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NSF program CERAMICS (177400): 124 awards, $51.9M to 75 organizations
124 NSF awards ($51.9M) under the program element CERAMICS (177400) to 75 organizations, fiscal years 2022 to 2026, read 2026-11-04.
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- 177400
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- Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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- Materials Research Section
Awards
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| Award | Agency | Institute or division | Fiscal year | Amount in window | Start | End | Principal investigator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collaborative Research: DMREF: Discovery of unconventional superconductors by design | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $1,500,000 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2027 | Julia Mundy | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: DMREF: Computationally Driven Discovery and Synthesis of 2D Materials through Selective Etching | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $1,269,164 | October 1, 2023 | March 31, 2028 | Konstantin Klyukin | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: DMREF: Data-Driven Prediction of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Structures | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $1,175,000 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2027 | Hendrik Heinz | nsf.gov |
| In-situ X-ray Scattering Studies of Oxide Epitaxial Growth Kinetics and Dynamics | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $735,397 | February 1, 2024 | January 31, 2027 | Randall L Headrick | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: DMREF: Topologically Designed and Resilient Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $731,650 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2027 | Gregory B Thompson | nsf.gov |
| Thermal stabilization of 2D and layered carbides through surface modification for functional high-temperature devices | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $702,284 | September 15, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Babak Anasori | nsf.gov |
| GOALI: Spatially selective phase transformations of glass to single crystal and electrically conducting 3D architectures | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $700,000 | May 1, 2022 | April 30, 2027 | Himanshu Jain | nsf.gov |
| A Convergence Study to Determine to the Role of Pressure Solution Creep Mechanisms in Driving Cold Sintering in Functional Ceramics | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $700,000 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2027 | Clive A Randall | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Regulating the Interface Chemistry of Sodium Ceramic Electrolytes for Solid-State Sodium Metal Batteries | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $696,993 | April 1, 2023 | March 31, 2028 | Weiyang Li | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Advancing ceramic processing science through acoustic characterization | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $696,010 | April 1, 2024 | March 31, 2029 | Andrea P Arguelles | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: DMREF: Topologically Designed and Resilient Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $672,809 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2027 | Olivia A Graeve | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Atomic-Scale Origins of Fast Ion Conduction through Complex Solid-State Electrochemical Interfaces | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $667,000 | March 1, 2023 | February 29, 2028 | Kai He | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: DMREF: Machine-learning accelerated design of tough, hierarchically heterogeneous ceramic composites | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $667,000 | October 1, 2025 | September 30, 2029 | Jason Trelewicz | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: DMREF: Machine-learning accelerated design of tough, hierarchically heterogeneous ceramic composites | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $666,667 | October 1, 2025 | September 30, 2029 | Ryan B Sills | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: DMREF: Machine-learning accelerated design of tough, hierarchically heterogeneous ceramic composites | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $665,897 | October 1, 2025 | September 30, 2029 | Evan C Schwind | nsf.gov |
| GOALI: Understanding the Reaction Pathway and Crystallization Dynamics for Solution Synthesis of Lithium Thiophosphate Solid Electrolytes | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $664,749 | August 15, 2024 | July 31, 2028 | Fudong Han | nsf.gov |
| Data-Driven Understanding of Grain-Boundary Roles in Self-Healing Perovskites | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $662,397 | August 1, 2026 | July 31, 2029 | Chongze Hu | nsf.gov |
| Bond Strengthening and Grain Size Refinement in Superhard Metal Borides | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $640,000 | June 1, 2023 | May 31, 2026 | Richard B Kaner | nsf.gov |
| Preparation and Characterization of New Ultra-High Na+ Ion Conductivity Mixed Glass Former Mixed Oxy-Sulfide-Nitride Glassy Solid Electrolytes | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $640,000 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2028 | Steve W Martin | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Investigating Inversion in High Entropy Oxide Spinels- Unraveling Structural Dynamics for Advanced Materials Design | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $638,363 | May 1, 2025 | April 30, 2030 | Christina M Rost | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Rare Earth Materials Under Extreme Conditions | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $636,980 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2026 | Alexandra Navrotsky | nsf.gov |
