IMDEA Materials (Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies of Materials) is a non-profit independent research institute promoted by the Madrid regional government (Comunidad de Madrid) to perform research in Materials Science and Engineering. IMDEA Materials belongs to the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies network, a new institutional framework created to foster social and economic growth in the region of Madrid by promoting research of excellence and technology transfer in a number of strategic areas (water, food, social sciences, energy, materials, nanoscience, networks, software).

IMDEA Materials is committed to three main goals: excellence in Materials Science and Engineering research, technology transfer to the industrial sector in order to increase competitiveness and maintain technological leadership, and attraction of talented researchers from all over the world to Madrid to work in a truly international and interdisciplinary environment.