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The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry
The Beckman Center hosts a community of visiting fellows. These fellows conduct historical research, interact with staff, publish academic and popular works, and establish CHF as a leading research center in the history of chemistry and related sciences, technologies, and industries.
Fellowships and Travel Grants
The Beckman Center offers several fellowships for scholars doing research in the history and sociology of chemistry and related sciences, technologies, and industries. In the 2009–2010 academic year we awarded four postdoctoral fellowships, three dissertation fellowships, and eight short-term fellowships, making CHF one of the leading centers for independent research in the history of science and technology in the United States. Travel grants for short visits (less than one month) are also available to support focused research in the Othmer Library and Special Collections.
Conferences, Lectures, and More
The Beckman Center hosts a series of brown-bag lectures on Tuesdays during the spring and fall terms. At these lectures CHF fellows, travel grantees, staff, and other area scholars talk on topics involving the history of chemistry, political and social issues of importance to chemists and chemical engineers, and issues affecting the future of chemical research. The center also hosts occasional academic conferences and symposia.
The Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry was started with a generous grant from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation in 1986.
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