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Date and deadline information is available for:

 

Abstracts

Last day for new applicants without two qualifying sponsors to apply for membership to submit an abstract

April 11

Online abstract submission opens

April 24

Deadline to apply for new membership to submit an abstract

May 2

Recommended date for prior members to renew membership to submit an abstract

May 12

Deadline for abstract submissions, 5 p.m. EDT

May 15

Deadline for changes to submitted abstracts, 5 p.m. EDT

May 19

Deadline for abstract withdrawal

May 26

Notification of session assignments e-mailed [Note: E-mails will come from sfn@abstractsonline.com. Please add this address to your safe senders list]

Early July

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Registration

Advance member registration opens

July 15

Advance nonmember registration opens

July 22

Press registration opens

July 23

Recommended advance registration receipt deadline for non-North American attendees to ensure timely receipt of name badge and program (if ordered)

Aug. 15

Receipt deadline for advance registration by mail, fax, and phone

Sept. 12

Last day to cancel annual meeting registration and receive refund

Oct. 17

Last day to apply for new membership prior to annual meeting registration

Oct. 17

Deadline for online advance registration, 11:59 p.m. EDT

Sept. 26

Online discount annual meeting registration opens at midnight EDT and continues through the annual meeting

Sept. 27

On-site, in-line registration opens at the convention center, 2 p.m. EDT

Nov. 14

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Hotel Reservations

Housing for advance member registrants opens

July 15

Housing for advance nonmember registrants opens

July 22

Press housing opens

July 23

Exhibitor housing opens

July 29

Advance registration requirement to make hotel reservations lifted

Aug. 29

Last day for students to make hotel reservations from student block

Oct. 6

Exhibitor block housing deadline

Oct. 6

Last day to cancel hotel reservations online [Note: After this date, new reservations through SfN housing are subject to availability]

Oct. 17

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Exhibits

Exhibitor booth sales open online

April 21

Priority point cut-off of exhibit applications

June 13

Exhibitor booth space confirmed

Late June

Exhibitor booth balance deadline

July 25

Exhibitor registration and housing opens

July 29

Closing date for advertising reservations in the Exhibit Guide

   Aug. 15

Materials for Exhibit Guide advertisements due to SfN

    Aug. 22

Exhibitor block housing deadline

Oct. 6

Booth giveaways request deadline

Oct. 10

Deadline for insurance certificates from exhibitor-appointed contractors

Oct. 10

Deadline for notification to SfN from exhibitor for use of exhibitor-appointed contractors

Oct. 10

Deadline for exhibitors to provide names for housing reservations

Oct. 10

Registration deadline to receive personnel badges in mail

Oct. 10

Ad closing date for The Journal of Neuroscience annual meeting issue

  Oct. 23

Brede National Exposition Service, Official General Contractor, advance order deadline

Oct. 28

Materials for The Journal of Neuroscience annual meeting issue due at printer

  Oct. 30

Last day for advance shipments to arrive at Brede's warehouse

Nov. 5

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Fellowships, Awards & Prizes

Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience

March 31

Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience

March 31

Young Investigators Award

April 28

Career Development Award

May 12

Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award

May 12

Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award in Neuroscience

 Extended: May 26

Jacob P. Waletzky Memorial Award for Innovative Research in Drug Addiction and Alcoholism

May 26

Julius Axelrod Prize

Extended: May 27

Graduate Student Travel Awards

May 27

Postdoctoral Travel Awards

May 27

Neuroscience Scholars Program

June 2

Child Care Supplement Award

June 9

Chapters Graduate Student Travel Awards

June 13

Chapters Postdoctoral Travel Awards

June 13

Patricia Goldman-Rakic Hall of Honor

June 16

Next Generation Award

 Extended: June 20

Science Educator Award

 Extended: June 20

Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience

July 28

Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award

Extended:
Aug. 18

Research Awards for Innovation in Neuroscience

Sept. 8

Science Journalism Student Award

Oct. 3

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