Call for abstracts

Share your research and boost your career, submit an abstract for poster presentation for the 38^th ECNP Congress!

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We accept abstracts in these scientific topics.

Deadline
The deadline to submit your abstract is 8 May 2025 at 23.39 CEST (Central European Summer Time).

Who can submit an abstract?
Abstracts can be submitted by professionals from across the world who are keen on discussing the latest developments in the science and treatment of brain disorders.

Non-standard abstract(s)
It is also possible to submit a non-standard abstract. For example, clinical cases, literature reviews and research proposals. 

How to submit
Abstracts should be submitted using these guidelines.

Please note:

• Registration for the congress by the presenting author is mandatory to be able to present a poster, 
• Once the abstract is submitted, no further changes will be allowed. It is allowed to add new data to the poster that is presented at the congress, but the abstract will remain the same as submitted.

Registration
Only presenting authors can submit an abstract and all abstract submitters must be registered for the congress before they are able to present a poster.

For in-person presentation in Amsterdam, you have to register for an in-person fee.

If you only want to present the poster online, you have to register for virtual participation fee.

Any changes in registration type will result in changing the type of poster presentation.
Please read the registration terms and conditions as costs are charged for changing the registration type.

The registration deadline for poster presenters is 23 July 2025 at 23.59 CEST (Central European Summer Time).

Prepare your submission

Review
Your abstract will be reviewed, if submitted according to the guidelines, in the period between 16 May and 16 July 2025. Abstracts accepted for poster presentation will receive one of the following outcomes:

Mark these dates in your 2025 calendar (23.59 CEST)

8 May (23.59 CEST)	Deadline for abstract submission
16 July	Outcome of the review will be sent
23 July	Deadline of presenting authors to register for the congress
5 August	Abstract titles of registered abstract submitters will be available in the online congress programme
5 September	Deadline to upload ePoster and Poster
11-14 October	Posters will be presented during the congress
Mid-December	The supplement to the open access ECNP journal Neuroscience Applied will be available online

Publication
Abstracts accepted for publication will be published in a digital supplement to the open access journal Neuroscience Applied. The supplement of the journal will be available online in Mid-December 2025. The abstracts accepted for presentation and/or publication will be added to the congress programme, app and congress platform.

ECNP Excellence Award

Excellent work might be rewarded with an ECNP Excellence Award.
Early Career Scientists (according to the criteria) and/or residents of a European Country with a Developing Economy (CDE)* are encouraged to submit an abstract for poster presentation.
*CDE-countries within Europe are: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kosovo, Republic of North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Türkiye, Ukraine.