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The Conference Abstract Submission
and Review System
Welcome to the NASPSPA Conference Abstract Submission and
Review System (AbSRS). AbSRS provides an alternative to the
traditional method of abstract submission and review by using
the Internet to transfer the abstract between authors and
reviewers. AbSRS improves the efficiency of the review process
by eliminating the time required to sort and deliver abstracts
by postal service.
Before submitting an abstract using AbSRS, please take a moment
to review the
instructions for authors statement for the section to which you
are preparing to submit an abstract. NASPSPA has four program areas:
Motor Development, Motor Learning/Control, and Sport and Exercise
Psychology.
To make submitting easier, please print out this page and
use it as a guide during submission. Before you start, please read
all of the directions and prepare your abstract without a title
or author names and save it to your hard drive so that it is
ready to submit.
If you have technical questions regarding use of the online review
and submission system, or need to report a malfunction, please contact
naspspa@hkusa.com.
Click on a link below to scroll to that section of the instructions:
Preparing to Submit an Abstract
(Please print this page so you can follow along)
To submit an abstract, you will need to register with the AbSRS system
so that we can recognize you and associate your abstract with you. If you
have any questions about how to register, please contact Human Kinetics at
naspspa@hkusa.com.
You do not need to join NASPSPA to submit an abstract for
consideration. If your abstract is accepted, however, and you wish
to present at the 2010 conference, you will need to be or to become
a current NASPSPA member. Click here
to become a current member.
In addition to determining to which section you wish to submit your
abstract, please have the following information prepared:
- Your abstract (limited to 2100 characters*), saved as a computer file on your computer's hard drive.
The review process is blind. Because author
names are submitted separately in the process, please make sure to
remove all author and title information from your abstract.
- Full name, university, city, state, zip code, phone number, and
email address for the abstract's first author. The same information
(less phone number) for each co-author.
- You will be able to revise your abstract after you have submitted
prior to the deadline for submission on 01/20/10 (midnight Central Time).
*Using Microsoft Word's "Word Count" feature in the Tools menu (or under the Review Ribbon in Word 2007), the maximum allowable length of your abstract should be 2100 characters (with spaces).
Summary of Submission Process
Step 1: General Information:
You must enter the following information in this step:
- First, you will be asked to agree to actually present
at the conference if your abstract is accepted. If
you agree but do not show up at the conference, you will
be sent a letter from the past-president indicating you
will not be allowed to present at the conference for at
least the following year.
- Second, if your paper is accepted, you must also agree to present
your paper in person or to nominate a co-author.
- Third, you must certify that the research you have presented
has not been published or presented at any other peer-reviewed
venu.
- Fourth, you will indicate whether you are willing to present
your paper in another format if your first choice of presentation
mode is not granted.
- Fifth, you will be asked if you are a student. If you
answer yes, you will be asked to indicate whether you would
like to be considered for the NASPSPA Outstanding Student
Paper Award. If you do want to be considered for this award,
download the
instructions for the award process.
Step 2: Abstract Information - Title, Type, Topics:
You must enter the following information in this step:
- First, You need to select a topic from the available list
presented.
- Second, you will be asked to choose your abstract
presentation type from a drop down list. You must make this
choice before submitting.
- Verbal Presentation -- All presentations
will have Power Point available. You will get more details
later if you have this style of presentation accepted.
Verbal presentations are allotted 15 minutes (including questions).
- Poster Presentation -- Posters are
printed presentations that are placed on a 4 X 8 foot tack
board. Presenters will post their presentation early in
the day and will need to be present at their poster to
interact with attendees for a two-hour time period.
- Symposia - Please click here to see more
information about symposia submission. Symposia
consist of 3 or 4 presentations that cohere into a common theme.
- Third, you will be asked to enter the Title
of the abstract. If you are presenting a Symposium type abstract, you will
need to specify a title for the symposium AND a title for the paper.
Each paper present in a symposium must be entered as a separate abstract
with the same symposium title.
- Fourth, you may enter keywords relevant to your abstract. This
step is optional however.
- Finally, click on "Section 3 – Abstract Authors"” to
proceed to enter author information.
Step 3: Author Information:
You must enter the following information in this step:
- If YOU are the author of this abstract, check the first box
and your information will be filled in. Be sure to fill in any
empty fields as all information is required for submission.
- Provide the name, university, phone number, location, and
email address, when applicable, for each co-author. Keep adding
authors until this step is complete.
- Once you have added all authors, click on "Step 4 –
Abstract Content" to proceed. This is a raw text editor and
does not accept any formatting or special characters.
Click here to read instructions for using special formatting,
Greek and formula characters.
- After completing step 4, click the "Save"
button to submit your abstract.
Once you click save,you will go to a confirmation screen where
you can sign-out or submit another abstract. In addition, within
24 hours you will receive a separate email notifying you of
successful receipt of your submitted abstract.
Instructions for Submitting Symposium Abstracts
Instructions for submitting the abstracts for a Symposium
are the same as for other abstracts with the following exception:
The organizer of the symposium should submit all abstracts including
(1) Title and abstract for the overall symposium; (2) Title and
abstract for each paper. After you submit title, authors, and
abstract for the first paper, you will go to the confirmation
screen. Click on "Submit another paper for this symposium" and
add papers (title, authors, abstract) until the last paper is
entered. When the last abstract has been submitted you may
sign-out.
Requirements for 2010 Conference
You must be a 2010 member of NASPSPA at the time
of the conference. Renew your 2010 membership now by
clicking here!!
Note that using the abstract system requires you to be
registered with the NASPSPA site (though you don't have to be
a NASPSPA member) so your contact information is connected
to your submission. Please click one of the following choices
below:
- If you have previously used the Conference Abstract
Submission System,
click here. You'll need to log in to the abstract system
using your regular NASPSPA email and password, and then you
can submit your abstract.
- If you are not yet registered with the NASPSPA web site
and would like to submit an abstract, please
click here. After registering, you'll have the option of
joining NASPSPA (which you don't need to do to submit an abstract)
or continuing on to the abstract system.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: How long will I have to wait after the January 20th deadline to hear about acceptance?
- A: We will notify you no later than
March 15th about acceptance/rejection and mode of presentation.
- Q: When do I register for the conference?
- A: Registration forms are now available on the NASPSPA website. You can register online or by mail.
- Q: What about hotel registration?
- A: Hotel registration information is now available on the NASPSPA website. NASPSPA urges everyone to stay at the conference hotel (it is really nice) because we guarantee that we will fill sleeping rooms or NASPSPA incurs additional charges that impact future registration costs.
- Q: I just can't seem to get the abstract submitted. What do I do?
- A: First, contact
naspspa@hkusa.com
if you are having trouble with registering in the AbSRS system
or if you are having technical difficulties in submitting your
abstract. If all else fails, contact Jill Whitall at
jwhitall@som.umaryland.edu. In the subject line of your email write
"Help-Abstract Submission".
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