Did you know that the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and the American Chemical Society (ACS) have agreed to work together on a number of projects!
Did you know that the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and the South African Chemical Institute (SACI) have also agreed to work together on a number of projects!
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Chemical and related Sciences Societies, international and national:
This list was not intended to include university or academic societies, but only the professional institutes. Flags of the countries of registration are shown for those international societies.
General Chemistry Societies
EuCheMS ---- The European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences is a non-profit-making organisation; its object is to promote co-operation in Europe between non-profit-making scientific and technical societies in the field of chemistry and molecular sciences. EuCheMS is an Associated Organisation of IUPAC.
NZIC ---- The New Zealand Institute of Chemistry represents some 1000 members involved in the profession of chemistry; members participate in the study, practice, teaching, promotion and management of chemistry.
RACI ---- The Royal Australian Chemical Institute is a professional membership society for chemists.
SSOCJ ---- Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan. It also publishes the Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry.- CSJ ---- The Chemical Society of Japan has contributed and circulated the results of chemical research to chemists and industry throughout the world. The prime mission of the CSJ is to promote chemistry for science and industry in collaboration with other domestic and global societies. Above all, the overriding purpose of the Society is to contribute to the betterment of human life.
SFC ---- The French Chemical Society is a learned society which goal is to promote chemistry in its scientific, educative and applied aspects.- FASC ---- The Federation of African Societies of Chemistry aims at promoting the advancement of chemical sciences and the practice of chemistry that could be instrumental to the fulfillment of the development aspiration and objective of the people in Africa.
- FACS ---- The Federation of Asian Chemical Societies
RSC ---- The Royal Society of Chemistry is a well known international professional society or institution for membership of chemists; also chemistry seminars, library and chemical book publishers.
ACS ---- American Chemical Society is a well known international professional membership society and publisher of data and specifications.
ASBMB----The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is a membership and publishing society.
SACI ---- The South African Chemical Institute is a membership society for chemists in Southern Africa.
ICI ---- The Institute of Chemistry of Ireland is the professional body representing chemists in Ireland.
CRSI ---- The Chemical Research Society of India was established in the early part of 1999 as part of the 50th Anniversary of the Country's Independence.
CSC ---- The Canadian Society for Chemistry is the national technical association representing the field of chemistry and the interests of chemists in industry, academia and government.
SCS ---- The Swiss Chemical Society represents chemistry in the broadest sense in Switzerland and in international organizations.
SWC ---- The Swedish Chemical Society is open for everyone with an interest in chemistry.
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Chemical Engineering and Industrial Organisations
OPCW ---- The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is the implementing body of member states (countries) of the Chemical Weapons Convention, The Hague.- CIC ---- The Chemical Institute of Canada is a professional association of chemists (Canadian Society for Chemistry), chemical engineers (Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering) and chemical technologists (Canadian Society for Chemical Technology)
- ACC&CE ---- The Association of Consulting Chemists and Chemical Engineers is a non-profit membership organization serving the chemical consulting needs of prospective clients and its members since 1928; it is an American professional membership society.
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Food Science Institutions
- IAFP - The International Association for Food Protection, is a global association for the Safety of Food worldwide
- FDA - The US Food and Drug Administration, The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation, and by regulating the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of tobacco products.
- SAAFFI ---- The South African Association of the Flavours and Fragance Industry ---- For information and news on the South African food flavour manufacturing industry.
- SOFHT - The Society of Food Hygiene and Technology, is a professional association for the Safety of Food and Technology
- RSPH - The Royal Society for Public Health, is a professional association for the Safety of Food and Hygiene Audit Systems
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Analytical Science Societies
GOCH ---- The Austrian Chemical Society Founded in 1897. There are 1900 members, including many students and sponsoring companies. ASAC, the Austrian Society of Analytical Chemistry represents the analytical part.- BMSS ---- The British Mass Spectrometry Society is a registered charity founded in 1964; its aims are to encourage participation in all aspects of mass spectrometry on the widest basis, to promote knowledge and advancement in the field and to provide a forum for the exchange of views and information.
