HORIZON EUROPE

Under Horizon Europe Programme, the University of Trento is involved in 83 funded projects  + 7 projects as associated partner (data source: FT Portal last update 2/10/2024).

Excellence Science 

ERC - European Research Council

• flEAP- Fluid gap Electro-Active-Polymer machines for a new generation of mechatronic systems - Department of Industrial Engineering  - Giacomo Moretti
• ATCOM - An Attentional Code for Memory - Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CiMEC) – Roberto Bottini
• EDUPOL - Education policies that work: A context-sensitive ‘big data’ approach - Department of Sociology and social research - Moris Triventi (transferred)
• S-FOAM - Self-Foldable Origami-Architected Metamaterials - Department of Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Diego Misseroni
• INSPIRE - Integrated Structural and Probabilistic Approaches for Biological and Epidemiological Systems – Department of Industrial Engineering – Giulia Giordano
• Beyond - Beyond hyperelasticity: a virgin land of extreme materials​​​​ - Department of Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Davide Bigoni
• DELIGHT - Discovering light-induced phases by first-principles material design - Department of Physics - Matteo Calandra Buonaura 
• LAUDARE - The Italian Lauda: Disseminating Poetry and Concepts Through Melody (12th-16th centuries) - Department of Humanities - Francesco Zimei 
• FeBo - Federalism and Border Management in Greek Antiquity - Department of Humanities - Elena Franchi
• microTOUCH - Transmission of the human microbiome and its impact on health - Department of Cellular, computational and integrative biology (CIBIO) - Nicola Segata

MSCA - Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions

Postdoctoral Fellowships - EF

• plasticOME - The evolution of human gut microbiomes in the plastics era - Department of Cellular, computational and integrative biology (CIBIO) - MSCA Fellow: Gloria Fackelmann (supervisor: Nicola Segata)
• MULTI-SOFT - Multi-scale and Multi-physics Modelling of Soft Tissues - Department of Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - MSCA Fellow: Du Yangkun (supervisor: Davide Bigoni)
• MULTIMEANS - Multimodal meanings for conceptual communication before and beyond spoken language - Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CiMEC) - MSCA Fellow: Ambra Ferrari (supervisor: Eugenio Parise)
• PFV-4-PTAI - Probabilistic Formal Verification for Provably Trustworthy AI - Department of Information engineering and computer science – MSCA Fellow: Paolo Morettin (supervisor: Roberto Sebastiani)
• MOLA - Mobility and Life histories in the Alps - Understanding prehistoric social strategies in mountain environment - Department of Humanities - MSCA Fellow: Giacomo Capuzzo (supervisor: Diego Angelucci)
• LEmobAB - Law Enforcement mobilities Across Borders - School of International Studies (SSI) - MSCA Fellow: Monica Weissensteiner (supervisor: Alessandra Russo)
• RDMFTforbosons - Extending the scope of Reduced Density Matrix Functional Theory for bosons - Department of Physics - MSCA Fellow: Carlos Benavides (supervisor: Franco Dal Fovo)
• ZOF - Zona Franca – Ideas of Territory in the Carolingian Empire - Department of Humanities - MSCA Fellow: Katharina von Winckler  (supervisor: Giuseppe Albertoni)
• ARIADNE - Artificial intelligence enabled by automatic dynamic exploration of integrated photonic spiking neural networks - Department of Physics - MSCA Fellow: Alessio Lugnan (supervisor: Lorenzo Pavesi)
• BrainCircHD - CircHtt in brain development and Huntington`s Disease: elucidating in vivo brain functions of a novel circular RNA molecule stemming from the Htt locus - Department of Cellular, computational and integrative biology (CIBIO) - MSCA Fellow: Jasmin Morandell (supervisor: Marta Biagioli)
• ProSVED - Projection of Security Vulnerabilities caused by Exploits in Dependencies - Department of Information engineering and computer science - MSCA Fellow: Carlos Esteban Budde (supervisor: Fabio Massacci)

Postdoctoral Fellowships - GF

• SECCAPPEA - Structuring Effective Climate Change Agreements through Perfect Procedures: an Experimental Approach - Department of Ecomomics - MSCA Fellow Klaudijo Klaser (supervisor: Luigi Mittone)
• REACTIS - Seismic Risk Reduction and Adaptation for Complex Time-dependent Industrial Systems - MSCA Fellow: Chiara Nardin (supervisor: Marco Broccardo)

