Towards a continued European leadership in 2D-materials

Purpose and goal:

The objective of this project was to submit a strong, high-quality proposal to the call "HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITALEMERGING-02-22: Supporting the coordination of the Graphene Flagship projects (CSA)". This was accomplished after some intensive work to coordinate the six project partners (from Sweden (2 ), France (1), Germany (2) and UK (1)) and to develop the application text.

Expected results and effects:

We hope that our proposal is the strongest (out of a total of three) and will be granted. The expected effect will be an excellent continuation of the current Graphene Flagship (GF) through a CSA that enables the individual research projects to utilize synergies in their scientific and technical activities and work more efficiently by utilizing common services and support functions.

Approach and implementation:

Collaborators in the planning project were Chalmers University of Technology, ABB and Chalmers Industriteknik. Chalmers coordinated the work with the actual CSA proposal. The planning project consisted of three work packages. WP1 "Proposal

developing", the largest work package, included developing the operations of the CSA project, finalizing the partnership and writing the proposal. WP2 "The Swedish Connection”, secured how the Swedish ecosystem for 2D materials is connected to the CSA project. WP3 "Project Management” ensured a well-executed planning project.