Ciba Travel Awards in Green Chemistry
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This annual green chemistry award sponsors the participation of students (high school, undergraduates, and graduate students) residing in the U.S. to attend an American Chemical Society (ACS) technical meeting, conference, or training program, having a significant green chemistry or sustainability component. The applicant must demonstrate research or educational interest in green chemistry. The awards are funded by interest income from the Ciba Green Chemistry Student Endowment which was established in 2009 and is awarded by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute®. The award amount is based on estimated travel expenses, up to $2,000.
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High school, undergraduate, and graduate students residing within the U.S. are eligible for this grant. The applicant must demonstrate research or educational interest in green chemistry. Green chemistry for this purpose is defined as “the discovery and design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances.”
Eligible Conferences
- ACS Regional Meetings in 2019 or 2020
- ACS National Meeting; Philadelphia, PA; March 22-26, 2019
- Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference; Seattle, WA; June 15-17, 2020
- ACS National Meeting; San Francisco, CA; August 16-20, 2020
- Visit www.acs.org/meetings for details about these ACS conferences.
Applicants are responsible for meeting the abstract deadline dates of the meeting they want to attend. The student should be prepared to give an oral or poster presentation on his/her interest area during the conference, if feasible, and submit a report to ACS GCI on his/her experience after the conference.
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Deadline
The deadline for the 2020 Ciba Travel Awards in Green Chemistry is 5 p.m. (EDT) on Friday, October 11, 2019. Please send your application in a single PDF file to gci@acs.org with “Ciba Travel Award Application – [your last name]” in the subject line.
Application Instructions
Applications must be no longer than six, 8½-by-11-inch pages, written in
font no smaller than 11point , with margins of at least 1 inch and should include the following, in a single PDF file:- Cover page (no more than one page), including:
- Applicant’s name, department, institution,
field of study - Name of applicant’s faculty advisor (or supervisor) and contact information
- Name, date
and location of the conference or meeting the applicant is requesting funding to attend Estimated budget for travel expenses, up to $2,000 (including conference registration fees, travel, and accommodations) to participate in the meeting. The award will be mailed as a reimbursement check after the conference takes place. Reimbursement for food/entertainment is not allowed.
- Applicant’s name, department, institution,
- Brief (no more than one-page) essay by the applicant concerning his/her interest in green chemistry, including any previous experience with the field, how he/she will benefit from participation in the selected conference, and why he/she should be selected to receive the award. Include your intention to present during the conference (giving an oral or poster presentation is expected).
- A curriculum vitae or résumé no more than two pages in length, including:
- Applicant’s name, department, institution, and faculty advisor (or supervisor)
- Applicant’s mailing address, telephone, and email
- A few sentences on the applicant’s green chemistry teaching or research interests and career plans
- Field of study, degrees (including month and year earned or expected), education experience, including GPA or another measure of class standing, and work experience (if any)
- List of recent presentations and publications (if any)
- Letter of nomination from the applicant's faculty advisor, supervisor or department chair (no more than two pages in length). The letter may be sent separately or included with the other application materials.
Judging
A panel of experts selected by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute® will judge the applications. This panel might include members of the scientific, educational, industrial, governmental and environmental communities.
Notification & Award
Notification of the award and award amount will be made on or before November 15, 2019. The award will be mailed as a reimbursement check after the conference takes place. To receive the reimbursement, a 1-page written report and travel expense receipts will be required.
Downloadable Application
For a printable version of this application, please download the 2019 Ciba Travel Awards in Green Chemistry Application.
- Cover page (no more than one page), including:
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Beginning in 2010, on an annual basis, the ACS Green Chemistry Institute® (ACS GCI) awards several Ciba Travel Awards in Green Chemistry. The awards are funded by interest income from the Ciba Green Chemistry Student Endowment which was established in 2009.
