The Fall 2025 call for standard proposals opens on September 2, 2025, with a submission deadline of Tuesday, September 30, 2025 (we close at 11:59:59 pm, Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time). Applicants will be notified of review outcomes in late November, 2025.
Fall 2025 Proposal Call
The Molecular Foundry is accepting standard user research proposals for nanoscale science including:
- Synthesis of inorganic, organic, biological, and hybrid nanostructures
- High-resolution electron, optical, and scanning-probe microscopy
- Theory and simulation of nanostructured materials
- Advanced nano-fabrication
- Development of high-throughput data analysis and data management techniques
All areas of nanoscale science will be evaluated for merit by our Proposal Review Board. We especially invite projects that have synergy with the Molecular Foundry’s strategic initiatives in:
- Materials for quantum computing and sensing
- Structure, function, and dimensionality for microelectronics
- Accelerating precision design and discovery of materials
- Development and application of tools, infrastructure, characterization, and modeling to push nanoscience forward
Create a proposal through the User Portal
The Molecular Foundry at Berkeley Lab is a national nanoscience research facility available to researchers from around the world through a competitive proposal process — free of charge for non-proprietary work. Foundry users come from industry, academia, or government institutions to access tools, expertise, and capability development to solve problems at the smallest scales.
