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ECPP Submission 2026

33rd ANNUAL NIST SIGMA XI Early-Career POSTER PRESENTATION

Abstract Due Date: Friday, MARCH 27, 2026

Presentation Date: tuesday, may 12, 2026

Awards Ceremony to follow

The NIST chapter of Sigma Xi invites all early-career researchers to present a poster for our annual event. The poster content should focus on your NIST research topic (or research from a previous institution if you are new to NIST).  The Early-Career Poster Presentation will be held in-person on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 in the NIST Gaithersburg Building 101 Hall of Flags and NIST Boulder Building 81 Room 1A116.  Snacks and refreshments will be provided during all sessions. Poster presentation location and times will be assigned to each participant prior to the event. All participants and attendees are invited to an awards reception after the event (4:30 pm EDT in Building 101 Heritage Room and 2:30 pm MDT in Building 81 1A116) where food and dessert will be served, TBD will give brief remarks, the most outstanding posters from each session will be announced, and there will be much rejoicing.

Rules and regulations

  • Presentation eligibility: NIST staff and associates who have earned their terminal degree within the last seven years.

  • Awards eligibility: NIST staff and associates who have earned their terminal degree within the last five years.

  • You must have your research advisor or direct manager’s permission.

  • One submission per presenting author.

  • One presenting author per poster (no co-presenters).

  • The abstract limit is 500 words. Text only; no charts or figures, please.

  • The allotted presentation space can fit posters up to 4’ x 3’. Posters may be oriented either horizontal or vertical.

  • Anonymous judges from across NIST will review your poster and presentation on the day of the event. At the end of the day, a TBD number of “outstanding” and a TBD number of “most outstanding” posters will be announced. These recipients will receive a prize and a spiffy framed certificate during the following weeks.

A registration fee of $25 for Sigma Xi members and $50 for non-Sigma Xi members will be paid by the operation unit (OU) of each registrant.

Please contact the Organizing Committee Chair Christina Bergonzo (Gaithersburg) / Susanna Mosleh (Boulder) or the NIST Sigma Xi Executive Board with any questions.

Please note that the Sigma Xi ECPP organizers may find that an abstract fits better in a different topical category than the one originally selected and reserves the right to request for a submitted abstract be moved to a different category.