Introduction

Welcome

You are warmly invited to join us in July 2025. The international conference on materials chemistry has been a key meeting in the materials calendar for three decades.

Organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry, the 2025 conference will host leading materials researchers from around the world. It's the flagship event for the RSC Materials Chemistry Community (previously Materials Chemistry Division) - and you can be a part of it.

Oral and poster presentation opportunities are available to researchers of all career stages and we invite you to submit an abstract to make your contribution. The conference promises to be a great forum for materials chemists to network with and build strong collaborations within their community and related disciplines.

Deadlines

• Jan 27 2025
  Oral abstracts deadline

  
• Apr 28 2025
  Poster abstract deadline

  
• May 19 2025
  Early bird registration deadline

  
• Jun 09 2025
  Standard registration deadline

  

Bursaries

Grants for Carers

Grants for carers have been introduced following the Royal Society of Chemistry Breaking the barriers report where 78% of chemists working in UK academia felt that managing parenting and/or caring responsibilities has an impact on women’s retention and progression. This fund is not limited to women scientists and welcomes applications from anyone with caring responsibilities. These grants have been supported by The Royal Society of Chemistry’s Chemists’ Community Fund.

You can apply for up to a maximum of £1000/year to assist with additional financial costs that you incur for care usually provided by you whilst you attend a chemistry related meeting, conference or workshop or a professional development event.

Caring responsibilities are wide and varied, and so each application will be individually assessed, examples of applications that we will consider include:

• paying for extra home help or nursing care for a dependent whilst you will not be present
• additional medical/respite care for a dependent whilst you will not be present
• travel expenses for a relative to travel with you to care for dependents whilst you attend a meeting or event
• paying for extended hours with a care worker/childminder/play scheme to cover time when you will arrive home later than normal.

You are eligible to apply if: 

• you are a chemist
• you will incur additional caring expenses whilst attending a chemistry-related meeting, conference, event or workshop or a professional development event
• you will use these funds to cover the cost of care that you usually provide 
• you are based in the UK or Ireland or if not, you will normally have held three years RSC membership (past or current).

Useful links

• Grants for carers

Sponsorship & supporting organisations

A selection of sponsorship opportunities are available for companies who would like to promote their activities at the 17th International conference on materials chemistry (MC17).

As well as booking an exhibition space, there are opportunities to sponsor social events or advertise in the abstract book. A sponsorship menu document will be available to download from this page with more details and prices soon.

If you would like more information about sponsoring the 16th International conference on materials chemistry (MC17), please contact the Commercial Sales Department at the Royal Society of Chemistry on advertising@rsc.org

Venue

Edinburgh International Conference Centre

Edinburgh International Conference Centre, The Exchange, 150 Morrison St, Edinburgh , EH3 8EE, United Kingdom

Committee

• Paul Attfield (Co-chair) University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• Rachel Evans (Co-chair) University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
• Andrew Beale University College London, United Kingdom
• Nora de Leeuw University of Leeds, United Kingdom
• Matt Gibson University of Manchester, United Kingdom
• Josh Makepeace University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
• Asel Sartbaeva University of Bath, United Kingdom

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Contact information

Events Team
Royal Society of Chemistry
Thomas Graham House,
Science Park,
Milton Road,
Cambridge,
CB4 0WF
UK
+44 (0) 1223 432509
Contact us by email

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