Forests play a vital role in Europe's economy, society and environment. Scenarios likely to keep the global warming below 2oC (Paris Agreement goal) would entail a substantial reduction of anthropogenic GHG emissions, through far-reaching changes to energy systems, land use and associated value chains. The second consumer-driven factor of GHG emissions is the construction sector (ca. 15%), implying a significant role for forest-based products.
The Innovative Training Networks (ITN) aim to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative early-stage researchers, able to face current and future challenges and to convert knowledge and ideas into products and services for economic and social benefit.
Le Groupement d’Intérêt Scientifique Réseau national des Maisons des Sciences sociales et des Humanités lance un appel à projets blanc inter-MSH. Cet appel a pour objectif d’apporter un soutien à des projets de recherche en incubation, émergents, visant une mise en réseau ou un changement d’échelle.
Ces projets de recherche seront portés par au moins un chercheur ou enseignant chercheur en porteur principal.
L'appel à projets « structurants - recherche collaborative » 2025 s'inscrit dans le cadre du protocole de coopération « SVI » (structuration, valorisation, internationalisation) 2025-2027 établi avec la Région Hauts-de-France dont l’objectif est de contribuer à l’innovation scientifique ainsi qu’à l’attractivité internationale et au décloisonnement de la recherche SHS en région.
Ce programme est ouvert aux chercheurs/enseignants-chercheurs appartenant à des laboratoires rattachés à des établissements d’enseignement supérieur, à des organismes de recherche ou à des entreprises françaises.
Il devra leur permettre d’approfondir leurs connaissances des activités de recherche menées au Japon dans leur domaine d’expertise et de rencontrer des acteurs-clés japonais pour amorcer de nouvelles collaborations scientifiques entre les deux pays.
L’appel à projets est ouvert à tous les domaines scientifiques, y compris les sciences humaines et sociales.
Prevention and early detection continue to represent areas where effective strategies have the potential to generate major impacts. Effective screening may result in earlier disease detection which provides possibilities for more effective treatments, better disease control and care. It can diminish the disease burden and the costs of healthcare systems. Personalised medicine and health digitalisation provide new opportunities to improve targeted screening interventions through the identification of subpopulations at high risk of developing a disease.
For better understanding human health as well as improving the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of diseases, greater knowledge is needed of the diverse cells found within the human body. Recent developments in single cell technologies, analytical methods and computational tools allow for unprecedented characterisation of human cells. A novel approach to address this challenge is the international Human Cell Atlas initiative (HCA) which will create molecular reference maps of all human cells .
Despite major advances in development of new drugs and vaccines against infectious diseases, many of the therapies and preventive measures do not result in the expected favourable health outcomes for various reasons. The pathogen might be resistant to the treatment, or a required immune response might not be provoked to contain the infection; the used drug might not reach the pathogen, or the pathogen might escape the host defence mechanisms. In addition, each individual might be responding differently to the intervention, making it difficult to make one intervention fit all patients.
The proposed ERA-NET Cofund action addresses specific challenges of sustainable urban accessibility and connectivity. Sustainable urban accessibility and connectivity is defined as the ease with which activities and opportunities may be reached in an urban transport system, with lower negative environmental impacts. Network connectivity reflects the directness of routes, using different modes to travel between points. It applies both for passenger and freight transport.
Risk management involves quantifying hazard (toxicity) and exposure, and taking the necessary steps to reduce both to acceptable levels, ideally at an early stage of the nanomaterial development process (Safe-by-Design). Various industrial sectors, and in particular structural or functional materials, coatings and cosmetics, as well as pharma and health technology are currently searching for ways to mitigate possible risks from nanomaterials and nano-containing products.