Trainee Submission Opportunities

Submission Descriptions

There are two opportunities for trainees to present at SLEEP 2026!

Case Reports

Case reports present unique unusual or important clinical observations of interest to clinical sleep medicine practitioners. Case reports must be submitted by individuals in clinical training.

Deadline to Submit Case Report: December 8, 2025 by 11:59 p.m. EST

Case reports submitted by clinical trainees will:

  • ONLY be accepted from individuals in a clinical training program;
  • BE CONSIDERED for presentation during an oral session for challenging cases;
  • BE INCLUDED as a poster presentation;
  • BE INCLUDED in the SLEEP abstract supplement; and
  • NOT be categorized and will be in a separate “case reports” section of the poster hall.

Individuals must be in clinical training to submit a case report for SLEEP 2026. Training directors are required to verify that the authors are in clinical training. If the Training director does not verify that authors are in clinical training, the case report will automatically be rejected.

  1. Case Reports must conform to the following outline:
    1. Title
    2. Authors and Institutions
    3. Introduction
    4. Report of Case(s)
    5. Conclusion
    6. Support (if any)
  2. The case report body (comprising the introduction, report of cases, conclusion, and support) is limited to 350 words.
  3. Brand names may not be used in case report titles and are limited to one reference within the body.
  4. There can be no more than fifteen (15) authors per case report.
  5. An individual may be first author on a maximum of two case reports.
  6. Each author must agree to the copyright assignment statement.

You must follow these steps to submit your case report:

  1. Complete your online submission before the deadline of December 8, 2025 by 11:59 p.m. EST
  2. A nonrefundable review fee of $50 per submission must be paid at the time the case report is submitted. This fee will not be refunded if a case report is not accepted.
  3. Notification of whether your case report is accepted will be sent via email late-February 2026, along with notification if your case has been accepted for presentation during the challenging cases session at SLEEP 2026.

Continuing education credit will be provided to attendees of all sessions. All presenters are required to review and adhere to the conflict of interest policy listed below.

SLEEP 2026 meeting activities have been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC (APSS). The AASM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

To comply with the mandatory ACCME guidelines to offer continuing education credits, all session speakers must comply with the APSS conflict of interest policy.

Prior to the activity, every speaker/presenting author must disclose to the APSS if they do or do not have financial relationship(s) with an ineligible company. The following information must be submitted for each speaker/presenting author:

  • Their role in the educational event
  • The name(s) of any ineligible companies with which the individual has a financial relationship(s) within the prior 24 months
  • The nature of the relationship(s), and whether the relationship has ended

Conflict of interest disclosures for presenting authors of oral presentations must be provided at the time of abstract submission.

Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling or distributing health care products used by or on patients.

The accredited provider is responsible for identifying relevant financial relationships between individuals in control of educational content and ineligible companies and managing these conflicts to ensure they do not introduce commercial bias into the education. Financial relationships of any dollar amount are defined as relevant if the educational content is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.

The nature of the relationship(s) is defined as financial relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving income, salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fees, honoraria or other financial benefits. Financial benefits are typically associated with roles such as employment, consulting, investigational or contract research, speaking/teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership and other activities from which compensation is received or expected.

Additionally, speakers cannot promote any ineligible companies during their presentation. This includes displaying logos and/or advertising in their presentations, or promotion of  educational events and materials from which an individual receives honoraria, travel reimbursement or royalties.

If a speaker/author does not comply with the APSS Conflict of Interest Policy, the speaker will not be permitted to participate in the program and may be banned from participating in future meetings. The APSS Program Committee will review the disclosures of financial relationships and the topic of the abstract to ensure compliance with the requirements stated above.

To comply with some requirements, a presentation outline or slides may be requested from a speaker in advance of the meeting depending on their potential conflicts.

Speakers must disclose any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies verbally during their sessions and in their presentation slides, if applicable. Further information and instructions will be provided prior to the meeting.

Extended Deadline Abstract Submissions

Those in their first year of training who submit a form requesting an abstract submission deadline extension may be able to submit abstracts at a later deadline.

Extended Deadline Request Form due by: December 8, 2025 by 11:59 p.m. EST
Deadline to Submit Abstract: March 16, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EDT

Submit Abstract

The APSS program committee recognizes that many individuals in their first year of training are unable to complete enough research to submit an abstract by the December 8 deadline. In an effort to include this important science in the SLEEP 2026 meeting, the APSS program committee will accept abstracts for poster presentation from individuals in their first year of training from December 8, 2025 through March 16, 2026.

Abstracts submitted from December 8 – March 16 will:

  • ONLY be accepted for poster presentation;
  • NOT be categorized and will be in a separate “trainee abstract” section of the poster hall; and
  • NOT be included in the SLEEP abstract supplement. 

Individuals will only be permitted to submit their abstracts between December 8 and March 16 if they are in their first year of graduate training, postgraduate training or a clinical sleep medicine fellowship. Training Directors are required to verify that the authors are in their first year of training. If the Training Director does not verify that authors are in their first year of training, the abstract will automatically be rejected.

Abstracts that do not meet all of the specifications listed below will be automatically rejected:

  • An individual may be the first author on a maximum of two abstracts.
  • There can be no more than fifteen (15) authors per abstract.
  • Abstracts must conform to the following outline. Abstract sections may not be substituted with different terminology:
    • Title
    • Authors and Institutions
    • Introduction
    • Methods
    • Results
    • Conclusion
    • Support (if any)
  • The abstract body (including introduction, methods, results,  conclusion, and support) is limited to 350 words.
  • Brand names may not be used in abstract titles and are limited to one reference within the body.
  • References, tables, figures or any other graphics are not permitted.
  • Abstracts must be submitted in a Microsoft Word document.
  • Case reports will not be considered for extended deadline submission.

The submission process for the abstracts submitted during the extended deadline is different than for abstracts submitted by December 8. You must follow these steps to submit your extended deadline abstract:

  1. Complete the extended abstract submission deadline request form and submit it via email to [email protected] by December 8. This form must be submitted by December 8; no exceptions will be made to this deadline.
  2. A non-refundable abstract review fee of $50 per submission must be paid at the time the extended abstract submission deadline request form is submitted. This fee will not be refunded if an abstract is not submitted by the March 16 deadline.
  3. Submit your abstract via email to [email protected] between December 8, 2025 and March 16, 2026.*
    Notification of whether your abstract is accepted will be sent via email by late April 2026.

* If you do not receive confirmation that your abstract was received within three business days, contact the APSS Meeting Department at 630-737-9700.

Copyright Information

Authors are required to write an original abstract that fulfills accepted criteria for copyright purposes. Accepted abstracts will be published and copyrighted in a special issue of the journal SLEEP. By submitting an abstract, all authors attest that the abstract submitted has not been previously published elsewhere and transfers, assigns or otherwise conveys all copyright ownership, including any and all rights incidental thereto, exclusively to the Sleep Research Society as publisher of the journal SLEEP.

If an author chooses to submit information from an abstract that has previously been presented and/or published, all data must be updated, current and rewritten in a manner that does not infringe on copyright laws. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to include any copyrighted material in their abstract presentations. All authors will be required to agree to a copyright assignment statement when submitting an abstract.

The Program Committee will give priority to research that has not been presented elsewhere or published prior to SLEEP 2026.

Questions?

Questions regarding SLEEP 2026 submissions should be directed to:
Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC
Attn: Meeting Department
Phone: (630) 737-9700
Email: [email protected]
www.sleepmeeting.org

The APSS is a joint initiative of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and the Sleep Research Society (SRS).