Fall 2024 American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund grants awarded

American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (ACS PRF) grants have been awarded to 126 researchers following the second round of applications, which closed in early September. ACS PRF grants provide money to researchers in four categories—doctoral new investigators, new directions, undergraduate new investigators, and undergraduate research grants—across 10 different areas of research.

Two rounds of funding take place each year, with 69 awards given earlier this spring. This year was also the first time that supplemental funding was given to awardees in an effort to boost the research capacity at undergraduate institutions.

“We are thrilled to celebrate the new ACS Petroleum Research Fund grant recipients, whose pioneering research will drive advancements in fundamental science and inspire future innovation,” says Marina A. Petrukhina, outgoing chair of the ACS PRF Committee. “Their projects embody the PRF’s legacy of supporting transformative discoveries in hydrocarbon-related fields that shape our understanding of their chemistry, chemical engineering, and geoscience.”

ACS PRF proposals for spring 2025 will be accepted from Monday, Feb. 10 to Friday, March 7, 2025. More information about the ACS PRF grants and how to apply is available at www.acs.org/funding/grants/petroleum-research-fund.html.

The fall 2024 recipients are:

Colorado State University

University of California, San Diego

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

University of Texas at San Antonio

University of Alabama in Huntsville

University of California, Riverside

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Loyola University Chicago

Washington University in St. Louis

Florida State University.

University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Case Western Reserve University

University of Southern Mississippi

University of Texas at Austin

Case Western Reserve University

University of Texas at Austin

North Carolina State University

University of California, Irvine

Indiana University Bloomington

Pennsylvania State University

Mississippi State University

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Wisconsin-Madison

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of Texas at Austin

Indiana University Bloomington

University of Missouri-Kansas City

University of Southern California

North Carolina State University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Washington University in St. Louis

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Massachusetts Amherst

University of California, Irvine

Florida Institute of Technology

Bowling Green State University

University of South Carolina

University of MIssouri-Columbia

University of South Carolina

University of California, Riverside

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Mississippi State University

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin.

Indiana University Bloomington

University of Massachusetts Lowell

University of Illinois Chicago

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Alicia Odette Hernandez-Castillo

Texas A&M International University

Gonzalo Campillo-Alvarado

Matthew Charles O’Reilly

College of William & Mary

University of North Florida

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Christopher R. Turlington

San Jose State University

East Tennessee State University