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Thank you for your interest in presenting at this years' Psychiatry Research Day.

There are two steps to the abstract submission process:

Step 1 – Submit the Conflict of Interest (COI) form

Click here to download the form.
Follow the instructions to complete and sign the form (if you are an author AND a presenter please indicate both in Part 2).
Save the form to your computer.
Email Page 3 only of the form to psych.research@dal.ca.

Important: The COI form is required for accreditation purposes. Your abstract will NOT be considered unless both the abstract form and COI form are submitted. The deadline to submit is noon on August 28, 2026.

Step 2 – Submit the abstract form

Complete the form below
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Submitting Author

(*) First Name

(*) Last Name

(*) Email

(*) Phone (10 digits, including area code)

Presenter Information (only if not the submitting author)

Presenter First Name

Presenter Last Name

Presenter Email

Presenter Phone (10 digits, including area code)

Department(s) and Designation

Department(s)

Other Department (if not in the list above - this will be added to any selections above - multiple departments allowed)

(*) Presenter Designation

Other Designation (if not in the list above - entering anything here will override any selection from the list - only one designation is allowed)

PSYCHIATRY RESIDENTS ONLY:

Are you submitting to fulfill your required research component?

(*) Psychiatry Faculty Lead

Presentation Type

Preferred presentation type

If you would prefer an oral presentation but there is insufficient program time for your submission to be included as an oral presentation are you prepared to present in poster format?

Poster alternative?

Award Category

You may be eligible for an award if you are presenting your own research (RAs are not eligible) and have not won in the past two years.

Note: Posters and oral presentations will be judged together in each category.

(*) Award Category

Abstract Information

(*) Title of Paper

Please ensure your name and your co-authors' names are entered correctly, and the author order includes your name and is written in the format of (Smith, A., Thompson, Q., & Jones, P.). This information will be printed verbatim in the Research Day Program, so it is important that the information entered is correct and spell checked.

(*) Name(s) of Author(s): include YOUR NAME as the submitting author plus your co-authors’ names in the sample format of Smith, A., Thompson, Q., & Jones, P.

(*) Abstract (Maximum 200 words. Abstracts longer than 200 words will not be accepted)

Submissions should describe the research design and results. Oral presentations are limited to 10 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion.