2018 Call for Abstracts

The 61st ASH Annual Meeting will be held December 7-10, 2019, in Orlando, FL. The goal of the meeting is to present the best new scientific research in all areas of hematology. Please read the information below to learn about submitting an abstract to the ASH annual meeting.

All abstract submissions must be made electronically through ASH’s online abstract submission system.

For information about ASH's Abstract Achievement and Outstanding Abstract Achievement Awards, click here.

Key Dates

Abstract submission site opens	May 30, 2019
Abstract submission deadline	August 3, 2019, 9:00 a.m. Pacific time
Late-breaking abstract submission site opens	October 18, 2019
Late-breaking abstract submission deadline	October 29, 2019, 11:59 p.m. Pacific time
Abstracts posted online	November 6, 2019, 9:00 a.m. Eastern time
Late-breaking abstracts posted online	November 21, 9:00 a.m. Eastern time

Eligibility

To submit an abstract, the following criteria must be met:

• At least one of the authors must be an ASH member who has paid the current membership dues.
• If none of the abstract authors is an ASH member, the abstract must be sponsored by a current ASH member. ASH members are urged to use their best judgment in restricting sponsorship to a reasonable number of abstracts, keeping in mind that they are endorsing the authenticity and quality of each abstract that they sponsor.
• Research and/or studies must fit into one of the ASH 2019 Abstract Review Categories.

Any of the following criteria will make an abstract ineligible for presentation at the ASH annual meeting:

• Data are publicly available via major search engines (such as PubMed, Google Scholar, etc.)
• Data are accepted for publication before the abstract submission closing date
• Data have been or are to be presented at a meeting of 1,000 or more participants before the ASH annual meeting^*
• Data are to be presented at the 2019 ASH Friday Satellite Symposium

Updated analyses will be considered only if the abstract is a significant extension of previously published work. The author must provide an explanation (see section below) to show how the abstract contains significant new information.

^*Abstracts submitted to other ASH meetings are exempted from the above meeting-size restriction and are eligible to be re-submitted to the 2019 ASH Annual Meeting.

Responsibilities of the Presenting Author

• The first author listed for each abstract serves as the presenting author and as the primary contact for all correspondence regarding the abstract, unless otherwise specified under the "Contact Information" section of the online abstract submission system.
• The presenting author must be one of the co-authors listed on the submitted abstract.
• The presenting author is responsible for the following:
  • Ensuring that all authors have read the abstract and agreed to be co-authors. Failure to get approval from all authors will result in rejection of the abstract.
  • Notifying all co-authors of any additions, deletions, and changes to the program, as may be communicated by ASH.
  • Obtaining copyright transfer consent from co-authors.
  • Forwarding all correspondence to all co-authors, including ASH policies and guidelines and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards for Commercial Support for Continuing Medical Education (CME).

Authors' Consent and Waiver of Claims

• Each abstract author agrees and certifies that he or she:
  • has read all of the rules and agrees to be bound by them,
  • is responsible for submission of the abstract in accordance with the rules, and
  • waives any and all claims against ASH and any reviewer arising out of or relating to the abstract submission and review process, including but not limited to peer review and the grading of abstracts.

General Guidelines

• The abstract must address scientific questions, detail clinical observations, or contain primary scientific data. See Trials in Progress below for information on submitting a Trial in Progress.
• Abstracts submitted to ASH are embargoed from the time of submission. This means that the data in the abstract cannot be presented at a meeting with 1,000 or more participants and/or published once submitted for the ASH annual meeting until the meeting is concluded. (Note the exception for abstracts submitted to other ASH meetings in the Eligibility section above.) Read the "Embargo Policy" section of the Call for Abstracts for more information.
• Authors assign copyright of the abstract to ASH upon submission, unless one of the authors is a U.S. Federal employee (in such case, ASH does not hold copyright). This means that the identical abstract may not be republished or submitted to another meeting.
• All research and studies reported in submitted abstracts that involve human and animal subjects must comply with the guiding principles for experimental procedures found in the Declaration of Helsinki of the World Medical Association.
• Data from the long-term follow-up of previously presented clinical trials may be submitted only if significant new information can be shown. In this case, please use the Updated Analyses section of the abstract form to explain the significance of the new data. The reviewers will have this information available during their evaluation.
• Interim analysis of a prospective randomized clinical trial will be considered only if it is performed as planned in the original protocol and is statistically valid. If your abstract involves interim analysis, use the Interim Analysis of a Clinical Trial section of the abstract form to explain the details of your study. The reviewers will have this information available during their evaluation.
• There is a $85 nonrefundable handling fee for submitting an abstract. Payment must be made by credit card; Visa, MasterCard, and American Express are accepted. Purchase orders and checks will not be accepted. The abstract submission fee does not include registration for the annual meeting; therefore, all authors planning to attend the ASH annual meeting must register for the meeting through the ASH website.
  