Doctoral Networks - Standard

• EFFECT - A European Training Program to Foster the Full Therapeutic Potential of Antisense Technology across Tissues - Department of Cellular, computational and integrative biology (CIBIO) – Michela Alessandra Denti
• ANT - Embedded AI Systems and Applications - Department of Information engineering and computer science – Paolo Casari
• CherISH - Cochlear implants and spatial hearing: Enabling access to the next dimension of hearing - Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CiMEC) - Francesco Pavani
• GET-IN - The GEne Therapy INnovation Training Network - Department of Cellular, computational and integrative biology (CIBIO) - Anna Cereseto
• REWORLDING - Reworlding: Repositioning Participatory Design to Tackle Socio-Environmental Challenges - Department of Sociology and social research -  Chiara Bassetti
• 6thSense - Joint Communication and Sensing in 6G Networks - Department of Information engineering and computer science – Paolo Casari.
• Chrom_rare - Unveiling the molecular basis of chromatinopathies to delineate innovative therapeutic solutions - Department of Cellular, computational and integrative biology (CIBIO) - Alessio Zippo
• RBP-ReguNet - Deconstructing and Rewiring RNA-RBP regulatory networks - Department of Cellular, computational and integrative biology (CIBIO) - Alessandro Provenzani

Doctoral Networks – Joint Doctorates

• TENORS - Tensor modEliNg, geOmetRy and optimisation – Department of Mathematics – Alessandra Bernardi

Staff Exchanges

• DUCA - Data Usage Control for empowering digital sovereignty for All citizens – Department of Information engineering and computer science – Bruno Crispo
• CLOUDSTARS - Cloud Open Source Research Mobility Network – Department of Information engineering and computer science – Alberto Montresor 

Research Infrastructures

• EOSC Beyond - EOSC Beyond: advancing innovation and collaboration for research - Department of Information engineering and computer science - Sandro Luigi Fiore
• Skills4EOSC - Skills for the European Open Science Commons: Creating a Training Ecosystem for Open and FAIR Science - Department of Information engineering and computer science - Sandro Luigi Fiore
• iMagine - Imaging data and services for aquatic science - Department of Information engineering and computer science - Sandro Luigi Fiore
• ​​​interTwin - An interdisciplinary Digital Twin Engine for science - Department of Information engineering and computer science - Sandro Luigi Fiore 

Global Challenges & European Industrial Competitiveness

Cluster: Culture, Creativity and Inclusive society

• SKillAIbility - Co-designing human centric pathways for future skills in manufacturing through augmented, empowered, inclusive, and symbiotic complementarities between AI, automation and human task - School of International – Mauro Caselli
• RECODE MLG - Rethinking Co-creation of Digital and Environmental Policy in Systems of Multilevel Governance - Department of Sociology and social research – Simona Piattoni
• NEXT-UP - Navigating the next normal: Innovative Approaches to Enhancing Youth’s Education-Employment Transitions in Post-COVID-19 Europe - Department of Sociology and social research – Ivano Bison
• NET-ROL - Networks and the Rule of Law: Uncovering Socio-Economic Outcomes - Department of Economics and Management -Nadia Laura Von Jacobi
• RETOOL - Strengthening democratic governance for climate transitions - School of International Studies (SIS)- Louisa Rosemary Parks 
• LEARN - Longitudinal Educational Achievements: Reducing iNequalities - Department of Sociology and social research - Moris Triventi (transferred)
• HRJust - States’ Practice of Human Rights Justification: a study in civil society engagement and human rights through the lens of gender and intersectionality – Faculty of Law  - Elena Fasoli
• ReIncluGen - Rethinking Inclusion and Gender empowerment: A participatory action research - Martina Cvajner – Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences - Psychology and Cognitive Sciences - Martina Cvajner
• ActEU - Towards a new era of representative democracy - Activating European citizens’ trust in times of crises and polarization - School of International Studies (SIS)- Louisa Rosemary Parks
• CCINDLE - Co-Creating Inclusive Intersectional Democratic Spaces Across Europe - Department of Sociology and social research - Elena Pavan

Cluster: Civil Security for Society

• Sec4AI4Sec - Cybersecurity for AI-Augmented Systems - Department of Information engineering and computer science – Fabio Massacci
• CROSSCON - Cross-platform Open Security Stack for Connected Devices - Department of Information engineering and computer science - Bruno Crispo

