HORIZON 2020

Under Horizon 2020 Programme, the University of Trento has been involved in 133 funded projects (+ 5 Cascade funding). .   

Pillar 1 - Excellence Science 

ERC - European Research Council

• CHANGE - CHallenges in ANalysis and GEometry, between mean and scalar curvature - Matemathics - Alessandro Carlotto (at UniTrento from 1/9/2022; transferred from ETH, Zurich)
• ALPI - ALl optical signal recovery by Photonic neural network Integrated in a transceiver module - Physics - Lorenzo Pavesi
• StrEnQTh - Strong Entanglement in Quantum many-body Theory - Physics - Philipp Hans Juergen Hauke (at UniTrento from 1/11/2019; transferred from Ruprecht-Karls Universitaet Heidelberg)
• VACCIBIOME - Cancer Vaccines and Gut Microbiome: a rational approach to optimize cancer immunotherapy - CIBIO - Guido Grandi
• SPANUMBRA - Number-space associations in the brain - CiMeC - Giorgio Vallortigara
• NeuroSoNew - Portable EEG-based screening of social predispositions in newborns - CiMeC - Giorgio Vallortigara
• NOAM - Navigation of a mind-space. The spatial organization of declarative knowledge - CiMeC - Roberto Bottini
• Backup - Unveiling the relationship between brain connectivity and function by integrated photonics - Physics - Lorenzo Pavesi
• MoVis -  An innovative screening protocol device for early identification of neonates at high-risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders - CiMeC - Giorgio Vallortigara
• OMVCRC - Engineered bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles (OMVs) for colorectal cancer immunotherapy - CIBIO - Guido Grandi
• VARIAMOLS - VAriable ResolutIon Algorithms for macroMOLecular Simulation - Physics - Raffaello Potestio
• MetaPG - Culture-free strain-level population genomics to identify disappearing human-associated microbes in the westernized world - CIBIO -  Nicola Segata
• HOMing - The Home-Migration Nexus: Home as a Window on Migrant Belonging, Integration and Circulation - Sociology and Social Research - Paolo Boccagni
• SILKENE - Bionic silk with graphene or other nanomaterials spun by silkworms - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Nicola Pugno
• SPICE - Synthetic Lethal Phenotype Identification through Cancer Evolution Analysis - CIBIO - Francesca Demichelis
• CRASK - Cortical Representation of Abstract Semantic Knowledge - CiMeC - Scott Laurence Fairhall

Future & emerging technologies (FET)

• SILENCE - acouStIc metamateriaL for MRI noisE caNCEllation - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Nicola Pugno
• BioMetaRail - Bioinspired Hierarchical MetaMaterials for Railways - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Nicola Pugno
• EPIQUS - Electronic-photonic integrated quantum simulator platform - Fisica - Lorenzo Pavesi
• BOHEME - Bio-Inspired Hierarchical MetaMaterials - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Nicola Pugno
• WeNet;- The Internet of US - Information engineering and computer science - Fausto Giunchiglia
• ACDC - Artificial Cells with Distributed Cores to Decipher Protein Function - CIBIO - Martin Michael Hanczyc
• QRANGE-Quantum Random Number Generators:cheaper, faster and more secure - Physics - Lorenzo Pavesi
• PROCHIP - Chromatin organization PROfiling with high-throughput super-resolution microscopy on a CHIP - CIBIO - Alessio Zippo
• Phoenix - Exploring the Unknown through Reincarnation and Co-evolution - Information engineering and computer science - Giovanni Iacca 
• WhiteRabbit - WhiteRabbit: easily revealing and managing personal information - Information engineering and computer science - Fausto Giunchiglia 
• Neurofibres - Biofunctionalised Electroconducting Microfibres for the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Nicola Pugno 
• LIAR - Living Architecture - CIBIO - Martin Michael Hanczyc 
• ExaHyPE - An Exascale Hyperbolic PDE Engine - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Michael Dumbser 
• QUIC - Quantum simulations of insulators and conductors - Physics - Sandro Stringari

Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA)

IF - (Individual Fellowships) - EF (European Fellowships)

