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The National Science Foundation’s Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers Program: Looking Back, Moving Forward
MPS Mathematics and Physical Sciences (National Science Foundation)
MRG Materials Research Group
MRI Major Research Instrumentation
MRL Materials Research Laboratory
MRSEC Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
MRSEC program Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers program
MSE materials science and engineering
MSI minority-serving institution
MURI Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NIRT Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NRC National Research Council
NRCEN National Research Center Educators Network
NSEC Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center
NSF National Science Foundation
NSTC National Science and Technology Council
NUE Nanoscale Undergraduate Education
OMB Office of Management and Budget
ONR Office of Naval Research
PI principal investigator
PREM Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials
RET Research Experiences for Teachers
REU Research Experiences for Undergraduates
RFP Request for Proposal
R&RA research and related activities
SEF shared experimental facilities
STC Science and Technology Center
STEM science, technology, engineering, and mathematics