There is still much room for improvement in reading intervention, testing and teaching in Europe. Morphology, in particular, has been neglected in reading acquisition theories, which have focused on narrow contexts including monomorphemic words, children in the first steps of reading acquisition, and the English language only. FINE ReMorph will determine whether morphological knowledge impacts reading development earlier in languages with richer morphology and whether different trajectories appear in languages with different orthographic and syllabic features. French, Italian, Norwegian, and English, four languages resulting in diverse combinations of morphological richness, orthographic depth, and syllabic complexity, will be compared. Language and reading will be tested in three different age ranges of school-aged children. Ocular movements will be tracked to determine the role of different morphological constituents in written-word recognition. I will coordinate my Associated partner and two Short-Visit Hosts remotely and through a 6-month secondment and two one-month short visits to ensure the smooth implementation of testing activities in every language under study. The project output will inform the scientific, clinical, and educational communities about the age of impact of morphology on reading in languages with different morphological, orthographic, and syllabic features. This will determine if, when, and how to introduce morphology instruction into scientific, clinical, and educational interventions in diverse languages. At my Host, I will acquire neuroscientific knowledge of neuroimaging techniques; on secondment, I will practice eye-tracking research; during my two short visits, I will improve my psychometric skills with the authors of the FINE ReMorph core test. The advanced technological/behavioral methods and transferrable skills acquired will increase my research profile competitivity and strengthen my interdisciplinary scientific network.

This project aims at developing advanced optical fibre sensing technologies for multi-parametric bio/chemical measurement, urgently demanded from industry and scientific research for quality control and process study. The Fellow, Dr Jiang will be trained on a series of skills related to novel photonic devices and advanced sensing techniques at main host Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT) and several other EU hosts. Capitalising upon his original expertise in the study of optical fibre sensing, bio/chemical measurement and liquid diffusion process, the fellowship will make him a unique asset to the EU for tackling multi-parametric bio/chemical sensing by developing new optical fibre sensing technologies capable of measuring several parameters simultaneously. Dr Jiang has proven track record in bio/chemical sensing with interdisciplinary background and his achievement has been outstanding though very young as demonstrated in his CV. The skills and technologies he will grasp will allow him to diversify his capability significantly; including fibre grating design and fabrication (at AIPT), UV and femtosecond laser micro-fabrication, fibre laser, optical fibre interferometry, nano-film coating techniques and modelling techniques for photonic devices, and highly sensitive sensing technologies. In addition, the fellowship will allow him to transfer the knowledge gained through the research to the benefit of his hosts and regional industrial liaisons together with his existing knowledge on bio/chemical detection. Starting from a particular optical fibre device, tilted fibre grating, through modelling, fabrication and optimisation on special fibres the project will explore the rich spectral characteristics of the device to decode a variety of factors for the multi-parametric sensing. Fostered by the fellowship, a leading expert in photonic sensing technologies is expected and will contribute greatly to EU industries and academic communities.