The 2026 ACS PSS Undergraduate Research Symposium will be hosted by Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) on Saturday April 25th
The ACS Puget Sound Section Undergraduate Research Symposium provides undergraduates with a great opportunity to give a research presentation (oral or poster) at a small conference. We are excited for this year’s presentations!
As mentioned above, this year’s symposium will be hosted by Pacific Lutheran University. Here are some important details.
►Register: Each person attending the conference (including presenters) must register individually using the Registration Form, even if someone else is paying for them to attend or present. Payment and abstract submissions are handled separately from registration (see links below).
►Important Deadlines:
March 30, 2026: Registration Deadline for all attendees and presenters
April 7, 2026: Abstract Submission Deadline
►Registration Fee
Attendee and Presenter Registration Fee Amounts:
Student: $20
Faculty/Guest: $30
Payment in advance using the ACS PSS Webstore is strongly preferred. The fee includes lunch. Web Store payments include the PayPal $0.30 flat fee per transaction and will automatically add the PayPal service fee of 2.9%.
If you desire to submit one payment for a group of people, please fill out the Group Payment Roster Form and email it as directed on the form. This will provide us with the list of names covered by the payment. Each attendee and presenter must still register individually using this Google Form.
►Presentations
If you plan to give a presentation (oral or poster presentation), your title and abstract information should be prepared using the Abstract Template and submitted via the Abstract Upload Form 2026 URS | Abstract Upload Form by April 7th, 2026.
For more information:
Dean Waldow, Ph. D.
Professor of Chemistry
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA 98441
waldowda@plu.edu | (253)-535-7533
Many thanks to our colleagues at PLU for their work to host the 2026 symposium!
The following is a record of ACS PSS Undergraduate Research Symposium hosts. The host site for the 2027 symposium is TBD.
| 2026 | Pacific Lutheran University |
| 2025 | Central Washington University |
| 2024 | Western Washington University |
| 2023 | Symposium on hiatus until 2024. |
| 2022 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
| 2019 | University of Puget Sound |
| 2018 | The Evergreen State College |
| 2017 | University of Washington, Bothell |
| 2016 | Central Washington University |
| 2015 | Pacific Lutheran University |
| 2014 | Western Washington University |
| 2013 | Seattle Pacific University |
| 2012 | Seattle University |
| 2011 | University of Washington |
| 2010 | Central Washington University |
| 2009 | University of Puget Sound |
| 2008 | The Evergreen State College |
| 2007 | Pacific Lutheran University |
| 2006 | Western Washington University |
| 2005 | Seattle Pacific University |
| 2004 | Central Washington University |
| 2003 | Seattle University |
| 2002 | University of Washington |
| 2001 | The Evergreen State College |
| 2000 | Western Washington University |
| 1999 | Central Washington University |
| 1998 | Seattle Pacific University |
| 1997 | University of Puget Sound |
| 1996 | Pacific Lutheran University |
| 1995 | The Evergreen State College |
| 1994 | Western Washington University |
| 1993 | Seattle University |
| 1992 | University of Puget Sound |
| 1991 | Central Washington University |
| 1990 | Pacific Lutheran University |
| 1989 | Seattle Pacific University |
| 1988 | Seattle University |
| 1987 | University of Puget Sound |
| 1986 | Pacific Lutheran University |
| 1985 | Seattle University |