Celebrating 65 Years of ACS PRF Grants

摘要

We at the ACS Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) are most grateful to the JACS Editorial Staff for publishing this special retrospective collection in celebration of 65 years of the ACS PRF's support of fundamental research in chemistry and geology related to the petroleum field. Since the first grants were awarded in 1954, the ACS Petroleum Research Fund has awarded over $700 million in research grants to professors in academic institutions. This value is in actual U.S. dollars awarded and approaches a value of $1 billion if early awards are adjusted to the present value of the dollar. Not only have these grants supported fundamental research, but they have also been key factors in launching the early careers of many professors and assisting established researchers in taking their research scope in substantially new directions.