The Pacific Northwest Undergraduate Research Symposium on Organic Chemistry is a new one-day scientific meeting with an emphasis on promoting excellence and diversity in research conducted by undergraduate students within our region. The inaugural meeting will be hosted by the Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, and held in Corvallis, Oregon, on August 11, 2008.

nominal deadline: June 2*; notification of selection outcome: June 30

* abstracts will continue to be accepted thru July 11 or until all places are taken

We cordially invite applications from potential conferees who are presently studying chemistry or an allied discipline at the junior/senior undergraduate level and engaged in a significant research project in the general area of organic chemistry, including (but not limited to):

• biological chemistry • total synthesis of natural products

• synthetic methods development • organometallic chemistry

• preparation and study of novel organic materials

Attendance at the meeting will be strictly limited (to 25 students), and participants selected on the basis of submitted research project abstracts and other application materials (see "apply to attend"). All student conferees will be required to make a presentation during the meeting, either a 15 min lecture, or a poster, with the available lecture slots being awarded to the most meritorious abstracts (see "program"). This year, the symposium's scientific program will be concluded by a key-note lecture by Prof. Jonathan Ellman from the University of California at Berkeley.

To encourage participation in the meeting, there will be no registration fees for students, and travel (up to $500) and accommodation expenses for successful applicants will be covered by organizations sponsoring the symposium.

Interested faculty are welcome to attend the meeting for a small registration fee (see "faculty registration").

Please direct questions relating to application and registration issues to the symposium secretary, and all other inquiries to the symposium chair.

please contact the co-chair if your organization should like to be added to the list of symposium sponsors.

Prof. Paul Blakemore (chair), Prof. Rich Carter (co-chair), Dr. Christine Pastorek (treasurer), Dr. Daniel Myles (secretary)