{"id":2403,"date":"2026-03-17T20:12:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/?page_id=2403"},"modified":"2026-04-27T18:08:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:08:58","slug":"latebreaking-and-project-proposed-posters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/past-calls-for-proposals\/latebreaking-and-project-proposed-posters\/","title":{"rendered":"Latebreaking\u00a0and Project Proposed Posters\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Submission Deadline<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Thursday, April 23, 2026
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You must submit your proposal using the online submission form. Proposals sent by email will not be considered. Proposals that are incomplete will not be considered. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

All ESA Annual Meeting proposal and abstract deadlines are 5:00 PM Eastern so that technical support and ESA staff assistance will be immediately available when submitters need it. If you begin your submission very close to the deadline, you are choosing to take a risk, and we will not make an exception if you are unable to complete your submission in time. The form automatically closes at 5:00 Eastern Time (2:00 Pacific Time) whether you have completed your submission or not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will receive an automatic email when you complete your submission. Every speaker listed in the proposal will receive a similar email. You will be able to return to the proposal to edit it until the submission deadline has passed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To submit a proposal, you will need to log in using an ESA member account. If you have not been an ESA member or registered for an ESA meeting in recent years, you will need to create an ESA member account before you can submit. You do not need to pay membership dues to create an ESA member account or submit for the meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Important Note <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

ESA meetings, open to ESA members and those interested in ecology, are among the most respected meetings of ecologists in the science community. ESA is committed to providing a safe, productive and welcoming environment. All participants including, but not limited to, attendees, speakers, volunteers, exhibitors, ESA staff, service providers and others are expected to abide by the ESA Meetings Code of Conduct<\/a>. This Code of Conduct applies to all ESA meeting-related events including those sponsored by organizations other than ESA but held in conjunction with ESA events, in public or private facilities. In addition, ESA members and authors of ESA publications must adhere to the ESA Code of Ethics<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>About Latebreaking Poster Presentations <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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About Traditional Latebreaking Poster Presentations <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Abstracts for traditional latebreaking posters must follow the same guidelines as contributed abstracts, which include reporting specific new knowledge (quantitative, qualitative, or conceptual). Preliminary results are appropriate for this poster type. Presenters who do not have even preliminary results ready to share at the time of abstract submission should submit a project proposed abstract (see below). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Project Proposed Poster Presentations <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For the second year, we are offering project proposed posters as an opportunity for attendees who are in the early stages of a project to present and receive constructive feedback from attendees at a formative stage of project development. These posters will be appropriate for presenters who do not have results ready to share at the time of abstract submission, including presenters who have not collected any data yet or are in the early stages of collecting data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We welcome submissions from all career stages; however, we hope that this will be a particularly helpful presentation format for students and early career ecologists seeking to improve proposed or in-progress work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presenters with results to report at the time of abstract submission, even if preliminary or incomplete, should submit a standard late breaking poster abstract instead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Sorting abstracts into sessions <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Abstract submitters will rank 3 preferred session themes as part of the abstract submission process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Individually submitted latebreaking poster abstracts will be grouped together to create sessions with a common theme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Individually submitted project proposed posters will be grouped together by theme if there is a sufficient number to do so. If not, they may be grouped together as one Projects Proposed session. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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These sessions will all be scheduled for 5:00-6:30 PM (90 minutes) on Thursday, July 30th. By submitting an abstract, you are indicating that the presenting author will be available during this time slot. Poster sessions are the last scientific session each day to give presenters an opportunity for extended discussion and networking. There are no other scientific sessions that are scheduled concurrently with latebreaking posters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Submission Guidelines \u2013 Latebreaking Posters<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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We welcome submissions on a wide variety of ecological topics, including but not limited to research-focused studies, topics related to education or human dimensions of ecology, applied ecological works, conceptual or theoretical contributions, and valuable resources to support ecological research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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