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Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award PORTAL

All applications for this internal competition must be submitted via InfoReady. You can sign in using your Net-ID and your @stonybrook.edu email address. Please allow sufficient time to familiarize yourself with the portal prior to submitting your pre-application. Pre-application requirements are listed in the announcement below.

The Office for Research and Innovation invites applications for the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award program, which will support the research and teaching careers of talented early career faculty in the chemical sciences. Stony Brook University can submit ONE application to this program. 

Please see below for details. If you are interested in applying, you must submit a pre-application via the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award Portal in InfoReady by Monday, October 12, 2026 at 9:00 am. Pre-applications for internal review and selection must be uploaded to the portal as a single PDF document.

KEYWORDS: Chemical Sciences, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Materials Chemistry, Chemical Engineering

WHAT DOES IT FUND: The Foundation seeks Teacher-Scholars who demonstrate leadership in original scholarly research of outstanding quality, as well as innovation in and dedication to education. Recommendations for awards are based upon compelling evidence that the nominee’s independent scholarly research has led to important advances in the chemical sciences, and will continue to do so. Other significant factors are: awards and honors, publication of research achievements in leading journals, future plans for the research program, success in attracting research funding, and dedication and contributions to education in the chemical sciences, particularly with respect to undergraduates and the larger community. The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award provides a $100,000 unrestricted research grant to the Awardee. Of the total amount, $7,500 may be allocated for departmental expenses associated with research and education. Summer salary is allowed.

WHAT IT DOES NOT FUND: Charges associated with indirect costs or institutional overhead are not allowed. Defrayal of academic-year salary is not permitted. The Foundation does not allow any materials that are not in the guidelines.

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS: Nominees must:

  • Hold a full-time tenure-track academic appointment focused on the chemical sciences.
  • Be from Ph.D. granting departments in which scholarly research is a principal activity and undergraduate education is an important component.
  • Be within the first six years of their independent academic careers at the time of submission of the nomination.

AWARD: $100,000 unrestricted research grant over 5 years.

COST SHARE: Not required

SPONSOR DEADLINE: February 4, 2027

 

A complete pre-application should comprise of the following:
  • A summary description of the nominee’s research accomplishments as an independent faculty member, and a description of future research plans (limited to three pages, including references, with use of at least one graphic being encouraged).
  • A statement that illustrates the nominee’s efforts in education in the chemical sciences (limited to two pages)
  • Letter of support from Department Chair highlighting the nominee’s research and teaching accomplishments
  • PI’s CV