Funding

We acknowledge the generous support obtained from:

General Funding

• Startup Funding, UIC
• Bridge Funding UIC
• ACS Petroleum Research Fund
• National Science Foundation (CBET)
• National Science Foundation (DMR-CDMR)
• National Science Foundation (DMR-CMMT)
• National Science Foundation (DMR-TMRP)
• UIC LAS Award for Faculty in the Sciences
• CCTS Pilot Grant Rapid Response to COVID-19

Graduate Funding

• DAAD Research Grant (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst)
• The 2019 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad
• National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG)
• UIC Dean’s Scholar Award
• Chicago Consular Corps Scholarship
• Herbert E. Paaren Graduate Fellowship
• ANL/UIC shared funding
• Bodmer International Travel Award
• Teaching Assistant Appreciation Award

Undergraduate Funding

• Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
• Honorable Mention by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Committee
• The ACS Membership Award
• Chancellor Undergraduate Research Award
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Initiative (LASURI)
• Gilbert Peterson Summer Research Stipend
• Benjamin B. Freud for Scientific Excellence Scholarship
• Ronald J. Baumgarten (“RJB”) Award
• Herbert E. Paaren Summer Research Award
• Herbert E. Paaren Academic Year Research Award
• Sarah Madonna Kabbes Scholarship for Undergraduate Research
• UIC Leonard Kotin Award
• UIC Scholarship Association Award