Sustainable Laboratories Grant

The Sustainable Laboratories Grant aims to accelerate the chemical sciences community's journey to environmentally sustainable research and innovation. Funding is available for initiatives and activities that advance understanding of environmentally sustainable laboratory practice, increase the take-up of environmentally sustainable laboratory practices in the chemical sciences, and facilitate sharing of good practices. Projects and their outcomes should improve the environmental sustainability of chemical sciences research practice, for example by reducing laboratory waste, energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, single-use plastics. Examples could include research projects, data collection, pilot studies, seed funding towards the development of larger projects, resource development, or activities to support networking, community development and sharing of best practices. Proposals must include plans for sharing results and good practices with the broader scientific community, such as through publications, presentations, or institutional initiatives. Effective dissemination is crucial to ensure that the outcomes contribute to widespread adoption of sustainable practices in the chemical sciences. Project ideas involving collaboration within and beyond chemistry are also welcome.