• No revisions can be made after the abstract submission deadline.
• Abstracts generally may not be withdrawn once submitted. During online submission, you must indicate whether you prefer to have your abstract withdrawn if it is not accepted as an oral or poster presentation at the ASH annual meeting. Abstracts may not be withdrawn after September 20.
• The presentation at the annual meeting must reflect the submitted abstract. In particular, the abstract title, authorship, and scientific content of the presentation at the annual meeting must match the submitted abstract, although updates on results may be added.
• Abstracts should be written in clear and concise English, so that reviewers are able to focus solely on the scientific merits of the submission. We encourage non-English-speaking authors to have their abstracts checked for grammar and spelling prior to submission.
• It is assumed that the presenting author will have adequate command of English to present and to respond to questions. If that is not the case, the authors should choose a poster as their preference.

Trials in Progress

New this year, abstracts describing innovative Trials in Progress (TiP) [i.e., trials that have not reached the primary endpoint] are now eligible for submission and consideration for the ASH annual meeting program. TiP abstracts are expected to provide investigators with opportunities to discuss planned and ongoing clinical trials; enabling translational researchers, clinical and industry investigators, statisticians, and regulators to become informed about these clinical trials and to allow for early engagement and collaboration, as appropriate. In addition, this platform will help increase the visibility of ongoing clinical trials; and ultimately facilitate patient recruitment.

In addition to the regular eligibility criteria listed above, TiP abstracts must fulfill the following criteria:

• Trial described must fit into one of the ASH 2019 Abstract Review Categories.
• Clinical studies submitted as TiP abstracts must be in the study-design phase, active, or ongoing and have not reached endpoints for analysis. Note: All phases of clinical research interventional studies (phases I to III, supportive care, nonpharmacologic interventions) may be considered for inclusion as a TiP submission.
• Background: TiP abstracts should contain the scientific rationale for the trial to be presented. This rationale should include information on preclinical studies as well as previously published clinical data that informed and helped guide the development of the current study.
• Study Design and Methods: The study design should be innovative and should highlight cutting-edge methodolgy. It must include:
  • A clinical trial registry number (if available);
  • A description of study population;
  • Major inclusion and exclusion criteria,
  • Statistical methods,
  • Biomarker selection or companion diagnostics (if appropriate), and
  • Study treatment, endpoints.

• The abstract must not contain any endpoint data but may contain information on regulatory issues, experience with recruitment, current recruitment status, patient characteristics, changes in inclusion and/or exclusion criteria, unexpected toxicities, and information on participating centers. Note: A few examples of studies that may be considered innovative include abstracts that illustrate adaptive trial design or novel approaches to biomarker identification. However, it will be at the discretion of the reviewers to select abstracts they believe highlight the most innovative science.

Preferred Presentation Format

During submission, submitters must choose the formats in which they would be willing to present/publish their abstract. These choices must be made at the time of submission and cannot be changed after the review committee has reached its decision. The same presentation format questions apply for Trials in Progress.

• First, authors select whether they prefer oral or poster presentation. Abstracts noted with a preference for poster presentation will NOT be considered for oral presentation, regardless of score.
• Second, in the event that an abstract is not chosen for oral presentation, it can still be chosen for poster presentation. Authors who state a preference for oral presentation must decide whether they would accept poster presentation. Authors may either present a poster or request that the abstract be immediately withdrawn. (Please note that declining to have your abstract considered for poster presentation does not improve its chances of being accepted as an oral presentation. This option should be selected primarily by authors who would not be willing to present a poster.)
• Finally, in the event the abstract is NOT selected for presentation, all submitting authors must decide whether they want their abstract to be published in the online-only issue of Blood (which is part of the permanent Blood archive), or whether the abstract should be withdrawn completely and not published either online or in print.
• Because the abstract withdrawal deadline (September 20) is before the notification date, submitters are strongly encouraged to consider the Preferred Presentation Format questions during submission if the outcome of the abstract is a deciding factor.

