Launched in June 2013, the Georgia Tech Institute for Materials represents a community of nearly 200 faculty, conducting materials related research and providing leadership in discovery and development of materials that address 21st Century grand challenges in areas such as energy, mobility, infrastructure, computing, communications, security, and health.

The Institute for Materials sets forth its mission as supporting and encouraging a diverse and vibrant materials community; enabling collaborative materials discovery and development; emphasizing scholarship at the highest level; exercising efficient and transparent decision-making and support; and engaging the future workforce.