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Abstracts & Awards

2025 Call For Abstracts & Awards Applications

Travel Grants

The Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Society offers Travel Grants to outstanding doctorate graduate students and post-docs to offset travel expenses to the OTS Annual Meeting.

Eligibility:

  • Be a current member of OTS

  • Be a current graduate student or post-doc

  • Be the first author of an abstract to be presented as a poster or short talk at the annual meeting

  • Submit an abstract of high scientific merit

  • Prior award winners are not eligible

Required application materials:

  • Abstract submitted for poster presentation at current year’s Annual Meeting

  • Current CV

  • Letter of recommendation from the applicant’s advisor

Recipients receive:

  • For travel within the same continent = $1,000 USD

  • For travel from outside the continent = $1,500 USD

How to apply:

  • Step 1 – Register for the Annual Meeting

  • Step 2 – Submit an abstract for either a short talk or poster via the link sent in your annual meeting registration confirmation email

  • Step 3 – Apply for a Travel Grant via the link sent in your abstract submission confirmation email

Deadline to apply: July 15, 2025

Questions or did not receive the link? Contact awards@oligotherapeutics.org

Short Talk abstracts:

Submission Deadline: July 15, 2025

Short talk abstract selections notifications – August 15, 2025

Poster abstracts submission deadline

Submission Deadline Past: July 31, 2025

Poster abstract selections notifications - August 31, 2025

How to Submit:

ALL participants submitting an abstract or applying for a travel grant MUST register to the 2025 Annual Meeting

  • The Abstract submission portal access for short talks and poster presentations will be provided in the registration confirmation email.

  • Awards Applications must be made through the Awards and Grants online portal.

Short Talks

  • Short Talk Presenters are expected to attend the meeting and make their presentation in-person in Budapest;

  • Short Talks Abstracts submitters can also which are NOT selected, will be offered a Poster Presentation. 

  • (In this case, no second submission will be needed. The submission process will include a question on whether submitters are interested in a poster if not selected.)

Poster Fire Sessions

When submitting your abstract for a Short Talk and/or Poster Presentation, you can also indicate your preference to be considered for the Poster-Fire Sessions. The Annual Meeting will have two Poster-Fire Presentation—a dynamic format that includes:

  • A 3-minute timed presentation (of your abstract)

  • Up to 3 slides summarizing your research, key findings, or arguments

Simply indicate your preference when submitting your abstract.

Posters

In-Person Poster Presentations will include:

  • Full size printed poster to be displayed on the poster boards during the 4 days of the Annual Meeting (poster to be provided by the submitters)

  • PDF poster file display on the virtual platform (poster gallery)

  • Optional 3 min video presentation to be included on the virtual platform (poster gallery)

Virtual Posters will include: 

  • PDF poster file display on the virtual platform (poster gallery)

  • Optional 3 min video presentation to be included on the virtual platform (poster gallery)

Questions? Contact us at Oligomeeting@oligotherapeutics.org

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