an EST between key internationally-leading research and training centres at the University of Nottingham, UK, the Universite Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France, and the Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (CSI",{"id":629,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":630,"piName":10,"institution":631,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":632,"abstract":633},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-36032","Transglutaminases: role in pathogenesis, diagnosis and therapy","ASTON UNIVERSITY*","€2,945,000","TRACKS is a Research and Training Network focussed on the physiological and pathophysiological aspects in humans of a family of enzymes called transglutaminases (TGases). TGases are a widely distributed group of enzymes and have diverse functions in the body such as blood coagulation and wound healing, skin and hair barrier formation, extra-cellular matrix assembly, cell adhesion and intracellular signalling. TGases are drawing increasing interest because of their role in the onset and progressi",{"id":635,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":636,"piName":10,"institution":483,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":637,"abstract":638},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35599","Entry inhibitors for the treatment of HCV infection","€3,507,650","The EI-HCV Network will provide an integrated multidisciplinary and multi-sector training in a range of leading skills relevant to antiviral and immunotherapeutic drug development in the post-genomics era. The researchers will gain world-class expertise in specialist shortage skills including structural biology, functional genomics (genomic analysis, bioinformatics, transcriptomics) and proteomics. They will also obtain training on a range of specialist instruments (e.g. DNA sequencers, confocal",{"id":640,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":641,"piName":10,"institution":642,"country":435,"year":13,"amount":643,"abstract":644},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19496","Systems biology of nuclear receptors: A nutrigenomics approach to aging-related diseases","UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND","€3,744,054","The aim of this network is to meet two major challenges within the EC. Firstly, to dissect and exploit mechanisms, which relate dietary input to health, and secondly to train scientists in an interdisciplinary and intersectorial fusion of post-genomic arenas. Nutrigenomics aims to dissect mechanisms conjoining dietary factors to physiological function and pathological syndromes, such as cancer and osteoporosis. These and other aging-related syndromes remain poorly understood, but it is agreed th",{"id":646,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":647,"piName":10,"institution":329,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":648,"abstract":649},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-34021","European training in Myopia research","€3,173,961","This application brings together a major part of the European expertise in myopia research. Biological mechanisms underlying myopia development are widely studied in the USA, Australia and, in particular, in the Far East Asian countries. But until now, the re is little contribution from Europe. Current research in myopia is funded exclusively by local governmental institutions. Given the increasing importance of myopia in the industrialized countries, a more bundled approach is necessary and tim",{"id":651,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":652,"piName":10,"institution":653,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":654,"abstract":655},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35733","Chromatin structure and plasticity","EUROPAISCHES LABORATORIUM FUER MOLEKULARBIOLOGIE - EMBL","€3,457,668","The mammalian genome is packaged into a dynamic structure known as chromatin. There are a range of mechanisms - often referred to as 'epigenetic' controls -that alter its structure and function. These include post-translational modifications, histone variants, and non-coding RNAs. Considerable efforts have been directed at deciphering the epigenetic mechanisms that govern vital biological events such as centromere maintenance, cell-fate determination during development and targeted-recombination",{"id":657,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":658,"piName":10,"institution":659,"country":20,"year":13,"amount":660,"abstract":661},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-21024","Wide area research training in health engineering","INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE LYON","€1,595,918","The proposed multi-host programme constitutes a step towards structured multi-diciplinary research training in the field of Health Engineering, in particular electronic health, medical imaging, biomedical engineering, and ambient intelligence as applied to prevention, continuous monitoring and care of patients. This field is subjected to strong economic pressure to transform the operating modes of health systems, leading to a real demand. Barriers between areas tend to hinder advances in researc",{"id":663,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":664,"piName":10,"institution":665,"country":20,"year":13,"amount":666,"abstract":667},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20492","The challenge of malaria in the post genomic era","UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER II","€1,601,753","The genomes of the malaria parasite and its hosts have been recently completed. This programme is designed to meet the challenge of how best to exploit this information to attain a thorough understanding of the biology of the parasite and the interaction between the parasite and its hosts. The innovative exploitation of post genomic tools will advance the quest for new methods to control parasite proliferation, the pathophysiology of the disease and, possibly, the mosquito vector, providing new ",{"id":669,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":670,"piName":10,"institution":671,"country":20,"year":13,"amount":672,"abstract":673},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20659","Tools and techniques for a Changing ATmosphere (TOTECAT): innovative approach on studying environmentally important questions","UNIVERSITE DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE","€1,340,693","TOTECAT aims at being a sound springboard for future world-class researchers and experts in the field of atmospheric chemistry\u002Fphysics. The earth atmosphere including the impact of human activities on its chemical composition has long been recognized as a so-called complex system.The atmosphere is also clearly a multi-disciplinary field of investigation ranging from chemical reactivity over combustion processes to transport of matter and radiative transfer. TOTECAT will offer to future scientist",{"id":675,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":676,"piName":10,"institution":677,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":678,"abstract":679},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19700","Physics and chemistry of earth materials: From the atomic scale to a global perspective","UNIVERSITAET BAYREUTH","€677,952","Processes that take place on the surface and in the interior of the Earth are intimately linked to the properties and structure of Earth materials down to the atomic scale. Understanding the relationship between structure, properties and processes is essential for assessing volcanic and seismic hazards, for predicting the long-term evolution of the Earth's atmosphere as well as optimising the search of ore deposits and sources of geothermal energy. Moreover, experimental technologies developed f",{"id":681,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":682,"piName":10,"institution":683,"country":97,"year":13,"amount":684,"abstract":685},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20706","Cardiovascular Damage and Repair II","UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT","€1,165,792","The main objective of the Early Stage Training in the Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM) is to train early stage researchers in cardiovascular sciences in a European and multidisciplinary perspective.The central hypothesis underlying the training programme is that cardiovascular diseases are the result of an interaction between genetic and environmental risk factors acting upon a system that as a part of the ageing process looses its adaptive potential.To address this hypothesi",{"id":687,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":688,"piName":10,"institution":689,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":690,"abstract":691},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20496","Advanced training programme in bacterial cell biology and transcriptome analysis","THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE","€946,476","The increased resolution and sensitivity of the latest fluorescence microscopes, imaging equipment, and software, now makes it possible to follow specific proteins and processes in living bacterial cells. These developments have initiated a new and very successful discipline i.e. bacterial cell biology. Another recent and prolific technique that has become part of the molecular microbial toolbox is transcriptome analysis, in which DNA micro-arrays are used to measure genome-wide transcriptional ",{"id":693,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":694,"piName":10,"institution":695,"country":97,"year":13,"amount":696,"abstract":697},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35614","Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry","RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN","€2,387,451","Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry is a new method with great potential for the development of new synthetic receptors, the discovery of new ligands for proteins and for studying the folding of extended molecules. The present proposal brings together most of the European groups with an active interest in these areas. The scientific aims are to further develop the underlying chemistry and the theory behind complex equilibrium systems and to deliver new functional molecules in the form of inhibitors ",{"id":699,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":700,"piName":10,"institution":701,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":702,"abstract":703},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-33439","Bio-interfaces: From molecular understanding to application","GKSS-FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEESTHACHT GMBH","€2,842,101","BIOCONTROL aims at controlling biological functions at, respectively on, bio-interfaces. It is based on the recent recognition of the importance of structure and properties of bio-interfaces, e.g. biological membranes, for a multitude of life processes. We now know that the evolution of atherosclerosis, cancer, immunity and viral infections, neurodegenerative disorders (Alzheimer, Prion diseases, etc.) and aging depend on perturbations of such interfaces. However, we need to improve our knowledg",{"id":705,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":706,"piName":10,"institution":707,"country":53,"year":13,"amount":708,"abstract":709},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35528","The intracellular routes of growth factor signalling from the plasma membrane to the nucleus","KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET","€2,630,000","Growth factor receptor signalling controls an enormous variety of biological processes, during all stages of animal development and in all tissues and organs. Its importance for the understanding and treatment of human disease can not be overstated. Internalization and intracellular transport has emerged as an important regulator of signal transduction by growth factor receptors. Two parallel strategies will be used to tackle this paradigm shift and exploit the opportunities laying behind it: 1)",{"id":711,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":712,"piName":10,"institution":713,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":714,"abstract":715},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-21119","Genomics and the Analysis of Complex Traits","THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH","€1,256,780","Complex traits are determined by the combined action of several genes and the environment. They are characterised in