The Walston Chubb Award for Innovation Grant

The Walston Chubb Award for Innovation Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Sigma Xi
Amount: US $4,000
Last Updated: December 22, 2025

Summary

The Walston Chubb Award for Innovation, presented by Sigma Xi since 2006, honors creativity in science and engineering. This prestigious award includes a $4,000 honorarium and an opportunity to deliver the Walston Chubb Award Lecture at Sigma Xi's annual meeting. Eligible candidates include U.S. citizens and those from other backgrounds starting in 2016, emphasizing innovative research and novel methodologies that address important scientific challenges.

Overview

About Sigma Xi Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society is the international honor society of science and engineering. One of the oldest and largest scientific organizations in the world, Sigma Xi has a distinguished history of service to science and society for more than one hundred and twenty five years. Scientists and engineers, whose research spans the disciplines of science and technology, comprise the membership of the Society. Sigma Xi chapters can be found at colleges and universities, government laboratories, and industry research centers around the world. More than 200 Nobel Prize winners have been members. Sigma Xi was founded in 1886 to honor excellence in scientific investigation and encourage a sense of companionship and cooperation among researchers in all fields of science and engineering. The Greek letters "sigma" and "xi" form the acronym of the Society's motto, "Spoudon Xynones," which translates as "Companions in Zealous Research." Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society is the world’s largest multidisciplinary honor society for scientists and engineers. Its mission is to enhance the health of the research enterprise, foster integrity in science and engineering, and promote the public understanding of science for the purpose of improving the human condition. Sigma Xi chapters can be found at colleges and universities, government laboratories, and industry research centers around the world. More than 200 Nobel Prize winners have been members. The Walston Chubb Award for Innovation Since 2006, Sigma Xi has presented the Walston Chubb Award for Innovation to honor and promote creativity in science and engineering. The award carries a $4,000 honorarium and an invitation to give the Walston Chubb Award Lecture at Sigma Xi's annual meeting. What Constitutes Innovation? For the purposes of the award, innovation is defined as research into new areas of potential scientific importance, a novel approach to a long-standing problem in science or engineering or research that may create a new methodology of importance to science or engineering. In addition, application of expertise and insights from one area to advance another scientific discipline, or creative solutions to an important interdisciplinary problem also qualify as innovations. Awards are to be made no sooner than one year after the innovation has been reported in a peer- reviewed journal and research required for the basic functionality of the innovation completed.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The award is open to any U.S. citizen. Beginning in 2016, U.S. citizenship will no longer be required. Membership in Sigma Xi is not a requirement.