Chemical Catalysis  (CAT)

PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Apply to PD 09-6884 as follows:

For full proposals submitted via FastLane: standard Grant Proposal Guidelines apply.
For full proposals submitted via Grants.gov: NSF Grants.gov Application Guide; A Guide for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Applications via Grants.gov Guidelines apply (Note: The NSF Grants.gov Application Guide is available on the Grants.gov website and on the NSF website at: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide)

Please be advised that the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) includes revised guidelines to implement the mentoring provisions of the America COMPETES Act (ACA) (Pub. L. No. 110-69, Aug. 9, 2007.) As specified in the ACA, each proposal that requests funding to support postdoctoral researchers must include a description of the mentoring activities that will be provided for such individuals. Proposals that do not comply with this requirement will be returned without review (see the PAPP Guide Part I: Grant Proposal Guide Chapter II for further information about the implementation of this new requirement).

DUE DATES

Full Proposal Window:  November 1, 2009 - November 30, 2009

CHE Submission Window

Full Proposal Window:  July 1, 2010 - August 2, 2010

CHE Submission Window

Full Proposal Window:  November 1, 2010 - November 30, 2010

CHE Submission Window

SYNOPSIS

The Chemical Catalysis Program supports fundamental experimental and theoretical research directed towards the synthesis and characterization of catalysts and pre-catalysts.  This Program accepts proposals on catalytic approaches which facilitate, direct, and accelerate efficient chemical transformations and include, but are not limited to: the design and synthesis of organic, inorganic and hybrid catalytic and pre-catalytic species on the molecular, supramolecular, and nanometer scales; kinetic, mechanistic, and dynamic studies of homogeneous, heterogeneous, biomimetic and biologically-inspired catalytic reactions; characterization of chemical and biochemical catalytic reactions occurring at solid surfaces and/or interfaces; polymerization catalysis; single site catalysis; electrocatalysis (such as water splitting), photocatalysis (such as solar energy conversion); catalytic conversions of fossil fuel feedstocks, biomass conversions, CO₂ activation and other energy-related, catalytic processes; combinatorial catalysis approaches; environmentally-friendly catalytic processes; and applications of modeling, theory, and simulation to catalytic reactions. 

The Chemical Catalysis Program does not support scale-up, processing, transport dynamics, long-term stability studies, and other engineering aspects of catalysis. 

Biological catalysis using cellular systems (that is, systems that are not biological model or biological mimics) should be directed to other programs, e.g., Chemistry of Living Systems Program or the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (BIO/MCB) or the National Institutes of Health.

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