How to Submit Your Proposal

The entire submission process will continue to be strictly online. Please do not send any additional materials (hard copy, diskette, etc.) to the Administrative Office!

SIOP Username & Password: You will need your SIOP username and password to submit a proposal. Members who are eligible to submit proposals received their username in an e-mail message from the Administrative Office. If you need your username and password, go to the submission login site and request that the information be e-mailed to you. Please note that the information can only be e-mailed to you at the e-mail address in the SIOP database. Contact the Administrative Office at SIOP@siop.org if you need to update your e-mail address or if you need help. Note: Participant information that is modified during the submission process (affiliation & address) is not immediately updated. However, this information will be updated after the Administrative Office is able to verify it.

Online Submission Availability: We expect that access to our online proposal submission site will be available early July.  Submitters may go back and edit their submission by entering the submission site and selecting an existing submission at any time UP UNTIL THE DEADLINE. But remember that traffic on this site is extremely heavy at that time so it is possible that you will not get on or that your processing time will be very slow. The site will automatically shut down at 5:00 p.m. EDT on September 13, 2006, whether you have finished or not, and you will not be able to make any changes after that time. Remember, the deadline is at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time; please do not mistakenly focus on your own time zone!

Online Submission Elements

Please note that if your proposal is accepted, the information you enter during the online submission process is used to create the program.  Be certain to enter the information carefully.

Proposal Title
10 word (maximum) for your proposed session

Content Areas
(Chosen from our list. Placing your submission into a content area helps to assure it is reviewed by a reviewer with specific content expertise. The “other” option should only be used if absolutely necessary.)

Abstract

Press Paragraph

Audiovisual/Special Requests

Number of Authors/Participants
You must count all authors, regardless of whether they will be presenting at the session or not. The number of authors/participants that you give will be used to create the participant list and the conference program.

PLEASE NOTE: When you look at the eCover page, it may show 0 participants being involved in the submission, even though you had entered the correct number as part of the initial submission. Be sure to enter the correct number again before proceeding to the next page. You will not be able to identify the participants or to designate their roles (coauthor, discussant, etc.) if the eCover page shows 0 as a count.

Amount of Time Requested

Required Submission Document Format for file created in Microsoft Word

Participant List (including coauthors who are not presenting)

Receipt of Proposal Confirmation
A receipt/confirmation of your submission will be sent to you via e-mail.

Automatic Consideration for the 2007 APA Conference
There are always more great submissions than space permits on the SIOP program. This year you can elect to have your submission automatically considered for presentation at APA if it is not accepted at SIOP. Selecting this option does NOT guarantee that your submission will be accepted at APA. If your paper is accepted at APA you will have the option to be on the program; you are not committing to the APA conference by having your paper be automatically considered for APA. For information on the date and location of the 2007 APA conference, visit http://www.apa.org.

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