Description

At ACS Fall 2025, Chair of the ACS Board of Directors, Wayne E. Jones, Jr., announced that ACS will award $2.5 million in the form of 100 $25,000 grants. This will support graduate students within one year of degree completion who have been impacted by the termination or cancellation of their advisor’s research grants.

Starting Monday, Sept. 15, principal investigators can apply for the funds. The grant seeks to lower the risk of a declining number of U.S.-trained chemists with advanced degrees, thereby preserving the strength and continuity of the scientific community. For more information about the opportunity, visit www.acs.org/gradsuccessgrant.
 

Principal Investigators (PIs) can apply for $25,000 to support students who are within one year of completing their Master's or Ph.D. programs in a chemical sciences field.

Membership Benefit. Students receiving the grant via their PI will receive an ACS membership, if they are not yet a member.

Requirements

This opportunity is available to PIs who lost funding after October 1, 2024, that impacts supporting graduate students.