Abstract Review and Selection Process

• After the submission deadline, all completed and eligible abstracts will be made available to the ASH Abstract Reviewers for blinded review and scoring, and final decisions will be made by the Program Committee in late September 2019.
• Abstracts will be evaluated and scored solely on their scientific merits. Note: Trials in Progress abstracts will be flagged, and reviewers will be provided additional guidance for reviewing them (e.g., novelty of the methodology, quality of the study design and merit).
• Incomplete abstracts will not be reviewed.
• The same study must not be submitted as multiple abstracts. Abstracts that are simply different versions of a single study will be rejected.
• Abstracts will be peer reviewed according to the subject categories. Authors must indicate during online submission the appropriate review category (one only). Please use the list of abstract review categories, which provides detailed descriptions of each category, to assist you in selecting the correct abstract classification. Read through all of the categories and select the category most closely associated with your abstract. All category selections will be final. There will be NO re-classification of abstracts after the abstract submission site has been closed. Abstracts submitted to the wrong category are scored in that category and usually fare poorly.
• All abstracts submitted (including Trials in Progress abstracts) will be considered eligible for one presentation: either plenary, oral (simultaneous session), or poster.
  • The Plenary Session features the top six abstracts. These are formal oral presentations, each followed by a brief discussion. An ASH member selected by the Program Committee will give a brief introduction to the abstract.
  • Oral (simultaneous) Sessions are formal oral presentations followed by a brief discussion.
  • Poster Sessions allow the viewing of a poster illustration of the abstract. Authors are expected to post and remove posters at designated times and to be at their posters to answer questions during the time designated for poster presentations. The author's attendance during poster presentation time will be monitored.

Acceptance/Rejection Notification

• Notification regarding acceptance or rejection of abstracts will be sent to the presenting author in early-October 2019 by email; consequently, an accurate email address is critical. If your abstract is accepted, the email will specify whether it is accepted as plenary, oral, or poster presentation or whether it has been selected to be published online only. If you have not received an email notification by October 5, 2019, contact [email protected]. Rejection notifications will also be sent at that time.
• To ensure that you are able to receive email correspondence from ASH, please make sure that your email software can receive mail from the confex.com and hematology.org domains. You should add [email protected] and [email protected] to your address book. If after completing your submission you don't receive a confirmation email from the abstract system, you must contact your system administrator and make sure that both the confex.com and hematology.org domains are added to your email address whitelist.
• The decision of the ASH Program Committee regarding acceptance and presentation of abstracts is final.

Abstract Withdrawal

• Once an abstract is accepted, a written request to withdraw must be submitted no later than September 20, 2019, to [email protected] if the first author decides to withdraw the abstract for any reason. Abstracts will not be withdrawn after this deadline.
• ASH reserves the right to withdraw abstracts that are in violation of the Society's policies and guidelines, such as those that have been previously published or presented, have been deemed scientifically unsound, or have been found to include inaccurate data, etc.
• If you indicated at submission that you wish to withdraw your abstract if it is not accepted for either oral or poster presentation, your abstract will be automatically withdrawn, and you will be notified; you do not need to request withdrawal.

Publication in the Abstracts Issue of Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology

• All abstracts accepted for presentation (plenary, oral, or poster) at the ASH annual meeting are published in a special online-only issue of Blood, ASH's official journal, on the Blood Abstracts website.
• Abstracts not selected for presentation will be also be published online-only on the Blood Abstracts website. If an author does not want the abstract published if it is not accepted for presentation, he/she must indicate that during submission.
• ASH reserves the right not to publish abstracts that do not fit into any of the review categories, abstracts that inappropriately promote commercial interests, abstracts that are judged unethical, poorly written, or scientifically unsound, or abstracts considered inappropriate for publication for other reasons as determined by the Program Committee.

Late-Breaking Abstracts

Recognizing that the results of some top-quality research may not be available by the general abstract submission deadline, the ASH Program Committee offers an option for late-breaking abstracts.

