24th Annual Meeting to be held in Kittilä, Lapland, Finland

December 10-12, 2026

Call for Abstracts

Submission Deadline: July 31, 2026 by 5pm EST

You are invited to submit abstracts of your original research to be considered for presentation at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Androgen Excess & Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (AE-PCOS) Society.

All abstracts will be reviewed by a blinded scientific committee nominated by AE-PCOS Annual Meeting Committee.

Instructions for Submission of Abstracts

Please read the following guidelines thoroughly before preparing your abstract. The Annual Meeting Scientific Committee of the AE-PCOS will not consider abstracts that have not been prepared in accordance with these instructions.

All abstracts must be submitted via the online abstract form below.

Abstracts should include original work that has not been published elsewhere. Abstracts previously presented at regional meetings but not yet published in peer-reviewed journals may be eligible at the discretion of the Scientific Committee. Submission of an abstract assumes the approval of the author and all co-author(s) to have their abstract published in the Meeting Program book, available to download for meeting attendees. Copyright of accepted abstracts will automatically be assigned to the AE-PCOS Society, Inc.

Submitting your Abstract

1.    The abstract text may have up to 2500 characters. The abstract should be as informative as possible. 
2.    The first author of the abstract will serve as the presenter. We anticipate that the presenter will be registered and present for 24th Annual Meeting of the AE-PCOS Society Meeting to be held in Kittilä, Lapland, Finland.
  •    please register through meeting link on this website, In case of cancelation, 50% refund before October 3, 2026. No refunds after October 31, 2026.
3.    The abstract body is required to have four specific sections listed. Section headings must be in upper case, followed by a colon. Abstracts should include sample size, statistical methods, and key quantitative findings whenever applicable.
       OBJECTIVE: Include an introductory sentence and state the purpose of the study.
       METHODS: Describe material/method and applicable statistical analysis.
       RESULTS: Report the previously unpublished data/findings.
       CONCLUSIONS: Interpret the result in the broader context of the field and state potential implications. This may also include a statement on perceived impact and relevance.
               •    Do not include title or authors within the abstract body text.
               •    Do not include image files or tables in your abstract text.
               •    Special and scientific characters may be included
               •    Spaces are not counted in the character total.
               •    Use font Times Roman 11
               •    Use single space
               •    The title field should be written in ALL CAPS AND BOLD 
               •    Authors are named in their own field and should be listed as follows: Last name, first/middle name initial(s). Affiliation key should follow each name in parentheses [e.g. Smith JG (1), Jones EB(2)]
               •    Affiliations are listed in a separate field and should note department/division, institution, city, state or province, and country. Each affiliation should be preceded by a corresponding author key, please use a new line for each key and a semicolon at the end of each line.
               •    Example: (1) Dept. of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA;
                    (2) Dept. of Ob/Gyn, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA;
               •    Funding sources should be acknowledged at the end of the abstract body, in parentheses.
4.    If accepted, your abstract will appear in the online Meeting Program book exactly as submitted.
5.    The AE-PCOS Society reserves the right to decide on the form of presentation (oral or poster) in the interests of the scientific program.

AWARDS

ONLY CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE AE-PMOS SOCIETY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AWARDS.

The Azziz-Baumgartner Family Early Career Investigator Awards were created through an endowment for the purpose of providing awards for young investigators presenting original work at the AE-PCOS Society's Annual Meetings. The award supports the vision of the Society to foster and support the development of young investigators in the field androgen excess and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) research. Awardees are selected by an impartial committee from all abstracts submitted for consideration to the Annual Meetings. Typically two awards are provided yearly. YOU MUST BE A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE AE-PCOS SOCIETY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ANY EARLY CAREER AWARDS.

VERITY and AE-PCOS POSTER AWARD

The Program Committee will select abstract poster/s from the posters selected for display to be given an award at the Annual Meeting.