| A Component-wise Model for Understanding Spin-Charge Interactions in Nanoparticle Solids Using Targeted Synthesis, Magnetometry, and Magnetoresistance | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $631,669 | August 15, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Jeffrey D Rinehart | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Realizing strain-induced phase boundaries in lead-free ferroelectric oxide heterostructures and membranes | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $627,705 | April 15, 2025 | March 31, 2030 | Ruijuan Xu | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Harnessing Microfabrication for Chemical Control During High Pressure Synthesis of Non-Equilibrium Carbides | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $619,639 | March 1, 2023 | February 29, 2028 | James P Walsh | nsf.gov |
| Novel Synthesis of Single Crystal Entropy-Stabilized Ceramics: Identifying Critical Reaction and Transport Parameters | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $616,537 | July 15, 2024 | June 30, 2028 | Helen M Chan | nsf.gov |
| Epitaxial Strain Control of Ferroelectricity in K(Ta1-xNbx)O3 | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $615,775 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2030 | Kaveh Ahadi | nsf.gov |
| Understanding the Granular Creeping Behavior during the Densification Processing of Ceramic Electrolytes in All-solid-state Batteries | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $607,495 | August 1, 2026 | July 31, 2030 | Qingsong Tu | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Role of Grain Boundary Complexion Transformations on Long-Range Interfacial Diffusion Effects | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $606,790 | April 15, 2025 | March 31, 2030 | Christopher J Marvel | nsf.gov |
| RUI: Glass Science Research at Coe College | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $600,000 | August 1, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | Mario Affatigato | nsf.gov |
| Harnessing Electrochemically-Injected Interstitial Atoms in Oxide Semiconductors for Doping and Purification | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $600,000 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Edmund G Seebauer | nsf.gov |
| Correlation of Oxygen Non-Stoichiometry with Electrochemical Behavior in High-Rate Oxide Anodes: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $599,890 | October 1, 2025 | September 30, 2028 | Chengcheng Fang | nsf.gov |
| NSF-BSF: Descriptors of Dynamic Elastic Dipoles in Non-Classical Electrostrictors | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $599,462 | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2029 | Anatoly I Frenkel | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: DMREF: Topologically Designed and Resilient Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $589,971 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2027 | Christopher Weinberger | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Rational Design of Ferroelectric Semiconductors | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $588,795 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | Rohan Mishra | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Electronic Transport in Sulfide-Based Lithium Solid Electrolytes | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $587,654 | March 1, 2023 | February 29, 2028 | Fudong Han | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Explore and Regulate Thermodynamics of f-block High Entropy Ceramics | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $570,108 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2028 | Xiaofeng Guo | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Designing Ceramic Microstructures by Controlling Anisotropic Grain Boundary Motion | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $569,481 | October 15, 2022 | January 31, 2027 | Amanda R Krause | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Investigation of Sol-gel-derived Hybrid Colloids for New Silica-Germania Glasses | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $565,000 | April 1, 2022 | March 31, 2028 | Joel F Destino | nsf.gov |
| Highly Ce3+ - doped Glass Material for Advanced Photonic Devices | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $563,012 | February 1, 2024 | January 31, 2028 | Viktor Dubrovin | nsf.gov |
| Interface structure and precrystalline order in complex-oxide solid phase epitaxy: direct insights from in situ x-ray scattering | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $554,081 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2029 | Paul G Evans | nsf.gov |
| Discovering Novel Properties in Few-Layer MXenes Using Analytical, In-Situ Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $549,718 | June 1, 2023 | May 31, 2027 | Robert F Klie | nsf.gov |
| Nuclear probes of conductivity in Na-ion battery materials | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $548,497 | August 15, 2024 | July 31, 2028 | Hillary Smith | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Softening Behavior and Deformation Localization in Metallic Glasses - Integrated Time and Space Resolved Experimental and Computational Study | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $523,521 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Jinwoo Hwang | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Rational Synthesis of Epitaxial 2D Heterostructures | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $522,322 | July 1, 2026 | June 30, 2031 | Saien Xie | nsf.gov |
| Inverse Methods for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Non-Crystalline Materials | NSF | Chemistry Section | 2025 | $500,000 | November 1, 2025 | October 31, 2028 | Philip J Grandinetti | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: DMREF: Discovery of unconventional superconductors by design | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $499,995 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2028 | Antia Botana | nsf.gov |
| From Lab to Lamp: Building a Phosphor Discovery Pipeline | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $499,394 | July 15, 2024 | June 30, 2028 | Jakoah Brgoch | nsf.gov |
