GCI Developing and Emerging Nations Grants Program

The GCI-DEN Grant will not be offered in 2009.

The Green Chemistry Institute-Developing and Emerging Nations Grants Program (GCI-DEN) provides small seed grants to individuals or groups sponsored by a GCI international chapter(s) to promote Green Chemistry in developing/emerging nations over a three-year period. The purpose of the GCI-DEN Program is two-fold:

  • To assist in building Green Chemistry capacity in developing/emerging nations.
  • To build collaborations and lasting relationships between GCI chapters in developing/emerging nations.

The GCI-DEN Program is made possible through the generous funding and support of the IUPAC Chemical Research Applied to World Needs Future Actions Committee. The three-year program period has ended; GCI-DEN grants will not be offered in 2009.

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Congratulations to the 2007 GCI-DEN Grant Recipients!

Dr. Yonas Chebude
University of Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Grant Amount: $5,000.00
Project: “Promoting Green Chemistry/Green Engineering in Local Universities and Industries in Ethiopia”
Dr. Carmen Doria-Serrano
Universidad Iberoamericana-Ciudad de Mexico
Centro Mexicano de Quimica en Microescala
Mexico City, Mexico
Grant Amount: $8,000.00
Project: “Green Chemistry for Teachers from Spanish-Speaking Countries: Training, Development, and Distribution of Materials”
Dr. Joseph Fortunak
Howard University
Washington, DC
Grant Amount: $8,000.00
Project: “Green Chemistry Workshop and Planning Session in Abuja, Nigeria”
Dr. Larry Keith
Environmental & Chemical Safety Educational Institute
Raleigh, NC
Grant Amount: $4,700.00
Project: “Implementing Green Analytical Methodology in Developing/Emerging Nations”
Dr. Zafra Lerman
Institute for Science Education and Science Communication
Columbia College
Chicago, IL
Grant Amount: $9,600.00
Project: “Workshop to Introduce Green Chemistry Principles in the Middle East in the K-16 Chemistry Curriculum”
Dr. Lawrence Pratt
Fisk University
Nashville, TN
Grant Amount: $4,700.00
Project: “Establishment of an Alternative Fuel Research Program in Vietnam”
Dr. R. K. Sharma
Indian Green Chemistry Chapter
University of Delhi
Delhi, India
Grant Amount: $5,000.00
Project: “Green Chemistry Networking in India”
Dr. Ramesh Silwal
Science for Development Nepal
Green Chemistry Promotion Division
Lalitpur, Nepal
Grant Amount: $5,000.00
Project: “Proposal for Promotion of Green Chemistry Education through Print Media and Seminars in Nepal”

Past GCI-DEN Grant Recipients

2006

Dr Nigist Asfaw
Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Project: “Sustaining Green Chemistry in Ethiopia”
Dr Istvan Horvath
Eotvos University
Budapest, Hungary
Project: “Regional Green Chemistry Laboratory”
Dr. Eder J. Lenardao
Federal University of Pelotas
Pelotas, Brazil
Project: “Translation of Books of Green Chemistry for the Portuguese Language”
Dr. R. K. Sharma
Delhi University
Delhi, India
Project: “Green Chemistry Networking in India”
Dr. Supawan Tantayanon
Chulalongkorn University / Thailand Green Chemistry Chapter
Bangkok, Thailand
Project: “Green Chemistry Education in Thailand”
Dr. John Warner
Center for Green Chemistry
University of Massachusetts – Lowell
Lowell, Massachusetts
Project: “All Africa Green Chemistry Conference”

2005

Dr. Nigist Asfaw
University of Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Project: “Bringing Green Chemistry to Ethiopia”
Dr. Catalina Berumen
Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila
Coahuila, Mexico
Project: “Experimental Green Organic Chemistry for Sustainable Development”
Dr. Susan Bourne
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch, South Africa
Project: “Africa/Australia Graduate Student Green Chemistry Research Development”
Mark H Dorfman M.S.P.H.
Whitehouse College, Kathmandu/Nepal Chemical Society
Project: “Fostering Self-Assembly of Green Chemistry in Nepal”
Dr. David Gonzalez
Universidad de la Republica
Montevideo, Uruguay
Project: “Enzymatic Synthesis of Optically Pure Building Blocks"
Dr. Joseph M Keriko
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)
Nairobi, Kenya
Project: “Energy from Waste in Kenya; Energy Demand and Waste Inventory”
Dr. Gelson Perin
Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Pelotas, Brazil
Project: “Development of Clean Synthesis Using Recyclable Solid Support, Microwave and Non-Solvents”
Dr. R. K. Sharma
Indian International Chapter of the ACS-GCI at University of Delhi
Delhi, India
Project: “Indo-US Workshop on Green Chemistry”

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