This funding supports the administration of a series of small grants emerging from a new Scialog conference series, conducted in partnership with the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA). Scialog conferences bring together early-career faculty from different disciplines to develop cutting-edge ideas for research projects that have the potential to grow and expand over time, with discussions guided by senior subject matter experts. This conference series is titled Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials (SM3), and will address issues such as the role of critical minerals and metals in the clean energy transition, synthetic material production, waste disposal and recycling, and life-cycle analysis. The SM3 Scialog series is expected to run for three years, with meetings planned for 2024-2026, and will involve collaboration with other funders as well. At each Scialog conference, participants form collaborative teams and prepare brief proposals for seed grant funding, which are subsequently reviewed by senior researchers and a handful selected for support. This grant will support 10 awards to SM3 Scialog Fellows resulting from the 2024 conference, with each Fellow receiving $66,000 to support their project.