• SynBioGov - A framework for the fair and responsible governance of synthetic biology - School of International Studies - Louisa Rosemary Parks (MSCA Fellow: Elisavet Tsioumani)
• MUSRES - Musica Restituta. Retrieving Hidden Chant from Medieval Palimpsest Manuscripts - Humanities - Marco Gozzi (MSCA Fellow:Giovanni Varelli)
• FreezingBioprotector - Understanding the role of microbiome interactions in the freezing stress tolerance of plants - C3A - Ilaria Pertot (MSCA Fellow: Malek Khaled Mahmoud Marian)
• RoCS - Roots of Communication - CiMeC - Giorgio Vallortigara (MSCA Fellow: Tauzin Tibor)
• MCAPEFA - Low-cost multispectral camera for Precision Farming Application - Information engineering and computer science - Lorenzo Bruzzone - (MSCA Fellow: Marko Barjaktarovic)
• ISLAND - An integrated setup for in-vitro optogenetic experiments using AI to localize stimulation with a feedback of electrophysiological signals - Physics - Lorenzo Pavesi - (MSCA Fellow: Ilya Auslender)
• DIGI-EMP - International experiences of digital empowerment in a climate justice frame - School of International Studies - Louisa Rosemary Parks (MSCA Fellow: Suay Özkula)
• CytoTERRA - Elucidating the function of telomeric transcripts in the cytoplasm of ALT osteosarcoma cells - CIBIO - Emilio Cusanelli (MSCA Fellow: Katarina Juríková)
• QuiescStemGBM - Studying the role of Quiescent Cancer Stem Cells in GBM development using a novel in vivo cell cycle-based approach - CIBIO - Luca Tiberi (MSCA Fellow: Francesco Antonica) 
• PEMB - The Political Economy of Media Bias - Economics and Management - Luigi Bonatti MSCA Fellow: Federico Vaccari) 
• Prion Respiration - The Role of Complex I Assembly Factors during Prion Diseases: Insights into Mitochondrial Neurobiology - CIBIO - Emiliano Biasini (MSCA Fellow: Gabriele Giachin) 
• COMPLEXDYNAMICS-PHIM - On the Origin of Complex Dynamics in Multi-strain Models: Insights for Public Health Intervention Measures - Mathematics - Andrea Pugliese (MSCA Fellow: Maira Aguiar)
• RhizoTalk - Decrypting the role of bacterial signals in microbial interactions to enhance Lysobacter establishment in the rhizosphere - C3A - Ilaria Pertot (MSCA Fellow: Ana Bejarano Ramos)
• TRIANGLE - A novel integrative strategy to prevent colorectal cancer within the diet-host-microbiota triangle: from organoids to human in vivo reality - CIBIO -  Andrea Lunardi (MSCA Fellow: Rubert Josep) 
• PROTEXPO - Protection and Exports - Economics and Management - Chiara Tomasi (MSCA Fellow: Zhu Min) 
• EwiSarc - A novel in vivo platform to study and target undruggable Ewing onco-chimera - CIBIO - Andrea Lunardi (MSCA Fellow: Arianna Bertossi) 
• SHYDRO-ALP - Quantifying ecological effects of small hydropower in Alpine stream ecosystems - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Guido Zolezzi (MSCA Fellow: Stefano Larsen) 
• EpiMethFly - Study of the role of m6A RNA methylation in the nervous system of Drosophila melanogaster: an invivo model to dissect the impact of epitranscriptome reprogramming in physiology and cancer - CIBIO - Alessandro Quattrone (MSCA Fellow: Alessia Soldano) 
• ExItALS - RNA-mediated intercellular miscommunication: role of extracellular vesicle cargos in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - CIBIO - Alessandro Quattrone (MSCA Fellow: Manuela Basso) 
• NonVisNumCog - The role vision plays in shaping the representation of numbers - CiMeC - Olivier Marie Claire Collignon (MSCA Fellow: Virginie Jeanne Vinciane Crollen) 
• BraIn Action - A New View on Real Actions: Neural Mechanisms of Visuo-Motor Transformations - CiMeC - Luigi Cattaneo (MSC Researcher: MSCA FellowSimona Monaco) 
• COcOAB - Characterizing the Occipital Oscillatory Activity in Blindness - CiMeC - Olivier Marie Claire Collignon (MSCA Fellow: Valeria Occelli) 
• TransSplicHD - Single-Cell Transcriptomics and Spliceosome analysis to uncover new mechanisms of neuronal vulnerability to Huntington’s Disease - CIBIO - Yuri Bozzi (MSCA Fellow: Marta Biagioli) 
• metaVir-Alp - Alpine lakes benthic viral community structure and diversity: a metagenomic and ecological approach - CIBIO - Nicola Segata (MSCA Fellow: Federica Pinto) 
• DiMeTrack - Assembly-based discovery of uncharacterized human microbiome members and their tracking across individuals and time - CIBIO - Nicola Segata (MSCA Fellow: Edoardo Pasolli) 
• CP-FunMoD - Cross-modal plasticity and functional modularisation in the deaf - CiMeC - Olivier Marie Claire Collignon (MSCA Fellow: Jodie Davies) - at UniTrento until 31/3/2016
• SEEING FROM CONTEXT - The neural basis of visual interaction between scenes and objects - CiMeC - Clayton Michael Hyckey (MSCA Fellow:Talia Brandman Ghitis) 
• River-HMV - River hydraulics, morphology, and vegetation: A case for improved knowledge and numerical model capabilities - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Walter Bertoldi (MSCA Fellow: Luke Javernick) 
• LOVe - Linking Objects to Vectors in distributional semantics: A framework to anchor corpus-based meaning representations to the external world - CiMeC - Marco Baroni (MSCA Fellow: Gemma Boleda)
• StreptoMANIAC - Cost and benefit of beta-lactam resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae: interplay between the resistance determinants and the cell elongation/division components - CIBIO - Orietta Massidda (MSCA Fellow: Dalia Denapaite)

