ISPNE is now accepting submissions for the 2025 Annual Conference. Please note that the deadline for symposium proposals is March 15th, 2025. And the deadline to submit individual abstracts is April 15th, 2025. 

 Nola 2025 theme: Psychoneuroendocrinology at the Intersection of Science and Society: Navigating Bridges between Stress & Health

Our 2025 conference theme will give ISPNE the opportunity to bridge across the many intersecting disciplinary borders of psychoneuroendocrinology. The theme reflects that ISPNE stands at a crossroads where our interdisciplinary strengths can powerfully buttress neighboring disciplines through emphasizing preclinical work and its translation as well as by providing a scientific foundation for advocacy, policy, and public awareness. The 2025 ISPNE conference in New Orleans also embraces identity and intersectionality by hosting events that intend to help psychoneuroendocrinology forge pathways between science and society toward better health. Submissions that fit the 2025 theme are encouraged but not required.

We look forward to seeing you in New Orleans, September 3-5th!

 

 Call for Abstracts: Posters and Data Blitz

 ISPNE is pleased to invite abstract submissions for the ISPNE 2025 Conference in New Orleans, LA on September 3-5, 2025 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

Important dates

  • Deadline for abstract submission: April 15, 2025 by 11:59 in presenter’s time zone.
  • Notification for decision about abstract submission: on or about May 15, 2025.
  • Notification for awards and blitz winners: on or about June 15, 2025
  • A second open call for abstract submissions takes place between April 15-July 1, 2025 for late breaking submissions (posters only) with rolling decisions between June 1-July 15, 2025.

 Abstract Submission Guidelines

  • Abstracts should be less than 1250 characters in length, including spaces (about 250 words).
  • Abstracts should contain essential background, new scientific information to be presented, and the possible significance of findings. ISPNE recommends dividing into four sections: Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
  • To address scientific rigor, appropriate statistical analysis tests, effect sizes, and p values should be reported.
  • Do not use all-caps, bold, or italics.
  • Abstracts should contain plain text with no special formatting. Special characters (specifically Greek letters, greater than or equal to, and less than or equal to) must be spelled out. Please use lower-case 'p' for probabilities, e.g., p < .05.
  • Optional: A total of two tables and/or figures are allowed; figure captions count against word count.
  • Abstract length does not include title, authors’ names, affiliations, funding sources, and diversity statement.
Additional Guidelines for Sections
  • Authors names should include the full formal name of all authors. Do not solely use initials. Published name format preferred.
  • Authors are encouraged to identify the presenting author and, if accepted, which authors would like to be considered and are eligible for early career awards and LMIC travel awards.
  • At the time of abstract submission, the presenting author is asked to provide a brief bio (limited to 50 words) and headshot.
  • Authors should provide 3 keywords to aid in reviewer content match.
  • The Scientific Program Committee in recent years added diversity as a review criterion. We ask submitters to suggest ways that their submissions promote and reflect diversity in terms of excellence in scientific merit content as well as representation from authors from minoritized groups. ISPNE embraces an inclusive definition of diversity including but not limited

Abstract Submission Notifications and Award Decisions

The Scientific Program Committee who evaluates abstract submissions are not provided with author information, bio/headshot, diversity statements, or award eligibility in order to ensure a fair and impartial review via single-blinded peer review. Notification about decisions for poster abstracts is sent on or about May 15, 2025 to permit sufficient time for travel decisions. Late breaking submissions will be accepted for rejected symposia entries; however, rejected posters will not be considered for late breaking submissions without extenuating circumstances (e.g., new data). 

Decisions about Awards and Accolades

A select number of top-ranking abstracts will be considered for awards that provide an honorarium to offset travel costs to presenting authors. No separate application is needed. 
Top-ranking abstracts will be considered for “data blitz” presentations which are formatted as 5 minute/5 slides flash talks. No separate application is needed. However, potential presenters should indicate consent to be considered for the data blitz format and, if selected, if they prefer to present during the blitz only or if an accompanying poster presentation is also of interest.Psychoneuroendocrinology publishes an annual supplemental volume for ISPNE conference abstracts. Submitted abstracts are automatically sent for consideration by the ISPNE review committee to the supplement volume, but authors can indicate preference to opt-out of consideration for the supplemental issue. The PNEC supplemental issue abstracts are citable but do not count as a scientific publication. As abstracts are not indexed by PMC or Scopus, publishing an abstract does not preclude peer-reviewed publication. Should authors wish to make minor edits to their abstracts, accepted and selected abstracts must be finalized no later than July 1, 2025 so the supplement can appear on or about the September 2025 issue.
  
