ChemLuminary Award for Outstanding Sustainability Activities Grant
Funding Amount
Unspecified amount in in-kind support
Deadline
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Grant Type
Foundation
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Overview
The ChemLuminary Award for Outstanding Sustainability Activities, sponsored by the American Chemical Society (ACS), recognizes local sections that implement innovative programs promoting sustainability. This award highlights efforts to educate diverse audiences on the vital role of chemistry in fostering sustainable practices. By encouraging self-nominations through the Annual Report, the ACS aims to celebrate impactful initiatives that demonstrate chemistry's transformative potential in addressing environmental challenges and improving lives.
ChemLuminary Award for Outstanding Sustainability Activities
The ChemLuminary Award for Outstanding Sustainability Activities is an annual award that recognizes a local section that has introduced a new and outstanding program promoting sustainability at the local level. In keeping with the ACS Strategic Plan, the award recipient will have demonstrated that the program educates people about the transformative role of chemistry in achieving sustainability.
Programs that educate or increase awareness in the public (e.g., students, teachers, general public, local businesses) on the value of chemistry in making products, improving lives, or improving the environment in more sustainable ways will be favored.All local sections are encouraged to self-nominate their sustainability activities for this award via the section’s Annual Report.
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What American Chemical Society actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 341
- Total given
- $22.37M
- Median grant
- $31K
- Range
- $5,200–$505K
- By dollars: Texas 11%, California 9%, New York 6%. Top recipient cities: New York, NY; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL.
- 19% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Pennsylvania State University · State College, PA
$505K
University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN
$501K
The Board of Trustees Univ of Illinois · Chicago, IL
$425K
University of Florida · Gainsville, FL
$416K
Research Foundation for SUNY · Albany, NY
$411K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Environment
- Science research
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