ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable Research Grant- Ignition Grant for Green Chemistry and Engineering Research

The ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable Research Grant aims to address critical challenges in synthetic chemistry and process research to enhance the efficiency of pharmaceutical development and production. With a focus on green chemistry, this grant provides $40,000 in initial funding for innovative projects that strive for sustainable solutions in the pharmaceutical industry. Researchers from public and private higher education institutions can apply, regardless of location, to secure funding for preliminary results that will enable future funding opportunities.

Purpose
To address key synthetic chemistry and process research challenges whose solutions result in more efficient pharmaceutical process development and production.
ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable Ignition Grant Program for Green Chemistry and Engineering Research
The need for green and sustainable chemistry for use in the pharmaceutical and allied chemical industries is increasingly critical as we face the environmental challenges of the twenty-first century. Unfortunately, available funding to support research for the kind of innovative and sustainable solutions required has not kept pace with this need. In addition, it is often very difficult to receive funding for ideas without preliminary results, while obtaining preliminary results will indeed require funding. The ACS Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable (GCIPR) is seeking to provide ‘ignition’ funding for novel and innovative ideas that have the potential to provide sustainable solutions to chemistry and engineering problems relevant to the pharmaceutical industry from discovery to manufacturing. The goal is to provide researchers with initial funding to obtain preliminary results that may then be used by the researchers to help apply for funding from traditional funding agencies.
The ACS GCIPR will provide $40,000 in ‘ignition’ funding for accepted proposals. Proposals on any chemistry or engineering topic relevant to green and sustainable discovery and manufacture of pharmaceutical products will be considered; however, a list of key green chemistry and engineering research areas has been previously published by the ACS GCIPR and represents areas of particular interest.

Eligibility

Proposals will only be accepted from public and private institutions of higher education. The grant is not limited to institutions in the United States.

Ineligibility

The proposed research must not be currently funded by any private or public grants.