Chemical Technology Partnership Grants
Through the initiative, Equipping the 2015 Chemical Technology Workforce, ACS offers $500 mini grants to help collaborative activities among industry, academia, and the community that are focused on the education and professional development of chemical technicians. Since 2007, 23 grants have been awarded.
Eligibility
To be eligible for a mini grant, your program or activity must meet the following conditions:
- The program/activity must support technician education or career development.
- Representatives from at least two different sectors of the chemical enterprise (academia, industry, workforce organizations, professional societies, etc.) must be involved.
- The program/activity must take place by December 31, 2010.
Goals
Equipping the 2015 Chemical Technology Workforce is a collaborative initiative that aims to:
- Raise community and industry awareness of the changing needs of professional technicians
- Highlight opportunities for industry, academia, professional societies, and the community to collaborate on meeting those needs
- Increase involvement of current and future technicians in the American Chemical Society
Past Grant Winners
See the activities of past grant winners of Equipping the 2015 Chemical Technology Workforce Mini Grants, and get ideas for your next project. Since the program’s inception, 23 awards have been granted.
Grant winners—Updated!
History of Equipping the 2015 Chemical Technology Workforce
To help technicians meet the changes and challenges ahead, the Committee on Technician Affairs (CTA), the Division of Chemical Technicians (TECH), the Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs (CEPA), and ChemTechLinks began collaborating on Equipping the 2015 Chemical Technology Workforce in 2006.
The initiative officially kicked off on September 12, 2006, with a Presidential Event at the 232nd ACS National Meeting in San Francisco. The Event was sponsored by TECH and co-sponsored by:
• Division of Chemical Education
• Division of Business Development and Management
• Division of Professional Relations
• Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
• Society Committee on Education
• Committee on Corporation Associates and their member companies
• Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs
• Committee on Technician Affairs
Over 75 people attended the Event. Discussion summaries, presentations, and reports can be found on the Chemical Technology Reports page. To keep the initiative moving forward, the Equipping the 2015 Chemical Technology Workforce task force began awarding mini-grants in Spring 2007 to help support collaborative activities focused on technician education and professional development. The mini-grant program continues to this day.
Program Task Force
The Equipping the 2015 Chemical Technology Workforce task force is represented by the following: