Canada is a leader in many areas of materials development, advancing innovations in sectors including advanced manufacturing, aerospace and clean energy.

Following the initial announcement of five projects in October 2025, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF) are pleased to announce an additional three projects to be funded through the Call for proposals: Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF).

The three partnerships announced today will receive $1.2 million over four years from NSERC, bringing the total for this call to $3.13 million over four years to eight international partnerships.

For a full list of funded projects, please visit the funding decisions page.

Engineering Novel Quantum Material Platform at Twisted Multilayer Interfaces
Christoph Ortner, The University of British Columbia, $400,000
US PI: Ke Wang, University of Minnesota

Data-Driven Materials by Design for High Performance Organic Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductive Polymers and Devices
Simon Rondeau-Gagné, University of Windsor, $400,000
US PI: Wenjie Xia, Iowa State

Codesign of Highly Entangled Materials Through the Lens of Network Science
Eitan Grinspun, University of Toronto, $400,000
US PI: Carlos Portela, MIT

• International research teams to tackle infrastructure, energy and tech challenges