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Abstract Submission

We invite you to submit abstracts for the 2026 Midwest Section Meeting!
Abstracts must be submitted electronically and can be submitted for the following sessions:

• Oral or Poster Presentations
• Graduate Student Oral Competition
• Undergraduate Student Oral or Poster Competition

Deadline is November 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM CT.

• Original research, teaching, and extension papers are encouraged. Oral papers or posters should consist of original, completed work that has not been accepted for publication.
• Authors need to be aware of patent considerations before submitting abstracts for publication.
• Abstract text is limited to 450 words, excluding title, keywords and any tables. Do not double-space between sentences as this extra space is considered a word in the count.
• Tables can be added as a PDF during the abstract submission process. Use the Table Guidelines to allow for a consistent display within the Meeting App and Website.

Abstract Submission Instructions

Abstract Quality Standards

Competition Guidelines

• Graduate Student Oral Competition and Score Sheet
• Undergraduate Student Oral Competition and Score Sheet
• Undergraduate Student Poster Competition and Score Sheet  

Presentation Guidelines 

Oral Presentation Information

• All presentations must be in PowerPoint format.
• Screen ratio size (ratio of width to height) needs to be 16:9.
• The length of the talk should be a total of 15 minutes.
  (12 minutes for presentation and 3 minutes for Q&A)  

Poster Presentation Information

• All posters are digital.
• All posters must be in PDF format at the highest resolution possible.
• The screen ratio size needs to be 16:9 (wide screen, landscape mode).
• The length of the talk should be a total of 5 minutes.
  (3 minutes for presentation and 2 minutes for Q&A)  

Awards

Call for 2026 Award Nominations is OPEN!  Deadline: November 10, 2025

Award Guidelines