- SEANAC ---- Southern and Eastern Africa Network of Analytical Chemists, a society for chemistry students and practising chemists in Africa.
- ASMS----The American Society for Mass Spectrometry was formed in 1969 to promote and disseminate knowledge of mass spectrometry and allied topics. Membership includes over 7,000 scientists involved in research and development. Members come from academic, industrial and governmental laboratories.
- AOCS ---- American Oil Chemists Society is a well known international professional membership society and publisher of data and specifications. AOCS is a global professional scientific society for all individuals and corporations with interest in the fats, oils, surfactants, detergents and related materials fields. The mission of the Society is the driving force behind all educational materials, technical products and services, which are produced with the help of the AOCS Membership.
- The Society for Applied Spectroscopy is a nonprofit organization formed to advance and disseminate knowledge and information concerning the art and science of spectroscopy, and other allied sciences.
- ACA----The American Crystallographic Association Inc is a non-profit, scientific organization of over 2,200 members.
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Biotechnology, Microbiology, Clinical and Pharmaceutical Societies
- BBRSC ---- The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council is the UK's leading funding agency for academic research and training in the non-clinical life sciences.
- SfAM ---- The Society for Applied Microbiology is the voice of applied microbiology and the UK's oldest microbiological society. To this end, SfAM works in partnership with sister organisations and microbiological bodies such as FEMS (The Federation of European Microbiological Societies) and the Biosciences Federation (BSF) to ensure that microbiology and microbiologists are able to exert influence on policy-makers within the UK, in Europe and world-wide.
- Biochemical Society The Biochemical Society promotes the advancement of the Molecular Biosciences, representing the interests of all those working in the sector. The Society recognises that the discipline of 'Biochemistry' now encompasses the entire breadth of Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences.
- Society for General Microbiology The Society for General Microbiology (SGM) was founded in 1945 and is now the largest microbiological society in Europe. It has over 5000 members of whom 75% are resident in the UK.
- AAPS Pharmaceutica----The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists provides a dynamic international forum for the exchange of knowledge among scientists to enhance their contributions to health.
- CDC----The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mission is to collaborate to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health – through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats.
- AACC----The American Association for Clinical Chemistry is an international society comprised of medical professionals with an interest in clinical chemistry, clinical laboratory science, and laboratory medicine.
- ASCLS----The American Scoiety for Clinical Laboratory Science serves as the voice of all clinical laboratory professionals, creating a vision for the advancement of the clinical laboratory practice field, and advocating the value and the role of the profession ensuring safe, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient centered health care.
- ASM----The American Scoiety for Microbiology is the oldest and largest single life science membership organization in the world. Membership has grown from 59 scientists in 1899 to more than 43,000 members today, with more than one third located outside the United States.
- CLMA----The Clinical Laboratory Managers Association is an international association of nearly 3,000 clinical laboratory professionals. CLMA provides leadership in the clinical laboratory industry supporting laboratory professionals at any stage of their career.
FEMS ---- The Federation of European Microbiological Societies is governed by a Council, a Executive Committee, and three Management Boards; the organisation is supported from the FEMS Central Office in Delft, the Netherlands.
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General Science Organisations
- IUPAC ---- The International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry promotes the practise of chemistry throughout the world.
- AAAS ---- The American Association for the Advancement of Science, is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson and professional association, is a members society but offers news and journals.
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Environmental Societies
- AWMA ---- The Air and Waste Management Association is a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional organization that enhances knowledge and expertise by providing a neutral forum for information exchange, professional development, networking opportunities, public education, and outreach to more than 8000 environmental professionals in 65 countries.
- The International Peat Society ---- An international non-governmental and non-profit society .
- SETAC ---- The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry is a not-for-profit, worldwide professional organization comprised of individuals and institutions dedicated to the study, analysis and solution of environmental problems, the management and regulation of natural resources, research and development and environmental education.
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