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MOFs, COFs and porous crystals

Ideas about metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, zeolites and other porous crystalline materials, for gas storage, carbon capture, separations and catalysis.

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Recently funded work on this idea

8 awards from NSF and NIH in our sample of the last 24 months match this idea. Latest examples:

Award (official page)InstitutionAmountStart date
CAREER: Confinement Induced Structural Evolution of Calcium- and Magnesium- Carbonates in Architected Siliceous Nanochannels
U.S. National Science Foundation · Interfacial Engineering Progra
Columbia University$535,000 (estimated total award)01 Oct 2026
Self-Assembled Metal-Organic Framework Monolayers (SAMMs)
U.S. National Science Foundation · SOLID STATE & MATERIALS CHEMIS
University of California-Irvine$600,000 (estimated total award)01 Sep 2026
CAREER: Designing Hybrid Metal-Organic Framework–Hydrogel Biomaterials for Bio-instructive Chemokine Gradients
U.S. National Science Foundation · BIOMATERIALS PROGRAM
Trustees of Boston University$750,000 (estimated total award)15 Feb 2026
SBIR Phase I: Scalable Production of High-Performance Metal-Organic Framework Membranes
U.S. National Science Foundation · SBIR Phase I
NCO Technologies LLC$305,000 (estimated total award)01 Oct 2025

More on what’s getting funded

Calls are matched by keywords and field tags (see each call page for why). Always confirm on the official call page. Updated 22 Oct 2026.