How to Submit
Preparing the Abstract
To submit your abstract, you will need the following information readily available:
- Title and body of your abstract
- Name, affiliation, and conflict of interest information for all authors
- Support/grant information
- Theme and topic selection
Note: The themes and topics have changed from previous years. Before submitting your abstract, review the list carefully to determine where your abstract would best fit.
SfN membership is required for abstract submission. Join or renew.
All co-authors included on abstract author blocks are required to have a free My SfN account. (Note: Membership is not required to create an account.)
Abstract Length
The body of the abstract should be no more than 2,300 characters, including punctuation but not spaces. Use this range as a frame of reference, then count characters and revise accordingly.
Deadlines and Payment
Submit and finalize your abstract by the submission deadline, including payment of the nonrefundable abstract submission fee. No further edits can be made to the abstract, including the author block, once the submission deadline has passed.
- Submission Deadline: Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 5 p.m. EDT or when the 2,500 submission cap has been reached
- Abstract Submission Fee: $255
Submission Form
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Title
Titles are limited to 1,200 characters, including spaces. The title of the abstract should incorporate all words critical for the subject of the abstract. Write your title in sentence case (first word is capitalized; remaining words are lower case). Do not bold or italicize your full title.
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Keywords
Keywords help users of the Neuroscience Meeting Planner and the annual meeting mobile app to find abstracts. Select up to three words from the list provided in the abstract submission form. Submitters may also opt to create their own keywords.
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Theme and Topic
Selection of a theme, subtheme, and topic for the abstract allows submitters to "self-identify" the area of neuroscience in which the abstract fits. This identification is the first step in sorting abstracts for the Program Committee, who will take this identification into consideration and place related abstracts with similar topics into the same session. Selection of a primary theme and topic is required. Selection of a secondary theme and topic is optional, but often helpful to the program committee.
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Authors
List all authors who contributed to the work discussed in the abstract. The presenting author will receive correspondence regarding the abstract. Be prepared to submit contact information as well as conflict of interest information for each author listed. All co-authors included on abstract author blocks are required to have a free My SfN account. (Note: Membership is not required to create an account.)
Submitters will also be asked to identify their abstract's senior author(s). The senior author(s) represent the principal investigator(s) of the lab where the work described in the abstract was completed. Senior author(s) should be listed towards the end of the author block.
Submitters are limited to entering 30 authors per abstract.
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Abstract
Enter the body of the abstract here. Do not re-enter the title, author, support, or other information that is collected in other steps of the submission form. The abstract body is limited to 2,300 characters, not including spaces.
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Support
Enter the source(s) of research support. Grant numbers may be listed here.
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Special Requests
- Designate the submitting author as a senior author
- Designate the presenting author as a high school or undergraduate student
- Indicate any special accommodations needed
Confirmation of Session Information
Only the presenting author will receive notifications, via email, of the abstract's status. This information is sent in two emails:
- The first notification in late September will include the assigned session title and session date/time for accepted abstracts.
- A second email sent in mid-October will include a reminder of the abstract's assigned session and more specific information about the presentation.
If no email address is supplied or if an incorrect email address is listed, information will not reach the presenting author. Contact SfN staff at program@sfn.org to change contact information.
To ensure that you receive all SfN correspondence, add sqlautonotice@coetruman.com, program@sfn.org, SfN_Program@abstractsonline.com, and sfn@support.ctimeetingtech.com to your email "safe senders" list.