| In-situ and ex-situ STEM study of non-conventional line defects in perovskite oxides | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $495,872 | June 1, 2023 | May 31, 2027 | Andre Mkhoyan | nsf.gov |
| Fundamental Understanding of Dynamical Phenomena Near Glass Transition for Intelligent Design and Processing of Functional Oxide Glasses | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $487,493 | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2028 | Sabyasachi Sen | nsf.gov |
| Magnetic garnet thin films: novel properties through interface and site occupancy engineering | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $480,014 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2026 | Caroline Ross | nsf.gov |
| RUI: EXAMINING THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN STRESS AND ENTHALPY RELAXATION IN BOROSILICATE GLASSES: AN EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $480,000 | August 15, 2024 | July 31, 2028 | Collin Wilkinson | nsf.gov |
| Deciphering the Competing Mechanisms of Li Microstructure Formation in Solid Electrolytes with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR) and Imaging (MRI) | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $479,084 | January 15, 2024 | December 31, 2027 | Yan-Yan Hu | nsf.gov |
| Manipulation of Fe Segregation at SrTiO3 bicrystals with Electric Fields | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $474,777 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2029 | Klaus van Benthem | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Mechanism-Guided Synthesis of Functional MNenes | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $471,118 | March 1, 2026 | February 28, 2031 | Abdoulaye Djire | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: DMREF: Computationally Driven Discovery and Synthesis of 2D Materials through Selective Etching | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $465,916 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2027 | Vadym Mochalin | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: U.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership Antiferroelectricity, Ferrielectricity and Ferroelectricity in the Archetypal Antiferroelectric PbZrO3 at Small Scale | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $465,694 | July 15, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb | nsf.gov |
| Exploring the Chemistry and Probing the Nature of Over-stoichiometric Earth Abundant Transition Metal-based Disordered Rock Salts | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $455,286 | July 15, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | Dongchang Chen | nsf.gov |
| Selective Synthesis, Structures, and Properties of Oxynitride Materials | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $453,639 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2026 | James R Neilson | nsf.gov |
| Hafnia under external stimuli | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $453,591 | March 1, 2025 | February 29, 2028 | Janice L Musfeldt | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Developing metal-organic molecular beam epitaxy (MOMBE) for chalcogenide semiconductor thin film synthesis | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $450,767 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2027 | Rafael Jaramillo | nsf.gov |
| Synthesis and Properties of Heterostructures Containing Magnetic 2d Layers Not Found As Bulk Compounds | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $450,000 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | David C Johnson | nsf.gov |
| Understanding the bottom-up, scalable synthesis of anatase nanofilament-based two-dimensional titanium carbo-oxide flakes and their optoelectronic properties | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $440,858 | July 15, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Michel W Barsoum | nsf.gov |
| Understanding the Role of Chemically Preintercalated Ions, Doping and Heterointerfaces in MXene-Derived Oxide Electrodes for Aqueous Zn-Ion Batteries | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $418,716 | August 15, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Ekaterina Pomerantseva | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Activating Glass: Direct Growth of Single-Crystal 2D Semiconductors on Amorphous Glass Under Confinement | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $417,790 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2031 | Sang-Hoon Bae | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Photoassisted CVD for Low Temperature Area Selective Deposition | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $413,362 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | Lisa McElwee-White | nsf.gov |
| CAS-Climate:Collaborative Research:Understanding How Electrochemical Cation Trapping in Metal Oxides Enhances Subsequent Reversible Insertion of Anions in Forming Metal Oxyhalides | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $400,000 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | Xiulei Ji | nsf.gov |
| Accelerating Synthesizability of Mixed Anion Materials | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $400,000 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2027 | Jill K Wenderott | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Understand and Regulate Surface Segregation of High-Entropy Oxides for Enhanced Catalysis | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $391,948 | July 1, 2026 | June 30, 2031 | Xiang He | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Entropy-driven oxynitrides | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $390,113 | July 1, 2026 | June 30, 2031 | Jill K Wenderott | nsf.gov |
