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NSF Shares Information on 2025 DMREF Solicitation
12/5/2024
Check out the webinar video to learn about review criteria, features of a compelling proposal, and more.

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NSF Releases 2025 Solicitation for DMREF Program
11/8/2024
The submission window is from January 21 – February 4, 2025.

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DMREF Researcher Receives Nobel Prize
10/25/2024
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was recently awarded to DMREF researcher David Baker as well as Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their work in protein design and prediction.

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Explore Poster Abstracts from Recent MGI Meeting
8/2/2024
This draft of the meeting booklet contains abstracts for the 130 PI posters presented during the two-day meeting. A final version of the booklet will be published on the website in the middle of August with summaries and reports from the workshop breakout sessions and panel discussions.

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DMREF Project Develops Advanced Material to Efficiently Store Solar Energy
5/10/2024 | By Divya Abhat
The team’s fundamental research brings us one step closer to reducing our reliance on fossil fuels.

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Explore Research Internship Opportunities for Graduate Students at Air Force Research Laboratory
5/3/2024
This Dear Colleague Letter describes this unique partnership with AFRL for submissions to the NSF INTERN Program, NSF 21-013. NSF 21-013 is often referred to as the INTERN DCL. This DCL is referred to as the NSF-AFRL INTERN DCL.

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DMR Launches Search for DMREF Program Director
5/3/2024
Responsibilities of the Program Director include planning and budget development, managing the merit review process and proposal recommendations, and more.

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DMREF Leadership Discusses Program Impact at DMR's Monthly Open Hour Webinar
4/12/2024 | By Divya Abhat
At this month’s DMR Open Hour, DMREF program director John Schlueter discussed the focus and impact of the DMREF Program. This highly competitive program funds small teams of researchers. Competitions for this program take place on a biannual basis; the next competition is scheduled for January 2025.

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Explore Research Internship Opportunities for Graduate Students at U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory and Ground Vehicle Systems Center
3/21/2024
This Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) describes this unique partnership with DEVCOM ARL or DEVCOM GVSC and is aligned with and conforms with the NSF INTERN opportunity described in the Dear Colleague Letter: Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students (INTERN) Supplemental Funding Opportunity. This DCL is referred to as the NSF - DEVCOM INTERN DCL.

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AFRL, National Science Foundation, academia converge in Miami Valley to accelerate materials discovery to deployment
12/22/2023 | By Gail L. Forbes
The Air Force Research Laboratory, the National Science Foundation, and representatives from some of the nation’s leading academic institutions recently joined forces in Ohio, for the NSF’s DMREF and AFRL Kickoff. The two-day event provided a rare opportunity for members of AFRL’s world-class science and technology workforce to share scientific plans with fellow materials researchers from some of the country’s most distinguished universities to accelerate the transition of new materials from design to deployment in support of the nation’s warfighters over the next four years.

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NSF Appoints New DMR Division Director
10/6/2023 | By Divya Abhat
In early 2023, the National Science Foundation (NSF) appointed Germano Iannacchione as the new Division Director of its Division of Materials Research (DMR)—a division with a critical objective to invest in the discovery, development, and design of new materials.

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NSF Invests $72.5 Million to Design Revolutionary Materials
9/18/2023
NSF supports 37 teams to create novel materials to address grand societal challenges and develop the scientific and engineering workforce of tomorrow.

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NSF Announces New Solicitation for its DMREF Program
12/14/2022
Awards could range from $1.5-$2 million over four years.
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