Original research not completed until after the August 5, 2024, general abstract submission deadline for the Pregnancy Meeting ™ may be eligible for submission as a late-breaking abstract. Late-breaking abstracts should meet the guidelines for abstracts considered in the general submission and also meet the following criteria:
The research must be new and of sufficient scientific importance to merit special consideration after the standard abstract deadline.
Abstracts should describe large clinical studies or high-impact translational research that could not be completed before the original deadline.
Clinical studies must be prospective in design.
Late-breaking abstracts cannot be a revision of an abstract submitted before the original submission deadline.
Submitters no longer need their SMFM login credentials to access the submission site.
Monday, October 7: Now Accepting Late-Breaking Submissions Friday, October 11: General Abstract Withdrawal Deadline Friday, November 8: Late-Breaking Submission Deadline (9:00 PM ET) Monday, November 25: Late-Breaking Withdrawl Deadline
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, nonmembers can submit an abstract.
Yes, we accept industry-supported abstracts. All financial interests, commercial or federally funded research, must be disclosed upon submission.
No, the content of your abstract will not be submitted or presented at an international, national or district meeting and no paper arising from it will be published either in print or electronic format before the end of the Pregnancy Meeting. If you intend to submit your work for publication, you must be certain that the publication date will be after February 1, 2025 (last day of the meeting). If you cannot guarantee this, please do not submit the abstract.
No, we don’t accept panel presentations.
Abstracts are reviewed by a blinded peer-review group. A minimum of four experts review each abstract. Oral abstract presentations are also reviewed by four senior reviewers. The scores and recommendations are then reviewed and confirmed by the Program Committee.
Presenters are expected to pay the registration fee for the Pregnancy Meeting and attend the meeting in person in Aurora, CO.
Yes, abstracts can be edited before the submission deadline date, Monday, August 5, 2024. Please ensure your title, authors, institution, and abstract text are accurate before submitting.
Should this abstract be accepted for presentation, you agree to its publication and hereby assign its copyright to SMFM. The abstract will be published in the abstract supplement. The publication of the full paper is not guaranteed and would require your submission of a completed paper for full peer review evaluation before acceptance. Additional information regarding the manuscript submission step will be provided later.
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