Dates/Deadlines

 

Abstracts
Last day for new applicants without two qualifying sponsors to apply for membership to submit an abstract
April 8  
Online abstract submission opens
April 23
Deadline to apply for new membership to submit an abstract
May 1
Recommended date for prior members to renew membership to submit an abstract
May 11
Deadline for abstract submissions, 5 p.m. EDT
May 14
Deadline for changes to submitted abstracts, 5 p.m. EDT
May 18
Deadline for abstract withdrawal
May 25
Notification of session assignments e-mailed [Note: E-mails will come from sfn_program@abstractsonline.com. Please add this address to your safe senders list]
Early July

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Registration
Bonus Day for Members who renewed membership before Dec. 31, 2008
July 13
Advance member registration opens
July 14
Advance nonmember registration opens
July 21
Press registration opens
July 22
Recommended advance registration receipt deadline for non-North American attendees to ensure timely receipt of name badge 
Aug. 11
Receipt deadline for advance registration by mail, fax, and phone
Sept. 8
Deadline for online advance registration, 11:59 p.m. EDT
Sept. 24
Last day to cancel annual meeting registration and receive refund
Sept. 25
Online discount annual meeting registration opens at midnight EDT and continues through the annual meeting
Sept. 25
Express badge pick-up stations available only - opens at the convention center, 2 p.m. (Full registration services begins Saturday, Oct. 17 at 8 a.m. CDT)

Oct. 16
On-site, in-line registration opens at the convention center, 8 a.m. CDT
Oct. 17

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Hotel Reservations
Bonus Day for Members who renewed membership before Dec. 31, 2008
July 13
Housing for advance member registrants opens
July 14
Housing for advance nonmember registrants opens
July 21
Press housing opens
July 22
Exhibitor housing opens
July 28
Advance registration requirement to make hotel reservations lifted
Aug. 28
Last day for students to make hotel reservations from student block
Sept. 7
Exhibitor block housing deadline
Sept. 7
Last day to cancel hotel reservations online [Note: After this date, new reservations through SfN housing are subject to availability]
Sept. 18

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Exhibits
Exhibitor booth sales open online
April 6
Priority point cut-off of exhibit applications
May 15
Exhibitor booth space confirmed via e-mail
June 15
Exhibitor booth balance deadline
July 17
Exhibitor registration and housing opens
July 28
Closing date for advertising reservations in the Exhibit Guide
Aug. 14
Materials for Exhibit Guide advertisements due to SfN
Aug. 21
Exhibitor block housing deadline
Sept. 7
Registration deadline to receive personnel badges in mail
Sept. 11
Deadline for exhbitors to provide names for housing reservations
Sept. 11
Deadline for insurance certificates from exhibitors
Sept. 14
Deadline for insurance certificate from exhibitor-appointed contractors
Sept. 14
Deadline for notification to SfN from exhibitor for use of exhibitor-appointed contractors
Sept. 14
First day for advance shipments to arrive at The Expo Group warehouse
Sept. 14
Booth giveaways request deadline
Sept. 14
Deadline for insurance certificates from exhibitors and exhibitor-appointed contractors
Sept. 14
The Expo Group, Official General Contractor, advance order deadline
Sept. 14
Ad closing date for The Journal of Neuroscience annual meeting issue
Sept. 24
Materials for The Journal of Neuroscience annual meeting issue due at printer
  Oct. 1
Last day for advance shipments to arrive at GSC warehouse
Oct. 9
Neuoscience 2009
Oct. 17 - 21

 

 

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Awards
Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience
May 1
Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience
May 1
Graduate Student Travel Awards
June 1
Postdoctoral Travel Awards
June 1
Chapters Postdoctoral Travel Awards
June 1
Chapters Graduate Student Travel Awards
June 1
Neuroscience Scholars Program
June 12
Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Mentoring
June 12
Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award
June 12
Patricia Goldman-Rakic Hall of Honor
June 12
Career Development Award
June 12
Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award
June 12
Next Generation Award
 June 22
Julius Axelrod Prize
June 26
Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award in Neuroscience
 July 22
Research Awards for Innovation in Neuroscience
 July 30
Young Investigator Award
July 30
Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience
July 30
Jacob P. Waletzky Memorial Award for Innovative Research in Drug Addiction and Alcoholism
Aug. 12
Science Educator Award
 July 31
Science Journalism Student Award
Sept. 14

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