The 2009 Call for Submissions will open on October 22, 2008, and will close on January 20, 2009.
- Deadline for Submission
- Proposal Review and Selection
- Submitter Responsibilities
- Presentation Format Descriptions
- Proposal Status Notification
- Program Participant Registration Policy
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Submission Rules & Guidelines
A. Deadline for Submission
Proposals must be completed and finalized by midnight Pacific Time January 20, 2009.
B. Proposal Review and Selection
All submissions will be reviewed and evaluated by members of the Program Committee; reviewer assignments will be made based on the subject area selected by the submitter.
With all proposal formats, including posters, the Program Committee retains the right to request additional information, ask that changes be made to improve a presentation, or decline to schedule a presentation the Committee does not find relevant to the meeting or that does not follow the guidelines for submission. No changes can be made after proposals have been submitted unless the Committee has specifically requested that change.
All submitters will be notified via e-mail by mid-March, 2009 of the acceptance or rejection of the submission. If the Program Committee recommends that a symposium submission be considered for a poster presentation instead, the submitter will be notified of this recommendation and each author will be offered the opportunity to present individual presentations as posters.
All submissions must represent completed work (i.e. do not submit a proposal if the data are still pending). Submissions should discuss research that has not been presented or published elsewhere.
Only the person who submits the proposal will receive correspondence relating to the submission. The submitter must notify all authors of the status of the proposal. The name of the proposal submitter will not appear in any program unless the submitter elects to be listed as an author. Submitter information is only used for communications about the submission, such as notification of acceptance or rejection of the proposal.
- The first author of a submission, whether or not s/he is attending the convention, must be an APS Member or APS Student Affiliate at the time of the presentation. Submitters do not need to be members to submit proposals or to have proposals reviewed.
- It is the responsibility of the submitter to inform fellow symposium participants or poster co-authors of their proposal status and other relevant information. Only the submitter will receive notification of the proposal's acceptance and detailed information on scheduling and logistics, etc. The submitter must notify all presenters that they must be registered for the convention in order to present.
- The commitment of all participants must be secured in advance of proposal submission.
- An individual may be a first author on only one proposal. However, that individual may be a co-author/presenter on multiple poster proposals, and may participate in multiple symposia. (Exception: An individual may be the first author on a Teaching Institute poster as well as an APS presentation.)
D. Presentation Format Descriptions
- Symposium
A symposium is a focused session in which individual speakers present their views on a common issue. Symposia should have the dual goals of providing diversity of perspective and integrating those perspectives into a meaningful whole.
A symposium includes a chair or two co-chairs, up to four presenters, and one to two discussants (optional). The total session time is 80 minutes and should allow for discussion among presenters and the audience. An LCD projector, screen, microphone, and speakers will be available in each presentation room for symposia. Symposia will be scheduled starting on Friday afternoon, May 22, 2009. Presenters must supply all other equipment for their presentation, including laptop computers.
To Submit a Symposium — Enter the following information:- Presentation title
- Subject Area
- Abstract describing the symposium (50 words maximum, plain-text format)
- Supporting summary (500 words maximum, plain-text format)
- Presenter Information:
- Chair or co-chairs names, including affiliation and e-mail address
- Presenter names, including affiliation and e-mail address
- Co-authors for each presenter that are not speaking at the convention, but are listed in the convention program.
- Discussants name and affiliation (optional)
- Title of each individual's presentation
- Abstract of each individual's presentation (optional)
- Poster
Posters offer the opportunity to present data and have substantive discussions with interested colleagues. The audience circulates among the posters, stopping to discuss papers of particular interest to them. Authors present their papers using a visual medium with key excerpts from the papers displayed on one side of a 4' high x 8' wide free-standing bulletin board. Poster presentations should incorporate illustrative materials such as tables, graphs, photographs, and large-print text, and materials should be clearly readable from a distance of three feet (primary text font should be 20 points or larger, and headings font at least 30 points). Posters are assigned a session number and bulletin board number and are organized by keyword when possible. No audio visual equipment can be used.
Sample poster configuration
Like all other presentations, poster presentations should represent completed work. Please do NOT submit a proposal if the data are still pending. Posters that discuss new scientific findings are especially encouraged.
When possible, the poster title should indicate the important result (e.g., lesions of frontal cortex disrupt divided attention) rather than the experimental question (e.g., frontal cortex and divided attention). A maximum of 8 presenters or authors may be included with the submission and printed in the program book. Presenters are required to bring copies of their papers to the meeting (50 copies or more recommended).
Posters will be scheduled into one of several different poster sessions, starting on Friday, May 22, 2009, and ending on Sunday evening, May 24, 2009.
To Submit a Poster — Enter the following information:- Select poster type (Either a standard poster, or one of the special categories listed below).
