MPS Materials Research

**Materials research programs** MPS invests in multiple materials research programs supporting both theoretical and experimental research. The programs support individual researchers, small teams and interdisciplinary research spanning multiple programs. * * * **[Biomaterials](https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/biomaterials "Biomaterials")** Supports research and education on biological, biomimetic, bioinspired and bioenabled materials and synthetic materials intended for applications where they will be in contact with biological systems. **[Ceramics](https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/ceramics "Ceramics")** Supports research and education on ceramics, glass-ceramics, inorganic glasses, ceramic-based composites and inorganic carbon-based materials to develop predictive capabilities for these materials. **[Condensed Matter and Materials Theory](https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/cmmt-condensed-matter-materials-theory "Condensed Matter and Materials Theory (CMMT)")** Supports fundamental theoretical research and education on hard and soft materials and related phenomena; development of associated analytical, computational and data-centric techniques; and predictive materials-specific theory, simulation and modeling. **[Condensed Matter Physics](https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/condensed-matter-physics "Condensed Matter Physics")** Supports research and education in the investigation of the fundamental physics underlying condensed matter systems, including both hard and soft matter. **[Electronic and Photonic Materials](https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/electronic-photonic-materials "Electronic and Photonic Materials")** Supports research and education in developing advanced materials to enable transformative advances in electronics, optoelectronics and photonics for use in computing, communications and sensing. **[Metals and Metallic Nanostructures](https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/metals-metallic-nanostructures "Metals and Metallic Nanostructures")** Supports research and education on the relationships between structure and properties of metals and their alloys. **[Polymers](https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/polymers "Polymers")** Supports research and education on the foundations of polymeric materials and polymer science, spanning the molecular level to the nanoscale and macroscale. **[Solid State and Materials Chemistry](https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/solid-state-materials-chemistry "Solid State and Materials Chemistry")** Supports research and education on organic, inorganic and hybrid materials, with an emphasis on materials synthesis and the relationships between material structure and properties.? * * * **[Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer Our Future](https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/dmref-designing-materials-revolutionize-engineer-our-future "Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF)")** MPS supports and leads the cross-cutting [Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer Our Future](https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/dmref-designing-materials-revolutionize-engineer-our-future "Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF)") program. The program includes multiple NSF directorates and other federal agencies and supports ambitious and collaborative research to rapidly and cost-effectively discover, develop and deploy advanced materials.