The National Graphene Institute

我们建议在曼彻斯特大学建立国家石墨烯研究所，以利用英国在石墨烯方面的领先科学地位，以英国在该领域以前和未来的发现为基础，将其商业化，并为英国创造可持续的经济价值和竞争优势。国家研究所将与英国的创始合作伙伴以及新的石墨烯研究卓越中心密切合作。石墨烯的关键发现是在曼彻斯特做出的，例如，2010年诺贝尔奖和许多其他国际奖项都承认了这一点。曼彻斯特继续以在该主题上不断取得突破和石墨烯研究人员的临界质量而闻名，石墨烯相关研究论文的引用数量突出了这一点。石墨烯研究所将拥有最先进的设施、实验室和商业服务，与商业和学术合作伙伴共享，并支持和培育正在进行的开发的应用和商业化。所有合作者之间的互动也将刺激和加快研究所科学发现的步伐。石墨烯具有早期商业化和长期广泛应用的潜力。该研究所旨在超越技术发展阶段之间的典型划分，并为未来在英国无缝传播和应用新技术提供模型。培训研究生成为未来的商业领袖，建立和经营自己的公司，是该学院课程的一个组成部分。该研究所还将为在全国范围内发展专业知识和商业化的“中心和网络”模式提供基础和必要的领导。我们要求为中心的资本成本（总成本为4500万英镑）提供3800万英镑，这将进一步撬撬外部资金。这是曼彻斯特和英国令人兴奋和雄心勃勃的长期愿景的下一个关键步骤。该研究所将利用英国在该领域的国际领导地位，并将作为建立英国合作的催化剂，催生新企业，吸引全球公司，并将科学发现的价值转化为经济增长和创造就业机会。这也将是英国经济再平衡的重要一步。它将把尖端科学与新的商业产品联系起来，以确保发展道路尽可能短。经济效益不仅会通过快速增长的初创公司流动，而且还会通过加速现有公司的增长，特别是在西北地区具有相当实力的航空航天、化工、能源和电子设备领域；这项提议得到了曼彻斯特市的大力支持。由于石墨烯潜在的低生产成本对投资者来说是一个有吸引力的价值主张，因此GIH也将成为风险资本投资的磁石。

We propose the creation of a National Graphene Institute at The University of Manchester to exploit the UK's leading scientific position in graphene, to build on previous and future UK discoveries in this area, to commercialise them and to create sustainable economic value and competitive advantage for the UK. The National Institute would work closely with founding UK partners and with new centres of excellence in graphene research. The key discoveries on graphene have been made in Manchester, as recognised, for example, by the 2010 Nobel Prize and many other international awards. Manchester continues to be distinguished by ongoing frequent breakthroughs on the subject and the critical mass of graphene researchers, as highlighted by the number of citations for graphene-related research papers. The Graphene Institute will house state-of the-art facilities, laboratories and business services to be shared with commercial and academic partners and to support and nurture application and commercialisation of ongoing developments. The interaction between all collaborators will also stimulate and accelerate the pace of scientific discovery in the Institute. Graphene offers the potential for early commercialisation and for long-term pervasive application. The Institute aims to transcend typical divisions between stages of technological development and provide a model for future seamless dissemination and application of new technologies in the UK. Training research students as future business leaders to establish and run their own companies is an integral part of the Institute's programme. The Institute will also provide the foundation and required leadership for the growth of a 'hub and network' model of expertise and commercialisation throughout the nation. We request £38M towards the capital cost (total cost £45M) of the Hub, which will lever further external funds.This is the next key step in Manchester and the UK's exciting and ambitious long-term vision. The Institute will capitalise on the UK's international leadership in the field and will act as a catalyst to build on UK collaborations, spawn new businesses, attract global companies and translate the value of scientific discovery into economic growth and job creation. It will also be an important step in rebalancing the UK economy. It would link up cutting-edge science with new commercial products to make sure that the development path is as short as possible.Economic benefit will flow, not only through fast-growing start-up companies, but also by accelerating the growth of existing corporates particularly in the areas of aerospace, chemicals, energy and electronic devices where the North West has considerable strength; this proposal has very strong support from the City of Manchester. The GIH will also become a magnet for venture capital investment as the potential low production costs of graphene presents an attractive value proposition for investors.