The Welch Foundation is one of the nation’s largest private funding sources for fundamental chemical research at universities, colleges, and other educational institutions in Texas.
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Research Grant, Texas A&M University
Now Accepting 2027 Welch Award Nominations
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Now Accepting Research Grant Proposals
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Robert S. Langer Received the 2026 Welch Award
The Welch Foundation has awarded the 2026 Welch Award in Chemistry to Robert S. Langer. Dr. Langer is honored for pioneering discoveries at the intersection of chemistry and medicine that led to understanding how to control the release of therapeutic macromolecules through materials and how to create new tissues and organs.
The Welch Foundation Expands Support for Texas Chemists With Collaborative Grants
The Welch Foundation, one of the nation’s largest sources of private funding for basic chemical research, today announced recipients for three of its grant programs: Welch eXperimental (WelchX) Pilot Grants, Postdoctoral Fellows of the Life Sciences Research Foundation Grants, and Catalyst for Discovery Program Grants.
Welch Postdoctoral Fellow Ziyi Zhang Is Designing Organic Ligands That Link Nanoparticles Together With Reversible Bonds Into “Superstructures"
“We are engineering bonds that reversibly form and break under controlled conditions. The final goal of this project is to show the tunability of this versatile system. But now we are in the very early steps of trying to explore those parts one by one,” Zhang says.
Welch Postdoctoral Fellow Kate Baumler Produces Large Crystals That Can Be Oriented, Measured, and Studied With Precision
Welch Postdoctoral Fellow Katelyn Baumler spends her days in the lab growing single crystals of new materials with layered atomic structures that may exhibit unusual magnetic and physical properties.
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