| Mechanistic Quantification of Capacity Decay in Solid-State Batteries through Degradation Pathway Decoupling | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $390,000 | August 1, 2026 | July 31, 2029 | Harold H Sun | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Elucidating the Formation and Evolution of Metastable Phases in Fluorite-Structured Ferroelectrics using Advanced Electron Microscopy | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $354,350 | June 1, 2024 | May 31, 2029 | Honggyu Kim | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Developing metal-organic molecular beam epitaxy (MOMBE) for chalcogenide semiconductor thin film synthesis | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $352,309 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2025 | Luke M Davis | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Co-orchestrated autonomous experiments for discovery and optimization of novel ferroelectric and electrochemical materials | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $330,000 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Ichiro Takeuchi | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Decoding Grain Boundary Complexion Dynamics in Irradiated Compositionally Complex Carbides | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $328,679 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2029 | Jianqi Xi | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Mechanistic understanding of chemomechanics in phase-changing electroceramics for sodium-ion batteries | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $326,138 | February 1, 2024 | January 31, 2027 | Kejie Zhao | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Martensitic Transformations in Paraelectric Shape Memory Ceramics Activated by an Electric Field | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $325,967 | October 1, 2023 | June 30, 2027 | Christopher A Schuh | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Combinatorial solution processing of optical phase change materials | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $320,000 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | Kathleen A Richardson | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Combinatorial solution processing of optical phase change materials | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $320,000 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | Juejun Hu | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Strain-mediated Ca diffusion and cation exchange for high-performance superconductor nanocomposites | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $317,661 | August 15, 2024 | July 31, 2028 | Judy Z Wu | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: DMREF: Computationally Driven Discovery and Synthesis of 2D Materials through Selective Etching | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $314,920 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2027 | Walter Malone | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Towards rational design and control of oxygen migration in oxide thin films for nano-ionic technologies | NSF | Division Of Materials Research | 2022 | $311,060 | February 1, 2022 | September 30, 2024 | Ryan F Need | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Strain-mediated Ca diffusion and cation exchange for high-performance superconductor nanocomposites | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $307,275 | August 15, 2024 | July 31, 2028 | Francisco C Robles-Hernandez | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Photoassisted CVD for Low Temperature Area Selective Deposition | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $301,089 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | Amy V Walker | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Co-orchestrated autonomous experiments for discovery and optimization of novel ferroelectric and electrochemical materials | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $300,776 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Sergei V Kalinin | nsf.gov |
| CAS-Climate:Collaborative Research:Understanding How Electrochemical Cation Trapping in Metal Oxides Enhances Subsequent Reversible Insertion of Anions in Forming Metal Oxyhalides | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $300,000 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | De-en Jiang | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding Ion Transport in Amorphous Superionic Conductors via Integrated Lattice Dynamics, Machine Learning, and Atomistic Simulations | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $300,000 | August 1, 2026 | July 31, 2030 | Ming Hu | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding Ion Transport in Amorphous Superionic Conductors via Integrated Lattice Dynamics, Machine Learning, and Atomistic Simulations | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $300,000 | August 1, 2026 | July 31, 2030 | De-en Jiang | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding Ion Transport in Amorphous Superionic Conductors via Integrated Lattice Dynamics, Machine Learning, and Atomistic Simulations | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $300,000 | August 1, 2026 | July 31, 2030 | Yan-Yan Hu | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Developing Semiconducting Ferroelectric Materials to Realize Polarization Enabled Charge Separation and Transport | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $298,991 | July 15, 2026 | June 30, 2031 | Lauren M Garten | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Martensitic Transformations in Paraelectric Shape Memory Ceramics Activated by an Electric Field | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $298,352 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | Eric R Homer | nsf.gov |
| New frontiers in synthesis of high-entropy transition metal borides enabled by microwave-induced plasma | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $283,117 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | Shane A Catledge | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Softening Behavior and Deformation Localization in Metallic Glasses - Integrated Time and Space Resolved Experimental and Computational Study | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $256,929 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Yue Fan | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: U.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership Antiferroelectricity, Ferrielectricity and Ferroelectricity in the Archetypal Antiferroelectric PbZrO3 at Small Scale | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $254,521 | July 15, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | Sergey Lisenkov | nsf.gov |
