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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ACS PRF research grant programs support fundamental research in the petroleum field, and development of the next generation of engineers and scientists through advanced scientific education.
 Research areas supported include chemistry, the earth sciences, chemical and petroleum engineering, and related fields such as polymers and materials science. Membership in the American Chemical Society is not a requirement or a factor in awarding ACS PRF
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b>Research Grants for Doctoral Departments</b></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/grants/prf/programs/nd.html" target="_top" id="LPlnk852995" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">New Directions</a>(ND)</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Grants for new directions in research</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">September 24, 2018 to October 19, 2018</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/grants/prf/programs/dni.html" target="_top" id="LPlnk754050" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">Doctoral New Investigator</a>&nbsp;(DNI)</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Starter grants for new faculty</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Faculty from Ph.D.-granting departments within the first 3 years of their first academic appointment</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">September 24, 2018 to October 19, 2018</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b>Research Grants for Non-Doctoral Departments</b></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/grants/prf/programs/ur.html" target="_top" id="LPlnk967384" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">Undergraduate Research</a>&nbsp;(UR)</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Grants for undergraduate faculty</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Faculty from non-doctoral departments</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">September 24, 2018 to October 19, 2018</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/grants/prf/programs/uni.html" target="_top" id="LPlnk907670" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">Undergraduate New Investigator</a>(UNI)</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Starter grants for new faculty</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Faculty from non-doctoral departments within the first 3 years of their first academic appointment</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">September 24, 2018 to October 19, 2018</p>
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