Call For Abstracts

Submit Your Abstract for the 2026 Annual Conference

The submission deadline is Monday, March 2, 2026.

You must be a current (renewed for 2026) AASP member to submit an abstract. All conference presenters must be current AASP members. Non-presenting authors DO NOT need to be members.

The Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) is now accepting conference abstract submissions for its 41st Annual Conference, through Monday, March 2 at 11:59 pm PST. The program will consist of pre-conference continuing education workshops, invited keynote addresses, symposia, applied skills sessions, panels, roundtables, lectures, and poster sessions.

Abstracts addressing the scientist-practitioner perspective are strongly encouraged. The scientist-practitioner focus involves an identification of the reciprocal relationships among theory, research, and interventions/practice. For example, theory-based empirical research presentations should draw the link to the applied implications of the research findings. Similarly, presentations that feature applied interventions and practice should clarify the relationship with current theory or research.

NEW THIS YEAR

Applied Skills Sessions
After years of feedback from conference attendees that workshops were no longer serving their intended purpose, the Conference Planning Committee voted to move away from workshops and create Applied Skills Sessions. Applied Skills Sessions are designed to move beyond discussion and into practice. Presenters are expected to teach evidence-based techniques based in theory that attendees can actively learn, practice, and immediately apply in their professional contexts. These sessions should focus on concrete strategies, tools, or interventions grounded in research and best practices. Session content should also leave ample time for participant interaction with one another and with facilitators as applicable. Participants should leave with clearly defined skills they can confidently implement following the conference. Using only small group/breakout discussions is not appropriate for this type of session; if that is the focus, please consider submitting a Roundtable instead. Likewise, a case discussion alone is also not appropriate for an Applied Skills Sessions unless there is an opportunity to practice skills within the case example.

Special Call for Mid- to Late-Career Focused Presentations
Based on conference feedback, and Dr. Kensa Gunter’s call to action during her keynote presentation at last year’s conference, this year the Conference Planning Committee is thrilled to introduce a new submission category specifically for abstracts focused on mid- and late-career attendees. These abstracts will be reviewed by AASP Fellows using the traditional abstract evaluation rubric.

Limit of Two Submissions Per Person
Because of our high number of submissions and limited presentation slots, we are limiting submissions to two first author abstracts per person this year. The Conference Planning Committee has received consistent feedback asking for more diversity among first authors of conference presentations. Additionally, as more abstracts are submitted and the process of making the conference program is increasingly more difficult, we hope this change will help reduce the possibility of the same first author leading three or more presentations, which has happened in several past AASP conferences. Overall, our goal is that this change will lead to a more diverse set of presenters and ideas during the conference.

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION OPTION

AASP is offering a virtual presentation option for lectures and posters. Virtual lectures will be recorded by the presenter and available on demand after the conference to both in-person and virtual attendees. Virtual poster presenters will upload a poster PDF. Virtual presenters must register for the conference at the virtual rate.

GENERAL CONFERENCE POLICIES

Submitting members shall comply with the following conference policies, with respect to the submission of abstracts. For a complete list of ethical guidelines for submissions, please go to Ethical Guidelines for Presenters.
Each AASP member may submit two abstracts.
An abstract can only be submitted one time. It is unethical to submit an abstract to two different submission types (e.g., lecture and poster, continuing education workshop and symposium).
Abstracts are limited to 300 words.
Abstracts must be submitted in English.
All identified presenters on the abstract(s) must be current members of AASP and must be certain that they will be attending the conference, barring unforeseen emergencies. Note: Non-presenting authors do not need to be active members.
Identifiable information in the body of the abstract is not permitted. In order to ensure a blind review of the abstract, all identifiable information (e.g., reference to the presenters or university name and excessive referencing to personal work) should be removed from the abstract.
The submission of "work in progress" is not allowed. Members submitting research abstracts should have their results analyzed and findings completed prior to and included in the abstract.
Fragmentation is discouraged. Reasonable exceptions (e.g., projects with multiple studies, multiple data collections) should be clearly stated in the abstract.
Should sensitive information be proposed as part of the presentation, the submitting presenter must indicate as such in the abstract submission and must notify the Chair of the Conference Planning Committee by sending an e-mail to: scientific@appliedsportpsych.org.
If an abstract is accepted for presentation, the submitter agrees to present the work at the date and time designated by the Conference Planning Committee. AASP is not able to accommodate requests to change an assigned presentation day.
All presenters must register for the conference at the full conference rate. There is no one-day rate for the conference.

All submitters will be notified by June 1, 2026.

POSSIBLE REASSIGNMENT OF PROPOSALS
To maximize the quality of the program and give as many people as possible the opportunity to present, a proposal may be reassigned to a different format. This is particularly true of lectures being reassinged as posters. Authors have the right to decline any reassignment without penalty, if such notification is communicated to the Scientific Program Chair (scientific@appliedsportpsych.org) by June 15, 2026.

While delivering a conference presentation, it is expected that:

All language and content in the presentation be appropriate and not offensive or insensitive.
If academic research is presented within the presentation, the presenter(s) indicate(s) that data was gathered after receiving IRB approval from their respective institutions or other approving body.
Any data or details pertaining to the subjects of the presentation remain anonymous through the removal of names, locations, dates, professional positions, pictures, or other identifying information (unless permission to share those details is given).