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
Fall 2022 Winners
Chicago, August 21-25, 2022
Lechen Dong
Undergraduate Student – Carnegie Mellon University
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
Spring 2020 Winners
Philadelphia, March 22-26, 2020
Virginia Weber
Undergraduate Student – Washington and Jefferson College
Caitlyn Williams
Undergraduate Student – California University of Pennsylvania
Because of the coronavirus, the spring ACS meeting was cancelled, and Virginia and Caitlyn were not able to attend and present their work.
Fall 2019 Winners
San Diego, August 25-29, 2019
Yingwei Lei
Graduate Student – Carnegie Mellon University
Karoline Eckhart
Graduate Student – Carnegie Mellon University
Spring 2019 Winners
Orlando, March 31-April 4, 2019
Dinithi Perera
Graduate Student – Carnegie Mellon University
Michelle Karpinsky
Undergraduate Student – St. Francis University
Fall 2018 Winners
Boston, August 19-23, 2018
McKayla Miller
Undergraduate Student – Slippery Rock University
Tatsuya Higaki
Graduate Student – Carnegie Mellon University
Spring 2018 Winners
New Orleans, March 18-22, 2018
Ashley Trouten
Undergraduate Student – Wheeling Jesuit 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 2017 Winners
San Francisco, April 2-6, 2017
Mikaylah Glenn
Undergraduate Student – California University of Pennsylvania
Spring 2016 Winners
San Diego, March 13-17, 2016
Kaelyn Gresko
Undergraduate Student – California University of Pennsylvania
Yunyan Qiu
Graduate Student – Carnegie Mellon University
Fall 2015 Winners
Boston, August 16-20, 2015
Amy Short
Graduate Student – University of Pittsburgh
Dhruv Shah
Graduate Student – Duquesne University
Spring 2015 Winners
Denver, March 22-26, 2015
Kaye Archer
Graduate Student – University of Pittsburgh
Paul Jackson
Graduate Student – University of Pittsburgh
Fall 2014 Winners
San Francisco, August 10-14, 2014
Jeffrey Auletta
Graduate Student – University of Pittsburgh
Christian Legaspi
Graduate Student – Carnegie Mellon University
Spring 2014 Winners
Dallas, March 16-20, 2014
Bemnet Kebede
Undergraduate Student – St. Francis University
Andrew Pingitore
Undergraduate Student – Washington and Jefferson College
Fall 2013 Winners
Indianapolis, September 8-12, 2013
Shaopeng Zhang
Graduate Student – University of Pittsburgh
Shaili Aggarwal
Graduate Student – Duquesne University
Spring 2013
New Orleans, April 7-11, 2013
Santosh Kumar
Graduate Student – Carnegie Mellon University
Anothony Brooks
Graduate Student – Carnegie Mellon University
Fall 2012 Winners
Philadelphia, August 19-23, 2012
Steven Owens
Graduate Student – University of Pittsburgh
Mingjiang Zhong
Graduate Student – Carnegie Mellon University