Academic Employment Initiative (AEI)

Connecting faculty candidates with university recruiters

Summary: The Academic Employment Initiative poster session allows senior graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to showcase their teaching and research goals to university recruiters while networking with faculty and fellow candidates.

When: Monday, August 20, 2012, 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Where: Sci-Mix, 244th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

Information for Candidates

Fall 2012

I thought the AEI was fantastic. I applied to three of the schools that stopped by my poster. All three resulted in onsite interviews and offers!”

Submit your abstract

Abstract submittal for the Fall 2012 AEI Poster Session at the 244th ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, is now open. Your abstract should be focused on past and/or current research.

Once your abstract has been accepted, you will receive instructions on how to submit your biographical sketch.

Information for Recruiters

AEI is a unique new model for scientific and academic candidates to network [with] employers. Corporate models don’t fit us as well as this does...”

Faculty recruiters are invited to attend the AEI Poster Session at the 244th ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, SciMix. Biographical sketch booklets of the 2012 candidates will be available on this page in early July as well as onsite.

Please email GradEd@acs.org if a representative from your institution will be attending this session so we can share this information with the job candidates and follow up with you after the event for feedback.

See 2011 candidates: Biographical sketches and poster abstracts