Here are helpful links that are useful for a budding materials chemist
Funding/Award Sources
DOE EERE Postdoc Fellowship
Postdoctoral funding for energy related applications link
Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship
Postdoctoral funding for non-NIH topics link
NSF Graduate Fellowship
Graduate funding link
NDSEG Graduate Fellowship
Graduate funding for defense application link
Maria Goeppert Mayer Fellowship
Postdoctoral fellowship for work at ANL link
Link Graduate Fellowship
Graduate funding for energy applications link
ARL Postdoctoral Fellowship
Postdoctoral fellowship for work at Army Research Lab link
ACS INOR Young Investigator
Inorganic Award for recent graduates link
Spedding Postdoctoral Fellowship
Postdoctoral fellowship for work at Ames National Lab
Materials Chemistry Links
ICSD Crystal Structure Database
Fairly comprehensive inorganic CIF database link
Alloy Phase Diagram
Comprehensive database of phase diagrams link
JANAF Thermochemical Tables
Database of thermochemical information link
Bilbao Crystallographic Server
Comprehensive space group database link