Membership Benefits and Activities

AN INVITATION to JOIN the POLYMER Division of the American Chemical Society

We invite you to participate in the many activities and benefits of The Division of Polymer Chemistry - one of the largest and most active non-profit, international groups devoted to the advancement of Polymer Science.

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Although all of the member benefits listed below are very important, your membership in POLY keeps the Division alive and functional - without your support, POLY would not be able to provide:

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Ask us about our 1st year free membership opportunities!

Membership benefits and other information about the Polymer Division include:

• Networking, Connectivity, and Inclusiveness
• • FACEBOOK, LinkedIn, Twitter
  • Electronic Information - access to the POLY Discussion List
  • Industrial Advisory Board - an opportunity for industrial members to participate and network
  • Student activities, awards, and student chapters

 

• Access to POLY calendar
• Discounted Workshops and Workshop Reports
• Free Webinars for POLY members
• Publications - Graphical Abstracts,  Polymer Preprints (access to back issues), Newsletter, Books
• Meetings - National, International, Regional Meetings, etc.
• Awards
• Education - Various educational activities including tutorials and POLYED
• Jobs page - available industrial, academic, post-doctoral, and internship job opportunities are posted
• Post your resume - POLY members seeking jobs can post their resume on the POLY site
• POLY Business Card and Membership Slideshow for member recruitment and retention. (powerpoint files, 1/06)
• Member Recognition -  2015,  2014, 2013,  2012,  2011,  2010,  2009,  2008,  2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002 - Recognition of Members of the Division on their 30th, 20th, 10th, and 5th anniversary in the year:
• Division Honors and Awards - The Division provides outstanding service to its members and has beenm recognized by: ChemLuminary 2007; ChemLuminary 2004; ChemLuminary and ChemPower 2002 ; ChemLuminary 2000

 

 

 

How Many Polymer Scientists are there at National Meetings?

 

Application to Join the Division - Electronic form for joining the Division as a Member, Affiliate or Student.

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PUBLICATIONS

 

POLYMER PREPRINTS - no longer published starting in 2013 and replaced with Graphical Abstracts

Past (archived) preprints are still available

 

TWO volumes per year (prior to 2013) of 600-800 pages - the most widely circulated polymer journal in the world which contains the papers given at the Division Sessions at the National ACS Meetings.  For more information, see the Polymer Preprints page.

 

Division members and affiliates receive access to the Web-based version of Polymer Preprints.

 

NEWSLETTER

 

(June and October) - describes the many activities of the Division and announces polymer-related scientific meetings worldwide.

 

BOOKS

 

The Division typically publishes 3-5 books per year of interest to polymer scientists and are available at a discount rate.

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SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

 

The Division sponsors 7 to 13 symposia on new research areas at every American Chemical Society National Meeting. In addition, the Division cooperates closely with other Divisions of the American Chemical Society in arranging jointly sponsored, interdisciplinary symposia.

  

• International Polymer Symposia - symposia held jointly with non-U.S.A. polymer organizations to promote exchange of ideas and technology.

        For more detailed information see the Sponsored Meetings page.

 

• Topical Workshops - focused workshops at very reasonable cost, dealing with the state-of-the-art in specialized areas of polymer science.

 

• Graduate Student Meeting - a low cost scientific meeting focussing on the work of graduate students and Graduate Student Travel Awards.

 

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EDUCATION

 

POLYED, our educational committee, offers a variety of programs, including:

 

• Tutorials - Division provides free tutorials in selected symposia areas.

• Visitation Committee - presents workshops and live demonstrations of experiments for educators.

• Core Course Reports - Provide course material on Polymer Chemistry for inclusion within core college courses, such as organic, physical and analytical chemistry.

• Undergraduate Summer Scholarships - designed to stimulate undergraduate interest in summer research in Polymer Science.

• Summer Student Employment Program - provides students the opportunity for a work-training assignment in polymers in industry.

• Summer Sabbatical Program - provides summer work-training experience in the polymer industry to university or college faculty members.

 

More information can be found on the POLYED page.

 

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ELECTRONIC INFORMATION

 

POLY Discussion List - electronic information exchange of polymer topics, ideas, meetings, and assistance.

 

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How Many Polymer Scientists are there at National Meetings?

 

At national ACS meetings, the ACS keeps track of the professional concentrations of the meeting attendees. According to the ACS data, the two topics "Polymers/Plastics" and "Materials" rank very high. In the last two national meetings (San Francisco 2006 and Chicago 2007), Organic, Pharmaceutical, and Biochemistry are the top three concentrations. Polymers/Plastics and Materials are virtually tied for the fourth and fifth places. The other popular subjects are Inorganic, Biotechnology, Physical, Analytical, and Chemical Education (in that order). In each of the last two meetings, over 1900 people indicated their professional concentrations as Polymers/Plastics. (Equal amounts of people indicated their professional concentrations as Materials, but these may be the same people.) The large turnout is a compliment to POLY's programming, which is able to consistently attract a large audience to the national meetings.