Herman Frasch Foundation Grants

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Grant Name

Funder

Frasch Foundation, Herman

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country or Region

United States

Research Field

Agricultural Chemistry

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Chemical Sciences

Deadline

October 28, 2021 (Expired)

Grant Size

Upper $250,000USD Lower $50,000USD It is anticipated that eight grants will be awarded. Grants are made for a period of five years (July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2022), subject to annual review and approval of progress.Grants will be made in an amount of $50,000 per year or $250,000 for the five-year period. Proposals are considered only once in five years and grants are allocated at five-year intervals.A grant budget must be submitted which includes at least the detail shown on the budget form provided in the application; it is preferred that funds be used as much as possible to support students. Grant funds may not be used for tuition, overhead, administrative expenses, large items of equipment, travel outside of the United States, or salary/benefits for the principal investigator. Publication costs should be listed. There is no objection to a modest carryover of funds from year to year. Requests for consumable supplies, chemicals, glassware, etc., should be reasonable.Annual reports of financial expenditures, progress of the research, and personnel are due on a date in August specified in the call for reports each year, and must be submitted in order for support to continue.The Herman Frasch Foundation encourages the dissemination of results of funded research through publications in scientific journals and presentations at professional meetings. Support of the Herman Frasch Foundation for Chemical Research should be acknowledged.

Contact Info

Dr. Thomas Clancy, Program Manager t_clancy@acs.org

fraschinfo@acs.org

Eligibility

Grantee organization must be a doctoral degree-awarding academic institution incorporated and existing within the United States. The 2017-2022 Frasch competition is restricted to tenured or tenure-track faculty in their first seven years of their first academic appointment.

Description

The Herman Frasch Fund for Chemical Research is a trust created under the will of Elizabeth Blee Frasch, administered by Bank of America, N.A. as Trustee. The American Chemical Society advises the Trustee on the Frasch program. The purpose of the Foundation is to award grants to nonprofit incorporated institutions to support research in the field of agricultural chemistry which will be of practical benefit to the agricultural development of the United States. The term "agricultural chemistry" is interpreted broadly by the ACS Committee on Frasch Foundation Grants. Supported research is primarily chemical or biochemical in nature. Projects which focus on nutrition, agronomy, genetics, or entomology are not usually favored. Proposals must provide opportunities for training students at the graduate, undergraduate, and/or postdoctoral levels. Eligibility Grantee organization must be a doctoral degree-awarding academic institution incorporated and existing within the United States. The 2017-2022 Frasch competition is restricted to tenured or tenure-track faculty in their first seven years of their first academic appointment.

Website

http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/grants/frasch.html

Funding resources
Purdue Grant Writing Lab: Introduction to Grant Writing	Open Link
University of Wisconsin Writing Center: Planning and Writing a Grant Proposal	Open Link