Abstracts are now being accepted for review by the CNS Scientific Selection and Program Planning Committee for the 50th Annual CNS Meeting scheduled to be held in Boston, September 29-October 2. The deadline for submission is April 11.
Please begin a submission only after:
- Completely reading guidelines
- Final abstract is ready to upload/submit
Please note:
- The Abstract Submission site is independent of the Child Neurology Society and its website
- You will be required to create a username and password before beginning a submission.
…While you may use the same username/password used for the CNS website, you will be required to create this log-in identity independently on the Abstract portal/website. - All auto generated emails generated by your submission will appear as if they are coming directly from CNS National Office: (Nationaloffice@childneurologysociety.org).
…(Some institutional servers route auto-generated emails directly to your spam folder. Please be sure to check your spam folder if you do not receive an email after completing a submission.)
Questions? Email Nationaloffice@childneurologysociety.org
SUBJECT LINE: ABSTRACTS
Submission
- CNS Membership not required for abstract submission or presentation.
- First Author listed will be required to verify work submitted is their own.
- Work submitted on behalf of a company, institution or association (e.g. pharmaceutical company) must be clearly identified as such in “Abstract Addendum” section and/or “Supplementary Information” (Financial Disclosures/Grants)
- Multiple submissions allowed. Multiple authors allowed. (Max. 3 submissions per presenting author)
- Word Count: 250 (does not include title, authors, or text embedded in graphs or graphics; maximum 2 graphics allowed)
- Work presented at other meeting(s) and or recently published will be reviewed; author must identify previous presentation venues and verify work was presented before a substantially different audience in space provided in the submission form.
- Abstracts should be broken into four-header format: 1) Objective, 2) Methods, 3) Results, 4) Conclusions
- SAVE & FINALIZE when submission is completed. Once your submission is completed, submitter is required to click “Publish” and the submitter will receive a confirmation email to verify completed submission has been received.
Review, Selection & Presentation
- Abstracts will be reviewed by minimum of 3 members of the CNS Scientific Selection & Program Planning Committee assigned by the committee chairs.
- Anonymous review; no author ID is available to reviewers prior to final selection of abstracts, including authors’ response to question “Do you self-identify as a member of an underrepresented group?”
- Notification of acceptance and guidelines for presentation will emailed to first author on or before May 14, 2021.
- Notification of non-acceptance will be emailed to first author on or after May 17, 2021.
- Authors presenting papers in platform/plenary session(s) will be required to adhere to ACCME financial disclosure/conflict of interest guidelines as defined by the meeting CME Sponsor, MN Medical Association.
- Abstracts accepted for presentation will be published in the Annals of Neurology supplement. Submitting authors assume all responsibility for accuracy of information submitted and printed.
- Authors of abstracts accepted for presentation are required to register for the 50th Annual CNS Meeting. A registered proxy listed as contributing author may present in the event that the first author is unable to attend.
- Authors are responsible for all expenses related to attending and presenting at the meeting. No honoraria will be awarded for poster or platform/plenary presentations.
Questions? Email Nationaloffice@childneurologysociety.org
SUBJECT LINE: ABSTRACTS