Division of Materials Research: Condensed Matter and Materials Theory (DMR:CMMT)

The Condensed Matter and Materials Theory (CMMT) program supports theoretical and computational materials research in areas including Condensed Matter Physics, Biomaterials, Ceramics, Electronic and Photonic Materials, Metals and Metallic Nanostructures, Polymers, and Solid State and Materials Chemistry. The program supports fundamental research that advances conceptual understanding of hard and soft materials and materials-related phenomena, the development of associated analytical, computational, and data-centric techniques, and predictive materials-specific theory, simulation, and modeling. Methods used include first-principles electronic structure, quantum many-body and field theories, statistical mechanics, classical and quantum Monte Carlo, and molecular dynamics. CMMT encourages potentially transformative submissions at the frontiers of theoretical, computational, and data-intensive materials research, including advancing understanding of emergent properties and phenomena of materials and condensed matter systems, developing materials-specific prediction, exploring new paradigms including computational and data-enabled approaches, fostering research at interfaces among subdisciplines, harnessing machine learning, and developing new theoretical frameworks in areas such as active matter, nonequilibrium materials, or quantum many-body theory.