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ScotChem is the strategic alliance for chemical sciences in Scotland – enabling knowledge exchange, research & translation, growing the chemical industries, delivering the skills needed for future jobs, and engaging with communities.

Connecting the chemical sciences through knowledge exchange and partnerships

ScotChem connects key sectors and brokers partnerships to support and grow chemical sciences education and engagement, research and innovation, and the chemical industries in Scotland. Together, its members deliver at scale, collaborate across sectors, and collectively build recognition of the value of chemical sciences.

  • Free Online Protein-Ligand Docking Course

    Easy and FREE way to teach and learn molecular docking from scratch! Standalone set of training materials for postgraduate students or adapt it to be part of a course. View the Docking Course  If you download and use these resources, please acknowledge ScotCHEM.


  • National Materials Innovation Strategy

    The Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials has appointed an expert team comprising ScotCHEM,  Perspective Economics and Urban Foresight to engage stakeholders across the materials science community in the development of a new National Materials Innovation Strategy. ScotCHEM is the project lead and, with the team, will expand on the Framework for the strategy, working across the research community to develop…


  • Barriers to decarbonising the chemical industries

    In May this year, we brought together key stakeholders from industry, academia, government and the NGO sector to identify key barriers to the decarbonisation of the chemical industries, and potential solutions to those barriers. ScotCHEM is now working with various partners to drive outcomes from the meeting.


  • Scottish research innovation futures: Just Transition to a Net Zero Carbon Society

    ScotCHEM was pleased to partner with RIS, KTN, ETP and SRPe to deliver the 3rd workshop in the series: Just Transition to a Net Zero Carbon Society. The report from the workshop can be accessed from the RIS website, together with the reports from workshops one and two.