ACS Scholars Program

The award-winning ACS Scholars Program helps underrepresented minority students to pursue undergraduate degrees and careers in the chemical and engineering sciences.

Your entire donation directly provides scholarship support for a student that
is enriched through mentoring and internships.

Proven Success

• 95% of ACS Scholars earn baccalaureate degrees with 80% in the chemical sciences.
  

• More than 46% of Scholars alumni chose to pursue advanced degrees, and half of those reached or are reaching for a Ph.D.
  
  
• There are 100 former Scholars confirmed Ph.D.’s. Of those, nine have joined university faculty and 14 are currently in Post-Doc positions.
  
  
• Scholars alumni work at companies such as DuPont, ExxonMobil, Merck, PPG Industries, and Procter & Gamble.

Learn More about ACS Scholars

• Julia James: from High School in the Bronx to a Rhodes Scholar at Cambridge
• C&EN Profiles of ACS Scholars
• Influence Will Stay with Dr. Mosley for the Rest of His Career
• ACS Scholars Video
  

Scholarships range from $2,500 for freshmen to $5,000 for seniors. Donors may contribute all or part of a single scholarship; pledge a renewable scholarship; or sponsor several ACS Scholars.