Graduate Student Fellowships

Applications for the 2025 cycle will open December 1, 2024.

The American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Graduate Fellowship Program is designed to encourage basic research in the field of analytical chemistry, to promote the growth of analytical chemistry in academic institutions and industry, and to provide recognition of future leaders in the field of analytical chemistry. The program has endeavored to be a model of the benefits of cooperation between the academic and industrial communities, with chemical companies employing PhD analytical chemists sponsoring the fellowships for outstanding analytical graduate students.

The Graduate Fellowship Committee of the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry, which is comprised of representatives from the sponsoring companies and analytical faculty who do not supervise graduate students, evaluate the applications, and make the following fellowship awards:

  • Agilent/ACS Analytical Graduate Fellowship (9-month, $25,000)
  • Eli Lilly and Company/ACS Analytical Graduate Fellowship (9-month, $25,000)
  • Thermo Scientific/ACS Analytical Graduate Fellowship (9-month, $25,000)
  • Pittcon/ACS Analytical Summer Graduate Fellowship (3-month, $8300)

 Eligibility criteria

The applicant must be a full-time student working toward a PhD and must have completed the second year of graduate study by the time the fellowship period begins. Analytical chemistry must be a central part of the applicant’s PhD thesis. The applicant’s research supervisor must be a member of the American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry. For the Agilent fellowship, preference will be given to students working in the area of mass spectrometry, broadly defined.

Only one nomination per research supervisor will be accepted. Nine-month fellowships may begin on June 1, July 1, August 1 or September 1, so applicants for nine-month fellowships must not complete their thesis research before March 1 of the academic year in which they have received an award. Summer Fellowships begin on June 1 of the calendar year, therefore applicants for summer fellowships must not have completed their thesis research before September 1 of a given calendar year. 

Applicants for awards in previous years are encouraged to reapply. Previous 9-month fellowship recipients, however, are not eligible for a second award.  

Applicants must demonstrate outstanding research ability and accomplishment, as evidenced by peer-reviewed publications in analytical chemistry. Consequently, fellowships are normally awarded to students in their third or fourth years of graduate study when they have established a publication record.

 

Application process

Submissions for 2025 will open  December 1, 2024.

  • a nomination form from the research advisor (link).
  • an application describing previous accomplishments and the proposed research during the fellowship period (link).
  • all undergraduate and graduate transcripts (submitted as a single file).
  • three confidential letters of recommendation (one must be from the research advisor).

Graduate student applicants should submit their application form and transcripts. Research advisors and letter writers should submit documents separately. Details on submission will be forthcoming.

Fellowship sponsors

The ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry is extremely grateful to the following companies and organizations who currently sponsor graduate fellowships: Agilent Technologies, Eli Lilly and Company, Thermo Scientific, and Pittcon.

Additional information

Nine-month fellowships may not be accepted concurrently with any other external fellowship. Because the purpose of the fellowship is to provide the opportunity for research, the holder will not engage in outside work for added compensation during the fellowship period. Tuition may not be paid out of the fellowship, nor is the university permitted to deduct any administrative costs. It is expected that fellowship recipients will be engaged in full-time research for the duration of the fellowship and be in residence at the home institution (except when performing collaborative experiments which are part of the funded project).

At the end of the fellowship period, a brief report of the accomplishments or achievements made by the student should be submitted to the Chair of the Graduate Fellowship Committee and to the sponsor.

Recipients may also be invited to participate in a symposium at a National ACS Meeting featuring the winners of the ACS Analytical Graduate Fellowships.

It is requested that any publications which result from the studies done during the fellowship period bear the following statement: “This work was supported by the [SPONSOR]/ACS Analytical Graduate Fellowship.”

Any questions regarding the fellowship or application process may be directed to:

Prof. Michelle Kovarik
Department of Chemistry
Trinity College

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