How to Submit Your Proposal
The entire submission process will continue to be strictly online. Please do not send any materials 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 when you receive this Call for Proposals. 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. Please remember that traffic on this site is extremely heavy close to the deadline so it is possible that you will not get on the site or that your processing time will be very slow. The site will automatically shut down at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on September 9, 2009, and you will not be able to make any changes after that time.
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 correct information.
Proposal Title
10 word (maximum) for your proposed session
Content Areas
Suggested Reviewer Profile
Abstract
Press Paragraph
Special Requests Please indicate any special request (e.g., scheduling, presentation needs such as a flip chart). Special requests must be made at the time you submit your proposal. Once accepted, special requests cannot be considered.
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. Submission participants cannot be changed after the proposal has been accepted.
Amount of Time Requested
Word Count You will be asked to confirm that you have conformed to the word-count requirements (see above) of your submission and that you recognize that by failing to abide by these requirements will preclude the submission from review. For word limit information, click here.
Diversity of Affiliation (relevant for Debate, Symposium/Forum, and Panel Discussion submissions only) You will be asked to confirm that you have conformed to the diversity of affiliation requirement (see above) and that you recognize that not doing so means your submission will not be reviewed.
Commitment to Present
You will be asked to affirm that all presenters (i.e., first authors, discussants, chairs) in the proposed session have indicated their personal commitment to give the presentation at the 2010 SIOP conference should it be accepted. Prior to submission, please consider any potential travel or funding constraints that would prevent the delivery of the presentation should it be accepted. You will also be asked to affirm that you understand that there can be NO SUBSTITUTIONS of presenters or papers after submission. This rule includes authors who may have left the institution from which the proposal was originally submitted. The possibility for such occurrences should be discussed among authors prior to submission.
Legal Right to Present the Paper
You will be asked to affirm that all presenters (i.e., first authors, discussants, chairs) in the proposed session have indicated that they have the legal right to present AND distribute all information included in the submission (i.e., that any proprietary materials included in the proposal CAN be presented AND distributed at the conference).
Automatic Consideration for the 2010 APA Conference
There are always more great submissions than space permits on the SIOP conference program. You can elect to have your submission automatically forwarded to and considered for presentation at the APA conference if it is not accepted at the SIOP conference. Selecting this option does NOT guarantee that your submission will be accepted for the APA conference. APA will notify you if your submission is accepted. If your submission is accepted by APA, you will then have the option to be on the program; you are not committing to the APA conference by having your submission be automatically considered. Also, selecting this option does not affect the likelihood of your submission being accepted for SIOP. For information on the date and location of the 2010 APA conference, visit http://www.apa.org.
Required Submission Document Format
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.
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