Cluster: Digital, Industry & Space

• DARE - Digital Autonomy for RISC-V in Europe - Department of Information engineering and computer science -Flavio Vella
• SUBBIMATT - Sustainable, Biobased and Bio-Inspired Materials for Smart Technical Textiles - Department of Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering – Diego Misseroni
• EoCoE-III - Fostering the European energy transition with exascale - Department of Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering – Bruno Majone
• INVERSE - INteractive robots that intuitiVely lEarn to inVErt tasks by ReaSoning about their Execution - Department of Industrial engineering – Matteo Saveriano
• MAGICIAN - iMmersive leArninG for ImperfeCtion detectIon and repAir through human-robot interactioN - Department of Industrial engineering – Daniele Fontanelli
• TANGO -Digital Technologies ActiNg as a Gatekeeper to information and data flOws - Department of Information engineering and computer science – Andrea Passerini
• ELIAS - European Lighthouse of AI for Sustainability - Department of Information engineering and computer science - Niculae Sebe
• AI4TRUST - AI-based-technologies for trustworthy solutions against disinformation - Department of Information engineering and computer science - Niculae Sebe
• ZOOOM - 3Os and IP awareness raising for collaborative ecosystems - Department of Economics and Management - Alessandro Rossi
• NeQST - NExt level Quantum information processing for Science and Technology - Department of Physics - Philipp Hans Juergen Hauke
• JIDEP - Joint Industrial Data Exchange Pipeline - Department of Information engineering and computer science - Fausto Giunchiglia

Cluster: Climate, Energy and Mobility

• Climateurope2 - Supporting and standardizing climate services in Europe and beyond - Department of Information engineering and computer science - Sandro Luigi Fiore
• SUNRISE - Safety assUraNce fRamework for connected, automated mobIlity SystEms - Department of Industrial engineering - Mauro Da Lio

Cluster: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture & Environment

• AgEnRes - AnalysinG of fossil-ENergy dependence in agriculture to increase RESilience against input price fluctuations - Center for Agriculture Food Environment (C3A) – Simone Cerroni
• PRUDENT - Promoting Green Nudging for Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry - Center for Agriculture Food Environment (C3A) – Simone Cerroni
• DOMINO - Harnessing the microbial potential of fermented foods for healthy and sustainable food systems – Department of Cellular, computational and integrative biology (CIBIO) -  Nicola Segata
• CoDiet - Combatting Diet related non- communicable disease through enhamced surveillance - Department of Cellular, computational and integrative biology (CIBIO) - Nicola Segata
• MARBEFES - MARine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning leading to Ecosystem Services - Department of Economics and Management - Carlo Fezzi
• VISIONARY - Food Provision through Sustainable Farming Systems and Value Chains - Department of Economics and Management - Simone Cerroni
• BioValue - Biodiversity value in spatial policy and planning leveraging multi-level and transformative change - Department of Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering  - Davide Geneletti
• BIO-Agora - Bio Knowledge Agora: Developing the Science Service for European Research and Biodiversity Policymaking - Department of Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Davide Geneletti
• SELINA - Science for Evidence-based and sustainabLe decIsions about NAtural capital - Department of Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering - Davide Geneletti

Mission: Soil health and food

• iCOSHELLs - Innovative co-creation soil health LIVING LABs - Department of Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering – Marco Ragazzi
• SOLO - Soils for Europe – Department of Civil, environmental and mechanical engineering – Davide Geneletti

Innovative Europe

European Innovation Council

• BIO_HOST - Next Generation 3D Tissue Models: Bio-Hybrid Hierarchical Organoid-Synthetic Tissues (Bio-HhOST) Comprised of Live and Artificial Cells - (Department of Cellular, computational and integrative biology CIBIO) - Martin Michael Hanczyc
• OMICSENS - Integrated nano-photonic OMICs bio-SENSor for lung cancer - Department of Cellular, computational and integrative biology (CIBIO) - Martin Michael Hanczyc
• IVBM-4PAP - Development of an In-Vivo Brillouin Microscope (with application to Protein Aggregation-based Pathologies) – Department of Cellular, computational and integrative biology (CIBIO) - Alessio Zippo
• MIMOSA - 4D Microscopy of biological materials by short pulse terahertz sources - Department of Physics - Gianluca Lattanzi
• AAVolution - Next-generation AAV vectors for liver-directed gene therapy - Department of Cellular, computational and integrative biology (CIBIO) - Anna Cereseto
• SUSTAIN - Smart Building Sensitive to Daily Sentiment - Department of Information engineering and computer science - Giovanni Iacca

Widening participation and strengthening the European Research Area

Widening participation and spreading excellence 

• ToEQPL - Towards an excellence centre on quantum photonics in Latvia - Department of Physics – Lorenzo Pavesi
• SYNCC-IN - SYNchrony in Caregiver-Child Interactions across Neurodiversity – Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science – Gianluca Esposito
• TWINNIBS - Twinning for excellence in non-invasive brain stimulation in Western Balkans - Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CiMEC) - Carlo Miniussi