What is an abstract?

An abstract is a short statement that gives the reader a comprehensive yet concise understanding of your work. Your work could be research, such as a study or clinical trial, or a new or unique service, programme, theory or resource.

An abstract is an opportunity to make orator work known, inform practice and/or education, and to establish connections with others in their field of interest. It should tell readers what we are going to present and interest them in learning more about our work. So it will decide to justify our presentation, visit our poster or contact based on it.

Abstract content and structure:

• Title
• Background information (Why is your work important? Does it fill any gaps in knowledge or research? What is the context?)
• Purpose (What are the objectives? You may include a short statement of your hypothesis.)
• Method (Explain your methods, such as study design. What was done, by whom, how and where? What measurements were taken and how were the data managed?)
• Results (What did you find, discover or achieve? Not just in subjective terms, but also in the form of data. How significant were your findings?)
• Conclusion (What were your overall findings? What do they mean? How could the methods be improved? Is this work part of a bigger piece of research or strategy? What are the suggestions for future work?)
• Topic area (Refer to the areas listed in the call for abstracts and select the most appropriate so that the congress organisers can place your abstract in the appropriate session.)

Rules for content and structure:

• Abstracts must be in British English. (If you are not a native English speaker, you are advised to have your writing reviewed by a native English speaker before submission)
• Abstracts should preferably contain previously unpublished results.
• Abstracts must be no more than 300 characters (including spaces), excluding the title and excluding the name(s) and institutes/companies of the authors and co-authors.
• All co-authors must be listed.
• All listed co-authors must have reviewed the abstract and accepted responsibility for its contents.
• Abstract titles should not include phone numbers, email or website addresses.
• No images, tables, graphs, citations or end notes are permitted in the abstract.

Rules for submission:

• By submitting an abstract, the author(s) agrees to allow publication of the content on the website and in publications.
• Authors who are invited to present their work grant permission to store and share their presentation.
• The online submission form must be used.

For more details: https://rarediseases.annualcongress.com/call-for-abstracts.php