• The late-breaking abstracts submission site will open October 18, 2019 and will close October 29, 2019.
• During submission, authors of late-breaking abstracts will be asked to explain why their abstract was not ready by the regular deadline (August 3) and deserves to be considered as late-breaking. This information will be available to reviewers.
• There is a $125 nonrefundable handling fee for submitting a late-breaking abstract. Payment must be made by credit card; Visa, MasterCard, and American Express are accepted. Purchase orders and checks will not be accepted. The abstract submission fee does not include registration for the annual meeting; therefore, all authors planning to attend the ASH annual meeting must register for the meeting.
• Late-breaking abstracts will undergo regular peer-review evaluation.
• Only six abstracts will be accepted for presentation in the Late-Breaking Abstracts session on Tuesday, December 10.
• The accepted abstracts will be published online-only on the Blood Abstracts website. Late-breaking abstracts not accepted for presentation will not be published in any form.

Abstract Submission Policies

1. Conflict-of-Interest Disclosure Policy
   • ASH is committed to ensuring the integrity of its scientific, educational, and research programs. The ASH Conflict-of-Interest Policy requires disclosure of any financial or other interest that might be construed as resulting in an actual, potential, or apparent conflict.
   • ASH abides by rules formulated by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) that require that you disclose any relevant financial relationship you or your spouse/partner have had within the past 24 months. For this purpose, “relevant financial relationships” are those from which you have received or may receive financial benefit and which are related to the CME content.
   • As a continuing medical education (CME) provider accredited by the ACCME, ASH must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all presentations at the ASH annual meeting.
   • By completing this section of the online abstract submission, you agree that you have read the ASH Conflict-of-Interest Policy and that you understand and support its intent.
   • This policy is not intended to prevent a presentation; it is merely intended to openly identify potential conflicts so that audience members may form their own judgments about the presentation with a full disclosure of the facts.
   • Appropriate disclosure will be stated in the special online-only abstract issue of Blood. Abstracts will not be considered for the program without completion of disclosure information for all of the authors.

   Author Responsibility Regarding Conflict-of-Interest Disclosure

   • The presenting author is responsible for obtaining disclosure information from all co-authors.
   • All authors and co-authors are required to provide any relevant information concerning personal or professional circumstances and relationships that might reasonably be expected to affect the author's view on the presentation.
   • This includes relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other companies whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic. If no relevant relationships exist, this must be stated as well.

   When to Disclose
   Please disclose any relationships or circumstances that might affect or appear to affect the research presented. These relationships include you or any individual with whom you directly share income.

   What to Disclose
   You must disclose the relationship and state the name of the company for each of the following areas in which you maintain a relationship. Exact dollar amounts are not necessary. You will have the option to note that there is no information to disclose or to provide disclosure information pertinent to the abstract. Disclosed information pertinent to the abstract may include the following areas:

   • Employment
   • Consultancy
   • Ownership interests (including stock options) in a start-up company, the stock of which is not publicly traded
   • Ownership interest (including stock options, but excluding indirect investments through mutual funds and the like) in a publicly traded company
   • Research funding
   • Honoraria directly received from an entity
   • Patents and royalties
   • Paid expert testimony
   • Membership on an entity's board of directors, speaker's bureau, or its advisory committees
   • Any other financial relationship

   Off-Label Use
   You will be required to note whether your presentation will include discussion of off-label use of products. If so, you must provide a brief explanation.

   Other Areas
   During the disclosure submission process, you will also be required to indicate your compliance with the following:

   • If you are providing recommendations involving clinical medicine, these recommendations will be based on evidence that is accepted within the profession of medicine as adequate justification for their indication and contraindications in the care of patients. All scientific research referred to in support of a patient-care recommendation will conform to generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis.
   • The content of the information with which you are involved will promote quality in health care or advances in science and will not promote a specific proprietary or commercial interest. Content for this publication will be well-balanced and unbiased.
   • If you have been trained or utilized by a commercial entity or its agents as a speaker (e.g., participation in a speaker's bureau) for any commercial interest, the promotional aspects of that work must not be included in the presentation in any way.

