{"id":10537,"date":"2019-11-08T20:50:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-09T01:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/?p=10537"},"modified":"2020-09-24T16:38:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T20:38:45","slug":"2019-green-chemistry-for-life-research-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/2019-green-chemistry-for-life-research-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Green Chemistry for Life research grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/natural-sciences\/science-technology\/basic-sciences\/chemistry\/green-chemistry-for-life\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3133 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/GC4Life-sp2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/GC4Life-sp2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/GC4Life-sp2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/GC4Life-sp2.jpg 614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong> The International Scientific Jury of the <strong>PhosAgro\/UNESCO\/IUPAC Partnership in Green Chemistry for Life<\/strong> has announced seven recipients of the 2019 grants programme. The grants aim to provide support for green chemistry solutions and to encourage the elaboration by young scientists of projects that focus on the designing of sustainable products and processes that minimize or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. One of the grants provides support for a research project on the use of phosphogypsum, a by-product generated in great quantities when producing phosphoric acid and phosphate fertilizers.<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 grants are awarded to the following young scientists:<\/p>\n<p><strong>2019 Green Chemistry for Life grants<\/strong><br \/>\nDr Sara Abdel Hamid Abdel Gaber<br \/>\nInstitute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh &#8211; Egypt<br \/>\nFor the project: Phytomediated Green Synthesis of Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications<\/p>\n<p>Dr Jesu\u0301s Campos Manzano<br \/>\nInstitute for Chemical Research (IIQ), CSIC-University of Sevilla, Seville &#8211; Spain<br \/>\nFor the project: Tandem Catalysis for Plastic Degradation<\/p>\n<p>Dr Mar\u00eda Antonieta Fern\u00e1ndez-Herrera<br \/>\nLaboratory of Biomolecules and Biomaterials, Department of Applied Physics, Centro de Investigaci\u00f3n y de Estudios Avanzados, Unidad M\u00e9rida, Merida, Yucatan &#8211; Mexico<br \/>\nFor the project: Development of plant growth regulators for habanero pepper from Yucatan Peninsula through an eco-friendly chemical transformation of steroidal sapogenins<\/p>\n<p>Dr Galina Kalashnikova<br \/>\nNanomaterials Research Centre of the Federal Research Centre \u201cKola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences\u201d (FRC KSC RAS), Apatity, Murmansk Region \u2013 Russian Federation<br \/>\nFor the project: The development of a universal and green method for the granulation of synthetic titanosilicate materials (sorbents, catalysts, recoverable matrices) created based on end-product waste from regional ore-enrichment and metallurgical plants<\/p>\n<p>Dr Wilbert Mtangi<br \/>\nInstitute of Materials Science, Processing and Engineering Technology, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Chinhoyi &#8211; Zimbabwe<br \/>\nFor the project: Hydrogen generation using chiral photoelectrodes for water splitting<\/p>\n<p>Dr Abu Ashfaqur Sajib<br \/>\nLaboratory of Molecular Biotechnology, Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka &#8211; Bangladesh<br \/>\nFor the project: Novel multifunctional enzyme for biofuel production from lignocellulosic wastes<\/p>\n<p><strong>2019 Green Chemistry special grant for research projects on Phosphogypsum<\/strong><br \/>\nDr Hamdy Hefny<br \/>\nCentral Metallurgical Research and Development Institute (CMRDI), Helwan, Cairo &#8211; Egypt<br \/>\nFor the project: Utilization of Phosphogypsum for Heavy Metals Immobilization in Contaminated Soil and Extraction of Useful Materials<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The formal award-giving ceremony was held in the framework of the World Science Day for Peace and Development 2019 that takes places at UNESCO headquarters in Paris (France) on 8 November.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/news\/2019-green-chemistry-life-research-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LINK to UNESCO announcement<\/a> (release 23 Oct 2019)<\/p>\n<p>Announcement published in <a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/etoc-alert-chemistry-international-apr-june-2020\/\"><em>Chem Int<\/em> Apr 2020<\/a>, p. 24<\/p>\n<p>Link to <a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/green-chemistry-for-life-research-grants-for-young-scientists\/\">originating call<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Scientific Jury of the PhosAgro\/UNESCO\/IUPAC Partnership in Green Chemistry for Life has announced seven recipients of the 2019 grants programme. 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