Materials Innovation Platforms
Limited submission
Materials Innovation Platforms (MIP) program funds cutting-edge materials research through collaborative interdisciplinary teams using state-of-the-art tools.
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Funder: National Science Foundation
Due Dates: May 15, 2025 (Full Proposal Deadline)
Funding Amounts: $18M–$30M per award over 6 years; 1–3 awards anticipated
Summary: Supports mid-scale infrastructure platforms for collaborative, interdisciplinary research on alloys, amorphous, and composite materials, emphasizing knowledge sharing and user facility access.
Key Information: Proposals focused on biomaterials or polymers will not be considered in this competition; limited to one proposal per institution and per PI/co-PI.
Description
The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research invites proposals for the Materials Innovation Platforms (MIP) program, a mid-scale infrastructure initiative designed to accelerate advances in materials research. The 2025 competition specifically targets the development of platforms focused on alloys, amorphous, and composite materials. MIPs are intended to foster close collaboration among interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary teams, provide access to state-of-the-art tools and user facilities, and promote iterative, closed-loop research integrating synthesis/processing, characterization, and theory/modeling/simulation. The program also emphasizes the integration of data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning in materials research, and expects awardees to build scientific ecosystems that share tools, data, codes, and know-how with the broader research community.