1. Embargo Policy
   • Abstracts submitted to the ASH annual meeting are embargoed from the time of submission.
   • For the research to be eligible for presentation at the ASH annual meeting, information contained in the abstract, as well as additional data and information to be presented about the research at the annual meeting, may not be made public before the abstract has been published/presented at the ASH annual meeting.
   • Prior to the embargo being lifted, the first author, co-authors, and sponsor of the abstract must not:
     • Publish the information or provide it to others who may make it publicly available.
     • Release the research/study to news media, or
     • Use the information for trading in the securities of any issuer, or provide it to others who may use it for securities-trading purposes.
   • An exception may be granted in cases in which the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires a press release to comply with security laws. ASH will consider such requests on an ad hoc basis. More information on requesting such an exception can be found on the Corporate-Institutional Press Policies page.
   • Authors must notify ASH if, after the submission deadline, the data are accepted for publication and will be published online or in print before the ASH annual meeting. Publication before the meeting may result in the abstract being removed from the meeting.
   • If the Embargo Policy is violated, the abstract may be withdrawn by ASH from presentation at the annual meeting and from publication.
   • More detailed information about the Society's Embargo Policy is located on the ASH website. With any questions, please contact the following ASH staff:
     • If you have not yet submitted your abstract or have submitted and are awaiting acceptance, please contact ASH Publications staff at [email protected] or 202-292-0287.
     • If your abstract has been accepted for presentation, please contact ASH Communications Manager Amanda Szabo at [email protected] or 202-552-4927 with any questions.

   ASH Statement on Commercial Interest Presenters
   The primary purpose of the ASH Continuing Medical Education Program is to advance the professional development of our learners in order to increase knowledge and improve the diagnosis and treatment of patients. In order to maintain the flow of the most current information to our learners and to serve the public interest, the content of ASH CME may include information planned, presented, or authored by employees of commercial interests. ASH is committed to the integrity of the science presented at its CME activities and employs a rigorous peer review process to ensure that integrity. The content of presentations by commercial interest employees must focus on basic science and not on the product or on the commercial aspects of the discovery. In addition, the format of the presentation must permit full discussion of the therapeutic benefits and risks of the discovery. ASH maintains control of all content and plans all of its activities in compliance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support.

How to Submit an Abstract

The abstract submission site is now closed.

• Abstracts must be submitted through the official online abstract submission system. Emails and word processing files not submitted through the site will not be accepted.
• There is a $85 non-refundable handling fee for submitting an abstract. Payment must be made by credit card; Visa, MasterCard, and American Express are accepted. Purchase orders and checks will not be accepted. The abstract submission fee does not include registration for the annual meeting; therefore, all authors planning to attend the ASH annual meeting must register for the meeting through the ASH website.
• Electronic submission works optimally with Microsoft Internet Explorer 7+, Mozilla Firefox 3.0+, and Safari or MAC OS 10.4+. Netscape Navigator 7.7+ is supported, but its use is discouraged, since not all features are available. The online abstract submission system will provide links so that you can download free browser software.
• If this is the first time that you are submitting an abstract for the ASH annual meeting, please be sure to check the box that indicates this during submission.
• Once you have submitted the title page information, a draft of your abstract will be saved, and you will be able to return to edit and update it at any time until August 3, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. Pacific time. You will receive an email providing a link to your submission.
• Abstracts cannot be submitted and will not be reviewed without proper payment and completion of the "Submission Information" and "Disclosure" sections of the online abstract submission program.
• Any technical questions regarding the submission process should be directed to [email protected].

Preparing an Abstract for Submission

Contact Information

• Your name, degree, institution, address, phone number, and email address must be provided. As the corresponding author, you will receive all future correspondence from ASH.
• The corresponding author should be the first author (presenter) of the abstract, unless otherwise noted during submission.
• If none of the abstract authors is an ASH member, the program will ask you to provide the name of the ASH member who is sponsoring the abstract.

Co-Authors

• Names of co-authors and institutions must be provided. Please proof your co-authors’ names carefully.
• The program will automatically place an asterisk (*) after the name of each non-member author. Changes will not be made to the spelling of authors’ names, nor the order of co-authors, after the submission deadline; please proof your co-authors’ names and order carefully.

Copyright Policy

• All authors must assign copyright of the abstract to ASH, unless one of the authors is a U.S. Federal employee (in such case, ASH does not hold copyright).

