Travel Grants

The Pittsburgh Section of the American Chemical Society has budgeted funds for the purpose of helping support our academic members. Up to four grants of $500.00 will be awarded to members in academia in our section to help fund attendance to regional and national ACS meetings.

Applying for the Travel Grant

It is easy to apply for the money; simply complete an application. Tell us how you plan on using the money, and return your completed application to the address listed at the end of the application. Applications can be submitted any time. There will be two deadlines per year. June 1st deadlines require funds to be spent by the end of December of the same year. December 1st deadlines require funds to be spent by June 30th of the following year.

Recipients

​Spring 2022 Winners

San Diego, March 20-24, 2022

Seth Fischer
Undergraduate Student – Waynesburg University

Andrew Gordon
Undergraduate Student – Waynesburg University

Kathryn James
Undergraduate Student – Waynesburg University

Jesse Reardon
Undergraduate Student – Washington and Jefferson College

Alex Timperio
Undergraduate Student – Washington and Jefferson College

Tyler Hines
Undergraduate Student – Washington and Jefferson College

Mariah Meehan
Graduate Student –University of Pittsburgh

Yifan Qi
Graduate Student –University of Pittsburgh

Manasseh Osei
Graduate Student –University of Pittsburgh

Saber Mirzaei
Graduate Student –University of Pittsburgh

Fall 2019 Winners

San Diego, August 25-29, 2019

Yingwei Lei
Graduate Student – Carnegie Mellon University

Karoline Eckhart
Graduate Student – Carnegie Mellon University

Fall 2018 Winners

Boston, August 19-23, 2018

McKayla Miller
Undergraduate Student – Slippery Rock University

Tatsuya Higaki
Graduate Student – Carnegie Mellon University

Fall 2017 Winners

Washington, DC, August 20-24, 2017

Caelin Celani
Undergraduate Student – Washington and Jefferson College

Halie Tucci
Undergraduate Student – Washington and Jefferson College

Julia Cuthbert
Graduate Student – Carnegie Mellon University

Spring 2016 Winners

San Diego, March 13-17, 2016

Kaelyn Gresko
Undergraduate Student – California University of Pennsylvania

Yunyan Qiu
Graduate Student – Carnegie Mellon University

Spring 2015 Winners

Denver, March 22-26, 2015

Kaye Archer
Graduate Student – University of Pittsburgh

Paul Jackson
Graduate Student – University of Pittsburgh

Spring 2014 Winners

Dallas, March 16-20, 2014

Bemnet Kebede
Undergraduate Student – St. Francis University

Andrew Pingitore
Undergraduate Student – Washington and Jefferson College

Spring 2013

New Orleans, April 7-11, 2013

Santosh Kumar
Graduate Student – Carnegie Mellon University

Anothony Brooks
Graduate Student – Carnegie Mellon University