Eligibility
Help advance key green chemistry research areas with this $80,000 grant for a one-year commitment.
2026 Key Areas:
- Identification of alternatives to trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in peptide couplings/cleavages.
- Novel Biocatalysis for Sustainable API Manufacture.
- Greening Peptide Production.
- Improved methods for scalable oxidations.
Proposals are invited from public and private institutions of higher education worldwide. This collaborative project is intended for a student within the selected Principal Investigator’s research group. One grant is planned to be awarded, and the total award is limited to $80,000 for a grant period of 12 months. Interested PIs are required to provide a proposal describing the investigator’s capability to carry out the Roundtable’s proposed research. Deadline for receipt of proposals is May 1, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EDT. All submissions must be made in our application portal: https://gci.acs.org. The Principal Investigator with the selected proposal will be notified by October 1, 2026. It is expected that research will commence in the principal investigator’s lab no later than Q4 2026 and last 12 months.
Requirements For Submission
Proposals will only be accepted from public and private institutions of higher education. The grant is not limited to institutions in the United States. Proposals must be submitted through our application portal at https://gci.acs.org, and applicants must provide the contact information for the grant officer who will process the grant if selected. For institutions without a grant office or a comparable administrative office, applicants must upload a PDF letter signed by an appropriate university official acknowledging the terms of the grant and accepting the role of financial officer for the grant.