Abstract Title

• The abstract title should be brief and clearly indicate the nature of the abstract.
• The abstract title must be in title case. Capitalize all nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and subordinate conjunctions (i.e., as, because, although). Except for the first word of the title, lowercase all articles, coordinate conjunctions (i.e., and, or, nor), and prepositions, regardless of length. Also, lowercase "to" when used as an infinitive.
• Additionally, keep letters lowercase if the lowercase letters have a specific meaning, such as pH or NaCl.
• Do not put a period at the end of the title.
• For example: Somatic Mutations in Schinzel-Giedion Syndrome Gene SETBP1 Determine Progression in Myeloid Malignancies

Use of Product Names

• Non-proprietary (generic/scientific) names should be used and should be lowercase.
• If necessary, you may include a proprietary name in parentheses directly following the generic name after its first mention in the body of the abstract; the first letter of the name of a proprietary drug should be capitalized. ASH reserves the right to replace proprietary names with generic names to adhere to this policy.

Abbreviations

• Use standard abbreviations. Place abbreviations in parentheses immediately after the first mention of a term or phrase; the abbreviation can then be used throughout the abstract.

Abstract Body, Tables, and Figures

• Abstracts submitted for the ASH annual meeting are published in a special online-only November 2019 issue of Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology. Abstracts will be typeset from the text submitted by the author without copy editing changes. It is the responsibility of the author to proofread the abstract carefully. This includes the author list.
• The entire body of the abstract, excluding tables, must not exceed 3,800 characters. Spaces are not included in this number. Title, authors’ names, affiliations, figures, and tables are not included in the character count.
• The abstract may be structured (i.e., abstracts divided into sections using terms such as Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusions, etc.) or unstructured.
• Do not use bold type or underline formatting. Italic type is acceptable.
• Text may be in multiple paragraphs.
• Special Greek and mathematical symbols are available in a character map within the submission system. Pay careful attention to superscripts, type case font sizes, and special characters when uploading abstract text.
• Use numerals to indicate numbers, except when beginning sentences.
• All tables and figures that you wish to include must be uploaded as a single image file. Do not paste a table directly into the text of the abstract, but rather include it as an image in the appropriate place and use the upload method to submit your abstract. To convert a table to an image, we recommend taking a screenshot of the table. If using a PC, use the Snipping Tool or the Print Screen button. If using a Mac, press Command-Shift-4. An image can also be created by exporting your table in MS WORD to PDF format and then convert the file to an image.
• Any references should be noted as citations within the text and not as footnotes at the end of the abstract.

Selection of Abstract Review Category

• Please refer to the list of this year's abstract review categories, which provides detailed descriptions of each category, to assist you in selecting the correct abstract classification. Please note that some categories have been restructured.
• Be sure to select from the review category that best describes your abstract. Note that the abstract will be reviewed in the category you selected; there is no re-classification once submission has closed.

Abstract Awards

ASH supports several types of awards for high-scoring abstracts submitted by hematologists-in-training.

How to be considered for an Abstract Achievement Award:

• All hematologists-in-training, who are both first-or-last author and presenter of the abstract, are automatically considered for an Abstract Achievement Award. Therefore, you must first identify as a hematologist–in-training and then select the appropriate training category (undergraduate student, medical student, graduate student, resident physician, or post-doctoral fellow) in the online abstract submission system.
• As a hematologist-in-training, you are required to submit a letter from the senior investigator overseeing your research confirming your status as a hematologist-in-training.
• Your letter must be typed on your institution's letterhead, signed by the senior investigator, saved in PDF format, and uploaded to the online abstract submission system.
• Please include the following items in your letter:
  • Author name (this is the hematologist-in-training who is the presenting/contact author)
  • Confirmation of your specific training category and status as a hematologist-in-training

All hematologist-in-training authors must upload the required letter into the program in order to complete the abstract submission. The deadline for receipt of the hematologist-in-training letter is therefore August 3, 2019. There will be no exceptions.

