Research Fund

The Royal Society of Chemistry is greatly indebted to the generosity of John William Thomas Jones, whose benefaction in 1992 greatly increased the RSC's ability to support research. 

The RSC Research Fund exists to assist members in their research by the provision of grants of up to £2000, for example for the purchase of chemicals, equipment or for running expenses of chemical education research. 

If you work in a university, polytechnic, college or school anywhere in the world and your work is held up for lack of moderate funding, the Research Fund may be able to help you. Applications from members of The Royal Society of Chemistry will be considered on merit, but account will be taken of any other source of financial aid available to applicants. 

Preference will be given to those working in less well-endowed institutions and to those supporting their own research. Applications from those working in well-established universities will normally only be considered in exceptional circumstances and evidence to support such proposals must be provided. Council is especially anxious to see inventive applications of a "pump priming" nature and is prepared to consider applications from those working in chemical education as well as chemistry research. 

Members in developing countries should note particularly that additional funds have been made available to provide grants for successful applicants from such countries. Preference will be given to those able to cite collaborative research projects with institutions in countries other than their own. 

Applications are limited to one per department and must be submitted through the head of that department. The closing date for applications is 31 October but submissions sent well in advance of this date would be much appreciated.