A research grant provides $117,000 per year in funding to support research in chemistry by a full-time regular faculty member with tenure or on tenure-track who serves as principal investigator. Applications are restricted to universities, colleges, or other educational institutions located within the state of Texas and also listed as an educational institution by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Application Deadline: January 31, 2026
The purpose of The Welch Award in Chemistry is to foster and encourage basic chemical research and to recognize, in a substantial manner, the value of chemical research contributions for the benefit of humankind. Any person can be considered for the award who has made important chemical research contributions which have a significant, positive influence on humankind.
Nomination Deadline: January 31, 2026
The Welch Foundation has awarded the 2025 Robert A. Welch Award in Chemistry to Stuart L. Schreiber and Peter G. Schultz.
Dr. Schreiber, of Harvard University and Arena BioWorks, is honored for his profound discoveries using chemical probes to understand the chemical machinery of the cell and for developing therapies based on this knowledge. Dr. Schultz, from Scripps Research, is recognized for his pioneering contributions to creating new letters in the alphabet of life, and the leveraging of chemical diversity to discover novel therapeutics and materials.
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