| 2010 ABSTRACT GUIDELINES
New England Fertility Society
2010 Annual Meeting
April 30 to May 1, 2010
GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACT PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION ABSTRACTS MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE. CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT NEW THIS YEAR For the first time, two formats for poster presentation will be available. Posters can be presented electronically, via laptop computer, or by the traditional pin-up board. The presenter of the abstract may exercise either option. DEADLINES AND REQUIREMENTS
The deadline for abstracts has been extended. Abstracts must be submitted on-line and received no later than Friday, April 2, 2010 at 12midnight. Late submissions will not be accepted after this date. Once your abstract has been submitted on-line, you should receive an e-mail response within one week. If you do not, please contact the Society office immediately at 978-640-9176. NEFS will accept 3 categories of abstracts for 2010: (1) Basic Research, (2) Case Study and (3) Previously published abstracts. However, only the first two categories are eligible for the prize paper. (1) Basic Research. Abstracts that contain original work not published previously or presented at a meeting of a national or international scientific organization prior to the NEFS 2010 Annual Meeting will be accepted for consideration as a prize paper in Basic Research category. The winning prize paper will be presented as a ten minute oral presentation at the NEFS Annual meeting. NEFS will pay the registration fee for the presenting author. In addition the winning presenting author will also receive a $500 cash prize. Abstracts submitted and accepted, but not selected for the prize paper, will be presented as posters. (2) Case Studies that contain original work not published previously or presented at a meeting of a national or international scientific organization prior to the NEFS 2010 Annual Meeting will be accepted for consideration as a prize paper in the Case Study category. The winning prize paper will be presented as a 10 minute oral presentation at the NEFS Annual meeting. NEFS will pay the registration fee for the presenting author. In addition the winning presenting author will also receive a $250 cash prize. Abstracts submitted and accepted, but not selected for the prize paper, will be presented as posters. (3) Previously published abstracts. Abstracts that contain original work but have already been published/presented between October 2008 (including ASRM 2008, and 2009) and the abstract submission deadline will be accepted for consideration as posters at the Annual NEFS meeting. These abstracts cannot be considered candidates for prize paper contention.
ABSTRACT FORMAT AND GUIDELINES
Please be sure that your abstract completely describes the research performed so that the Program Committee can evaluate the quality, originality, and completeness of the work. Abstract quality will be assessed using the following categories: Originality of Concept; Importance of Research; Clarity of Presentation; Scientific Methodology; and Appropriateness of Conclusions.
Please submit your abstract using the following structured format: - Objective: An introductory sentence or two indicating the central hypothesis or goals of the study.
- Design: A brief statement describing the overall study design.
- Materials/Methods: A description of experimental procedures including applicable statistical methodology.
- Result(s): A description of the major findings of the study.
- Conclusion(s): A brief summary of the authors’ central and important conclusions.
Please note the following formatting requirements: - Abstract should be single spaced
- Font should be Times/Times Roman, 10 pt
- Limit the body of abstract to 350 words, single-spaced
- Type the title of the paper in bold and in capital letters, and set it flush with the left margin (example below)
- The principal author’s name and address information should be typed in the fields provided
- Authors’ names (including principal author) should be listed consecutively under “authors”, with two initials first (if applicable), and surnames last. Academic degrees should be omitted (see example below)
- Institutional affiliations of authors (including the institution, city and two-letter state abbreviation or province, and country) should follow the list of authors. If there are multiple authors located in different departments and/or institutions, their department and institution must be identified with a letter or number in brackets [] following the author’s name, and identified preceding the institution’s name (see example below).
- Enter the body of the abstract as one piece
- Graphs and charts to be included with the abstract should be emailed separately to michellepicher@nefs.org referencing the title and principal author of the abstract
- List all sources of support
See following example of title and authors: OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME IS PREDICTED BY HCG SERUM CONCENTRATION FOLLOWING THE OVULATORY DOSE OF HCG ST Daneshmand,[ab] BS Shapiro,[ab] FC Garner,[b], S Morris,[b]M Aguirre,[a] R Rossa [a]. [a] Fertility Center of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada,[b]. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV
PRESENTING AUTHOR
It is the responsibility of the presenting author to:
- Ensure that the abstract conforms to all of the Society’s submission instructions.
- Verify that all co-author(s) has/have consented to be included on the abstract as written.
- Verify and provide disclosure documentation for all authors via the database.
- Receive notification from the Society office regarding acceptance or rejection of the abstract and prepare the oral or poster presentation as required.
- Be present to present the paper at the NEFS Annual meeting.
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