| NSF-BSF: Electrostriction in Ceramic Materials with Dynamic Elastic Dipoles | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $250,000 | July 15, 2023 | June 30, 2026 | Anatoly I Frenkel | nsf.gov |
| LEAPS-MPS: Self-Oxidized 2D Layered Materials as a Platform for Atomically Precise High-k Dielectrics and Quantum Scalable Interfaces | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $250,000 | February 1, 2026 | January 31, 2028 | Qingsong Cui | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Decoding Grain Boundary Complexion Dynamics in Irradiated Compositionally Complex Carbides | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $249,999 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2029 | Bai Cui | nsf.gov |
| LEAPS-MPS: Defect-induced electronic and magnetic properties of CuCrO2 | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $249,289 | January 1, 2026 | December 31, 2027 | Gaurab Rimal | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Mechanistic understanding of chemomechanics in phase-changing electroceramics for sodium-ion batteries | NSF | Division Of Materials Research | 2024 | $248,460 | February 1, 2024 | February 28, 2026 | Feng Lin | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Topological Phenomena in 4d and 5d Complex Oxide Interfaces and Superlattices Grown by Hybrid Molecular Beam Epitaxy | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $239,009 | April 15, 2025 | April 30, 2027 | Ryan B Comes | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Mechanistic understanding of chemomechanics in phase-changing electroceramics for sodium-ion batteries | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $224,741 | October 1, 2025 | April 30, 2027 | Feng Lin | nsf.gov |
| NSF-BSF: Ion Transport in Composite Electrolytes: Breaking the Interfacial Energy Barriers | NSF | Division Of Materials Research | 2022 | $200,000 | September 1, 2022 | December 31, 2024 | Alexei Sokolov | nsf.gov |
| EAGER: SSMCDAT2023: Deep learning Gibbs free energy functions to guide solid-state material synthesis | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $198,498 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2026 | Yong-Jie Hu | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Fundamentals and New Materials for Hydrogen Electrode of Intermediate Temperature Proton Conducting Solid Oxide Fuel Cells | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $193,505 | November 15, 2024 | July 31, 2026 | Zhe Cheng | nsf.gov |
| Investigation of the ferroelectric domain dynamics and its effects on macroscopic behaviors using a synchrotron X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy | NSF | Division Of Materials Research | 2023 | $180,000 | June 1, 2023 | November 30, 2025 | Jong E Ryu | nsf.gov |
| Isolating Field Effects in Sintering via Ultrahigh Temperature In Situ Nanomechanics | NSF | Division Of Materials Research | 2022 | $163,986 | February 1, 2022 | February 28, 2026 | Shen J Dillon | nsf.gov |
| Direct Measurement of Interfacial Energies in Ceramics | NSF | Division Of Materials Research | 2024 | $145,191 | January 15, 2024 | June 30, 2025 | Ricardo Castro | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Rare Earth Materials Under Extreme Conditions | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2022 | $112,952 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2026 | Axel van de Walle | nsf.gov |
| Understanding the Key to Unlocking Fast Li-ion Conduction in Fluoride-based Solid Electrolytes | NSF | Division Of Materials Research | 2024 | $108,031 | February 15, 2024 | February 28, 2026 | Brent C Melot | nsf.gov |
| Understanding the Key to Unlocking Fast Li-ion Conduction in Fluoride-based Solid Electrolytes | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $91,969 | October 1, 2025 | May 31, 2027 | Brent C Melot | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Elucidating the Roles of Electric Fields Within Mixed Ionic and Electronic Conducting Oxides Under Electrochemical Reducing Conditions | NSF | Division Of Materials Research | 2023 | $89,361 | July 1, 2023 | July 31, 2025 | Eranda Nikolla | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Martensitic Transformations in Paraelectric Shape Memory Ceramics Activated by an Electric Field | NSF | Division Of Materials Research | 2022 | $74,033 | July 1, 2022 | September 30, 2024 | Christopher A Schuh | nsf.gov |
| Conference: 2025 Professional Development Workshop in Ceramics | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $49,978 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2027 | Melissa K Santala | nsf.gov |
| Student Support to Attend the International Workshop on MXenes; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 1-3 August 2022 | NSF | Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation | 2022 | $29,820 | June 1, 2022 | November 30, 2022 | Masoud Soroush | nsf.gov |
| Participant Support for Students to Attend the International Conference and Workshop on Mxenes; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 5-7 August 2024 | NSF | Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation | 2024 | $29,700 | June 1, 2024 | April 25, 2025 | Masoud Soroush | nsf.gov |
| Conference: CALPHAD 50 - 50th anniversary of CALPHAD meeting | NSF | Division Of Materials Research | 2023 | $27,000 | May 1, 2023 | April 30, 2024 | Gregory B Olson | nsf.gov |
| Conference: The 6th World Congress on Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) | NSF | Division Of Materials Research | 2022 | $15,000 | May 15, 2022 | April 30, 2023 | Michael Rawlings | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Conference: MateriAlZ Winter School 2025 | NSF | Division Of Materials Research | 2025 | $11,251 | January 1, 2025 | December 31, 2025 | Christina S Birkel | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Conference: MateriAlZ Winter School 2025 | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $11,251 | January 1, 2025 | December 31, 2025 | Krishna Muralidharan | nsf.gov |