quantitative terms using statistical methods and it is increasingly recognised that many common human diseases such as cardiovascular disea se, cancer, psychiatric illness, autoimmune and inflammatory disease fall into this category. Susceptibility to prevalent infections, or to disease following infection (in humans, domesticated and wild animals) can be so described as can most ",{"id":717,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":718,"piName":10,"institution":719,"country":84,"year":13,"amount":720,"abstract":721},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19564","European virtual Anthropology Network","UNIVERSITÄT WIEN","€3,297,626","EVAN focuses on the integration of new morphological analysis methods from biomathematics, computer science and bioengineering in the context of interdisciplinary studies of anatomical variability in humans, their ancestors, and their close relatives for the purpose of applications in the academic, clinical, industrial, and private & public research sectors. The new methods are integrated in our network with a rich infrastructure from medical imaging, 3D-digitisation, visualisation, software pro",{"id":723,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":724,"piName":10,"institution":725,"country":116,"year":13,"amount":726,"abstract":727},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35482","Entering the high-precision era of flavour physics through the alliance of lattice simulations, effective field theories and experiment","UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA","€2,862,970","One of the most profound open questions in particle physics is the pattern of fermion masses and mixings, and the source of fermion replication. This is intimately related to the origin of CP violation, which itself has far reaching consequences being the key to understanding the surprising fact that the universe contains more matter than antimatter. Very general theoretical arguments call for the extension of the Standard Model by new degrees of freedom around the energy scale of 1 TeV, which c",{"id":729,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":730,"piName":10,"institution":731,"country":732,"year":13,"amount":733,"abstract":734},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35505","Tools and precision calculations for Physics discoveries at colliders","NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH DEMOKRITOS","EL","€3,900,032","Precise theoretical predictions are crucial for exploiting the discovery potential of the present and future high energy colliders. HEPTOOLS aims to maximize the physics gain over the next decade (1) by the development, standardization and systematization of reliable sophisticated computational tools that are easily accessible to the whole high-energy physics community,  (2) by providing the precision calculations needed to match the high accuracy of forthcoming experiments and  (3) by the compl",{"id":736,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":737,"piName":10,"institution":738,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":739,"abstract":740},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20232","A doctoral training network in integrative studies of plant stress biology","RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITÄT BONN","€2,799,326","The quality of human resources in science and technology ultimately underpins innovations and economic growth. Among the key areas with great socio-economic impacts, the resolution of important environmental issues, improvement of food quality and safety, and development of sustainable agricultural production heavily rely on the input from advanced research.In particular, research in stress biology of plants is central to achieving progress in these key areas. As basic instrument, interdisciplin",{"id":742,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":743,"piName":10,"institution":744,"country":20,"year":13,"amount":745,"abstract":746},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20715","Early stage training in infectious diseases involving intracellular pathogens","INSTITUT PASTEUR","€1,354,017","Infectious diseases are responsible for major health, societal and economical problems in Europe and developing countries.The aim of this project is to give early stage European scientists a wide multidisciplinary training concerning intracellular pathogens. With 40 % of its research activity devoted to infectious diseases, the Pasteur Institute is an ideal place to train early researchers in this field.This programme will provide a unique PhD training promoted through:- courses in multidiscipli",{"id":748,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":749,"piName":10,"institution":750,"country":254,"year":13,"amount":751,"abstract":752},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35859","Bio-inspired Molecular Optoelectronics","CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE","€2,773,298","The BIMORE network focuses on research and development of novel nanoscale molecular opto-electronic devices for storage and processing of information. The network will take advantage of bio-inspired approaches such as photosynthetic charge and energy transfer. The goal of the initiative is to integrate interdisciplinary expertise including organic- and biochemical synthesis, spectroscopic, structural and electrical characterization of molecules to build and characterize devices in order to shape",{"id":754,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":755,"piName":10,"institution":223,"country":97,"year":13,"amount":756,"abstract":757},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20841","Games in Logic: Reaching Out To Classical Game Theory","€1,250,684","Logic in Games is an important area of research using the concept of procedural activities with interdependency in mathematical logic (model theory and proof theory), foundations of mathematics (set theory), computer science (automata theory, computation al complexity theory), computational linguistics (formal semantics and pragmasemantics) and philosophy (theory of rationality). Despite the importance and width of scope of Logic in Games, it is but a small part of research on games: The