IF - (Individual Fellowships) - GF (Global Fellowships)

• CODE_FLUX - Cultural Codes in Crisis: Unsettled Civil Spheres in Brexit, the 2016 US Presidential Election, and the 2017 German Federal Election - Sociology and Social Research - Mario Diani (MSC Researcher: Jason Mast)
• NeuroMath - Acquisition of Mathematical Concepts in the Human Brain - CiMeC - Manuela Piazza (MSC Researcher: Marie Amalric) 

ITN (Innovative Training networks) - ETN (European Training Networks)

• LIGHTEN - Ultralight membrane structures towards a sustainable environment - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Francesco Dal Corso
• ROPES - ROles of ePitranscriptomic in diseasES - CIBIO - Alessandro Quattrone
• MINTS - Millimeter-wave Networking and Sensing for Beyond 5G - Information engineering and computer science - Paolo Casari
• ACO - AstroChemical Origins - Physics - Daniela Ascenzi 
• INSPIRE - Innovative ground interface concepts for structure protection - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Oreste Salvatore Bursi 
• ProtoMet - Protometabolic pathways: exploring the chemical roots of systems biology - CIBIO - Sheref Samir Mansy 
• INTEGRATA - Integrating chemical and biological approaches to target cancer metabolism - CIBIO - Alessandro Provenzani 
• EUROFLOW - A EUROpean training and research network for environmental FLOW management in river basins - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering- Guido Zolezzi 
• XP-RESILIENCE - Extreme loading analysis of petrochemical plants and design of metamaterial-based shields for enhanced resilience - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Oreste Salvatore Bursi 
• NeCS - European Training Network for Cyber-security - Information engineering and computer science - Bruno Crispo 

ITN (Innovative Training networks) – EJD (European Joint Doctorates)

• PIONEER - Plasma catalysis for CO2 recycling and green chemistry - Physics - Paolo Tosi

ITN (Innovative Training networks) – EID (European Industrial Doctorates)

• RE-FRACTURE2 - Modelling and optimal design of refractories for high-temperature industrial applications for a low carbon society - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Andrea Piccolroaz

RISE (Research and Innovation Staff Exchange Scheme) 

• SHIFT - Shaping Innovative Designs for Sustainable Tissue Engineering Products - Industrial engineering - Antonella Motta 
• diaRNAgnosis - A novel platform for the direct profiling of circulating cell-free ribonucleic acids in biofluids - CIBIO - Michela Alessandra Denti
• PEARLS - Planning and Engagement Arenas for Renewable Energy Landscapes - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Rossano Albatici 
• REMIX - Regenerative Medicine Innovation Crossing - Research and Innovation Staff Exchange in Regenerative Medicine - Industrial engineering - Antonella Motta 
• DREAM - Social Participation for improving emotional, mental, and physical wellbeing in independently living older adults - Information engineering and computer science - Fabio Casati 
• miRNA-DisEASY - microRNA biomarkers in an innovative biophotonic sensor kit for high-specific diagnosis - CIBIO - Michela Alessandra Denti 

