The project ‘Methods for controlling and using the triboelectric effect of polymers for mechanical-electric-chemical conversion (TriboCharge)’ was submitted to the ERC-Consolidator Grant sub-programme of the Frontier Research Grants of the European Research Council under Horizon Europe and was assessed above the quality threshold but did not receive funding, thus fully in line with paragraph 31.3.1 of the SAMP Cabinet Regulation (support provided for under Horizon Europe and Programme 10. The aim of the TriboCharge is to revolutionise the conversion of energy from mechanical to electrical by offering new, more efficient materials to use previously unused energy sources for the operation of wearable, bisonous and autonomous electronic devices. The same energy sources also open the door to new, radically different pathways of chemical synthesis. TriboCharge will use surface charges from the triboelectric effect: radicals, electrons and organic ions that attach to surfaces when two materials are successively contacted and disconnected. The observed resulting surface charge on polymers is still much lower than the potential due to the use of standard empirically selected optimisation methods. In contrast, TriboCharge will use smart triboelectric polymer design to control the release of chemical energy stored in covalent bonds.The project will create a new fundamental understanding of polymer triboelectrication and provide pathways to improve triboelectric charging by controlling mechanical voltage localization and surface chemistry. The detected mechanisms of triboelectric charge formation will be used to realize a new and easily scalable 3D architectural concept for polymeric materials with triboelectric charge not only on the surface, but also in volume - triboelectric laminates. The volume charges forming Laminate are ideally suited for the study of mechanically activated chemical reactions.The main objective of the project is to create a new direction in material science, covering triboelectricity, catalysis and energy extraction, developing a set of technologies that complement the next generation batteries and can contribute to sustainable chemical synthesis.In order to achieve the objective of the project, it is planned to carry out non-economic industrial research.The total cost of the project is estimated at EUR 2 000 000, the project is planned to finance 85% of the financing of the European Regional Development Fund in the amount of EUR 1700 000 and 15% of the financing of the State budget in the amount of EUR 300 000.Additional financing is also planned to be attracted for the implementation of the project. The remuneration planned for the scientific manager A. Šutks will be partly covered by notary - state budget funds, as well as it is planned to attract doctoral students, whose remuneration costs will be partly covered by the financing of the project 1.1.1.8/1/24/I/007 or RTU internal grants (RTU own funds), funds allocated to doctoral students in accordance with the competition procedure for carrying out research work.The expected period of implementation of the project: from the date of conclusion of the agreement on the implementation of the project in February 2025 to 30 September 2029, with a mid-term of 30 months from the start of the project. Taking into account the interaction between the activities provided for in the project, all the planned results (reports) of the project will be achieved at the end of the project.