ACS Graduate Student Success Grant

A one-year USD 25,000 award supports chemical-sciences graduate students whose degree completion is threatened by unforeseen circumstances such as funding lapses, project changes or laboratory transitions. A faculty PI applies for support of currently enrolled MS or PhD students within one year of graduation. The grant pays student stipends/salaries and benefits that maintain graduate status, excluding tuition, supplies, indirect costs, conference fees and travel. Each institution may receive one award; the USD 1 million figure is the overall programme budget. Applications opened 15 September and close 9 October 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Funds must be used by 31 October 2027. Apply using the account-based platform linked on the official call.

The applicant is an active ACS-member PI in a chemical-sciences department at a US institution of higher education, supporting currently enrolled MS/PhD students within one year of degree completion on 9 October 2026. An institutional Vice President of Research or equivalent must provide a signed support letter; authorized organizational and finance representatives are required. One grant per institution.