Proposers Day: Smash 2026

The Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) is hosting an in-person Proposers Day to provide information to potential proposers on the objectives of the Smash program in advance of a planned program solicitation. The Smash program seeks to advance domestic resource independence by developing revolutionary separation technologies capable of simultaneously extracting multiple elements from diverse feedstocks, achieving dramatically higher yield, purity, and energy efficiency than existing approaches. If successful, the program will strengthen domestic supply chains for critical elements, reduce reliance on foreign processing, and enable a secure, circular materials economy with applications spanning U.S. manufacturing and national security.