Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Abstract Submissions for the Spring 2025 ACS National Meeting!

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Spring 2025 ACS Meeting:

• You are invited to submit your abstract(s) for the Spring ACS meeting in San Diego, CA, March 23-27.  Abstract submission will be open soon and typically closes in late October.

 

Frequently asked questions and answers about ACS meeting abstract submission:

Question 1. Do I need to be invited to submit abstract(s) for a symposium?

Answer: No, you don’t. You may submit an abstract to any AGFD symposium as ‘contributed’.

Question 2. Shall I submit additional abstract(s) to General Papers (poster)?

Answer: Yes.  You are welcome and encouraged to submit additional abstract(s) for the General Paper (Poster). The Poster session is generally scheduled in the Sunday Evening with a division reception.  You may network with AGFD leaders and colleagues while presenting your poster.

It is important that you submit different abstract(s) to the General Papers (Poster) session. Duplicated abstracts will be eliminated by ACS.

Question 3. Shall I submit abstract(s) for the General Papers (Oral) symposium?

Answer: Yes. if your presentation topic does not fit well with any other symposiums on the list.

 

Graduate and Undergraduate Award Applications:

 

Deadlines September 26, 2024

The Division needs your helps spreading the word, and identifying potential candidates for the 2025 Graduate and Undergraduate Awards.  This is especially critical as we need to build back student engagement which dwindled during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Please help disseminate these awards to your networks and encourage students to apply. Student engagement is critical for the long-term success of our Division. Award fliers for the following three awards are attached.

• For graduate students, there is the Withycombe-Charalambous Graduate Student Symposium. Finalists of this award will receive $1,000 toward travel expenses to the Spring 2025 meeting to present their research. A cash award of $500, $250, and $100 for first, second and third place respectively will be awarded at the meeting. For more information go to: https://www.agfoodchem.org/ . Applications can be submitted to Dr. Kathryn Deibler at kdd3@cornell.edu. Deadline for submission is September 26, 2024.

 

• For undergraduate students there is the Undergraduate Student Poster Competition. Finalists receive $1,000 toward travel expenses to attend the Spring 2025 meeting to present their research (https://www.agfoodchem.org/) .  Three Undergraduate Research Award winners will be determined. The winners will receive a cash award of $500, $250, and $100 for first, second and third place, respectively.  Applications can be submitted to Dr. Kathryn Deibler at kdd3@cornell.edu. Deadline for submission is September 26, 2024.

 

Membership:

               Division membership is down from over 3,000 pre-COVID-19 to about 2,000 (currently).  We need you to help spread the word about the excellent value that AGFD brings, including excellent technical programs, social events, student and young scientist awards, Division website (https://www.agfoodchem.org/ ) monthly E-newsletter, AGFD Facebook page, and so much more.  We hope that you value your membership and will encourage students, colleagues to join or renew membership in the Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division. 

Membership dues are $10/annually.  Applications can be found at our Division website https://home.acs.org/forms/s/technical-divisions?sc=TDJoinPage . We appreciate your continued membership and look forward to your help growing our outstanding division.

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