Important Dates

DECEMBER

  • December 16th 6:00PM CST Deadline for Program Proposals
  • December 16th 6:00PM CST Deadline for Speaker Abstracts - required as part of a program proposal and must be submitted by proposed speaker through their RSA profile
  • December 16th 6:00PM CST Deadline for Satellite Submissions (pre-RSA - Saturday only, approval required)

JANUARY

  • January 31st 6:00PM CST Deadline for Poster Abstracts
  • January 31st 6:00PM CST Deadline for Student Merit / Junior Investigator Funding applications. Requires ID# from already submitted Abstract (Speaker or Poster)
  • January 31st 6:00PM CST Deadline for Enoch Gordis Research Recognition Award applications. Requires ID# from already submitted Poster Abstract
  • January 31st 6:00PM CST Deadline for Nadia Chaudhri Rising Scholar Award applications.  Requires ID# from already submitted Poster Abstract
  • January 31st 6:00PM CST Deadline for Undergraduate Diversity Travel Award applications.  Requires ID# from already submitted Poster Abstract
  • January 31st 6:00PM CST Deadline for RSA Awards Nominations
  • January 31st 6:00PM CST Deadline for ACER Journal Award for Early Career Investigator Outstanding Paper

FEBRUARY

  • February 28th Program Proposal acceptance notifications sent via email (approximate date).

MARCH

  • March 3rd Program Outline available
  • March 3rd Poster Abstract acceptance notifications sent via email (approximate date)
  • March 10th Undergraduate Diversity Travel Awardees notifications sent via email (approximate date)
  • March 10th Nadia Chaudhri Rising Scholar Award notifications sent via email (approximate date)
  • March 17th Ancillary (non-RSA board meetings, RSA committees’ workshops, etc.) - first come, first serve - limited space
  • March 20th Poster Withdrawal Deadline
  • March 25th Gordis Awardee Finalists notifications sent via email (approximate date)
  • March 30th RSA Annual Awards notifications sent via email (approximate date)

APRIL

  • April 30th Student Merit and Junior Investigator Award notifications sent via email (approximate date)

MAY

  • May 4th Deadline for Early Bird Meeting Registration

JUNE

  • June 1st Deadline for partial refund on canceled meeting registrations
  • June 20th Last day for Online Meeting Registration (by 6:00pm Central)