Partial Support of the Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee

凝聚态物质和材料研究科学构成了一个广泛而多样的领域，其中研究通常由小型研究小组进行。虽然这些小组的研究在很大程度上是独立进行的，但其中许多小组通过承包商会议、国家实验室和能源前沿研究中心进行互动，有些小组依靠国家用户设施进行研究计划。美国国家科学院的凝聚态物质和材料研究委员会（9CMMRC）已经接受了监测该领域发展和评估该领域健康状况的责任，并为这些科学界提供了独特而重要的资源。其成员来自大学、工业和国家实验室，其成员的专业领域包括凝聚态物理和固态化学，以及陶瓷、电子材料、冶金、聚合物和生物物理的材料研究方面。参与的专家广泛代表了社区，他们对影响这些领域研究进展和活力的问题提供了知情的观点。成员参与委员会会议和审议可以在关键问题上产生新的见解和新的观点，推动这些领域的科学研究前沿，并支持该研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The condensed matter and materials research sciences constitute a broad and diverse area in which research typically is carried out by small research groups. While the research of these groups is, for the most part, conducted independently, many of these groups interact through contractor meetings, at national laboratories and in Energy Frontier Research Centers, and some rely on national user facilities in conducting their research programs. The National Academy of Sciences' Condensed Matter and Materials Research Ccommittee 9CMMRC) has accepted responsibility for monitoring developments in and assessing the health of the fields that make up this area, and provides a unique and essential resource for these science communities. Its membership is drawn from universities, industry, and national laboratories, and its members' areas of expertise include condensed-matter physics and solid state chemistry, and materials research aspects of ceramics, electronic materials, metallurgy, polymers, and biophysics. The experts involved are broadly representative of the community and they provide their informed perspectives on issues that affect the progress and vitality of research in these areas. Participation by members in committee meetings and deliberations can lead to fresh insights and new perspectives on key questions that drive the forefronts of scientific research in these fields and support for that research.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.