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Call for Posters NIDA Int’l Poster Session

Society for Prevention Research 23rd Annual Meeting

Integrating Prevention Science and Public Policy

May 26-29, 2015 │ Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill │ Washington, DC

Pre-Conference Workshops May 26, 2015

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All poster abstracts must be submitted online at www.preventionresearch.org.

Deadline for submission: Friday, November 7, 2014

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The International Program and Division of Epidemiology,Services and Prevention Research of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will host the 8th Annual NIDA International SPR Poster Session at the SPR 23rd Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, May 26–29, 2015.The poster session will take place in conjunction with the SPR opening reception following the preconference workshops on May 26, 2015. Posters will highlight drug and alcohol abuse prevention research, including research on drug-related HIV/AIDS prevention. We seek variation in study designs and range of data types(e.g., program data, surveillance data, findings from clinical trials and other empirical studies). Abstracts should include completed analyses.“Findings to be presented”abstracts will not be considered. Eligible research must have been conducted in international settings by international researchers, domestic researchers, or binational research teams.

Poster abstract submissions for the NIDA International SPR Poster Session will undergo the same peer review process as other submissions for SPR. If you have questions about your eligibility to submit a poster abstract for the NIDA International SPR Poster Session, please contact Eve Reider, Ph.D., Prevention Research Branch, NIDA, at ereider@mail.nih.gov, or Dale Weiss, NIDA International Program, at dweiss@nida.nih.gov.

separator1International Travel Awards for the NIDA International SPR Poster Session

A limited number of travel awards are available for international researchers whose abstracts have been accepted for presentation at the 2015 NIDA International SPR Poster Session. The awards, which are sponsored by NIDA and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism,provide partial support to cover costs associated with attending the 2015 NIDA International SPR Poster Session and the full SPR meeting.

To be eligible, applicants must:

  • Use the SPR online registration system to submit a poster abstract that is accepted for presentation at the NIDA International SPR Poster Session.
  • Register for and participate in the full SPR meeting.
  • Be a citizen or permanent resident of a country other than the United States.
  • Be the first author of the submitted poster abstract (also refer to Binational Research Teams) or
  • If the primary abstract author is a U.S. citizen and part of a binational research team(and thus ineligible for a travel award),the research team may nominate one of the foreign abstract authors who is part of the foreign investigative team for a travel award, as long as the foreign abstract author is a citizen or permanent resident of a country other than the United States and both the U.S.primary author and the foreign author intend to participate fully in the NIDA International SPR Poster Session and the full SPR meeting.

When travel award selections are made, priority will be given to applicants who are:

  • Drug or alcohol abuse prevention and/or drug-related HIV prevention researchers supported by NIDA
  • Alumni of a NIDA-supported research training or exchange program
  • Citizens or permanent residents of low- and middle-income countries(as identified bythe World Bank’s most current Classification of Economies).

Note: Applicants may not have received travel support from the NIDA International Program between July 1, 2014, and June 30, 2015.

International travel award amounts are based on an applicant’sresidency:

North America (non-U.S. citizens)     $500USD

Outside of North America                   $1,000USD

Applicants who accept a travel award to participate in the 2015 NIDA International SPR Poster Session will not be eligible to receive a travel award for the 2015 NIDA International Forum at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) Conference; however, applicants are encouraged to participate in both the NIDA International SPR Poster Session and the NIDA International Forum.

separator1All abstracts must be submitted online at www.preventionresearch.org.

Deadline for submission: Friday, November 7, 2014

For questions regarding online abstract submission,the peer review process,or other details regarding the SPR Annual Meeting, please contact Jennifer Lewis by telephone at +1-703-934-4850, ext. 213 or by email at jenniferlewis@preventionresearch.org.

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