Grants Awarded
In 2014 the ACS Petroleum Research Fund committed to new grants totaling $19 million. As a result more than 600 active research grants were supported at colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, Israel, and the United Kingdom.
Grant Types Awarded in 2014
New Directions (ND) grants for research
This ACS PRF grant program usually funds proposals from doctoral departments. The fundamental research proposed must be a new direction for the principal investigator. Seventy five ND grants were awarded for $110,000 each over two years.
Undergraduate Research (UR) in non-doctoral departments
UR grants are exclusively for faculty in departments that do not offer a doctoral degree. The fundamental research proposed must include support for undergraduate students, and M.S. students may also be supported. Twenty one UR grants were awarded for $70,000 each over a three-year period.
Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) starter grants for new faculty in doctoral departments
DNI grants are intended for new faculty members in Ph.D.-granting departments in the United States who are within the first three years of a regular appointment as an Assistant Professor or the equivalent. Seventy four DNI grants were awarded for $110,000 each over a two-year period.
Undergraduate New Investigator (UNI) grants for new faculty in non-doctoral departments
UNI grants are intended for new faculty members at primarily undergraduate institutions in the United States who are within the first three years of a regular appointment as an Assistant Professor or the equivalent. Twenty two UNI grants for $55,000 each over a two-year period were awarded.
Historical information on other grant types can be found in previous ACS PRF Annual Report editions. Access to the 2007-2013 editions is available via the “All E-Annual Reports” option on the menu at the top of this web page
PRF Advisory Board Committees and Disciplines/Proposal Areas
| # | Discipline | 1. | Synthetic Organic Chemistry | 2. | Geochemistry | 3. | Inorganic Chemistry | 4. | Physical Organic Chemistry | 5. | Surface Science | 6. | Chemical Physics/Physical Chemistry | 7. | Polymer Science | 8. | Geology and Geophysics | 9. | Chemical and Petroleum Engineering | 10. | Materials Science |
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More detailed information on areas of research support can be found on the ACS PRF web site. Principal Investigator reports in this Annual Report are for research topics which were considered for funding at the time of the original grant award. Please note that the listing of areas of research support may be revised by the PRF Advisory Board, and may have changed since the grant awards in this report.
