Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM)

The objective of PREM is to enhance diversity in materials research and education by stimulating the development of formal, long-term, collaborative materials research and education partnerships between minority-serving institutions and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research (DMR) supported groups, centers, and facilities. [read more]

December 2, 2008 :: The solicitation for the next PREM competition

The solicitation for the next PREM competition has just been announced (NSF 09-518). The proposals will be due on March 5, 2009.

NSF's Strategic Goals

• People - a diverse, internationally competitive and globally-engaged workforce.
• Ideas - discovery across the frontiers of Science and Engineering, connected to learning, innovation, and service to society.
• Tools - broadly accessible, state-of-the-art S&E facilities, tools, and other infrastructure that enables discovery, learning, and innovation.
• Organizational Excellence - an agile, innovative organization that fulfills its mission through leadership in state-of-the-art business practices.

List of PREM(s)

2004 PREM Awardees

• California State University at Los Angeles - California Institute of Technology MRSEC PREM
  Principal Investigator: Frank A. Gomez
• Florida Agricultural And Mechanical University - Carnegie Mellon University MRSEC PREM
  Principal Investigator: Peter N. Kalu
• University of Puerto Rico at Humacao - University of Pennsylvania MRSEC PREM
  Principal Investigator: Idalia Ramos
• University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez (UPRM) - University of Wisconsin-Madison MRSEC PREM - Synergistic Partnership for Research and Education on Nanostructured and Functional Materials
  Principal Investigator: O. Marcelo Suárez

2006 PREM Awardees

• California State University at Northridge - Princeton University MRSEC PREM: Multidisciplinary Research and Education in Computational Materials Science
  Principal Investigator: Nicholas G. Kioussis
• Howard University - Prince George’s Community College - Johns Hopkins University MRSEC PREM
  Principal Investigator: Josh Halpern
• Jackson State University - Unversity of Califonia Santa Barbara MRSEC
  Principal Investigator: Paresh Chandra Ray
• Norfolk State University - Purdue University - Cornell University PREM: Partnership for Photonic Metamaterials
  Principal Investigator: Mikhail A. Noginov
• Tuskegee University - Cornell University MRSEC PREM in Nanomaterials
  Principal Investigator: Shaik Jeelani
• University of New Mexico - Harvard University MRSEC PREM: Leadership in Biomaterials
  Principal Investigator: Gabriel P. Lopez