Share your research on food, nutrition, physical activity and cancer by presenting a poster at the 2014 AICR Annual Research Conference. All posters must be related to cancer, with a focus on food, nutrition, physical activity or body weight.
POSTER ABSTRACTS
Deadline - Friday, September 26, 2014 11:59pm (ET)
CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS
Deadline - Friday, September 5, 2014 11:59pm (ET)
Please prepare your poster abstract following the content and formatting guidelines.
POSTER ABSTRACTS
| Friday, September 26, 2014 | Deadline for poster abstract submission (no scholarship application) |
| Friday, September 19, 2014 | Notification of acceptance status sent to poster presenters |
| Friday, September 26, 2014 | Deadline for poster presenters to register for both days of the conference, guaranteeing their spot in a poster session |
| Friday, September 5, 2014 | Deadline for scholarship application submission WITH poster abstract |
| Friday, September 12, 2014 | Notification of award status sent to for scholarship applicants |
| Friday, September 19, 2014 | Deadline for scholarship recipients to accept their award |
| Friday, September 26, 2014 | Deadline for scholarship awardees to register for the conference** |
Fee: Poster abstract submission fee (with or without scholarship application): $45
Poster abstracts must be submitted through our online abstract submission service. A non-refundable processing fee of $45 will be charged for each abstract submission. Abstracts must be paid for electronically and in full at the time of submission.
Presenter Contact Information: The e-mail address provided when beginning a submission under Submitter's E-mail will be the e-mail address used for all notifications regarding the submission process itself i.e., started, completed, withdrawn and payment. The e-mail address provided in the Author portion of the abstract submission under Poster Presenter's Full Contact Information will be the one used for notification of poster acceptance status. If you are submitting a poster on behalf of someone else, please be sure to note the difference in these two fields.
Poster Sessions: The 2014 AICR Research Conference will hold two poster sessions. The first will take place Wednesday, October 29 from 5:00pm - 7:00pm and the second will take place Thursday, October 30 from 5:00pm - 7:00pm. AICR will assign presenters to their session based on topic. To help us assign your poster to the best session, please select the most appropriate topic category and research design category for your poster during the abstract submission process.
Please note: poster presenters may not choose which day or poster session they will be in.
The title should be in sentence case with no full stop at the end, e.g.:
Results from experiments in the field of vitamin D and cancer
AuthorsInclude surname, first name and middle initial with corresponding affiliations when applicable. If there are more than six authors, only the names of the first six authors followed by "et al." will be displayed in the printed program book. Please note: you must include and indicate the presenting author
Affiliations
Include University/Institute, City, State, and Country (if outside the United States). Where there are multiple affiliations, each should be listed separately and entered in the order used.
Abstracts should be structured under the following headings: Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions, Keywords
Maximum word limit is 300 words
Symbols and other special characters may be included
Tables and figures should not be included in the abstract
References are not required but if they are used, they will count towards the total word count for the abstract
NOTE: Do not include title, authors, or affiliations in this step.
Please provide the word count of the main body of your abstract. This includes the Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions and Keywords. The word limit for poster abstract submissions is 300.
Conflict of Interest
Conflict of Interest: None
FundingAICR requires full disclosure of all relevant sources of funding in relation to poster abstracts, e.g.:
Funding: Research relating to this abstract was funded by Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
Below is a sample layout of how your abstract submission will appear when printed in the conference program book.
Results from experiments in the field of vitamin D and cancer
Smith MA1, Harrison N2, Matthews P2, Smith A1, Harrison A2, Matthews W2, et al.
1University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
2Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
Background: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
Methods: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
Results: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
Conclusions: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
Keywords: Lorem, ipsum, dolor, sit, amet, consectetur
Conflict of Interest: None
Funding: None
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: September 5, 2014
Conference Scholarship Award:A limited number of conference scholarships awards are available. Conference scholarship recipients will be awarded complimentary registration and up to three nights in the conference hotel during the conference event dates. Scholarship awards do not include travel expenses.
Scholarship Eligibility:There are no exceptions to the above requirements.
Scholarship recipients are required to present a poster at the conference. Scholarship applications submitted without a poster abstract will not be considered. Please refer to the Poster Abstract Submission Guidelines, but note that your deadline for both your poster abstract submission and scholarship application is September 5.
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