methodo",{"id":759,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":760,"piName":10,"institution":761,"country":20,"year":13,"amount":762,"abstract":763},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35546","An integrated, interdisciplinary approach to Nod factor perception","INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA)","€1,967,451","The project will train Early-stage Researchers and Experienced Researchers on a multidisciplinary project to unravel the mechanisms of the perception of Nod factors in the establishment of the Legume-Rhizobia symbiosis. This symbiosis is of great agronomic and ecological importance. The establishment of the symbiosis is induced by rhizobial lipo-chitooligosaccharidic Nod factor signals, which induce symbiotic responses on roots of the host plant. Recently receptors have been cloned which are inv",{"id":765,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":766,"piName":10,"institution":483,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":767,"abstract":768},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20278","Molecular and functional genomic approaches to novel antibacterial target discovery","€2,176,738","Despite the advent of the antibiotic era, infectious diseases retain their pre-eminent position as major worldwide causes of morbidity and mortality.This problem has been worsened by the emergence of multi-antibiotic resistant bacteria and the failure of Pharmaceutical company drug discovery programmes to design antibiotics with truly novel modes of action. Europe's competitiveness in the field of antibacterial discovery programs is currently seriously compromised due to:- the reduction or closu",{"id":770,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":771,"piName":10,"institution":772,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":773,"abstract":774},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19335","Molecular basis of antibiotic translocation","JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN GMBH","€3,000,000","With increasing antibiotic resistance, the search for new drugs is one of the top priorities in our society. European groups have traditionally been strong in this field, but keeping a leading position needs a tremendous effort because of the complexity of the problems involved. The strength and originality is that we combine an original biophysical approach how to quantify translocation on a single molecular level with a new generation of computer programmes allowing now the modelling of transp",{"id":776,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":777,"piName":10,"institution":778,"country":53,"year":13,"amount":779,"abstract":780},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35995","Integrated analyses of aquaporin structure and function","GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET","€2,106,070","Aqua (glycero) porins (AQP) are represented in all classes of organisms, suggesting universal importance. Aquaporins transport water and AQP transport glycerol and other small- uncharged solutes. Aquaporins play important rules in human health. For instance, defects in AQP1 or 2 are known to cause diminished urine concentration ability and AQP4 of the brain-blood barrier is involved in brain swelling. This project aims at breakthroughs in our integrative understanding of the precise physiologica",{"id":782,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":783,"piName":10,"institution":784,"country":732,"year":13,"amount":785,"abstract":786},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20575","A European research training site for the design and synthesis of novel Neuroprotective and Hypoglycaemic Agents through a multi-disciplinary approach","NATIONAL HELLENIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION","€984,122","EURODESY focuses on establishing a European Research Training site for the development of new agents for potential therapeutic intervention in neurodegenerative diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus.The project aims to provide research training in the design and synthesis of novel antioxidants, neurosteroids, and cannabinoids, as neuroprotective agents, and thiosemicarbazones, 1,2,4-oxadiazoles of b-D-glucose derivatives and indole-imidazole hybrids, as potential hypoglycaemic drugs.This will be",{"id":788,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":789,"piName":10,"institution":293,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":790,"abstract":791},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20702","European Partnership for Qualitative Research Training (Social Anthropology)","€1,862,284","This programme builds research training in anthropology by linking training in New Member and Associated states with western institutions. Anthropology is unevenly developed across Europe - Social Anthropology was not taught in central\u002Feastern Europe unti l 1989 and research training at postgraduate level is recent and patchy. Today, ambitious Ph.D. candidates have to move out of the region to pursue their studies. This programme targets students from new members and accession states, as well as",{"id":793,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":794,"piName":10,"institution":52,"country":53,"year":13,"amount":795,"abstract":796},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19629","Training in experiment, phenomenology and technology transfer at the energy frontier","€1,459,729","This single-host programme aims to train 15 Early Stage Researchers, ESRs, in theoretical and experimental High Energy Physics, and\u002For inter-disciplinary technology transfer from High Energy Physics (seven ESRs for 36 months and eight ESRs from other institutions during shorter (~6 months) training placements in Lund). High-energy physics is the study of the fundamental constituents of matter and the forces that act upon them. This information is one of the basic pillars for our understanding of",{"id":798,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":799,"piName":10,"institution":800,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":801,"abstract":802},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-34270","Computational optimization methods in Statistics, Econometrics, and Finance","JUSTUS-LIEBIG-UNIVERSITAET GIESSEN","€2,966,540","The scope of quantitative