Student Research Competition

Attention Students: Win a free lunch at Pacifichem 2025!

All Undergraduate and Graduate students presenting at Pacifichem 2025 in December are invited to enter the Pacifichem 2025 Student Research Competition.

Student Research Competition abstracts will be judged on how well they convey the purpose and importance of the research in a written format.

Competition finalists will be selected and notified in November 2025. All finalists will be asked to record and submit a video “flash talk” presentation of not more than 3 minutes in length.  Finalist videos will be shared with meeting attendees and publicized within the Congress properties in Honolulu, and judged by the Pacifichem Organizing Committee to select the winning presentations.  Winners will be announced during the Pacifichem 2025 Congress in December. All finalists will be invited to attend a special lunch event during the Congress.

The deadline to enter the Pacifichem 2025 Student Research Competition is September 30, 2025, 11:59 PM Hawaii Standard Time

To be eligible for the competition:

Candidates must have an abstract accepted into one of the technical symposia or into one of the general poster sessions to be eligible for the Student Research Competition.

Candidates also must be registered to attend the Pacifichem Congress by October 12, 2025 to be eligible for the Student Research Competition.

Candidates must be either:

• a Graduate Student: A Graduate student is a student working toward a post-baccalaureate or post-graduate diploma or qualification granted by a college or university. The student is working toward, for example, a Master’s (MS) or Doctoral (Ph.D.) degree in chemistry or a related field of science.

OR

• an Undergraduate Student: An Undergraduate is a student working toward a post-secondary diploma or qualification granted by a college or university. The student is working within a course of study toward, for example, a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Sciences (BS or BSc) degree in chemistry or other field of science.

These qualification criteria apply to the student status as of April 2025.

Post-Doctoral Fellows, research associates, and non-students are not eligible for the Student Research Competition.

Student Research Competition Abstract

Enter your abstract text (maximum 500 words) in with your entry.

Abstracts will be judged on how well they convey the purpose and importance of the research in a written format.

Note that your Student Research Competition abstract should be written specifically for the Student Research Competition (i.e. it should not be a direct copy of the abstract submitted for your oral or poster presentation)

Student Research Competition Timeline

September 30, 2025: Deadline to enter the Student Research Competition

November 20, 2025: Finalists are notified and invited to submit their recorded video presentation (maximum 3 minutes)

December 1, 2025: Finalist videos are due to the Pacifichem Organizing Committee

December 15-20, 2025: Winners from each topic area will be announced daily during the Pacifichem 2025 Congress event.

December 18, 2025: Special Lunch event for Student Research Competition finalists.