Press Release: Commission announces huge new influx of partners to the Graphene Flagship project

To coincide with Graphene Week 2014, the European Commission was proud to announced on 23 June 2014, the Graphene Flagship, one of the largest-ever European research initiatives, is doubling in size.

66 new partners was being invited to join the consortium following the results of a €9 million competitive call.

While most partners was universities and research institutes, the share of companies, mainly SMEs, involved is increasing.

This shows the growing interest of economic actors in graphene. The partnership included more than 140 organisations from 23 countries. It is fully set to took ‘wonder material’ graphene and related layered materials from academic laboratories to everyday use.

EP: EPRS: STOA, 27.05.15: Graphene: a honeycomb lattice with the strength to change our world http://epthinktank.eu/2015/05/27/graphene-a-honeycomb-lattice-with-the-strength-to-change-our-world/

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