research broadens due to the increasing availability of large data sets. In order to extract relevant information new statistical procedures are developed. Often, these procedures result in complex optimization problems which cannot be tackled by standard algorithms. Thus, there is an urgent need for the further dissemination of recent advances in heuristic optimization. These tools are still rarely used in statistics, econometrics, and quantitative finance. This neglec",{"id":804,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":805,"piName":10,"institution":483,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":806,"abstract":807},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20524","Exposure to micro-organisms and suppression of allergic diseases: A European research training scheme","€1,802,116","Allergic disorders are increasing rapidly within the European Union. European groups led the discovery that diminishing exposure to microorganisms is a factor in this increase. European groups were also the first to demonstrate the presence within helminths and saprophytic mycobacteria of components that drive the formation of regulatory T cells in vitro and in vivo. This is now accepted as the explanation for the ability of exposure to these organisms to protect from allergies. The importance o",{"id":809,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":810,"piName":10,"institution":811,"country":97,"year":13,"amount":812,"abstract":813},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35950","Cytokine receptor traffic, signalling and human disease","ERASMUS UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM ROTTERDAM","€2,169,148","Cytokines and their receptors play a crucial role in blood formation, inflammatory responses and immune defences. Defects in cytokine receptors or in the associated janus kinases (JAKs) have been linked to chronic disease, such as severe combined immuno deficiencies, congenital neutropenia, myeloproliferative disorders, leukaemia and autoimmune diseases. Members of this RTN have been involved in the discovery of JAKs, cloning of genes encoding cytokine and cytokine receptors and identification o",{"id":815,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":816,"piName":10,"institution":393,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":817,"abstract":818},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35863","The origin of our universe: seeking links between fundamental physics and cosmology","€3,532,999","This network will bring together the major European theoretical physics groups investigating the fundamental physics, which shaped our Universe. They have made important contributions across the whole spectrum of research in particle cosmology and astro-particle physics, from phenomenological issues concerning the genesis of matter and radiation, dark matter and dark energy, to fundamental questions about the nature of space-time and of the Big Bang itself. This is an opportune time for such stu",{"id":820,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":821,"piName":10,"institution":822,"country":20,"year":13,"amount":823,"abstract":824},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20426","Efficient and clean combustion experts training","CENTRE EUROPEN DE RECHERCHE ET DE FORMATION AVANCE EN CALCUL SCIENTIFIQUE","€2,290,338","The control of combustion in terms of burner stability, fuel consumption reduction and pollutants emission requires a detailed understanding of the physical phenomena involved. Combustion is a highly non-linear and complex process in which chemistry, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, radiation and phase change are deeply coupled. First steps in combustion knowledge were obtained experimentally. Today the level of detail that is needed to meet industrial quality criteria and that drives research, ",{"id":826,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":827,"piName":10,"institution":828,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":829,"abstract":830},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20958","Automatic 3G\u002F4G Radio Access Network Planning and Optimisation - A High End Computing Approach","UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE","€832,853","3G\u002F4G cellular networks will play a very important role in broadband communications and ubiquitous computing in the foreseeable future. Network planning plays an important role when building a new network or expanding an existing one. As Radio Access Net work (RAN) accounts for most of the infrastructure cost of a cellular network, careful design and accurate planning of RAN is vital to any operator. While in operation, RAN needs to undergo frequent optimisation. The planning and optimisation of",{"id":832,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":833,"piName":10,"institution":90,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":834,"abstract":835},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-21170","Collaborative medical image analysis on the Grid","€2,128,721","The aim of CMIAG is to establish a unique, world-class multi- and interdisciplinary research-training programme in advanced medical image analysis. CMIAG will bring together a rich mix of specialists in Computer Science, Mathematics, Magnetic Resonance, Neuroimaging\u002FNeuroscience, Clinical Neurology, and Psychology, to provide a high quality training programme in integrative medical image analysis and high performance computation.CMIAG will target the crucial areas of healthcare, assisting medica",{"id":837,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":838,"piName":10,"institution":839,"country":84,"year":13,"amount":840,"abstract":841},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-35805","The re-invention of sainfoin: an example of a novel resource for sustainable agriculture","TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN","€3,500,000","The proposed RTN adopts a unified approach to a unique sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) collection. It will provide excellent training for young researchers in evaluating traditional resources and developing novel strategies for sustainable agriculture. This is timely because of the pending CAP reforms. The RTN will offer