funded by the National Science Foundation, https://www.mrsec.org/centers

recently added, University of Washington MRSEC,

UW goals: window coatings to capture solar energy, materials to speed-up computing

http://www.washington.edu/news/2017/09/25/uw-to-host-15-6m-nsf-funded-center-for-innovation-education-in-materials-science/

previously added, University of Chicago MRSEC,

https://www.mrsec.org/centers/materials-research-center

UChicago Quantum goals, Engineering Quantum Materials and Interactions:

 http://mrsec.uchicago.edu/research/irg-iii