Applications Open: Spring 2027 Travel Awards
The Division invites application for the Student Travel Award and Early Career Scientist Travel Award for the ACS Spring 2027 meeting in New Orleans, LA, from March 21–25, 2027.
Applications should be sent by October 12, 2026 to the Program Chairs of the meeting, Vitalii Starchenko (starchenkov@ornl.gov) and Daniel Tsang (cedan@ust.hk), by email.
Student Travel Award
Number of awards: Up to 4 awards based on the quality of the applications.
Award:
(1) The Geochemistry Division will pay for the awardees’ registration for the ACS National Meeting plus a $200 stipend.
(2) Awardees will be given an extended time allocation (typically 25-30 minutes) for their oral presentations.
Eligibility:
(1) The applicant must be an undergraduate or graduate student.
(2) The applicant must have already submitted a regular abstract to MAPS for the meeting (see Application Procedure for details).
(3) The applicant must be the presenting author.
(4) Only one application per presenting author will be considered.
(5) The awardee must be a member of ACS Geochemistry Division at the time of the conference.
(6) Previous recipients of this award are not eligible.
Early Career Scientist Travel Award
Number of awards: Up to 2 awards based on the quality of the applications.
Award:
(1) The Geochemistry Division will pay for the awardees’ registration for the ACS National Meeting plus a $200 stipend.
(2) Awardees will be given an extended time allocation (typically 25-30 minutes) for the oral presentation.
Eligibility:
(1) The applicant must have received their PhD degree within 7 years of the submission deadline (October 20, 2026). If there are extenuating circumstances (such as time spent raising children), please contact: starchenkov@ornl.gov.
(2) The applicant must have already submitted a regular abstract to to Geochemistry Division MAPS for the meeting (see Application Procedure for details).
(3) The applicant must be the presenting author.
(4) Only one application per presenting author will be considered.
(5) The awardee must be a member of ACS Geochemistry Division at the time of the conference.
(6) Previous recipients of this award are not eligible.
Application Procedures
Submit your extended abstract to the GEOC Program Chairs, Vitalii Starchenko, at starchenkov@ornl.gov, and Daniel Tsang at cedan@ust.hk before the application deadline (October 12, 2026).
Extended abstracts should not exceed one page (use at least 11-pt font, single-line spacing, and 1-inch margins) and may contain tables and figures (counted toward the page limit). Make sure to (1) include your name, affiliation, abstract title, and abstract number, and (2) indicate whether you are an undergraduate/graduate student (for the Student Travel Award) or your PhD degree date/year (for the Early Career Scientist Travel Award).
Evaluation
Abstracts will be judged based on the impact on the field of geochemistry, technical approach, quality and clarity of writing, relevance of the abstract to the symposia and national meeting themes, and balance among different symposia.
Award winners will be announced by the end of November 2026.
Questions?
General information about the conference: https://www.acs.org/events/spring.html
Questions about the awards should be directed to starchenkov@ornl.gov or cedan@ust.hk.