The ACS is a self-governed individual membership organization that consists of 161,000 members—60% from industry, at all degree levels. This provides ample opportunity for peer interaction, regardless of your professional or scientific interests. There are 34 ACS divisions, representing a wide range of disciplines for chemists, chemical engineers and technicians.

The American Vacuum Society is a nonprofit organization which promotes communication, dissemination of knowledge, recommended practices, research, and education in the use of vacuum and other controlled environments to develop new materials, process technology, devices, and related understanding of material properties for the betterment of humanity.

The Women Chemists Committee serves the membership of the American Chemical Society. Our mission is to be leaders in attracting, developing and promoting women in the chemical sciences. There are three goals designed to fulfill the mission statement:

I. To attract women to a profession in the chemical sciences.
II. To provide leadership for career development opportunities for women chemists.
III. To promote and recognize the professional accomplishments of women chemists.

Fifteen CIC campuses and three national associations have undertaken a comprehensive set of collaborative activities designed to achieve gender equity at each step along the science, engineering, and mathematics (SEM) pipeline. The CIC WISE Initiative, which is co-sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the CIC campuses, targets upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty women in SEM fields.

AWIS is dedicated to achieving equity and full participation for women in
science, mathematics, engineering and technology.

ACS Women in Chemistry was founded in the fall of 1997 to give support to women in science and to address their needs and concerns.  The group is supported by the Michigan State University Local Section of the ACS.  The mission is to provide a venue for women chemists to meet and interact and to facilitate both their professional and personal growth.