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EQUINOISE: Testing Methods for Assessing Equity in Noise-Induced Annoyance and Sleep Disturbance from Multiple Sources in Italy and Slovenia 

Duration: 01 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2027 (2 years) Bilateral Project: CNR/JSI – Jozef Stefan Institute (Slovenia) Funding Institution: CNR and JSI Contact person:L. Fredianelli (IPCF) – D. Kocman (JSI) Keywords: Health-effects; Noise management; Strategic noise map; Noise exposure; Action plans; Transportation noise EQUINOISE tackles a broader and increasingly urgent issue: ensuring equity in environmental […]

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LaTESt-CUT- Latent heat Thermal Energy Storage systems based on CMC at Ultra-high Temperature

Duration: 09 Dec 2025 – 08 Dec 2028 (3 years) Funding Institution: Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETp) Principal Investigator: Prof. Jesùs-Gonzàlez Juliàn (Laboratory for ThermoStructural Composites – LCTS-CNRS – University of Bordeaux) – France Contact person in IPCF: G. Annino Other research units (contact person): Politecnico di Torino (Prof. Milena Salvo) – Italy, Łukasiewicz Research […]

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LIFE OPTIMUS – Optimised Pavements Towards Innovative Mitigation of Urban noiSe

Duration: 01 June 2025 – 31 May 2029 (4 years) Funding Institution: European Commission– LIFE24-ENV-IT-LIFE OPTIMUS  Principal Investigator: Vie en.ro.se. Ingegneria SRL Contact person in IPCF: E. Ascari Other research units: Comune di Firenze, IPOOL SRL, Comune di Forlì, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Provincia autonoma di Bolzano Website: LIFE24-ENV-IT-LIFE OPTIMUS Other links: Linkedin […]

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APACE – Towards a bio-mimetic sunlight pumped laser based on photosynthetic antenna complexes

Duration: From 01 Oct 2024 – 30 Sep 2028 (4 years) Funding Institution: European Commission, Horizon Europe Contact person: Luca Celardo – Università di Firenze Contact person in IPCF : M.Trotta ERC sector : PE4.11 Other research units : Università di Firenze, Heriot-Watt University Uk,  Universita Degli Studi Di Parma (IT), Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche […]

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Comparison of CNOSSOS-EU and NMPB methods for road noise modelling in Italy and in Romania

Duration: From January 2023 to December 2025 (3 years) Bilateral agreement: CNR/Romanian Academy (Romania) Funding Institution: CNR and Romanian Academy Contact person: E. Ascari (IPCF) – Tudor Sireteanu (Romanian Academy) For several decades the European community has focused attention on the issue of noise prevention, given its importance as an environmental pollutant. With effects such as […]

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I2LDS – Local Dielectric Spectroscopy at the Interface of Polymeric Nanocomposites

Duration: October 2022 – December 2026 (4 years, 2 months) Funding Institution: Office of Naval Research Global  Contact person: M. Labardi The project is aimed at investigating the behavior of insulating polymers, subjected to extreme stress conditions, close to the interface with electrodes as well as of nanoinclusions added for improving their performance, by means of […]

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PHOSBURY – Photosynthetic bacteria in Self-assembled Biocompatible coatings for the transduction of energy

Duration: From April 2022 to October 2024 (2.5 years) Funding Institution: SNSF – Swiss National Science Foundation Contact person: M. Trotta Improve the electron transfer between the microbe and electrode surface, the bottleneck in existing microbial technologies, by engineering microbes capable of biopolymerizing their own inter-and intra-cellular conductive network. Partners: EPFL – École Polytechnique Fédérale […]

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Exploration of the mechanisms of prebiotic synthesis in impact craters

Duration: From 2022 to 2024 (3 years) Bilateral agreement: CNR/CAS (Czech Republic) – biennio 2022-2023 Funding Institution: CNR and Academy of Science, Czech Republic.    Triennium program Contact person: F. Saija (IPCF) – Martin Ferus, (Academy of Science, Czech Republic) This project focuses on extensive experimental and theoretical investigations of formamide-based and hydrogen-cyanide- (HCN)-based prebiotic synthesis in post-impact hydrothermal model environments. Firstly, […]

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Detection of micro and nanoplastics absorbed in the gut of marine invertebrates by Raman/SERS tweezers

Duration: From January 2022 to December 2024 (2 years) Bilateral agreement: CNR/Royal Society (United Kingdom) – 2022-2023 Funding Institution: Royal Society Contact person:  P. G. Gucciardi (IPCF) – Tamara Galloway (University of Exeter – UK) The project is focused on the detection of micro and nanoplastics absorbed in the intestine of marine invertebrates using Raman optical tweezers in order to increase […]

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PRIORITY –  Plastics monitoRIng detectiOn RemedIaTion recoverY (COST Action)

Duration: From 19 Oct 2021 – 18 Oct 2025 (4 years) Funding Institution: European Union, COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) – CA20101 Action Chair: Stefania Federici (University of Brescia) Contact person in IPCF: P.G. Gucciardi Other research units: An overview of the COST action participants is available here. Website:  https://ca-priority.eu/ Settori ERC: PE4 […]

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