Supplemental Grants for
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars Program
Deadline: CLOSED
Announcement: CLOSED
The Supplemental Grants for Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars Program provides up to $50,000 to support research that needs an additional, modest infusion of funds to bring it to a satisfactory conclusion or stopping point. These Grants will enable members of our Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar community to finish discrete, high-impact projects.
Program Overview
Grant Size: Up to $50,000
Duration: Up to one year from early November 2025.
Eligibility: Open to all recipients of the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (known as the Teacher-Scholar Award prior to 1994) whose Award period has ended and who have submitted a final report.
Selection
Grants are intended to briefly accelerate critical momentum in research and help bring work to conclusion. Examples include accelerating data collection or analysis; bringing work to publication; and lab or computing expenses. This would not fund new projects or general support. Review will focus on clear research value and feasibility within one year or less. Applicants should clearly describe the circumstances that led to the urgent need for an additional grant.
Application Procedure
To ensure accessibility and fast turnaround, the application is brief and consists of:
- The online application form.
- A one-page project proposal that details:
- The work to be accomplished
- The projected impact of the project
- The need for additional funding
- A detailed budget and budget justification (Overhead is not allowed.)
- The PI’s CV
Send all the above materials by the deadline as a single PDF to: [email protected].
If you have any questions about the process, please reach out to [email protected].
Previous Winners
The 2025 Supplemental Grants for Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Recipients are:
John Anderson
University of Chicago
Seeing O–O Bond Formation with Co-Oxo Complexes
Theodore Betley
Harvard University
Electronic Structure Evaluation of Biomimetic Cofactors
Irene Chen
University of California, Los Angeles
Inhibiting Biofilm-Forming Bacterial Pathogens Using Phage-Guided Polymers
Neal Devaraj
University of California, San Diego
Chemoselective Labeling of DNA to Control Subcellular Trafficking
Abigail Doyle
University of California, Los Angeles
Hemilabile Phosphine Ligands Enable Challenging Nickel-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions
Christy Haynes
University of Minnesota
Accelerating the Completion of Nanoparticle-Enhanced PFAS Phytoremediation Studies
Song Lin
Cornell University
Innovating Energetic Materials Chemistry Using Electrosynthesis
Evan Miller
University of California, Berkeley
A Generalizable Method to Improve the Brightness of Long-Wavelength Fluorophores
Gaetano Montelione
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Antiviral Molecules and Drug Discovery for Treatment of COVID-19
Sergey Nizkorodov
University of California, Irvine
Composition and Transformations of Organic Aerosol Emitted from Simulated Wildland-Urban Interface Fires
Michelle O’Malley
University of California, Santa Barbara
Understanding and Engineering Biosynthesis of Silica Structures in Diatoms
Theresa Reineke
University of Minnesota
AI-Driven Nanoparticle Development for In Situ Expression of Bispecific T-Cell Engager (BiTE) Treatments for Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Natalia Shustova
University of South Carolina
Photophysics of Adaptive Materials
Marcus Weck
New York University
Synthetic Proteins
Christina Woo
Harvard University
Routine Detection of O-GlcNAc on Target Proteins in the Brain
Jenny Yang
University of California, Irvine
Combining CO2 Removal from Seawater in Desalination Plants
