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A curated weekly digest of open funding calls for chemistry, materials science, crystallization and pharma process researchers — pulled from Grants.gov/NSF, EU Funding & Tenders and UKRI.

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3source portals
7rolling programmes

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Advanced Materials for Miniaturised Energy Harvesting Systems

European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 28 Oct 2026 (13 days)
EUR 500,000–4,000,000 per project
materialsenergy & batteriesestablished / PI

National Materials Innovation Programme: CR&D Rd1

UKRI – Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Deadline: 28 Oct 2026 (13 days)
Share of up to £12 million (total competition)
materialsindustry / SME

CHIPS Incentives Program – Facilities for Semiconductor Materials and Manufacturing Equipment

National Institute of Standards and Technology · United States
Deadline: 01 Nov 2026 (17 days)
Typically 10% of project capital expenditure (20–30% in rare cases); projects under $20M capex unlikely to qualify
materialsindustry / SME

MSCA Doctoral Networks 2026

European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 24 Nov 2026 (40 days)
Total call budget EUR 628.0 million
chemistrymaterialsstudentestablished / PI

Rolling programmes

NSF-DFG Lead Agency Opportunity in Chemistry and Chemical Process and Transport Systems

U.S. National Science Foundation · United States & Germany (NSF–DFG lead agency)
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Up to $700,000
chemistryestablished / PI

MPS Chemistry Research Programs (MPS Chem)

U.S. National Science Foundation · United States
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Total program funding $150,000,000
chemistrycatalysisestablished / PI

Crosscutting Activities in Materials Research

U.S. National Science Foundation · United States
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Varies, see funder
materialsestablished / PI

MPS Materials Research Programs (MPS Materials)

U.S. National Science Foundation · United States
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Total program funding $100,000,000
chemistrymaterialsestablished / PI

Chemical Process Systems (CPS)

U.S. National Science Foundation · United States
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Varies, see funder
chemistrymaterialsestablished / PI

Engineering (ENG): Chemical, Bioengineering, Energy, and Transport Systems (CBET)

U.S. National Science Foundation · United States
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Total program funding $100,000,000
chemistrymaterialsestablished / PI

Joint Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) – FAA-COE-JAMS · United States
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Up to $20,000,000
materialsestablished / PI