NEBULA—the Negative Emission Bioinspired Building Alliance—is an Engineering Research Center (ERC) headquartered at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Our partners include University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Princeton University, UMass Dartmouth, and Cornell University, as well as members of industry and other educational institutions. Collectively, we seek to unleash innovation in diverse areas, including the physics and chemistry of materials, additive manufacturing, advanced metal alloys, carbon-negative buildings, data science, architecture, and education.