- POLY Graduate Student Travel Award to provide funding for graduate students studying at a US institution and working in the field of polymer science to travel to a National ACS meeting and present their work
- DSM Science and Technology Award to recognize innovative fundamental or applied research in a specific area of polymer science (specified by year) for students finishing or recently finished with their PhD degree
- Henkel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Chemistry (co-sponsored by POLYED) to recognize a PhD student or recent graduate based on outstanding contributions of their thesis research, the quality and level of the innovation demonstrated, and the impact of their research on the science of synthetic polymers or biopolymers
- Eastman Chemical Student Award in Applied Polymer Science (co-sponsored by the PMSE division of ACS) to recognize excellence in a PhD student in applied polymer science