Summer Research Grants for Principally Undergraduate Institutions
Supports PUI faculty in the U.S. and Canada to mentor undergraduates in summer research projects focused on developing reliable synthetic organic chemistry methods.
Funder: Organic Syntheses
Due Dates (Anticipated): November 2026
Funding Amounts: $8,000 per summer (up to 2 summers; second year contingent on progress report)
Summary: Supports PUI faculty in the U.S. and Canada to conduct summer research projects in synthetic organic chemistry with undergraduate collaborators.
Key Information: No indirect costs allowed; only faculty at non-PhD-granting institutions are eligible.
Description
Organic Syntheses, Inc. offers summer research grants to faculty at principally undergraduate institutions (PUIs) in the United States and Canada. The program is designed to foster undergraduate research experiences and faculty-student collaboration in synthetic organic chemistry. Each grant supports a faculty member to conduct a summer research project, with the faculty member selecting an undergraduate student coworker from their department.
The initiative emphasizes projects that develop reliable synthetic methods, with potential for publication in Organic Syntheses. Preference is given to PIs without concurrent major grant support (e.g., NSF, NIH).