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Ciba Travel Awards in Green Chemistry Winners 2010-2018 Year Name and Institution Area of Study 2018 William Joseph Sagues
North Carolina State UniversityGraduate student of forest biomaterials (Ph.D.) 2018 Quincy Dougherty
Gordon CollegeUndergraduate student majoring in chemistry (B.S.) and business administration (B.A.) 2018 Reece Johnson
Florida Gulf Coast UniversityUndergraduate student in chemistry and physics (B.S.) 2018 Bhavana Pavuluri
duPont Manual High SchoolHigh school student studying chemistry 2017 Laura Armstrong
The University of California, BerkeleyGraduate student of science education (Ph.D.) and chemistry (M.S.) 2017 Steven Couture
The University of Massachusetts, BostonGraduate student of chemistry (M.S.) studying chemical education 2017 Ruby Rose Laemmie
Simmons CollegeUndergraduate student with a double major in biochemistry (B.S.) and public health (B.S.) 2017 Michal Ruprecht
Gross Pointe North High SchoolHigh school student studying chemistry 2016 Badri Bhattarai
The University of ToledoGraduate student of chemistry and biochemistry (Ph.D.) 2016 Rebecca Haley
The University of CincinnatiGraduate student of organic chemistry with a focus on green synthetic methodologies (Ph.D.) 2016 Lauren Pincus
Yale UniversityGraduate student of green chemistry and engineering (Ph.D.) 2016 Lisa Stabryla
The University of PittsburghGraduate student of environmental engineering (Ph.D.) 2015 Brooke Mason
The University of ToledoUndergraduate student in environmental engineering (B.S.) 2015 Tova Williams
North Carolina State UniversityGraduate student studying fiber and polymer science (Ph.D.) 2015 Brendan Phillips
Ursinus CollegeUndergraduate organic chemistry student (B.S.) 2015 Ryan Pearson
The University of Colorado, BoulderGraduate student of chemistry and biochemistry (Ph.D.) 2014 Boris Dyatkin
Drexel UniversityGraduate student of materials science and engineering (Ph.D.) 2014 Laurene Petitjean
Yale UniversityGraduate student of forestry and environmental studies (Ph.D.) 2014 Zach Swingen
Augsburg CollegeUndergraduate student with a concentration in organic chemistry (B.S.) 2014 Zarif Farhana Mohd Aris
The University of MassachusettsGraduate student of plastics engineering (Ph.D.) 2013 Angela Holmberg
University of DelawareGraduate student of chemical engineering with a concentration in sustainable polymers (Ph.D.) 2013 Matthew DeNardo
Carnegie Mellon UniversityGraduate student of green chemistry (Ph.D.) 2013 Avinav Nandgaonkar
North Carolina State UniversityGraduate student of fiber and polymer science (Ph.D.) 2013 Jing Zhang
North Dakota State UniversityGraduate student of organometallic chemistry (Ph.D.) 2012 Nathan P. Birch
The University of Massachusetts, AmherstGraduate student of chemical engineering (Ph.D.) 2012 Aaron Brumbaugh
Dickinson CollegeUndergraduate student majoring in inorganic chemistry (B.S.) 2012 Katherine Djernes
The University of California, RiversideGraduate student of organic chemistry (Ph.D.) 2012 Shannon Woodruff
Southern Methodist UniversityGraduate student of polymer chemistry (Ph.D.) 2011 Candace Cooper
The University of WashingtonUndergraduate student majoring in chemistry (B.S.) 2011 Emily Hong
Yale UniversityUndergraduate student majoring in chemistry and environmental studies (B.S.) 2011 Adam Keith
The University of ToledoGraduate student of chemistry (Ph.D.) 2011 Parker McCrary
The University of AlabamaGraduate student of organic chemistry (Ph.D.) 2010 Miguel Hurtado
Middle Tennessee State UniversityUndergraduate student majoring in chemistry with a concentration in biochemistry (B.S.) 2010 Swapnil Jadhav
City College of New YorkGraduate student of nanotechnology (Ph.D.) 2010 Leanne Pasquini
Yale UniversityGraduate student of environmental engineering (Ph.D.) 2010 Daniel Waddell
The University of CincinnatiGraduate student of green organic chemistry (Ph.D.) Three winners from the 2012 Ciba Travel Awards in Green Chemistry meet with Kathy Fleming (ACS) and Pat Rossman (BASF; formerly Ciba) at the 2013 National Meeting in New Orleans. -
Questions about the Ciba Travel Awards in Green Chemistry should be directed to the ACS Green Chemistry Institute®: Email gci@acs.org; Tel (202) 872-6102.