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The Chemical Synthesis program focuses on the development of new, efficient synthetic methodologies and on the synthesis of complex molecules and molecular ensembles. Typical synthetic targets involve novel structures, structures displaying unique properties, or structures providing pathways to discover and elucidate new phenomena. Examples of supported research areas include the development of innovative reagents, catalysts for synthetic transformations, discovery of new synthetic methods, target-oriented synthesis, green synthesis, and synthesis of novel organic, organometallic, and inorganic structures. Research in this program will generate fundamental knowledge of chemical synthesis that enables the development of new avenues of basic chemical research and transformative technologies.

The Chemical Synthesis program does not support projects whose main objective is on the property of the systems even though it may involve a large synthetic component.

Full Proposal Window: July 1, 2011 - July 31, 2011

website: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503419&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund