Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future

美国国家科学院、工程院和医学院（NASEM）将召集一个特别委员会，审查美国国家科学基金会（NSF）的“设计材料以革新和工程我们的未来”（DMREF）项目在实现美国“材料基因组计划”（MGI）愿景的过程中所产生的影响。MGI成立于2011年，其目标是通过开发材料创新基础设施来满足我国迫切的技术需求，从而大大扩展美国的材料科学研究能力。NSF对MGI的主要回应是开发和实施DMREF计划，这是NSF内部许多部门和理事会的广泛努力。NASEM委员会将在美国和国外类似努力的背景下评估DMREF项目的目标、进展和科学成就。由于MGI将于2021年迎来十周年纪念，现在是评估DMREF所取得的成功和挑战的合适时机，以确保该项目在未来成为MGI中更有影响力的组成部分。该项目是由美国国家科学院、工程院和医学院（NASEM）开展的一项为期18个月的研究，旨在提高美国国家科学基金会（NSF）的“设计材料以革新和工程我们的未来”（DMREF）计划的影响力，同时努力实现国家材料基因组计划（MGI）的崇高目标。该研究得到了NASEM专业人员中经验丰富的成员的支持，并由大约14-15名成员组成的特别委员会进行，其中大多数将是材料研究人员，他们以前曾得到DMREF或其他联邦机构支持的mgi相关研究项目的资助。成员还将包括来自行业的材料研究人员，他们在推进材料研究的应用和商业化方面具有背景。劳动力培训和发展也将受到审查。在进行这项研究的过程中，委员会将举行大约五次面对面或虚拟会议。将征求相关社区的意见。这些努力可能包括举行市政厅会议，参加专业协会会议，征求白皮书，以及在会议上听取社区成员的意见。委员会的一般任务是在美国和国外类似努力的背景下评估DMREF项目的目标、进展和科学成就，并确定DMREF进一步加速材料研究进展的机会。报告的结论将分发给NSF，作为赞助机构，其他联邦部门和分支机构的代表，公众以及进行材料研究的研究和技术团体。该报告的免费电子版将通过美国国家科学院出版社网站提供。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

Non-Technical Abstract The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) will convene an ad hoc committee to examine the impact that the National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) program is having as it is progressing and adapting to achieve the Nation’s vision for the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI). The MGI began in 2011 with the broad goal of vastly expanding the United States’ materials science research capabilities through the development of a materials innovation infrastructure to address our country’s pressing technical needs. The NSF’s principal response to the MGI was to develop and implement the DMREF program, a broad effort across many divisions and directorates within NSF. The NASEM committee will evaluate the goals, progress, and scientific accomplishments of the DMREF program within the context of similar efforts both within the US and abroad. Since the tenth anniversary of the MGI will take place in 2021, it is an appropriate time to evaluate the successes and challenges that DMREF has had in order to ensure that this program becomes an even more impactful component of the MGI in the future.Technical Abstract This project is an 18-month study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) that will increase the impact of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) program as it strives to achieve the lofty objectives of the National Materials Genome Initiative (MGI). The study is supported by experienced members of the NASEM's professional staff and conducted by an ad-hoc committee of approximately 14-15 members, most of whom will be materials researchers who have previously been funded by DMREF or MGI-related research programs supported by other federal agencies. Members will also include materials researchers from industry with backgrounds in advancing materials research toward applications and commercialization. Workforce training and development will also be examined. In conducting the study, the committee will meet approximately five times, either in person or virtually. Input will be solicited from relevant communities. These efforts may include conducting town hall meetings, participating in professional society meetings, and soliciting white papers, in addition to hearing from community members at its meetings. The general task of the committee is to evaluate the goals, progress, and scientific accomplishments of the DMREF program within the context of similar efforts both within the US and abroad and to identify opportunities for DMREF to further accelerate the progression of materials research. The conclusions of the report will be disseminated to NSF, as the sponsoring agency, representatives from other federal departments and branches, the public, and the research and technical communities that conduct materials research. Free electronic versions of the report will be available via the National Academies Press website.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.