Under the AFM umbrella, researchers from the divisions of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (IFM), Science and Engineering (ITN), as well as Management and Engineering (IEI) at Linköping University are included.
A steering group is appointed by the Vice Chancellor and it is tasked to plan, manage and make decisions. The steering group also makes decisions on how AFM will finance research projects.
In total, around 250 researchers are involved in projects fully or partially funded by AFM. The projects and the investigators that run them are the core of AFM.
To ensure the growth of the next generation of materials researchers, AFM also invests money in the Agora Materiae research school. The school has been active since 2012 and aims to support doctoral students in the research area of new functional materials.
