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The Office of Corporate and Foundations Relations is pleased to share this open call for funding from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation.

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation has selected Environmental Chemistry as the topic of the

2021 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences.
Award: $250,000, Deadline December 3, 2020.

Overview: The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation has selected Environmental Chemistry as the topic of the 2021 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences. The Dreyfus Prize, awarded biennially, recognizes an individual for exceptional and original research in a selected area of chemistry that has advanced the field in a major way. The Dreyfus Foundation will recognize the field of Environmental Chemistry with its 2021 Prize.

“The chemistry of the Earth’s environment affects every person on the planet in a profound manner,” said Matthew Tirrell, chair of the Dreyfus Foundation Scientific Affairs Committee. “Understanding the genesis and the resultant effects of environmental chemical phenomena, and devising mitigations to undesired changes, are among the greatest contributions that chemistry is making to society. The Dreyfus Foundation therefore wishes to recognize Environmental Chemistry with its 2021 Prize in the Chemical Sciences.”

 Required information and the nomination form can be found here: https://www.dreyfus.org/dreyfus-prize/

  UCSC Contact: cfr@ucsc.edu

 Eligibility:

  • The prize is open to international nominations.
  • There is no restriction on the number of nominees from a given institution, nor is institutional approval required. Present Dreyfus Foundation Directors, Advisors, and consultants, previous Dreyfus Prize winners, and Nobel Laureates are not eligible.
  • Any person may nominate a candidate for the Dreyfus Prize.
  • Self-nominations are not accepted.

Previous winners: Recipients and topics of the Dreyfus Prize

Call sent: September 29, 2020

For a list of recent funding opportunities, please visit the CFR website. CFR Calls for Funding

“The chemistry of the Earth’s environment affects every person on the planet in a profound manner,” said Matthew Tirrell, chair of the Dreyfus Foundation Scientific Affairs Committee. “Understanding the genesis and the resultant effects of environmental chemical phenomena, and devising mitigations to undesired changes, are among the greatest contributions that chemistry is making to society. The Dreyfus Foundation therefore wishes to recognize Environmental Chemistry with its 2021 Prize in the Chemical Sciences.”

For further details on the Prize and the nomination procedure, please visit the Dreyfus Foundation website.