This program has been archived.
Design of Engineering Material Systems (DEMS)
Name | Phone | Room | |
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Mary Toney | dems@nsf.gov | (703) 292-7008 | 545 |
Kara Peters | dems@nsf.gov | (703) 292-7076 | 550.12 |
Richard Malak | rmalak@nsf.gov | (703)292-7902 | 545.13 |
PROGRAM GUIDELINES
PD 12-8086Important Information for Proposers
A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 22-1), is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after October 4, 2021. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 22-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.
DUE DATES
Archived
SYNOPSIS
The Design of Engineering Material Systems (DEMS) program supports fundamental research intended to lead to new paradigms of design, development, and insertion of advanced engineering material systems. Fundamental research that develops and creatively integrates theory, processing/manufacturing, data/informatics, experimental, and/or computational approaches with rigorous engineering design principles, approaches, and tools to enable the accelerated design and development of materials is welcome.
Research proposals are sought that strive to develop systematic scientific methodologies to tailor the behavior of material systems in ways that are driven by performance metrics and incorporate processing/manufacturing. While an emphasis on a specific material system may be appropriate to provide the necessary project focus, techniques developed should transcend materials systems. Ultimately it is expected that research outcomes will be methodologies to enable the discovery of materials systems with new properties and behavior, and enable their rapid insertion into engineering systems.
Proposals that focus on modeling, simulation, and prediction of material performance (even when research is coupled with experiments for validation or guidance) without an intellectual emphasis on design are not appropriate for this program and should be submitted to other disciplinary programs.
RELATED PROGRAMS
- Mechanics of Materials and Structures
- Materials Processing and Manufacturing
- Materials and Surface Engineering
- Structural Materials and Mechanics
- Engineering and Systems Design
What Has Been Funded (Recent Awards Made Through This Program, with Abstracts)