- Poster title
- Subject Area
- Keyword
- Abstract describing the poster (50 words maximum, plain-text format)
- Supporting summary (500 words maximum, plain-text format)
- Presenter and Co-Author Information
- First author should be listed first (even if first author is not attending the convention)
- University or business affiliation and e-mail address must be included for all presenters/co-authors
- Maximum of 8 presenters/co-authors may be included.
a. Theme Posters:
This year, in addition to the general posters sessions, there will be poster sessions corresponding to cross-cutting theme programs taking place on Saturday, May 23 and Sunday, May 24, 2009. If you would like to have your poster considered for presentation in one of these focused sessions, select the button corresponding to your subject area after you select to start a new poster submission. This year's cross-cutting program features the following themes:
- Emotional Ups and Downs: Experiencing, Self-Regulating, and Capitalizing On Affect
- Health, Stress, and Back Again: Genes and Environment Interplay
- Modeling the Architecture of Mind
Posters not accepted into these specialized sessions will be automatically considered for the general poster sessions.
b. SSCP Student Posters:
The Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (SSCP) hosts an annual student poster session at the APS Annual Convention. A $200 cash award is given for the best student poster at this session. Submissions will be reviewed by SSCP members. If you would like to have your poster considered for the SSCP student poster session, select 'SSCP Poster' in the first step after you select poster and 'start new submission.'
To be eligible to submit an SSCP poster, the first author of the poster must be a graduate student and must be a member of SSCP at the time of submission. Submissions to the SSCP graduate poster session must be completed by January 20, 2009.
The SSCP poster submission can deal with any area within scientific clinical psychology (e.g., the etiology or correlates of psychopathology, assessment/diagnosis, clinical judgment, psychiatric classification, psychotherapy process or outcome, prevention, psychopharmacology). The research and analyses presented in the poster submission must be completed (i.e., submissions containing such language as "Data will be collected...." will not be considered). Please be sure to provide enough relevant detail in the summary so that reviewers can adequately judge the originality of the study, the soundness of the theoretical rationale and design, the quality of the analyses, the appropriateness of the conclusions, and so on.
If you have any questions please contact Daniel Klein of SSCP at daniel.klein@stonybrook.edu.
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c. Teaching Institute Posters:
The 16th Annual APS-STP Teaching Institute welcomes submissions to the Teaching Institute Poster Session. The format is the same as a regular poster, but submissions should be related to the teaching of psychology. This includes, but is not limited to, teaching techniques, innovations, evaluation, and philosophy. Posters should focus on methods for teaching psychology, such as particularly effective or innovative courses or course organizations, strategies (including demonstrations) for promoting active learning, ways of integrating course material, helpful use of technology, and the like.
Please note that if accepted to present a teaching poster, you must register for the Teaching Institute. The Teaching Institute Poster Session will be scheduled for late-morning on Friday, May 22, 2009.
Sample poster configuration
A free-standing bulletin board (4' high x 8' wide) will provide display space for presentations. The audience circulates among the posters, stopping to discuss papers of particular interest to them. Poster presentations should incorporate illustrative materials such as tables, graphs, photographs, and large-print text, and materials should be clearly readable from a distance of three feet (primary text font should be 20 points or larger, and headings font at least 30 points). No audio visual equipment can be used.
A maximum of 8 presenters or authors may be included with the submission and printed in the program book. Presenters should bring at least 50 handouts of the complete presentation to distribute at the poster session.
To Submit a Teaching Institute Poster — Enter the following information:
- Poster title
- Abstract describing the poster (50 words maximum, plain-text format)
- Supporting summary (500 words maximum, plain-text format)
- Presenter and co-author Information
- First author should be listed first (even if first author is not attending the convention)
- University or business affiliation and e-mail address must be included for all presenters/co-authors
- Maximum of 8 presenters/co-authors may be included
3. APS Student Caucus Research Awards:
The APS Student Caucus sponsors two research award competitions for students each year at the convention: the Student Research Award and the RiSE-UP Research Award. All APS Student Affiliates are eligible to submit their research to be considered for the awards. Please visit the APSSC Awards page for information on the awards. Please note that additional materials must be submitted in order to be considered for the awards.
E. Proposal Status Notification
All submitters will be notified via e-mail by mid-March, 2009, of the acceptance or rejection of the submission. If the Program Committee recommends that a symposium submission be considered for a poster presentation instead, the submitter will be notified of this recommendation and the authors will be offered the opportunity to present their individual presentations as posters.
F. Program Participant Registration Policy
All program participants must register and pay the appropriate conference registration fee. This rule applies to speakers, session chairpersons, participants, and poster presenters. You may join APS or renew your membership via the convention registration form, but please note that membership and convention registration are separate items. You can register onsite at the convention, but please note that early registrants receive a special early bird registration rate before March 31, 2009. Registration rates and more information are available at www.psychologicalscience.org/convention/registration.
If you have further questions about the submissions process please visit our Frequently Asked Questions