Because of the aging of the population, the rising incidence of diseases, the needs for replacement or repair of bone tissues are growing steadily. In France, approximately 40,000 artificial knees and 150,000 hip prostheses are implanted each year. 10% required return, causing a second surgery. In this context, the number of implants, which contributes to health expenditure in France, is increasing (5% / year). By replacing a defective joint, the aim is to help the patients to quickly recover its autonomy / mobility and in a long-lasting way. Since the first hydroxyapatite coated HIPs were implanted in the mid-1980s, the clinical use of such implants has aroused many interests over the last decades. The current concerns are the capacity of the clinicians to have bioactive, antibacterial, mechanically stable coatings and to process them on any type of substrate whatever its composition or shape with a high degree of accuracy. The project objective is to develop coatings based on multisubstituted nanostructured calcium phosphates with an adjusted morphology, excellent short and long terms biocompatibility, very good adhesion on prosthetic materials and bactericidal properties. The project therefore aims at : i)assessing the potential of two new thermal spray processes (suspension plasma spray and cold spray) to develop these "smart" calcium phosphates as coatings; ii) adapting the methods to treat implants of various sizes, of complex shapes, and made of metallic materials, polymeric or ceramic; iii) describing the physical, chemical and structural effects of coatings on osteoinductive properties; iv)developing new experimental and numerical approaches to determine their mechanical properties (adhesion and cohesion). The proposed PRCE project entitled ArchiCaP « Architectured substituted calcium phosphate coatings for bioactive bone implants »brings together three academic research groups and a small company – CIRIMAT of the Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, LGP of Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tarbes, and BioTis of the Université de Bordeaux and 2PS, SME dedicated to plasma sprayed coatings for orthopedic implants. The multidisciplinary consortium in materials science and engineering, biology and industrial systems will also rely on CRIOAC-GSO as well as on two international groups from Universities of Sherbrooke and Barcelona that are very well-known in the thermal spray field.

The project TRUST_ISSUES focuses on a particular case of "legal transfer", through the example of the creation, inspired by Community Land Trusts (CLT), of the French Organismes de Foncier Solidaire (OFS). A first part of the project deals with the way this transfer can be viewed as a case of legal "interaction" between two different legal-political systems. The project members will observe and evaluate the legal innovations produced by this "interaction", as well as their applications on the ground. In order to understand these applications, it is necessary to understand the interactions between both private and public actors, at different levels. The project will help understanding these complex dynamics, from the creation to the implementation of the OFS. Part of the project will consist in the use of a "complex systems" framework in order to reframe the concept of "transfer" as an "interaction". The comparative part of the project will, in the meantime, endeavor to analyze how different institutional ecosystems have considered or are considering importing CLTs in their own system. A second part of the project, of a more normative nature, will use the tools of legal theory (applied to property rights) and the social sciences to determine the place of CLT and OFS have in a broader philosophy of housing, from the point of view of social and economic justice. Using knowledge and data from social sciences, this theoretical and philosophical approach will strive to understand how, in the name of socio-economic justice, diverging individual as well as institutional interests can come together for a fair housing policy. This perspective goes beyond the public/private divide, since it is interested in the many forms a housing policy can take, as it interacts with the market. TRUST_ISSUES thus gathers legal scholars, economists and philosophers to develop a common conceptual framework to comprehend these issues.

Biofuels are one of few options for decarbonizing transport in the short to medium term. However, they are often criticised for indirect land use change (ILUC), which is critical due to lack of high quality agricultural land and increasing world population. At the same time, significant contaminated land areas remain unused. CERESiS aims to provide a win-win sustainable solution to both issues by facilitating land decontamination through phytoremediation, growing energy crops to produce clean biofuels. In the longer term, this will increase the land available for agriculture, while producing non-ILUC biofuel. The project is based on three pillars. The phytoremediation pillar will identify a range of promising energy crops, focusing on key contaminants worldwide. They will be trialed in North, South, Eastern Europe and Brazil, with samples characterised and converted to biofuels. The technological pillar will optimize two clean biofuel conversion technologies, Supercritical Water Gasification & Fast Pyrolysis integrated with novel contaminant separation technologies, focusing on eliminating, stabilising or retrieving the contaminants in an easy to manage form. The Decision Support pillar will develop an open access, modular and expandable Decision Support System able to identify optimal solutions for each application. It will incorporate land, phytoremediation, technological, economic, environmental parameters providing critical information to stakeholders & policy makers on the suitability of combinations of phytoremediation strategies and conversion technologies for particular sites, contaminants, environmental restrictions etc. It will include Techno-economic analysis of pathways, LCA & LCC, supply chain optimization, and performance assessment against SDG goals. Partners from five EU countries, Ukraine, Brazil and Canada representing the entire value chain collaborate for the development and assessment of the integrated pathways.

PROMISS (PRevention Of Malnutrition In Senior Subjects in the EU) is a multi-country project aiming to turn the challenge of tackling malnutrition in community-dwelling older persons into an opportunity for healthy ageing for the future. The PROMISS consortium contains worldwide expertise in epidemiology, clinical trials, geriatrics, nutrition, physical activity, microbiomics, as well as in behaviour, consumer, sensory and computer sciences. It builds on strong collaborations with food industry and SMEs to strengthen innovation of the European agri-food sector and their market position. Existing data from scientifically well-established prospective aging cohorts and national nutritional surveys from Europe and ‘third countries’ will be combined with new data from short- and long-term intervention studies in older persons at risk. Its holistic approach will provide insight in the causality of the links between diet, physical activity, appetite and malnutrition and underlying pathways, thereby providing the necessary evidence to develop optimal, sustainable and evidence-based dietary and physical activity strategies to prevent malnutrition and enhance active and healthy aging. PROMISS will also deliver food concepts and products as well as persuasive technology to support adherence to these strategies. The dietary and physical activity strategies and food products will be specifically developed with older user involvement to meet the needs and fit the preferences of older consumers. In close collaboration with stakeholders, PROMISS will translate these strategies into practical recommendations to guide policy and health professionals at EU- and Member States level. Dissemination and implementation takes place through strong dissemination partners operating on an European level and linked to national networks across Member States. PROMISS promises prevention of malnutrition, additional healthy life years and a strengthening of EU’s food industry