Call for Half Page Abstracts

Tell us about your nutrition research

The NSA Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) is a major opportunity for nutrition researchers – including students - to share their findings, and get feedback on them. You can do this by presenting a talk or poster, and by having an abstract of that presentation appear in our Proceedings.

Submission of half page abstracts

Submit a half page abstract describing your study, no later than Friday 1 August 2008.

The NSA Editor with help from the Editorial Board, reviews all submitted abstracts. If yours is accepted – as most are – you’ll be invited to present the material as an oral presentation (talk) or a poster presentation.

• At least one of the authors must register to attend the conference.
• We strongly urge you to become a member of Nutrition Society of Australia, before the above deadline.

Apart from other benefits, Society members get a very substantial discount on the conference registration fee.

If you are not already a member, you can obtain a membership application from our website. Members of   DAA, AIFST and Nutrition Australia can register at the NSA member rate.

Author Instructions

Do not exceed the dimensions indicated below. 

Abstracts are printed two to a page and your abstract will be truncated if it is too long.

The abstract must be typed on one page and formatted as follows:

• The title is to be in bold, size 12 font, centred on the page, no capitals apart from first one and no full stop
• Type authors’ names in size 11 font, not boldface. Initials only, no full stops
• Type short address, in italics, size 10 font, using uppercase letters for states and no full stops
• Type on an A4 page with margins of 3.1 cm top, 15.5 cm bottom and 2.25 cm left and right justified on both sides should be used.
• Use Times 10 font with single spacing for text and super- or subscripts. The finished size of the abstract should not exceed one page with the margins above.
• Leave no lines between paragraphs (with no indent).
• Use italics for taxonomic names. Full stops should be omitted in strings of initials (eg CSIRO, USA). Use the concise Oxford Dictionary for spelling.
• Numbers are used for all units and quantities (eg 8 mm, 3 yr, 26 ha, 6 kg). Use mL and L. Note the space between the numeral and its unit of measurement (but note 5%). Use ie and eg without full stops. In the text, numbers from one to nine are spelled out and figures used for 10 and over (eg six sheep, 27 cows), except where the number begins a sentence – ‘Twelve children treated…’. Use uppercase P<0.01, not p<0.01. Use the 24 h clock, eg 1500 h, 0930 h.
• The abstract needs be structured and include the following titles: Background, Objectives, Design, Outcomes & Conclusion.
• References, figures and tables are not permitted.

The style can be seen in a sample abstract - click HERE

Type your abstract in the pre-formatted template - click HERE

Submit your abstract via the online abstract submission form - click HERE

Author Declaration Form

A completed and signed Abstract Submission/Author Declaration Form must be provided for each abstract submitted.  Before submitting your abstract online, print off the completed form, sign it and return it to the ASM Secretariat by mail or fax (see address below).

Student information

Special deals for student members
Students who are financial members of the Society are eligible for

• The NSA student prizes awarded for the best student poster and the best student oral presentation by students who are NSA members presenting their first poster or oral to the Society. Award recipients will receive a monetary prize and a certificate.
• Student travel grants, to help cover the cost of travelling to the conference, are available to student members who have submitted an abstract. 

ASM Secretariat:

Festival City Conventions Pty Ltd
PO Box 949, KENT TOWN SA 5071
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F| 08 8363 1604
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