Projects/Funding

Research Projects/Funding

RESEARCH PROJECTS/FUNDING (1997-CURRENT)

Major grant-holder of contracts as FORTH/ICE-HT and Univ. of Patras of approx. 16 million Euro (own budget).

European Projects

1. 2D-ENGINE: “Engineering of new 2D materials phases not existing in Nature” (HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-CNECT) (10/2023 - 09/2027) Budget: 561.500€
2. GREENART: “GREen ENdeavor in Art ResToration” (HORIZON-CL2-2021-HERITAGE-01) (2021-2025) Budget: 290.000€
3. GRAPHENE CORE 3: “Graphene Flagship Core Project 3" (HORIZON 2020- EXCELLENCE SCIENCE- Future and Emerging Technologies) (2020-2023) Budget: 1.486.000€
4. DIRECT-SEPA: "Direct Separation of Two-Dimensional Materials from the Surface of Liquid Metal Catalysts" (HORIZON 2020 –EXCELLENCE SCIENCE- Future and Emerging Technologies) (2020-2022) Budget: 222.050€
5. ITS THIN: “Water separation revolutionized by ultrathin carbon nanomembranes” (HORIZON 2020 –EXCELLENCE SCIENCE- Future and Emerging Technologies) (2020-2023) Budget: 115.575€
6. APACHE “Active & intelligent Packaging materials and display cases as a tool for preventive conservation of Cultural Heritage” (HORIZON 2020 – INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP) (2019-2022) Budget: 350.000€
7. SMARTFAN “Smart by Design and Intelligent by Architecture for turbine blade fan and structural components systems” (HORIZON 2020 – INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP) (2018-2021) Budget: 382.487€
8. GRAPHENART “Graphene as effective anti-fading agent for the protection of artworks” (HORIZON 2020- EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)) (2017-2019) Budget: 119.875€
9. GRAPHENE CORE 2 “Graphene Flagship Core Project 2” (HORIZON 2020- EXCELLENCE SCIENCE- Future and Emerging Technologies) (2018-2020) Budget: 430.037€
10. LMCat “Development of continuous two-dimensional defect free materials by liquid-metal catalytic routes” (HORIZON 2020- EXCELLENCE SCIENCE- Future and Emerging Technologies) (2017-2020) Budget: 655.016€
11. GRAPHENE CORE 1 “Graphene-Graphene based disruptive technologies” (HORIZON 2020- EXCELLENCE SCIENCE- Future and Emerging Technologies) (2016-2018)-further extension envisaged till 2023 Budget: 340.507€
12. NEWSPEC “New cost-effective and sustainable polyethylene based carbon fibres for volumemarket applications” (FP7 Large) (2013-2017) Budget: 1.078.016€
13. TAILOR GRAPHENE “Tailoring Graphene to Withstand Large Deformations” (ERC Advanced Grant) (2013-2018) Budget: 2.025.600€
14. GRAPHENE/GRAPHENE FET FLAGSHIP “Graphene-Graphene based revolutions in ICT and beyond” (FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies) (2013-2016)- further extension envisaged till 2023 Budget: 340.622€
15. INDUSTRY TECH 2014 “Smart Growth Through Research and Innovation; Towards EUROPE 2020” (General Secretariat of Research & Technology (GSRT) and is supported by The European Commission Directorate for Research and Innovation) (2013-2014) Budget: 599.959€
16. ECNP-GROWTH “Consolidation of the European Centre for Nanostructured Polymers” FP7 (ECNP-GROWTH) (2012-2014) Budget: 53.400€
17. ERC-10 “Deformation , Yield and Failure of Graphene and Graphene-based nanocomposites” (GSRT for a short-listed European Research Council (ERC) proposal) (2012-2015) Budget: 1.271.000€
18. HERACLITUS PROGRAMME “Mechanical and spectroscopic study of reinforced materials based on graphene and model polymeric composites” (Ministry of Education, European Social Fund) (2010-2013) Budget: 45.000€
19. PROSUITE “Development and application of a standardized methodology for the prospective sustainability assessment of technologies” FP7-ENV (CEC) (2009-2012) Budget: 27.000€
20. MARIE-CURIE “High Volume Fraction Nanocomposites” TOK CNTCOMP, FP6-MC(CEC) (2006-2010) Budget: 733.900€
21. MARIE-CURIE ERG “Pressure measurements” (FP6) (2005-2006) Budget: 45.000€
22. NANOFUN-POLY “Nanostructured and Functional Polymer-Based Materials and Nanocomposites” FP6-NoE (CEC) (2004-2008) Budget: 1.167.328€
23. MARIE CURIE Large Conference, “European Conference on Composite Materials” (CEC) (2004) Budget: 43.170€
24. VaFTeM “Ceramic and Carbon Fibres: Validation of Testing Methods, GROWTH” (CEC) (2001-2004) Budget: 200.000€
25. DAMPBLADE “Wind Turbine Rotor Blades Using Passively Damped Composites, FP6 ENERGIE (CEC) (2001-2004) Budget: 228.920€
26. SAFEFLOOR “Low Risk and Totally Recyclable Structural Buildings” FP 6 GROWTH” (CEC) (2001-2004) Budget: 200.000€
27. MEGAWIND “Development of a MW Wind Turbine for High Wind Complex Terrain Sites” ENERGIE(CEC) (2001-2004) Budget: 228.988€
28. “Structure and Dynamics in Crystalline Polymers: Vibrational Spectroscopy and Molecular simulation” (NATO) (2001-2003) Budget: 9.915€
29. “Raman Spectroscopic Study on the Strain-induced Phase Transformation in Isotactic and Syndiotactic Polypropylenes” (Greek-German Co-operation) (1999-2001) Budget: 13.000€
30. ADAPT “Adaptive Composites with Embedded Shape Memory Alloy Wires”, Brite-Euram (CEC) (1998-2001) Budget: 530.000€