| Student Support: 2022 Solid State Studies in Ceramics Gordon Research Conference: Coupled Phenomena in Ceramics Across Length Scales; South Hadley, Massachusetts; 7-12 August 2022 | NSF | Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation | 2022 | $10,350 | May 1, 2022 | October 31, 2022 | Ivar E Reimanis | nsf.gov |
| Conference: Support for 22nd US-Japan Seminar on Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics in Cleveland, OH | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2026 | $10,000 | August 15, 2026 | July 31, 2027 | Alp Sehirlioglu | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Designing Ceramic Microstructures by Controlling Anisotropic Grain Boundary Motion | NSF | Division Of Materials Research | 2022 | $9,260 | February 1, 2022 | November 30, 2022 | Amanda R Krause | nsf.gov |
| UHTC Conference - Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics: Materials for Extreme Environment Applications V | NSF | Division Of Materials Research | 2022 | $7,800 | June 1, 2022 | May 31, 2023 | Gregory B Thompson | nsf.gov |
| Conference: 2024 Solid State Studies in Ceramics GRC: Merging Atomistic and Continuum Analysis of Defects and Interfaces Across Varying Length-Scales | NSF | Division Of Materials Research | 2024 | $4,998 | July 15, 2024 | June 30, 2025 | Edwin Garcia | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Plastic Ceramics: The Role of Grain Boundaries During Laser Shock Peening | NSF | Division Of Materials Research | 2023 | $1,083 | October 15, 2022 | January 31, 2023 | Amanda R Krause | nsf.gov |
Organizations
Funding by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | NIH awards | NIH amount | NSF awards | NSF amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | $0 | 21 | $7,422,772 |
| 2025 | 0 | $0 | 42 | $13,127,784 |
| 2024 | 0 | $0 | 41 | $10,908,286 |
| 2023 | 0 | $0 | 33 | $12,681,617 |
| 2022 | 0 | $0 | 37 | $7,758,016 |
Open federal funding opportunities
From Grants.gov: notices that funded awards in this table, and open notices on the same agency and assistance listing.
| Open opportunity | Number | Agency | Listing | Closes | Award ceiling | Why it matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (AI Datasets) | 26-512 | NSF | 47.049 | November 4, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants | 22-624 | NSF | 47.049 | November 16, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
| Applied Mathematics | PD-16-1266 | NSF | 47.049 | November 16, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
| Plasma Physics | PD-23-1242 | NSF | 47.049 | November 16, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
| National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP) | 25-540 | NSF | 47.049 | November 17, 2026 | $2 million | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
| Computational Mathematics | PD-16-1271 | NSF | 47.049 | December 1, 2026 | $1.2 million | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
| Statistics | PD-18-1269 | NSF | 47.049 | December 15, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
| Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure | 23-520 | NSF | 47.049 | January 21, 2027 | $1 million | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
| Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (NSF SaTC) | 25-515 | NSF | 47.049 | January 25, 2027 | $1.2 million | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
| EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC) | 24-573 | NSF | 47.049 | January 26, 2027 | $1.5 million | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
| Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program | PD-20-1260 | NSF | 47.049 | February 2, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
| GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR) | 24-527 | NSF | 47.049 | February 8, 2027 | $3.6 million | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
| Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 | 24-598 | NSF | 47.049 | February 8, 2027 | $20 million | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
| EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (EFRI-2026/27): Wave-Based Computing ( EFRI-WBC) | 26-524 | NSF | 47.049 | February 11, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
| Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE) | 26-506 | NSF | 47.049 | March 2, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
| NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL) | 24-586 | NSF | 47.049 | April 6, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
| EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows | 24-528 | NSF | 47.049 | April 13, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
| Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS) | 25-533 | NSF | 47.049 | April 14, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
| EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) | 24-588 | NSF | 47.049 | June 1, 2027 | $3.2 million | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
| Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) | 22-586 | NSF | 47.049 | July 28, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.049 as 110 awards here |
Updated November 4, 2026. Read from NIH RePORTER ExPORTER and NSF Award Search. Published by NIH and NSF as U.S. government data. NIH awards are fiscal years 2021 to 2025 (NIH files published to 2026-07-09); NSF awards are fiscal years 2022 to 2026 (NSF files published to 2026-11-04). NIH amounts are the total cost of each fiscal year in the window; NSF amounts are the funds obligated in the window. Organizations are matched on the UEI. Open opportunities come from Grants.gov and match on agency and assistance listing number, and on the notice number NIH prints on an award. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.