Project: "Accelerating High-Capacity Lithium-Ion Batteries with Silicon-Based Ceramics Composite Anodes"

Acronym: ASCEND

Funding programme: Swiss-Polish Cooperation Programme - NCBR

Institution: The National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR)

Programme Component Operator: Gdańsk University of Technology (dr Monika Wilamowska-Zawłocka)

Programme Component Partners: Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (dr Gurdial Blugan); Siloxene AG (dr Matthias Koebel)

Project duration: 1.07.2025–31.12.2027

Total project cost: PLN 4,470,897.59

Total project funding: PLN 4,357,879.36

The programme budget amounts to CHF 41.176 million, including: 

  • CHF 35 million - Swiss contribution,
  • CHF 6.176 million - Polish contribution.

Link to the official programme website: programszwajcarski.gov.pl