European research infrastructures (including e-Infrastructures)

• RItrainPlus - Research Infrastructure Training Plus - CIBIO - Valentina Adami
• COMFOCUS - Communities on Food Consumer Science - Economics and Management - Roberta Raffaelli
• EoCoE-II - Energy Oriented Center of Excellence: toward exascale for energy - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Alberto Bellin 
• INSTANT - Imaging in space-time and tracking  (Cascade funding) - Industrial engineering - Gian Franco Dalla Betta 
• CHEDDAR  - Polymer optimization in collaboration with FBK. X-ray, γ-ray and proton radiation testing  (Cascade funding) - Industrial engineering - Alberto Quaranta 
• SERA - Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Research Infrastructure Alliance for Europe - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Oreste Salvatore Bursi 
• EoCoE - Energy oriented Centre of Excellence for computer applications -  Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Alberto Bellin 

Pillar 2 - Industrial Leadership

Cross cutting activities

• Waste2Fresh - Smart innovative system for recycling wastewater and creating closed loops in textile manufacturing industrial processes - Physics - Michele Orlandi

Information and Communication Technologies

• TrueBees - Digital forensics and blockchain technology against deceptive deepfake imaging in social media (Cascade funding) -Information engineering and computer science - Giulia Boato 
• SLEDGE - Shoulder Loads in Exoskeleton-assisted Daily life Gestures (Cascade funding) - Industrial engineering - Mariolino De Cecco 
• AI4Copernicus - Reinforcing the AI4EU Platform by Advancing Earth Observation Intelligence, Innovation and Adoption - Information engineering and computer science - Lorenzo Bruzzone
• AssureMOSS - Assurance and certification in secure Multi-party Open Software and Services - Information engineering and computer science - Fabio Massacci
• TAILOR - Foundations of Trustworthy AI - Integrating Reasoning, Learning and Optimization - Information engineering and computer science - Andrea Passerini
• AI4Media - A European Excellence Centre for Media, Society and Democracy - Information engineering and computer science - Niculae Sebe
• SPRING - Socially Pertinent Robots in Gerontological Healthcare - Information engineering and computer science - Elisa Ricci
• BULLET - Benchmarking Upper Limbs Loads on Exoskeleton Testbeds  (Cascade funding) - Industrial engineering - Mariolino De Cecco 
• MEMMO - Memory of Motion - Industrial engineering - Andrea Del Prete 
• CyberSec4Europe - Cyber Security Network of Competence Centres for Europe - Information engineering and computer science - Fabio Massacci
• ExtremeEarth - From Copernicus Big Data to Extreme Earth Analytics - Information engineering and computer science - Lorenzo Bruzzone
• QROWD - Because Big Data Integration is Humanly Possible - Information engineering and computer science - Fausto Giunchiglia
• Dreams4Cars - Dream-like simulation abilities for automated cars - Industrial engineering -  Mauro Da Lio
• PIE News - Poverty, Income and Employment NEWS -  Information engineering and computer science - Antonella De Angeli
• CogNet - Building an Intelligent System of Insights and Action for 5G Network Management - Information engineering and computer science - Alessandro Moschitti
• netCommons: network infrastructure as commons -  Information engineering and computer science - Renato Antonio Lo Cigno

