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Published: 26 Sep 2023 551 views
There is ample evidence that transformative innovations relevant to sustainability require cross-disciplinary collaboration and training, and connections between academia and industry. Yet, once a faculty establishes a research group it becomes challenging to change course and identify opportunities for the application of one’s research when they require knowledge in tangential or sometimes orthogonal fields, such as chemistry and toxicology, synthetic chemistry and synthetic biology, catalysis and computational chemistry, to name a few. Furthermore, it also becomes challenging to develop robust collaborations with colleagues in industry that allow a two-way exchange of the innovation gaps and innovative research products. Such pivots are challenging for multiple reasons, including the fact that faculty would be required to relocate to another facility to acquire the desired training and establish collaborations. To this end, this grant is intended to stimulate and de-risk bold, cross-disciplinary training and collaborations that result in research that is readily applied to sustainability challenges.
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| Application Deadline | 15 Nov 2023 |
| Country to study | United States |
| Type | Contest |
| Sponsor | American Chemical Society (ACS) |
| Gender | Men and Women |
This award will provide funding to early or mid-career investigators (Associate+) to spend 6-12 months in the laboratory of a private company, a national laboratory, or an academic laboratory in a different institution, with the goal of establishing robust collaborations across industry-academia or across disciplines and taking advantage of the mentorship of a faculty member distinct from their prior mentors.
Amount: $50,000
The funds must be budgeted for travel, accommodation, and laboratory supplies/chemicals and clearly justified in the context of the project and the long-term career aspirations of the Principal Investigator. No overhead costs may be charged, which include secretarial and/or administrative salaries. Funds may not be used to support laboratory technicians, contractors, consultants, or visiting faculty.
Candidates may submit only one application per cycle, with a maximum of 2 total submissions.
To apply applicants must:
To accept the award, applicants must commit to:
The Award Committee makes relative rankings of proposals and recommendations for funding on the basis of the following criteria (in order of importance):
The application portal is open: Application Portal Help
TypeGrant
RecipientFaculty
CategorySustainability, Green Chemistry, Research
Amount$50,000
DeadlineNovember 15, 2023
Contact[email protected]
This award will provide funding to early or mid-career investigators (Associate+) to spend 6-12 months in the laboratory of a private company, a national laboratory, or an academic laboratory in a different institution, with the goal of establishing robust collaborations across industry-academia or across disciplines and taking advantage of the mentorship of a faculty member distinct from their prior mentors.
There is ample evidence that transformative innovations relevant to sustainability require cross-disciplinary collaboration and training, and connections between academia and industry. Yet, once a faculty establishes a research group it becomes challenging to change course and identify opportunities for the application of one’s research when they require knowledge in tangential or sometimes orthogonal fields, such as chemistry and toxicology, synthetic chemistry and synthetic biology, catalysis and computational chemistry, to name a few. Furthermore, it also becomes challenging to develop robust collaborations with colleagues in industry that allow a two-way exchange of the innovation gaps and innovative research products. Such pivots are challenging for multiple reasons, including the fact that faculty would be required to relocate to another facility to acquire the desired training and establish collaborations. To this end, this grant is intended to stimulate and de-risk bold, cross-disciplinary training and collaborations that result in research that is readily applied to sustainability challenges.
The application portal is open.
5:00 PM ET, November 15, 2023
Candidates may submit only one application per cycle, with a maximum of 2 total submissions.
To apply applicants must:
To accept the award, applicants must commit to:
The Award Committee makes relative rankings of proposals and recommendations for funding on the basis of the following criteria (in order of importance):
The funds must be budgeted for travel, accommodation, and laboratory supplies/chemicals and clearly justified in the context of the project and the long-term career aspirations of the Principal Investigator. No overhead costs may be charged, which include secretarial and/or administrative salaries. Funds may not be used to support laboratory technicians, contractors, consultants, or visiting faculty.
The majority of your application will be entered directly into a web form, therefore, it is highly recommended that you collect this information in a document that you can easily copy and paste into the web form. You will need the following:
For more details visit: ACS website.
