Graphene Appointed EU FET Flagship

by Annica Black-Schaffer 4 Jul 2013 Grants, International Cooperation
Published in the "Nordic News" section of Nordita News issue 2, 2013

The European Commission has chosen Graphene as one of Europe's first 10-year, 1,000 million euro FET (Future Emerging Technology) flagships (the other being Human Brain Project). The mission of Graphene is to take graphene and related layered materials from academic laboratories to society, revolutionize multiple industries and create economic growth and new jobs in Europe. The flagship is coordinated by professor Jari Kinaret at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, a former Nordita fellow 1992-1994.

Several research groups from the Nordic countries participate in the project: from Denmark groups at the Universities of Copenhagen and Aarhus, and DTU, from Finland groups at the Universities of Jyväskylä, Helsinki, Eastern Finland, Aalto, and Åbo Akademi, from Norway groups at NTNU, and from Sweden groups at the Universities of Chalmers, Linköping, Umeå, and Karolinska Institute, in addition to several companies and independent research facilities.

Read more on the official website of the FET Graphene Flagship.