multisectorial and multidisciplinary training at 10 first class research institutions and 3 SMEs in 10 countries. It is based on a structured combination of research and traini",{"id":843,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":844,"piName":10,"institution":845,"country":435,"year":13,"amount":846,"abstract":847},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20546","Developmental signalling networks","HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO","€1,277,739","This project will involve the training of 7 early stage researchers in developmental and evolution biology at two Helsinki University research institutes involving 11 co-operating teams. Developmental biology is among the most rapidly progressing fields of biology and biomedicine. Recently one of the main outcomes in biology has been the discovery of numerous genes and molecular pathways that are shared among the different organs and organisms. We have specialised in elucidating the molecular pa",{"id":849,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":850,"piName":10,"institution":851,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":852,"abstract":853},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20353","TRAINING IN METHODS AND DEVICES FOR NON-INVASIVE HIGH RESOLUTION OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS AND IMAGING","UNIVERSITY OF KENT","€2,307,722","Participants in this network for the EST programme are three HE institutions and two SMEs.The network will educate by research 12 fellows towards PhD and 6 more fellows on short stage fellowships of 10 months.The network will operate at a European dimensio n by educating the fellows according to a structured training programme which exploits the expertise in interdisciplinary fields existent within the network.The training involves experimental and taught components tuned to each fellow ¿s resea",{"id":855,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":856,"piName":10,"institution":857,"country":254,"year":13,"amount":858,"abstract":859},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-21018","Early stage research training in integrated energy conversion for a sustainable environment","ENEL INGEGNERIA E INNOVAZIONE S.P.A.","€2,297,548","The INECSE programme has the mission of training young researchers in the field of Energy Technology and is organised by five renowned Universities (Abo Akademi (FL), Cardiff University (UK), Delft University of Technology (NL), University of Stuttgart (D) and Technical University of Munich (D)) and three Applied Research Centres (ENEL Produzione-Ricerca (I), Instytut Energetyki (PL) and CNR-Istituto Ricerche Combustione (I)).The general subject of the programme is the Integrated Energy Conversi",{"id":861,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":862,"piName":10,"institution":863,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":864,"abstract":865},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-33873","Nanomaterials for application in Sensors, catalysis and emerging technologies","QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON","€2,719,493","This project will focus on the development and manufacture of molecularly imprinted micro- and nanostructured polymers for selective applications in catalysis, analysis and sensors. The proposed Research Training Network, with its multidisciplinary academic participants involved in molecularly imprinted polymer research from different European countries (including new member countries and institutions from less favoured regions), complemented by three industrial partners, will provide a unique t",{"id":867,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":868,"piName":10,"institution":869,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":870,"abstract":871},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20635","Security and Citizenship: European and Global Dimensions","UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES ABERYSTWYTH","€1,126,678","The interaction of new security challenges at all levels (individual, national, European, global) is reshaping the character and possibilities of citizenship. The interaction of theories and practices of security and theories and practices of citizenship h ave been neglected hitherto by Social Science. The proposed training programme in 'Security and Citizenship: European and Global Dimensions' represents an original contribution to scholarship as well as a new opportunity for advanced training ",{"id":873,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":874,"piName":10,"institution":683,"country":97,"year":13,"amount":875,"abstract":876},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20589","European graduate school of Neuroscience","€2,347,496","The participants of the Marie-Curie Early Stage Training EURON consist of 9 universities and 3 companies (one of them an SME) in four EU countries.EURON will integrate Research Master Training and general\u002Fspecialized Ph.D.-training for up to 36 months in an interdisciplinary research training programme focussing on the central theme Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration and Plasticity in a life span perspective: a clinical, cognitive and fundamental approach.The overall objective is to educate a new g",{"id":878,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":879,"piName":10,"institution":348,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":880,"abstract":881},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20666","Molecular Function in Post-Genome Biology (MolFun)","€1,189,049",".MolFun has 13 academic staff from the School of Biological Sciences (SBS) who have a substantial track record in research, European collaboration and training early stage researchers. MolFun provides both 3 year doctoral and short-term training for EST fe llows in the application of post-genome technologies to the elucidation of molecular functions of proteins and secondary gene products in model organisms. Each doctoral MolFun research project combines at least 4 of 6 major post-genomic techno",{"id":883,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":884,"piName":10,"institution":885,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":886,"abstract":887},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20970","CANcer