ChemLuminary Award for Outstanding Sustainability Activities Grant

ChemLuminary Award for Outstanding Sustainability Activities Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: American Chemical Society
Amount: Unspecified amount in in-kind support
Last Updated: July 12, 2025

Summary

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.

Overview

The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1876 and chartered by the U.S. Congress. Our vision is a world built on science. 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. 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! We work to promote public policies that advance the chemistry enterprise and its practitioners. In the U.S., we work in these four policy areas: Innovation through Research & Technology; Science Education & Workforce; Science in Public Policy; and Sustainability & the Environment. 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. It is sponsored by the ACS Committee on Environment and Sustainability (CES). 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.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member.