ACS Award for Team Innovation Grant

ACS Award for Team Innovation Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: American Chemical Society
Amount: US $6,000
Last Updated: March 13, 2026

Summary

Overview

Note: This award is by nomination and follows the ACS National Award Nomination Guidelines. American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1876 and chartered by the U.S. Congress. ACS is committed to improving all lives through the transforming power of chemistry. Our mission is to advance scientific knowledge, empower a global community, and champion scientific integrity. Our vision is a world built on science. What We Do More than 145 years after our founding, we remain a champion for chemistry, its practitioners and our global community of members. We’re recognized as a leading publisher of authoritative scientific information. Our 80+ peer-reviewed journals are ranked the “most-trusted, most-cited and most-read.” We empower our members to advance chemistry, elevate their career potential, expand their networks, inspire future generations, collaborate globally and build communities that provide scientific solutions. We provide broader networks that facilitate connections and open doors in a way no other professional organization can match! ACS Award for Team Innovation Purpose To highlight the value and importance of technical teams and teamwork to the chemical and allied industries by recognizing a multidisciplinary team for successfully moving an innovative idea to a product in commercial use now. The award was established in 1994 with financial support from the Committee on Corporation Associates of the American Chemical Society. Description The award will consist of a cash award of $6,000 which will be shared equally by all team members. Each team member will receive a certificate and a certificate will also be provided to the employers of the team.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. This award recognizes the team responsible for a commercialized innovation. The team shall be multidisciplinary in nature and consist of not fewer than two (2) members. The nominated team must include at least one ACS member in good standing and the accomplishments of the team must be documented in the technical literature as a publication(s) or a patent(s). The output of the team must demonstrate impact by the commercialization of a product or process that is of a special value to society and be of a nature that could only be achieved by professionals working together effectively as a team. The rate of commercialization of the team's output will also be considered in the selection of the recipients of this award. The commercialization effort should have occurred with no major adverse impact to human health and the environment (no serious fire and explosion or employee injuries, for example) and the product should provide users with realistic health, safety, and environmental protection consistent with its intended use. The award will be granted regardless of race, gender, age, religion, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, presence of disabilities, or educational background of the team members.