2003-2004 Undergraduate Presentation Opportunities

National American Chemical Society meeting
March 28-April 1, 2004, Anaheim, CA
Abstract submission deadline will be about four months in advance of the meeting (~November 2003).
Some groups and divisions of the ACS award travel grants on a competitive basis, as does the MN Section ACS.
http://membership.acs.org/c/cda/studentawards2.htm
http://membership.acs.org/w/wcc/travflyer2001.htm
http://membership.acs.org/P/PMSE/awards/ford.html
http://www.mnacs.org/student_activities.htm

Regional American Chemical Society meetings:
36th Great Lakes Regional Meeting: October 17-20, 2004; Peoria, IL.
Abstract deadline approximately July 1, 2004.
Midwest Region: November 5-7, 2003; Columbia, MO. (The abstract deadline for the 2003 meeting has passed).
Abstract submission for these meetings is typically about three months prior to the meeting.

National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR)
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, April 15-17, 2004.
Abstracts due November 14, 2003. On campus abstract deadline is typically mid-October 2002.

Minnesota Section American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium
Site unknown at this time, but will be held in late April 2004.
Abstract deadline will be in March 2004.

Minnesota Academy of Science
St. John's University, Collegeville, MN, April 23-24, 2004.
Abstract deadline will be in February 2004.

The Minnesota Chromatography Forum, typically held in May.
Abstracts due by March 31, 2004.

The Pittsburgh Conference, March 7-12, 2003, Chicago, IL.
Abstracts due by August 1, 2003. Although the timing is not good for this year, it is an excellent conference for future reference.

American Geophysical Union meetings:
2003 Fall Meeting, December 8-12, San Francisco, CA
Abstract deadline: Sept. 4, 2003
http://www.agu.org/meetings/meetings.html

Joint meeting between AGU and the Canadian Geophysical Union
2004 Spring Meeting, May 17-21, 2004, Montreal, Canada
Abstract deadline: approximately 3-4 months in advance

Minnesota Section, ACS Special Symposium: "The Role of Chemistry in Biotechnology"
October 7, 2003, Medtronic Corporation, Fridley, MN.
Poster registration deadline is September 19, 2003.
poster information and symposium registration: http://www.uwrf.edu/biotechsymposium/

2003 ChemCy Symposium
September 20, 2003, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
See Dr. Brom for further information.

Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and Mathematics
late October or early November every year, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL.

Many other discipline specific meetings are held every year! See you research advisor for other ideas.