Abstracts

Choose an abstract topic category in the “Details” section of the submission process. If you don’t see a category relevant to your abstract, choose the topic that is closest to your research or select “Other”. The Organizing Committee will review each abstract to determine its proper placement in the programming of the poster sessions.

Abstracts should contain:

• a sentence stating the study objective (unless given in the title),
• a brief statement of methods,
• a summary of the results obtained (if applicable), and
• a statement of the conclusions.

Please use a short, specific title, capitalize initial letters of trade names and use standard abbreviations for units of measure. Nonstandard abbreviations should be spelled out in full at first mention, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses.

All investigations involving humans and animals reported in abstracts must have been conducted in conformance with guidelines for experimental procedures as set forth in the Declaration of Helsinki and APS “Guiding Principles for the Care and Use of Animals in Research and Training” The Organizing Committee will refuse abstracts in which evidence of adherence to these guidelines is not apparent.

All abstracts submitted for the conference—unless withdrawn—will be viewable within the virtual platform and available on the APS website after the meeting. Abstracts will be reproduced directly from the electronic submission and will serve as the official conference proceedings. Instructions for citing abstracts will be included on the website.

• A link to abstract preparation instructions is provided on each screen throughout the submission site.
• Have the abstract title and all the author(s) contact information available.
• Prepare only the body of your abstract as a document (MS Word document is preferred) on your personal computer. Paste the text of your abstract into the online program.
• Do not include the title, authors or affiliations within the main body of the abstract.
• Do not use all capital letters when entering the abstract title, author names and affiliations. Use proper formatting with uppercase and lowercase letters.
• Include the funding source(s) as the last line of your abstract or add references, if needed.
• Limit your submission to 3,500 characters and spaces. This includes the title, authors, institutions, the abstract body and references.

Abstract submission deadline: Monday, August 16, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. EDT.

• Select your preferred type of presentation within the submission site, however, please note that your presentation preference is not guaranteed. The conference organizers make the final decisions about oral and poster presentations. Abstracts not selected for oral presentation will be programmed as posters.
• The first author must register for the conference to present a submitted abstract. Please contact the APS Office of Scientific Meetings to make alternate arrangements if the first author is not available to attend.
• Only the first author will be notified of the presentation date and time and will receive instructions for uploading a PDF of their poster and a short video recording into the virtual platform. Notifications will be sent in early September 2021.

Abstract-based Trainee Awards are available. If eligible, you may apply during the abstract submission process by following the links provided after paying the submission fee.

Please contact the APS Office of Scientific Meetings with any question about submitting an abstract.