Call for Student Posters for the NACNS 2026 Annual Conference in San Diego, California!

Conference theme is Collaborate.

Student Poster Submission Opens: August 5, 2025

Final Deadline for Student Poster Submission: Sunday, October 19, 2025, 11:59 PM ET! (there will be no deadline extensions)

Student abstract decisions will be communicated by early December 2025. Communications will be sent to the email address used in your Proposal Space account.

The National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists’ (NACNS) 2026 Annual Conference will take place at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, March 9 - 12, 2026.

We are interested in clinical and non-clinical topics related to nursing practice, variety of patient populations, physiological systems (cardiovascular, neurological, endocrine, etc.) pharmacology and pharmacokinetics, and professional practice (billing, documentation, CNS outcomes, ethics, electronic health records, healthy work environment, patient safety, etc.).

Guidelines for submitting abstracts (Click Here).

The NACNS Research/EBP Committee has created a brief recorded presentation on Abstract Writing to support members preparing submissions.
View the Recording | Download the Presentation

A PDF version of your poster will also be required and must be uploaded by the end of January 2026.

Please reach out to the NACNS meetings team with any questions: meetings@nacns.org