#GDCh special fund for exceptional activities of the GDCh structures

The special fund for exceptional activities of the GDCh structures was established by a GDCh Executive Board resolution on 5 December 2008. The fund is financed by a share of the annual licence fees that the GDCh receives from the publisher Wiley-VCH (Weinheim) for its journal Angewandte Chemie and its co-ownership of the Chemistry Europe journals.

GDCh structures can apply for funding from the special fund to finance their own activities that are not part of their standard activities and could generally not be realised using “in-house resources”. In the case of regularly recurring formats, funding from the special fund can only serve as start-up funding. Examples:

• Initiatives to strengthen networking within the GDCh or with other chemical science societies
• Activities to promote understanding of chemistry among the general public or specific target groups (outreach)
• Innovative formats for early-career scientists, existing and new target groups
• Opportunities to recruit new GDCh members

To access these funds, the chairs of the GDCh structures should submit an informal letter to the GDCh Office (Dr. Carina S. Kniep) briefly explaining the project, the target group, the funding requirement and the specific activities on which the money is to be spent. The Executive Director decides whether funding is approved after consulting the spokesperson of the GDCh structures on the GDCh Board.

• Good visibility for the GDCh¹ and the respective GDCh structure – for example in the case of an event (e.g. GDCh and division logos, mention in the welcome address)
• Publication of a report in the GDCh members’ magazine Nachrichten aus der Chemie² following the event

¹GDCh promotional and information materials will be provided.
²Please note the author guidelines and deadlines for Nachrichten aus der Chemie.