Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials
Supports early career researchers in cross-disciplinary teams to advance sustainable science and recycling of minerals, metals, and materials for a low-carbon future.
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Funder: Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Due Dates: September 7, 2024 | September 13, 2025 | March 15, 2027
Funding Amounts: $60,000 per team member (direct costs) for one year; teams of 2–3 Fellows; small overhead allowed.
Summary: Supports collaborative, cross-disciplinary research advancing sustainable development, use, and recycling of minerals, metals, and materials for a low-carbon future.
Key Information: For early career faculty (U.S./Canada); team proposals must be formed at the conference; strict prior collaboration and team membership rules apply.
Description
This initiative catalyzes basic science breakthroughs in the development, use, and recycling of minerals, metals, and materials critical for transitioning to a sustainable, low-carbon energy system. The program is structured as a multi-year Scialog series, bringing together early career chemists, materials scientists, geologists, ecologists, engineers, and energy system modelers in the U.S. and Canada. Participants are selected as Fellows and attend annual meetings designed to foster new, cross-disciplinary collaborations and high-risk, high-reward research projects. Teams formed at the meeting may submit proposals for seed funding to pursue innovative ideas that emerge from these discussions.
