Under legal pressure American Chemical Society ends diversity programme
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Rebecca Trager2025-05-09T14:44:00
The society is replacing its 30-year-old Scholars Program for minorities with a larger one that does not consider race
The American Chemical Society (ACS) is ending its diversity programme following significant legal and political pressure. The organisation has announced that it will sunset the Scholars Program, which is more than three decades old and awards scholarships to undergraduates from historically underrepresented groups studying the chemical sciences. In its place, the ACS is launching a new scholarship scheme that will not consider race or ethnicity in the application process.