Do Pham/Stanford University
Congratulations to Grant Rotskoff, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University, on being selected as one of only seventeen recipients of the prestigious 2026 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award for his research on Building Thermodynamically Aware Chemical Intelligence.
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of seventeen new Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars for 2026.
The award honors early-career faculty in the chemical sciences who have created an outstanding independent body of scholarship and are deeply committed to education with undergraduates. Each Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar receives an unrestricted research grant of $100,000, typically used over several years, to help recipients advance both their research and teaching careers.
Eligibility is limited to tenure-track faculty within the first six years of their independent academic careers at PhD-granting institutions in fields such as chemistry, biochemistry, materials chemistry, and chemical engineering. Institutions may nominate only one candidate per year, making the competition highly selective.
Selection emphasizes a combination of:
- High-impact, independent research achievements
- Strong promise for future scientific contributions
- Demonstrated commitment to education, especially at the undergraduate level
The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar award is widely regarded as a significant early-career honor in chemistry, recognizing scholars who excel at integrating innovative research with dedicated teaching.