2025 ISPNE Abstract Submission

 

 

Call for Symposia Submissions

ISPNE is pleased to invite symposia submissions for the ISPNE 2025 Conference in New Orleans, LA on September 3-5, 2025 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
Important Dates
  • Deadline for symposium proposal: March 15, 2025 by 11:59 in presenter’s time zone.
  • Notification for decision about symposium proposals: on or about April 30, 2025..
  • Deadline for individual symposium speakers to upload their (accepted) abstracts: July 1, 2025

 Information about Symposia

A symposium is a collection of scientific reports focused on a particular theme or subject. A symposium is scheduled for 75 minutes, typically including 15 minute presentations with sufficient time for Q&A and discussion. We also welcome proposals using innovative formats (debate style, hands-on demonstration or workshop) for which the same 75 minute format is available. A maximum of 5 speakers is allowed, with suggested formats being 4 speakers and a chair OR 3 speakers with a discussant and a chair.

The symposium chair is expected to organize, invite, and confirm participation and attendance with proposal speakers. When a symposium chair is notified that the symposium proposal is accepted, individual presenters are requested to make an abstract submission regarding their research presentation following ISPNE guidelines. Each presenter, including chairs and discussants, must register for the conference; there are no fee waivers for presenters.

The following content for symposium proposal submissions are encouraged, but not required:
Proposals that fit the 2025 theme
Feature both human and animal model research
Support diversity in science
Include representation from multiple countries.

ISPNE supports diversity in science, embracing an inclusive definition of diversity including but not limited to gender/sex, cultural or ethnic diversity, LMIC authors, disabilities, disadvantaged background. For symposia proposals, chair(s) should consider the collective balance of presenters, at a minimum, in terms of sex/gender. ISPNE especially encourages symposium proposals that involve early career scholars submitting proposals together with senior investigators to gain experience in organizing and co-chairing sessions as well as presenting their work alongside senior researchers in their field. A suggested format is to include two senior researchers and one trainee in a panel of presentations.

Symposia Submission Guidelines
All symposium proposals should include:
  • Symposia Title
  • Name, email, affiliation and career level for chair(s), discussants, and/or presenting authors. The presenting author is generally the first author for forthcoming individual abstract submissions.
  • Substantive but succinct description of the topic and proposed talks (limit 4,400 characters (including spaces), or about 700 words.
  • Do not use all-caps, bold, or italics.
  • Use plain text with no special formatting. Special characters (specifically Greek letters, greater than or equal to, and less than or equal to) must be spelled out.
  • Symposia proposal length does not include title, authors’ names, affiliations, and diversity statement.
  • Optional: A graphical abstract of the symposium proposal is allowed; figure captions count against word count.
  • ISPNE supports diversity in science.
  • We ask symposium proposals to identify ways that their proposal promotes and reflects diversity in terms of excellence in scientific merit content as well as representation of speakers and presenters.
  • The Diversity in Science statement is likewise where symposium chairs can opt to identify how their proposal fits with recommended (but not required) submission content.
  • Diversity in career stage is recommended. Career stage is reported as part of the submission process, but chairs are further encouraged to describe how symposium submissions support career diversity.
  • Each diversity statement is limited to 950 characters (around 200 words) and does not count against symposium proposal character limits.
  • The uploaded documents should be in the following formats: .doc; .docx; .txt; .pdf. File names should be the symposium chair's last name.
An ISPNE symposium proposal is an established pathway for potential authors to propose invited reviews into the society’s journal. Psychoneuroendocrinology does not typically publish review articles unless invited, systematic, or meta-analytic. At the time of submission, symposium chairs are asked to indicate if they intend or would like to consider submitting a review article (or similar article) based on the ISPNE symposium as part of an “ISPNE special collection” series.
2025 Symposia Proposal Submission