About the call
On October 1st, 2009, IUPAC is pleased to announce a transnational/transcontinental call for proposals in polymer chemistry supported by a consortium of national research funding organizations. The goal of this first pilot call is to establish an efficient trans-national funding program in chemistry, transcending national boundaries, with minimal bureaucracy.
This call is intended to foster tri-national cooperation in polymer chemistry and encourages involvement of researchers from developing countries. All researchers working in this field and eligible to apply for financial support from their participating national research councils are cordially invited to apply. This 3-year program is designed for interested research teams involving 3 principal investigators, each working in a different country and calls for one joint proposal.
Scientific topic
Polymer chemistry is a broad research domain enabling construction of the eco-friendly organic and hybrid materials of tomorrow, conceiving new monomers and polymers from non-fossil resources, designing new catalyst/initiator systems, creating precisely controlled supramolecular architectures with remarkable and innovative properties, developing frontier applications, and mimicking/adapting natural chemical and physico-chemical processes to the building of polymers with new properties. In this context, research themes may be selected from:
2. New supramolecular polymer assemblies
3. Light harvesting and light emitting polymers
There will be a two-stage procedure for joint applications, with a 3 page letter of intent and then for the applicants selected, a 10 page full proposal. A group of international reviewers will review, evaluate and recommend for the full proposals.
Involved Partners:
France (CNRS), Germany (DFG), Brazil (FAPESP), Ireland (IRCSET), Portugal (FCT), Spain (MICINN), United States of America (NSF).
DEADLINES : Letters of intent are due by 15 November, 2009
to proposal@iupac.org
IUPAC contact is John Jost.
Guidelines for Applicants available at the IUPAC Call web address www.iupac.org/polyedu/DivIVCall/ and at the relevant partner agency web address.
In addition to the information requested, each national funding organisation may require its national applicants to submit additional internal documents. These requirements appear on the Guidelines for Applicants and on the Partners’ websites.