NSF: Chemical Measurement and Imagine (CMI)

Due: November 30, 2009

Award: Unspecified

The Chemical Measurement and Imaging Program supports research focusing on chemically-relevant measurement science and imaging, targeting both improved understanding of new and existing methods and development of innovative approaches and instruments.  Research areas include but are not limited to sampling and separation science; electrochemistry; spectrometry; frequency- and time-domain spectroscopy; sensors and bioassays; and microscopy.  Imaging and measurement tools probing chemical and physical properties and processes across a wide range of spatial scales - from macroscopic structures down to single molecules - are supported, as are innovations enabling the monitoring and imaging of rapid chemical and electronic processes and new approaches to data analysis and interpretation, including chemometrics.  Proposals addressing established techniques must seek improved understanding and/or innovative approaches to substantially broaden applicability.

Proposals for applying established methods to applications should be directed to programs focused on the application.  There are closely-related programs in other Divisions; where to submit depends on the primary focus of the proposed research.

More information is available here.

 

National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers: Henry C. McBay Outstanding Teacher Award

Due: November 30, 2009

Award: No financial award is offered

The Henry C. McBay Outstanding Teacher Award is granted for demonstrating outstanding contribution to education and the mentoring of young scientists. Selection is made on the basis of the significance and quality of the research and/or teaching.

More information is available here.

 

The Rowland Institute at Harvard: Rowland Junior Fellows Program

Deadline: November 30, 2009

Award: The salary will depend on field and years of experience but will be at least $59,000 a year

The Rowland Junior Fellows program provices young scientists the opportunity to perform independent experimental research for five years with full institutional support and access to the Rowland Institute's technical and scientific resources. Candidates in the natural sciences and engieering will be considered, with special attention given to interdisciplinary work and to the development of new experimental methods.

More information is available here.

 

NSF: Environmental Chemical Sciences (ECS)

Due: November 30, 2009

Award: Unspecified

The Environmental Chemical Sciences (ECS) Program supports basic research in chemistry that promotes the understanding of natural and anthropogenic chemical processes in our environment.  Projects supported by this program enable fundamentally new avenues of basic research and transformative technologies. The program is particularly interested in studying molecular phenomena on surfaces and interfaces in order to understand the inherently complex and heterogeneous environment.  Projects utilize advanced experimental, modeling and computational approaches, as well as developing new approaches.  Topics include studies of environmental surfaces and interfaces under laboratory conditions, the fundamental properties of water  and water solutions important in environmental processes, dissolution, composition, origin and behavior of molecular scale systems under a variety of naturally occurring environmental conditions, chemical reactivity of synthetic nanoparticles and their molecular level interactions with the environment, and application of theoretical models and computational approaches to discover and predict environmental phenomena at the molecular scale.

The ECS program supports research in basic chemical aspects of our environment. Programs in the Biological Sciences, Engineering and Geosciences Directorates as well as other federal agencies address other aspects such as field studies.

More information is available here.

 

NSF: Chemical Catalysis (CC)

Due: November 30, 2009

Award: Unspecified

The Chemical Catalysis Program supports fundamental experimental and theoretical research directed towards the synthesis and characterization of catalysts and pre-catalysts.  This Program accepts proposals on catalytic approaches which facilitate, direct, and accelerate efficient chemical transformations and include, but are not limited to: the design and synthesis of organic, inorganic and hybrid catalytic and pre-catalytic species on the molecular, supramolecular, and nanometer scales; kinetic, mechanistic, and dynamic studies of homogeneous, heterogeneous, biomimetic and biologically-inspired catalytic reactions; characterization of chemical and biochemical catalytic reactions occurring at solid surfaces and/or interfaces; polymerization catalysis; single site catalysis; electrocatalysis (such as water splitting), photocatalysis (such as solar energy conversion); catalytic conversions of fossil fuel feedstocks, biomass conversions, CO2 activation and other energy-related, catalytic processes; combinatorial catalysis approaches; environmentally-friendly catalytic processes; and applications of modeling, theory, and simulation to catalytic reactions. 

The Chemical Catalysis Program does not support scale-up, processing, transport dynamics, long-term stability studies, and other engineering aspects of catalysis. 

More information is available here.

 

NSF: Chemical Synthesis (CS)

Due: November 30, 2009

Award: Unspecified

This program accepts proposals on catalytic approaches which facilitate, direct, and accelerate efficient chemical transformations and include, but are not limited to: the design and synthesis of organic, inorganic and hybrid catalytic and pre-catalytic species on the molecular, supramolecular, and nanometer scales; kinetic, mechanistic, and dynamic studies of homogeneous, heterogeneous, biomimetic and biologically-inspired catalytic reactions; characterization of chemical and biochemical catalytic reactions occurring at solid surfaces and/or interfaces; polymerization catalysis; single site catalysis; electrocatalysis (such as water splitting), photocatalysis (such as solar energy conversion); catalytic conversions of fossil fuel feedstocks, biomass conversions, CO2 activation and other energy-related, catalytic processes; combinatorial catalysis approaches; environmentally-friendly catalytic processes; and applications of modeling, theory, and simulation to catalytic reactions.

More information is available here.

 

NSF: Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry

Due: November 30, 2009

Award: Unspecified

The Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry (MSN) Program focuses on basic research in chemistry that addresses interactions leading to the assembly of macromolecular, supramolecular and nanoscopic species and other organized structures that show unique chemical and physical properties and reactivities.  Research of interest to this program includes: the study of forces which are responsible for spatial organization in organic, inorganic or hybrid systems; novel synthesis relevant to the program topics; innovative surface functionalization chemistry; and the formation of clusters, aggregates, nanoparticles and large molecular architectures.  Interactions that give rise to molecular self assembly, metal organic frameworks, template-directed syntheses, and chemically dynamic systems like molecular machines are also appropriate for this Program.  Investigations may utilize experimental and/or computational methods to predict and/or understand the chemical structure, properties and reactivities of these unique structures.

One objective of the MSN Program is to bridge the gap between molecular chemistries and material science and engineering.  The MSN Program works closely with NSF Divisions of Materials Research (DMR) and Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) to evaluate proposals at these interfaces.

More information is available here.