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An organic-inorganic hybrid functionalized material was successfully synthesized by a surface molecular imprinting technique combined with a nonhydrolytic sol-gel (NHSG) process using acrylamide (AA) as the template, methacrylic acid as the functional monomer, methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane as the cross-linker and magnetic chitosan (CTS) microspheres as the support material. The adsorption ability and selectivity of this material toward AA was characterized. Experimental results showed that the imprinted polymer exhibited better recognition and selective performance toward AA than the nonimprinted polymer (NIP). The saturated binding capacity (Qmax) was 104.68 mg/g, and the equilibrium dissociation constant was 263.16 mg/mL. This prepared material also offered fast kinetics for the adsorption and desorption of AA. After shaking for 5 min, an adsorption capacity of 4.71 mg/g was obtained, and it almost reached the adsorption equilibrium within 90 min. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]