EMBR: A Collaborative Center for Energetic Materials Basic Research is a cooperative agreement between the Army Research Office and a consortium of universities including Purdue University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Maryland, Texas Tech University, and University of Notre Dame. EMBR aims to expedite the discovery, design and scale-up of energetic materials and associated munitions concepts. The research objectives for EMBR include exploring new materials and formulations, developing new diagnostics and modeling techniques and educating a new generation of highly capable scientists and engineers to bolster the technical workforce for the Department of Defense.