The LRSM Receives $18 Million Renewal Grant

The Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM) has secured an $18 million renewal grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The LRSM has been funded by the NSF for half a century, with the laboratory’s distinguished status as an NSF-Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) since its establishment in 1994. The generous infusion of $18 million is poised to fortify LRSM’s ongoing mission of conducting groundbreaking interdisciplinary research and fostering innovation. With this support, LRSM is well-positioned to drive forward its two new Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs), focusing on the development of innovative materials capable of adapting to their surroundings and external stimuli, as well as the creation of tissue-like synthetic biomaterials constructed from cellular building blocks. These initiatives promise to open new frontiers in materials science, further solidifying LRSM’s standing as a beacon of pioneering research in the field.