CURe Early stage research training","UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE","€2,057,566","CANCURE provides an interdisciplinary programme to train ESRs in the knowledge, techniques and processes of translational cancer research. The principal focus is prostate cancer but researchers entering this programme will be trained for other translational research. There is an urgent need to train researchers in how best to do such research in a multidisciplinary and integrated approach if they are to develop research teams and projects that will better respond to the challenges posed by advan",{"id":889,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":890,"piName":10,"institution":891,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":892,"abstract":893},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20828","Mineral Surface Science for Nanotechnology","UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL","€1,422,833","Scientists from the MISSION research group, who are all active researchers from the Departments of Earth Sciences and Physics and the Interface Analysis Centre at the University of Bristol, propose to train 17 Early Stage Researchers for a total of 288 man months. The programme is aimed at 3rd cycle doctoral level training. Added bonus to the action is that seven EST fellows will gain a PhD during the training period, and approximately 10 visiting fellows will gain training for 3-6 months in our",{"id":895,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":896,"piName":10,"institution":897,"country":20,"year":13,"amount":898,"abstract":899},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-21145","Proposal for a doctorate in history, sociology and anthropology of legal cultures in Europe","ECOLE DES HAUTES ETUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES","€78,171,883","The project aims to offer European students of law, history of law and social sciences mobility scholarships for doctorates split among four locations (Paris, London, Frankfurt and Florence) at which the courses offered would complement each other perfectly. It is a matter of including legal thought, without renouncing anything of its distinctive rigour, in the present view of social sciences. All this training will benefit the multicultural environment ¿ English, French, German and Italian, whi",{"id":901,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":902,"piName":10,"institution":903,"country":12,"year":13,"amount":904,"abstract":905},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19729","Cooperation in research and training for European excellence in the Neurosciences","CHARITE - UNIVERSITAETSMEDIZIN BERLIN","€83,408,895","CORTEX ('Cooperation in Research and Training for European Excellence in the Neurosciences') aims at overcoming European fragmentation in Neuroscience training and research. Neuroscience research is inherently multidisciplinary and international. The Neuro sciences in academia and industry have a steadily increasing demand for highly trained scientists and clinicians. CORTEX brings together eight leading European neuroscience graduate programs, located in Berlin, Bochum, Helsinki, London, Oslo, ",{"id":907,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":908,"piName":10,"institution":909,"country":254,"year":13,"amount":910,"abstract":911},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20386","International graduate program in molecular medicine","UNIVERSITA VITA-SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE","€1,865,304","The comprehensive goal of this four-year project is to create a framework of administrative, research, training and educational activities, shared by four research institutions and one pharmaceutical SME, to support the development of an international graduate program in molecular medicine. The operational goal of the project is the implementation of a project involving a common set of qualified procedures to select,monitor, train and asses graduate students at multiple locations towards the ach",{"id":913,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":914,"piName":10,"institution":713,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":10,"abstract":915},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20558","Cutting edge early stage training in genomics, genetics and epigenetics for sustainable animal breeding","SABRETRAIN will provide young scientists with high quality MSc and PhD training by utilising the combined resources of international partners with world renowned expertise in livestock genetics. This will prepare researchers with the skills to expand and enhance knowledge of genomics and genetics for sustainable animal breeding, so as to develop livestock production towards more environmentally and welfare friendly, low input systems that deliver safe, high quality foods in line with consumer ex",{"id":917,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":918,"piName":10,"institution":919,"country":254,"year":13,"amount":920,"abstract":921},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-20311","European Initiative for Basic Research in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases","ALTA RICERCA E SVILUPPO IN BIOTECNOLOGIE S.R.L.","€1,815,762","By initially building a strong coalition among five European centres of excellence, the objectives of EIMID are to reach a critical mass on relevant microbiology topics; to allow rapid and effective scientific reaction to emerging problems; to foster exchange of scientists; to improve the visibility of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases as a discipline of key importance in Europe; to attract the best fellows and post-docs to the area; to counter the current brain drain of young European invest",{"id":923,"funder":7,"programme":8,"title":924,"piName":10,"institution":483,"country":46,"year":13,"amount":925,"abstract":926},"cordis-marie-skłodowska-curie-actions-award-19780","An Industrial-Academic Chemistry Nursery for Economic Growth","€1,476,570","An Industrial-Academic Chemistry Nursery for Economic Growth There is an critical downturn in the number of quality Ph.D. students in the multidisciplinary area of selective synthesis in Europe. 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