Annual Academic Meeting Blair Bell Research Competition 2015 Abstract Submission Guidelines Format of the abstract  The full title of your submission must not exceed 50 words  The maximum length of the main body of the abstract should be 250 words (i.e. excluding title, authors and institutions) and must follow the structured format outlined below: o Introduction o Methods o Results o Conclusion  No figures, tables or references are permitted. Please ensure that results are given (do not state: results will be presented at the meeting) and appropriate statistical tests have been used and reported.  Please avoid salami submission with generation of several abstracts from the same study  Your abstract will be presented in the abstract booklet exactly how you submit it so please check it is exactly how you want it reproduced before you submit General Guidance  The presenting author must be a trainee. For clinicians this is defined as pre-CCT, and for scientists this is defined as fewer than three years post PhD award.  Abstract submissions are only accepted online.  Submit your abstract using the link below by Monday 17 November 2014 https://rcog.conference-services.net/authorlogin.asp?conferenceID=4418&language=en-uk  You can amend your abstract at any time up until the deadline.  All abstracts will be considered for oral presentation in the first instance. Those not selected for oral presentation will automatically be considered for poster presentation.  Only authors named on the abstract are permitted to present the poster.  One author must be registered to attend on all days of the conference for a poster to be presented.  For abstracts presented at the event, certificates are provided to the presenter of the abstract not all authors.  All abstracts will be published as an online supplement unless stated on the online form  We hope to notify authors by Friday 5 December. Notifications are sent to the presenting author. Other information you will need before you submit     Permission from all authors to submit the abstract Names of all authors Affiliations of all authors Alternate contact as a backup if we can’t get through to you Prizes and BJOG Publication Prizes will be awarded for the best oral and poster presentations, with the oral prize winner being offered a maximum of £1000 towards the expenses of attending an international conference in 2015 to present their winning abstract. The top-scoring abstracts will be put forward for publication in BJOG on a date AFTER the meeting. It will be assumed that your abstract can be published in BJOG unless you make it clear in by emailing Kim Helm on [email protected] that this is not possible.