We are pleased to accept abstracts for our virtual short research presentations and rapid-fire poster session. The deadline to submit an abstract is September 2, 2025, at 11:59 PM CT. Please note that you DO NOT have to be formally associated with any National Institutes of Health (NIH) Centers for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE), IDeA Program Infrastructure for Clinical and Translational Research (IDeA-CTR), or IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) to submit an abstract.
After submission, all abstracts will be reviewed by the participating COBRE, IDeA-CTR, and INBRE review teams. If necessary, independent reviewers with subject-matter expertise may also review submissions.
Authors whose abstracts are selected will be notified via e-mail by October 3, 2025. There will be two short research presentation sessions on November 5, 2025. The first session is scheduled for 1:00pm-2:00pm CT (2:00pm-3:00pm ET) and the second session is scheduled for 2:30pm-3:30pm CT (3:30pm-4:30pm ET). The rapid-fire poster session is scheduled for November 6, 2025, from 1:00pm-2:00pm CT (2:00pm-3:00pm ET). A timeline of important dates is provided below.
If you have questions regarding this call, contact rdar@unl.edu for additional information. Please include “2025 SOSUR” in your e-mail’s subject line.
A Note on the Short Research Presentations:
For this year’s virtual symposium, those selected to participate in the short research presentations should prepare a presentation lasting no longer than ten minutes in length (and with a slideshow not to exceed 12 slides). Time and slide limits are in place to ensure that presenters will be able to provide an overview of their research within each session’s allotted time (exactly one hour). We will not be collecting presentation slides for Short Research Presentations. All presenters will be responsible for sharing their slides during their assigned session.
A Note on the Rapid-Fire Poster Session:
The goal of the rapid-fire poster session is to provide an energetic, fast-paced format to showcase a multitude of projects in substance use research. Those selected to participate in the rapid-fire poster session will be given three minutes to present their poster to the audience. We will not be collecting presentation slides for Posters. All presenters will be responsible for sharing their slides during their assigned session.
Timeline for Abstract Submission:
This event is supported by the Rural Drug Addiction Research COBRE at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln [P20GM130461], the COBRE on Opioids and Overdose at Rhode Island Hospital [P20GM125507], the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute [5U54GM104942], the WV-INBRE at Marshall University [P20GM103434], and the COBRE Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation at Brown University [P20GM130414]. All are funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health.
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