Chemical Sciences and Engineering Fund

In addition to seeking improved methods for Interaction, the Council has established the Chemical Science and Engineering Fund (CSEF) to encourage Increased financial support of university research. 

Chemical Research Fund, formula for support of academic chemistry, 11 Chemical Science and Engineering Fund Chemistry in industry, from academic and Industry perspectives, 10 Cosmterclal development of research findings, 11,12,15 Competition within the university, 42,11 Confidentiality of findings In Industry-supported academic research, 12,11-15 Conflict of Interest In Industry-supported academic research, 12 Consulting, academic, 1-9 benefits, 2-3... 

Although industry targets most of its support of academic research, an industrially supported Chemical Sciences and Engineering Fund has been established by CCR that provides small amounts of unrestricted support for chemistry and chemical engineering departments. As those in academia can appreciate, unrestricted support is often of considerable value. 

Funding from BP Chemicals (UK) and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Cooperative Research and Development Program are gratefully acknowledged. 

We are grateful to the University of Toronto and Trent University for providing facilities, to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the consortium of chemical companies that support the Canadian Environmental Modelling Centre for funding of the second edition. It is a pleasure to acknowledge the invaluable contributions of Eva Webster and Ness Mackay. 

Funding for the conference came from the divisions of inorganic chemistry of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Chemical Institute of Canada, the Petroleum Research Fund (ACS), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, York University, and eight industrial companies Strem Chemicals Inc. Merck Frosst Canada Inc. Union Carbide Canada Limited EG G Canada Limited Xerox Research Centre of Canada Tasman Scientific Inc. Guided Wave, Inc. and Lumonics Inc. 

Acknowledgment is made to the donors of the Petroleum Research Fund, administered by the American Chemical Society, for partial support of this work. Additional support was provided by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada in the form of an operating grant and a post-graduate scholarship (to E.K.). 

Our research on the use of ROP as a route to transition metal-based polymers has been supported by the Ontario Center of Materials Research (OCMR), the ACS Petroleum Research Fund (PRF), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Institute of Chemical Science and Technology (ICST). Research on Ihe detailed properties of the polymers is being carried out in collaboration with the Polymer Materials Science Research Group of Professor G. Julius Vancso at the University of Toronto. I would also like to acknowledge and thank my very talented and enthusiastic coworkers who have carried out this research and whose names are found in the references. 1 am also grateful to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for a fellowship (1994-1996). 

We are indebted to each contributor to the book and to the referees who provided valuable advice. We thank the Petroleum Research Fund and the Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, Inc., of the American Chemical Society for sponsoring the symposium and this book. We also thank Mrs. H. Kim Riew for her secretarial contributions to this book. Finally, we thank our families for their support and patience. 

U.S. industry is the largest overall supporter of chemical R D. Between 1999 and 2003, about 20 billion a year was spent on basic chemicals, resin, synthetic rubber, fibers, and filaments, pharmaceuticals and medicines related R D.4 Individual companies often operate their own R D labs, and many provide funds for academic research in targeted areas related to their areas of interest. Industrial funding for research and development in academic science and engineering (S E) fields reached an all-time high of... 

I express my appreciation to those who participated in the New Orleans Symposium and to the numerous contributions made by the reviewers of the material contained in this book. Financial support of the international contributors is greatly acknowledged. In addition to support from the Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering and the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society. I extend thanks for corporate contributions from American Cyanamid, Aqualon, Calgon, Dow Chemical, and Union Carbide. An especially generous contribution by the S. C. Johnson Company also is acknowledged. Their contribution to the success of the meeting in the Cajun Crescent city contributed substantially to the success of the symposium. 

Acknowledgement This work has been supported by the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Petroleum Research Fund, administered by the American Chemical Society (ACS-PRF No. 36543-AC3). A.M. acknowledges a NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship. T. Z. thanks the Canadian government for a Canada Research Chair. 

We express our deep gratitude to the sponsors of the symposium Eastman Chemical Company, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Division of Manufacturing Science and Technology, EG G Ortec, the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society, and the ACS Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, Inc. We are also grateful for the expert assistance of Aime Wilson of the ACS Books... 

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