 International Projects

1. ThermaGraph “Thermal management in urban environments by defect-engineered graphene” (NATIONAL RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLAN) (15/04/2025 - 31/12/2026) Budget: 603.509,53€
2. 2D ENHANCED: “Lightweight composites with 2D-material enhancement for plastic, construction and aerospace industries” (RIC-2D Open Call 2022 Research & Innovation Fund) (11/2024 – 10/2027)

Budget: 995.027$

National Projects

1. FLAGERA "Graphene cOmposites FOR advanced drinking WATER treatment [GO-FOR-WATER]" (FLAGERA –Joint Transnational Calls 2019) (2020-2023) Budget: 200.000€ 
2. CAERUS "Carbon nAnofilters of Enhanced Rigidity for Unpolluted air and gas Sensing" (National/ESPA) (2019-2021)  Budget: 210.000€
3. PhoSiL “Design and development of energy efficient photovoltaic cells of new architectures with laser processing” (Regional of Western Greece) (2012-2014) Budget: 195.656€
4. THALIS “Graphene and Graphene nanocomposites: production, properties and applications” (MINISTRY OF EDUCATION) (2012-2015) Budget: 599.400€ 
5. Post-Doctoral Programme GSTR “Mechanical Response of Graphene under high deformations” (2012-2015) Budget: 150.000€ 
6. ΑΝΑΠΛΑΣΥ “Composite Materials from Recycled Plastics and Plant Inclusions”, (Region of Western Greece) (2006-2008) Budget: 150.000€ 
7. E.P.A.E.K. II “Identification of failure micro-mechanisms in composite materials via in-situ measurements of stress fields” (Ministry of Education) (2004-2007) Budget: 85.000€ 
8. Praxe A “New materials in construction” (GSRT) (2003)  Budget: 44.000€
9. PENED “Development and characterization of smart composite materials incorporating shape memory wires” (GSRT PENED) (2002-2005)  Budget: 76.911€
10. PENED “Intramedulary Osteosynthesis of Bone Fracture and Intramedulary Osteosynthesis Under Stress with the use of Shape Memory Alloys” (Ministry of Education) (2002-2006)  Budget: 146.000€
11. E.P.E.T “Industrial Applications of Composite Materials” GSRT, Ε.P.E.T (2000) Budget: 2.415€ 
12. “Design Construction and installation of all polymer composite bridge” GSRT (1998-2001) Budget: 395.000€ 

 Institutional Grants

1. “Strengthening of Research Potential of FORTH/ICE-HT (Western Regional of Greece), (2011-2013) Budget: 148.300€
2. New Construction Programme for FORTH/ICE-HT (Western Regional of Greece), (2012-2015) Budget: 9.700.000€