Student Travel Awards

The Division of Biochemistry and Chemical Biology offers travel awards on a competitive basis for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to attend and present a poster or oral presentation on their research. These travel awards support the participation of students at ACS and other related conferences.

BIOL Division Travel Awards to Attend ACS National Meetings

The ACS Division of Biochemistry and Chemical Biology (BIOL) offers travel awards on a competitive basis for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to attend each national meeting and present a poster or oral presentation on their research. The selected awardees will be reimbursed up to $600 for travel and registration expenses.

The annual deadlines are May 15 for every Fall Meeting and December 15 for every Spring Meeting.

Please note, ACS membership costs are not reimbursable. Receipts must be submitted along with a request for reimbursement after the meeting.

  • To be eligible for an ACS travel award, students must meet the following stipulations:

    • No more than two awards will be made to one laboratory for a single ACS meeting

    • No individual can win more than one division travel award (during their lifetime)

    • Applicants must be members of ACS and the BIOL Division

    • Applicants must be presenting in an oral or poster session in the BIOL Division program

    • Awardees are ineligible for additional reimbursement from the division for the same presentation that is directly covered by the travel award

  • No. A student/postdoc is only eligible to receive travel award funds if the student/postdoc has actually presented an abstract (poster or oral) at the corresponding ACS National Meeting. If for whatever reason (e.g., failure to submit an abstract, nonselection of the abstract, personal decision to change travel plans) the student/postdoc does not present an abstract at the meeting, then no division travel award funds will be provided.

  • No. A student/postdoc travel award cannot be deferred to a later National Meeting. Anyone unable to use their travel award funds at the National Meeting for which the application was made will need to submit an entirely new application, and there is no guarantee that the new application will be chosen for funding.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

Questions? Please Contact
Wenshe Liu, Program Vice Chair ‘26
wliu@chem.tamu.edu

BIOL Division Travel Awards to Attend Other Meetings

The ACS Division of Biochemistry and Chemical Biology (BIOL) will offer travel awards on a competitive basis for faculty at PUIs, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, to attend ACS regional and non-ACS meetings so long as they present a poster or oral presentation on their research, and the meeting is in the area of biological chemistry or chemical biology. The selected awardees will be reimbursed up to $500 for travel and registration expenses.

The annual deadlines are March 1 for applications to be reviewed at the subsequent ACS Spring Meeting and August 1 for applications to be reviewed at the subsequent ACS Spring Meeting. Please see below for more information about deadlines.

Please note, membership costs are not reimbursable. Receipts must be submitted along with a request for reimbursement after the meeting.

  • To be eligible for an ACS travel award, students must meet the following stipulations:

    • No more than two awards will be made to one laboratory in a calendar year, via this mechanism.

    • No individual can win more than two of these travel awards during their lifetime.

    • Applicants must be members of ACS and the BIOL Division, and provide their membership number.

    • Applicants must be presenting a talk or poster.

    • Awardees are ineligible for additional reimbursement from the division for the presentation that is covered by the travel award (e.g. Winners of the Knowles or Founder’s Award forfeit a travel award if they had obtained one.)

  • The deadlines for receipt are 1 March and 1 August, as per the schedule of ACS business. Note that this requires that travel to early spring meetings be applied for the previous summer. We apologize for this long lead time.

  • (1) Download and complete the Travel Award Application Coversheet.

    (2) Attach your abstract on a separate page.

    (3) Attach a one-page CV.

    (4) Attach a signed letter of recommendation from your faculty advisor that addresses financial need.

    (5) Attach proof of ACS and BIOL Division membership, such as a copy of your receipt of a printout of “My Account” from acs.org showing your active BIOL division membership.

    (6) Assemble as ONE COMPLETE PDF FILE and email it as an attachment to the current division treasurer, listed on this page.

  • No. A student/postdoc is only eligible to receive travel award funds if the student/postdoc has actually presented an abstract (poster or oral) at the corresponding ACS National Meeting. If for whatever reason (e.g., failure to submit an abstract, nonselection of the abstract, personal decision to change travel plans) the student/postdoc does not present an abstract at the meeting, then no division travel award funds will be provided.

  • No. A student/postdoc travel award cannot be deferred to a later National Meeting. Anyone unable to use their travel award funds at the National Meeting for which the application was made will need to submit an entirely new application, and there is no guarantee that the new application will be chosen for funding.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

Questions? Please Contact
Barbara Golden, Division Treasurer ‘26
treasurer@divbiolchem.org