Outstanding Abstract Achievement Awards

• ASH Outstanding Abstract Achievement Awards are provided to abstract presenters who are the first-or-last authors of the highest scoring abstracts in their career level. There is one award for each of the following categories: undergraduate student, medical student, graduate student, resident physician, and post-doctoral fellow (MD or PhD).
• Outstanding Abstract Achievement Award winners receive a $500 honorarium plus annual meeting travel reimbursement (coach airfare and two nights' hotel accommodations).
• Abstract Achievement Award recipients will be notified if they will receive an award by late October 2019.
• Winners must attend the meeting and present their abstract to receive their award.

Abstract Achievement Awards

• Undergraduate students, medical students, graduate students, resident physicians, and post-doctoral (MD or PhD) fellows who are both first-or-last author and presenter of the abstract are eligible for an ASH Abstract Achievement Award.
• ASH Abstract Achievement Awards are merit-based awards in the amount of $500 offered to trainees with high-scoring annual meeting abstracts.
• Abstract Achievement Award recipients will be notified by email if they will receive an award by late October. The list of award recipients will also be posted on the ASH website by November.
• Winners must attend the meeting and present their abstract to receive their award.

ASH Giuseppe Bigi Memorial Award

• This annual award is given to an Italian trainee (undergraduate, medical, or graduate student, resident physician, or post-doctoral fellow) based at an Italian institution who is both the first-or-last author and presenter of the highest-scoring abstract submitted to the ASH annual meeting in the field of hematopoiesis and stem cells.
• The recipient receives a $4,000 honorarium and $1,000 travel allowance to attend the ASH annual meeting.
• This annual award is made possible by a grant from the Giuseppe Bigi Association, named for the late Giuseppe Bigi, MD, a well-known Italian scientist. Dr. Bigi served as associate professor of Clinical Immunology at the University of Milan from 1985 until his death in 2002 and was one of the first researchers to predict the presence of stem cells in the peripheral blood.

ASH-BSH Abstract Achievement Award

• This annual award, in partnership with the British Society of Haematology (BSH), is granted to up to three trainees (undergraduate student, medical student, post-graduate student, Specialist Trainee, or postdoctoral (MD or PhD) fellow) who are the first or senior author and presenter of the most meritorious country-specific project.
• The recipient receives a $2,000 grant and complimentary registration to the current year's ASH annual meeting.
• This award is open to BSH members who have been a member for at least one year, have not received the ASH Abstract Achievement Award within the previous two years, and reside within the UK.

ASH-HSANZ Abstract Achievement Award

• This annual award in partnership with the Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand (HSANZ) shall be granted to up to two trainees (undergraduate student, medical student, graduate student, resident physician, or post-doctoral (MD or PhD) fellow) who are both the first-or-last author and presenter of the highest-scoring abstract.
• Each awardee shall receive a $2,000 grant and complimentary registration to the current year’s ASH annual meeting.
• Recipients of this award must be a member of HSANZ and reside in Australia or New Zealand.

ASH-JSH Abstract Achievement Award

• This annual award in partnership with the Japanese Society of Hematology (JSH) shall be granted to up to three trainees (undergraduate student, medical student, graduate student, resident physician, or post-doctoral (MD or PhD) fellow) who are both the first-or-last author and presenter of the highest-scoring abstract.
• Each awardee shall receive a $2,000 grant and complimentary registration to the current year’s ASH annual meeting.
• Recipients of this award must be members of JSH and reside in Japan.

ASH-SIE Abstract Achievement Award

• This annual award in partnership with the Society Italiana di Ematologia (SIE) shall be granted to up to two trainees (undergraduate student, medical student, graduate student, resident physician, or post-doctoral (MD or PhD) fellow) who are both the first-or-last author and presenter of the highest-scoring abstract.
• Each awardee shall receive a $2,000 grant and complimentary registration to the current year’s ASH annual meeting.
• Recipients of this award must be a member of SIE and reside in Italy.

ASH-IPIG Abstract Achievement Award for Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)

• This annual award in partnership with International Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) Interest Group (IPIG) shall be granted to up to two trainees (undergraduate student, medical student, graduate student, resident physician, or post-doctoral (MD or PhD) fellow) who are the first or senior author and presenter of the most meritorious PNH focused abstracts submitted in the fields of Red Cells and Erythropoiesis or Bone Marrow Failure.
• The recipients of the award shall each receive a $2,000 grant.
• This is award is made possible by the International Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) Interest Group. IPIG is dedicated to enhancing and expanding professional knowledge about paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) and related disorders in order to improve patient treatment and care.

