--- title: NSF Awards UC San Diego $18 Million Grant for Materials... description: The National Science Foundation has awarded UC San Diego an $18 million, six-year Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) grant. The center... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/nsf-awards-uc-san-diego-18-million-grant-for-materials-science-research-center-apr7jnbtb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: NSF Awards UC San Diego $18 Million Grant for Materials Science Research Center | daily.dev og:description: The National Science Foundation has awarded UC San Diego an $18 million, six-year Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) grant. The center... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/nsf-awards-uc-san-diego-18-million-grant-for-materials-science-research-center-apr7jnbtb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/apr7JNbTb.png og:image:alt: NSF Awards UC San Diego $18 Million Grant for Materials Science Research Center og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # NSF Awards UC San Diego $18 Million Grant for Materials Science Research Center **[The Quantum Insider](https://daily.dev/sources/thequantuminsider)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The National Science Foundation has awarded UC San Diego an $18 million, six-year Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) grant. The center will pursue two research themes: predictive assembly of materials using computational tools borrowed from pharmaceutical drug design, and living materials that incorporate microbes and plant cells via genetic engineering and synthetic biology. Applications include medical diagnostics, therapeutics, battery technology, and industrial processes. The grant also funds new facilities — an Engineered Living Materials Foundry and a MesoMaterials Design Facility — along with student training programs aimed at diversifying the materials science pipeline, including targeted support for transfer students. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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