Pillar 3 - Societal Challenges

Health, demographic change & wellbeing

• PERISCOPE - Pan-European Response to the ImpactS of COVID-19 and future Pandemics and Epidemics - Sociology and Social Research - Giuseppe Alessandro Veltri
• IHMCSA - International Human Microbiome Coordination and Support Action - CIBIO - Nicola Segata
• InteropEHRate - INTEROPerable EHRs AT user Edge - Information engineering and computer science - Fausto Giunchiglia
• UPGRADE - Unlocking Precision Gene Therapy - CIBIO - Anna Cereseto
• ONCOBIOME - Gut OncoMicrobiome Signatures (GOMS) associated with cancer incidence, prognosis and prediction of treatment response - CIBIO - Nicola Segata
• CO-ADAPT - Adaptive Environments and Conversational Agent Based approaches for Healthy Ageing and Work Ability - Information engineering and computer science - Giuseppe Riccardi
• CAPTAIN - Coach Assistant via Projected and Tangible Interface - CIBIO - Giandomenico Nollo
• UM Cure 2020 - New therapies for uveal melanoma - CIBIO - Caterina Mione
• UNCAP - Ubiquitous iNteroperable Care for Ageing People - Information engineering and computer science - Nicola Conci
• ACANTO - A CyberphysicAl social NeTwOrk using robot friends -  Information engineering and computer science - Luigi Palopoli

Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy

• ONEforest - A Multi-Criteria Decision Support System For A Common Forest Management to Strengthen Forest Resilience, Harmonise Stakeholder Interests and Ensure Sustainable Wood Flows - Industrial engineering - Andrea Dorigato
• MASTER - Microbiome Applications for Sustainable food systems through Technologies and EnteRprise - CIBIO - Nicola Segata
• RELACS - Replacement of Contentious Inputs in organic farming Systems - C3A - Ilaria Pertot (linked third party)
• InnoForESt - Smart Information, governanceand business innovations for sustainable  supply and payment  mechanisms for forest ecosystem services - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Davide Geneletti

Secure, clean and efficient energy

• WETFEET - Wave Energy Transition to Future by Evolution of Engineering and Technology - Industrial engineering - Marco Fontana

Smart, green and integrated tranport

• SAFE STRIP - Safe and green Sensor Technologies for self-explaining and forgiving Road Interactive aPplicationss - Industrial engineering - Francesco Biral
• PACAS - Participatory Architectural Change Management in ATM Systems - Information engineering and computer science - Paolo Giorgini
• LOWBRASYS - a LOW environmental impact BRAke SYStem - Industrial engineering - Giovanni Straffelini

Climate action, environment, resource efficiency & raw materials

• SISTERS - Systemic Innovations for a SusTainable reduction of the EuRopean food waStage - C3A - Flavia Gasperi (linked third party)
• ARV - Climate Positive Circular Communities - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Rossano Albatici
• NextGEMS - Next Generation Earth Modelling Systems - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering- Simona Bordoni
• SOLSA - Sonic Drilling coupled with Automated Mineralogy and chemistry On-Line-On-Mine-Real-Time - Industrial engineering  - Luca Lutterotti
• ESMERALDA - Enhancing ecoSysteM sERvices mApping for poLicy and Decision mAking - Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Davide Geneletti

Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies

• ISEED - Inclusive Science and European Democracies - Sociology and Social Research - Giuseppe Alessandro Veltri
• reCreating Europe - Rethinking digital copyright law for a culturally diverse, accessible, creative Europe - Law faculty- Roberto Caso 
• Re.Cri.Re - Between the representation of the crisis and the crisis of representation. How crisis changed the symbolic background of European societies and identities. Implication for policies and policy making - Sociology and Social Research - Giuseppe Alessandro Veltri

Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens

• BuildERS - Building European Communities' Resilience and Social Capital - Economics and Management - Lucia Savadori
• VisiOn - Visual Privacy Management in User Centric Open Environments - Information engineering and computer science - Paolo Giorgini

Transversal programmes

Spreading society and widening participation

• RENATURE - Promoting Research Excellence in NAture-based soluTions for innovation, sUstainable economic GRowth and human wEll-being in Malta -  Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Davide Geneletti
• CyCAT - Cyprus Center for Algorithmic Transparency - Information engineering and computer science - Fausto Giunchiglia

Science with and for Society

• SMART-ER - ECIU University Research Institute for Smart European Regions - Information engineering and computer science -  Maurizio Marchese
• SOPs4RI - Standard Operating Procedures for Research Integrity - Sociology and Social Research - Giuseppe Alessandro Veltri
• MULTI-ACT - A Collective Research Impact Framework and multi-variate models to foster the true engagement of actors and stakeholders in Health Research and Innovation - Economics and Management - Michele Andreaus
• PRINTEGER - Promoting Integrity as an Integral Dimension of Excellence in R

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