MPS Materials Research Programs (MPS Materials)
Funds eight NSF materials programmes through one door — ceramics, polymers, metals, biomaterials and more, across 300 awards.
NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences directorate routes eight materials programmes through this notice, all aimed at fundamental understanding of materials, their properties and what they could be used for.
The eight are Biomaterials; Ceramics; Condensed Matter and Materials Theory; Condensed Matter Physics; Electronic and Photonic Materials; Metals and Metallic Nanostructures; Polymers; and …
Eight NSF materials programmes through one solicitation — biomaterials, ceramics, condensed matter and materials theory, condensed matter physics, electronic and photonic materials, metals and metallic nanostructures, polymers, and solid state and materials chemistry.
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