[ Elsevier Foundation-ISC3 Green & Sustainable Chemistry Challenge! | Research funding ]
Event details
| Date | 15.09.2019 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
The Elsevier Foundation-ISC3 Green & Sustainable Chemistry Challenge! seeks to stimulate innovative chemistry research that helps the environment and low-resource communities in emerging and developing countries.
Eligible projects must utilize innovative green and sustainable chemistry approach:
- Reduce or eliminate the use or generation of one or more hazardous substances or materials.
- Provide a more sustainable use of resources (e.g., bio-, minerals, metals but also water, energy), or products, or more sustainable manufacturing/ application of chemical products
- Increase longevity, increase reuse or recyclability of chemicals/products e.g. by proper design or manner of application etc.
- Design a new business model related to green and sustainable chemistry and circular economy.
- Comply with at least two of the 12 principles of green chemistry (if synthesis of products is involved, comply with at least 3 principles).
The project must be applicable in and suitable for developing countries. Describe the project’s social impact on local communities, including gender equality either in design or implementation.
Include an implementation plan of the project. Please note that if the project has been developed in a high-income country, contextually appropriate knowledge transfer to the lower income country is needed to be demonstrated, for instance through a developing country implementation or research partner. If the idea presented is already patented it will not be eligible. Patents resulting from the work in case of executing the awarded project will be possible anyway.
Prizes:
- The Scientific Prizes award projects that use green and sustainable chemistry solutions to tackle some of the developing world’s greatest sustainability challenges – encouraging researchers to come up with new solutions.
- The Entrepreneurial Prize highlights entrepreneurs with promising innovations and evaluates them in terms of market potential, business models, technological innovation and impact. You can find additional information about the Entrepreneurial prize on the ISC3 website.
Funding:
- Scientific prizes: the winning project will receive a prize of €50,000, with €25,000 for the second place prize.
- Entrepreneurial prize: an additional €25,000 will be awarded for the “Entrepreneurial Spirit in Sustainable Chemistry Award”.
Deadline: 15 September 2019
Pre-selection: 15 October 2019
Short-listing: January 2020
For further information and application, please have a look at the call webpage, Challenge’s criteria and supported projects.
Practical information
- General public
- Free