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Supports research and education on organic, inorganic and hybrid materials, with an emphasis on materials synthesis and the relationships between material structure and properties.

Supports research centers that foster team-based, highly integrated research, education, and training with a focus on developing and providing access to next-generation tools and data that will enable the development of new materials.

Supports research and education on polymeric materials and polymer science.

Supports collaborative research and education in partnership with industry on domain-specific computing, heterogenous integration, and new materials for energy-efficient, enhanced-performance and sustainable semiconductor-based systems.

Supports researchers in quantum information science, mathematical and physical sciences, or computer and information science and engineering to pursue joint research through long-term visits to a host institution.

Supports research and education on biological, biomimetic, bioinspired and bioenabled materials, and on synthetic materials intended for applications where they will be in contact with biological systems.

Supports fundamental research and education on hard and soft materials and related phenomena; the development of associated analytical, computational and data-centric techniques; and predictive materials-specific theory, simulation and modeling.

Supports principal investigators, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students in conducting research and collaborating with researchers at FDA on topics related to public health and emerging medical device technologies.

Supports the operation of national user facilities that make specialized instrumentation available to the materials research community, support research, and conduct education and public outreach.

Supports fundamental materials research and education in the following areas: biomaterials, ceramics, condensed matter physics, electronic and photonic materials, metals and metallic nanostructures, polymers, and solid state and materials chemistry.

Supports MPS-Ascending postdoctoral research fellows who transition into tenure track faculty positions in any scientific area supported by the following divisions: Astronomical Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Research, Mathematical Sciences, and Physics.

Supports crosscutting activities in the Division of Materials Research and across NSF that emphasize diversity and inclusion, international collaboration and education. Activities such as institutes, workshops and conferences may be supported.