Graphene Flagship welcomes new Associated Members and Partnering Projects

The AMs and PPs contributed complementary technical expertise and supported the creation of a scientific and technological community that extends beyond the Graphene Flagship Core Project consortium.

Recognition and leveraging of the valuable contributions of the AMs to the impact of the Graphene Flagship and on the European economy and society, has allowed for a new association mechanism to be set-up within the HE framework. The aim of this mechanism is to promote broader exchanges and an inclusive environment within the 2DM community, as well as allow the continuity of collaborations established during the H2020 phase. Its implementation reflects the current set-up of the Graphene Flagship, where strategic research activities are defined by the EC calls and are carried out by the RIA/IA projects. The new association mechanism is focused on promoting synergies between the different projects and the AMs, including expanding the network and creating opportunities for scientific collaborations and partnerships. Further research priorities and bottom-up research are expected to be supported via other funding mechanisms that will leverage additional national or private funding.

Since April 2024 the Graphene Flagship Coordination Board has approved 26 AMs and 10 PPs, which have been associated to one (or multiple) Graphene Flagship projects (RIA/IA) as a function of scientific relevance and potential synergies identified.

The new AMs are:

• Sixonia Tech GmbH, Germany
• Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
• Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy – University of Belgrade, Serbia
• Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
• Boğaziçi University, Turkey
• Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique, France
• Neurinnov, France
• University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
• Uppsala University, Sweden
• Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
• CEA (Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives), France
• Delft University of Technology – Department of Precision and Microsystems Engineering, Netherlands
• Finisar Germany GmbH, Germany
• Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Department of Neurosciences, Italy
• Water2kW, Spain
• University of Padova, Italy
• SOLVIONIC, France
• Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Italy
• University of Torino, Italy
• Paul Drude Institute for Solid State Electronics, Leibniz-Institut im Forschungsverbund, Germany
• SPINTECH, France
• Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Germany
• Ankara University, Turkey
• Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM), University of Marseille, France
• Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
• GREMI CNRS-University of Orleans, France

The new PPs are:

• 2DIntegratE
• Polygraph
• RESCUEGRAPH
• MINERVA
• SIO Grafen
• EMPHASIS
• TRANS2DCHEM
• MagicTune
• MNEMOSYN
• VEGA

The association mechanism is a living framework, implemented on a continuous basis. Applications can be submitted at any time by filling in the relevant application form.

Universities, research organisations, industrial companies and SMEs that become Associated Members of the Graphene Flagship will join a dynamic community of researchers and innovation experts, and gain access to unique opportunities for scientific collaborations and networking, thus increasing the visibility of their research and innovation outcomes.

We look forward to welcoming new AMs and PPs in our community!

Need more information on the Association Mechanism? Contact the Alignment team at ESF for any questions: graphene-eu@esf.org