ASH-IPIG Abstract Achievement Award for Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)

• This annual award in partnership with International Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) Interest Group (IPIG) shall be granted to up to two trainees (undergraduate student, medical student, graduate student, resident physician, or post-doctoral (MD or PhD) fellow) who are the first or senior author and presenter of the most meritorious PNH focused abstracts submitted in the fields of Red Cells and Erythropoiesis or Bone Marrow Failure.
• The recipients of the award shall each receive a $2,000 grant.
• This is award is made possible by the International Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) Interest Group. IPIG is dedicated to enhancing and expanding professional knowledge about paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) and related disorders in order to improve patient treatment and care.

Mary Rodes Gibson Memorial Award in Hemostasis & Thrombosis

• This annual award is given to a trainee (undergraduate student, medical student, graduate student, resident physician, or post-doctoral [MD or PhD] fellow) who is both the first-or-last author and presenter of the highest scoring abstract submitted in the field of hemostasis and thrombosis.
• The recipient receives a $5,000 grant and a $1,000 allowance for travel and expenses to the ASH annual meeting.
• This annual award is made possible by the Mary Rodes Gibson Hemostasis-Thrombosis Foundation to continue the legacy of Mary Rodes Gibson, who suffered from severe, type 3 von Willebrand disease.
• The winner of this award will also present their abstract at the invited speaker session of the Special Symposium on the Basic Science of Hemostasis and Thrombosis.

Minority Graduate Student Abstract Achievement Award (separate application required)

• This award recognizes minority PhD students at U.S. or Canadian institutions whose abstracts have been accepted for oral or poster presentation at the ASH annual meeting.
• Minority Graduate Student Abstract Achievement Award recipients receive a $1,500 grant to attend the ASH annual meeting.
• Minority Graduate Student Abstract Achievement Award applicants will be notified as to whether or not they received an award by late October. Please contact ASH Headquarters at [email protected] if you have not heard about the status of your award by November 1.
• Winners must attend the meeting and present their abstract to receive their award.

  Additional requirements to apply for the Minority Graduate Student Abstract Achievement Award:

  • To apply, applicants must first submit an abstract as a hematologist-in-training to the ASH annual meeting through the online abstract submission system by August 3, 2019
  • Applicants must also submit a program application to [email protected] by August 3, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. Pacific time.
  • For complete eligibility requirements and to submit an application online, please visit the Minority Graduate Student Abstract Achievement Award page.

Electronic Signature

Completion of all required disclosure information in the online abstract submission system serves as an agreement and is accepted in lieu of a faxed signature. It certifies the ASH abstract submitter's understanding of the rules for participation contained in the online abstract submission program and affirms that:

1. All authors approve of submitting this work for presentation and publication;
2. The author(s) transfer(s) all copyright ownership of the named abstract to the American Society of Hematology (except when one or more authors are U.S. Government employees);
3. All authors have read the ASH Abstract Conflict-of-Interest Policy and have acted in accordance with that policy;
4. The author(s) agree(s) to materially confine the presentation to information in the abstract, if accepted for presentation. If an author has more than one abstract accepted, each presentation will be materially confined to the information in the abstract selected for the specific session;
5. The presenting author will be available to present the abstract if selected for the program. The author(s) will immediately notify ASH if the presenting author must be changed; and
6. The data in the abstract are not publicly available via major search engines; have not been accepted for publication before the abstract submission closing date; nor will they be materially presented at a meeting of 1,000 or more participants before the ASH annual meeting (note the exception for abstracts submitted to other ASH meetings in the Eligibility section above); and are not to be presented at an ASH Friday Satellite Symposium.
7. The author(s) are aware that the withdrawal deadline for ASH annual meeting abstracts is September 20, 2019, and understand that abstracts cannot be withdrawn after September 20.

*Sample Abstract

A sample abstract is provided for your reference below. Note that the title, authors, and institutions are entered in separate fields in the submission form, not in the abstract body, as they are not included in the character count.

Contact Information

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ASH Annual Meeting Registration and Housing

• Please note that submitting an abstract does not register you for the ASH annual meeting.
• To register, you must complete and return an Attendee Registration Form or register online through the ASH website. View the registration page for more information.