NSF ARM-MIP · USER PROGRAM
ACCESS ARM-MIP
Autonomous Robotic Metallurgist Materials Innovation Platform is a national user facility. Access is open to researchers through a peer-reviewed proposal process at no cost to the academic users and to industry partners with alloy problems worth solving faster.
How Access Works
From Proposal to results, without you running the lab.
Submit a Proposal
Describe the alloy problem and the properties you’re after.
Peer Review
A review panel evaluates the platform’s feasibility and fit.
Platform Match
The ARM-MIP team maps your problem onto the closed-loop process.
Run & Results
Robots and AI do the repetitive work; you get characterized alloys and data back.
Who Uses ARM-MIP
Two tracks, One platform.
The Facility
Built at RELLIS, designed to run continuously.
Autonomous Robotic Metallurgist Materials Innovation Platform is sited at the Texas A&M University System RELLIS Campus in Bryan, alongside the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station. Robotic systems handle melting, shaping, heat-treating and testing; AI directs what gets made next.
Instrumentation
A full List Pending
A full list is pending once confirmed by ARM-MIP Leadership
Once You’re In
Resources, policies, and support for active users.
Project Advocate
Peer-reviewed work reporting research funded, in whole or in part, by ARM-MIP under its NSF Cooperative Agreement.
Fee Structure
Academic proposals run at no cost through the standard NSF proposal process; industry and non-academic access follows a separate fee schedule.
Downloads, Resources & Forms
Proposal templates, safety and onboarding forms, and data-handling guidelines for users working with the platform.
Tutorials & Training
Short videos and guides covering how the platform works, how to interpret returned data, and what to expect at each step.
Letter of Collaboration
Researchers citing ARM-MIP in their own NSF proposals can request a letter confirming planned collaboration or facility access.
How to Acknowledge ARM-MIP
Required citation language for publications and presentations reporting work performed on the platform, per the NSF Cooperative Agreement.
Citation Language
This work was performed [in part] using the ARM-MIP user facility, which is supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement No. [XXXXXXX]. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Have an alloy problem your lab can’t solve fast enough?
Industry partners can explore confidential projects and priority scheduling. Tell us what you’re working on and we’ll connect you with the right person.