Abstract Submission

Please be prepared to enter the following information:

• Up to two keywords/themes that most closely aligns with your submission (remember to rank them based on preference).
• Your contact name, affiliation/institution name and email address (please note authors may specify only one affiliation)
• Enter all contributing authors in the order they should appear in the program. Please note – author names and affiliations will appear in the program EXACTLY as they are entered into the submission form.
• The title of your proposed symposium (255 characters MAX)
• The names of the presenters/speakers (MAX 4) included in your symposium (added in step 3)
• A list of the four abstract titles to be considered for a symposium.  IMPORTANT: You will also upload a pdf of each submission with the author listing, affiliations and abstract summary (added in step 2). One file per presenter. You are just listing them here. (999 characters MAX)
• A short description of why these abstracts should be considered together for a symposium. Please also highlight how the symposium contributes to the diversity of SANS Conference speakers and topics (2700 Characters MAX).
• By submitting a symposium proposal, you agree to present at the Annual Conference, should your proposal be selected for the program.
• Use standard abbreviations for units of measure. Other abbreviations should be fully spelled out on first mention, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses.

If you have any questions about symposia, please reach out to the SANS 2024 Program Chairs: Kalina Michalska & Chelsea Helion . We encourage proposals to consider gender balance and racial/ethnic/geographic diversity when considering speakers. This presentation will be in-person at the 2024 Annual Meeting in Toronto. To participate you must be planning to attend the meeting.

Submissions can be made using the Conference Manager system. Click below to submit by 23:59 (Pacific Time) on Friday, January 12th, 2024.

This year, you have two options to submit your abstract. You can submit as a member or a non-member! Once you log-in to your SANS Conference Manager Dashboard, you can select from one of two forms:

1. As a member, you can submit with the $25 USD submission fee. Check the Membership Page for more information on how to RENEW or ENROLL.
2. As a non-member, you can submit with the $50 USD submission fee

In either case, please be prepared to enter the following information:

• Up to two keywords/themes that most closely aligns with your submission (remember to rank them based on preference).
• Your contact name, affiliation/institution name and email address (please note authors may specify only one affiliation)
• Enter all contributing authors in the order they should appear in the program. Please note – author names and affiliations will appear in the program EXACTLY as they are entered into the submission form.
• Prepare an abstract title (max 250 character limit)
• Prepare the abstract (max 3000 character limit, including spaces)
• By submitting an abstract, you agree to present at the Annual Conference, should your abstract be selected for the program.
• Use standard abbreviations for units of measure. Other abbreviations should be fully spelled out on first mention, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses.
• Abstracts should be submitted in plain text and they will be formatted for the program.

We are continuing our Open Science initiative of offering poster submissions for preregistration summaries of analyses of completed or soon to be completed datasets. You will have two options during the submission of your abstract when providing the abstract summary:

* Standard submission: A standard abstract for data analysis that has already been completed for the study. The abstract should state the study’s objective, briefly describe the methods used, summarize the results obtained, and state the conclusions. Ideally, these sections will be indicated explicitly. Abstracts should emphasize the significance of results and general principles rather than describe common methods and procedures.

* Pre-registration: Abstract for study that you plan to conduct (or have collected already but not analyzed), and pre-register your hypotheses & data analysis plans. The abstract should state the study’s objective, describe the methods and analysis plans for each hypothesis, and discuss general implications of the study. The data analysis should be completed before the conference to include the results and conclusion in the presentation.

This year, in an effort to better support our SANS Community, the EDIJ Committee & Program Committee have taken steps to make applying for Travel Awards more streamlined!

Award Information: There will be 10 (ten) $500 USD awards available.

Application Eligibility: To be considered, applicants must meet the below criteria

1. Must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program, or be engaged in postdoctoral studies,
2. Be a student or post doc member of SANS in good standing,

How to submit: To be considered for a Trainee Diversity Travel Award, please select the award from the drop down list below to opt-in for consideration.