Non-Technical Abstract This award will support the registration fees for selected early career participants, specifically graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, to the 2026 Colloidal, Macromolecular, and Polyelectrolyte Solutions Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) to be held at the Four Points Sheraton/Holiday Inn Express in Ventura, California from 1 – 6 February 2026. The GRC and GRS will be relatively small gatherings of scientists from academia, national labs, and industry, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students from multiple disciplines across science and engineering who are interested in the behavior of solutions and dispersions of colloids, macromolecules, and polyelectrolytes. Colloids are small particles, typically less than five microns in diameter; macromolecules are large molecules that are built up of multiple repeating units, including biopolymers such as DNA, actin, and microtubules as well as the polymers found in plastics; and polyelectrolytes are charged polymers. At these meetings, scientists at all levels will share their unpublished work through talks and posters. The rapid communication and collaboration of this format will enable new scientific breakthroughs both in the science of these liquid phase materials and their use in applications in health, medicine, energy, and numerous other diverse material systems. The meeting will provide training opportunities for early career participants, including po