Program for Transformative Research

The Program for Transformative Research is a grant programme to support bold, high-risk research with potential for transformative impact in the chemical sciences. The first phase will fund eight Transformative Research Development Grants and will select one project for an additional Transformative Research Award. The programme is aimed at accomplished, mid-career faculty pursuing unconventional scientific directions, with preference for interdisciplinary or underfunded areas of chemical research.

Development grant of $600,000 (paid as three annual $200,000 installments) for eight grantees; one grantee may receive an additional $1.5 million award after evaluation.

Applicants must be within 15 years following promotion to tenure and based at an academic institution in the United States or its territories that grants a bachelor’s or higher degree in the chemical sciences. The Foundation will accept only one proposal per institution per cycle.

Submit a five-page project essay describing the proposed research and investigator's track record, a discussion of the research landscape, a three-year project plan, an institutional letter of support, and the investigator's CV. No detailed budget or preliminary data required. One proposal per institution per cycle.