We invite regular presentations (Oral, Training session for early-career scientists, and Poster). Please submit your abstract via the Web submission system.
If you plan to present an abstract at NEURO2026, please complete your advance registration before submitting your abstract.

Index

1. Abstract Submission Period
2. Abstract Submission Eligibility
3. Presentation format / Language
4. Regular presentations
5. Disclosure of Conflict of Interest (COI)
6. How to Submit Your Abstract
7. Viewing/Modifying Submitted Abstracts
8. Abstract Acceptance Notification
9. Important Notes
10. Login to the Registration System

 

1. Abstract Submission Period

The abstract submission period is different from the pre-registration period.
Symposium presenters must submit their abstracts. We ask the symposium organizers to cooperate in making sure that the speakers submit their abstracts.

Submission period	December 1, 2025 – February 5, 2026, 5:00 p.m. JST

 

2. Abstract Submission Eligibility

• The presenting author (the first author) himself/herself should register for the meeting and submit an abstract. Abstract submission by a co-author on behalf of the presenting author (first author) is not permitted.
• Each person can submit one abstract as a first author either for a symposium, an oral presentation, or a poster presentation. Speakers of plenary, special, educational, and award lectures and luncheon seminars may submit an abstract for either a symposium, an oral presentation, or a poster presentation as a first author.
• The first author should obtain consent from all co-authors before submitting a paper.
• The presenting author (first author) should be a member of the Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS), the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry (JSN), or the Japanese Neural Network Society (JNNS). We ask non-members to immediately apply for those memberships.
• It may take about a week to obtain a membership ID (number) after you submit your application. Please apply for membership well in advance. In case the membership application process is not completed by the time the program is fixed, your abstract may be retracted.
• Those whose membership is paused should make sure to reactivate their membership by the day the meeting starts.

 

＜Contact information for JNS / JSN / JNNS membership/annual fee＞

The Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS)
Membership Inquiries 　E-mail：membership@jnss.org

The Japanese Society for Neurochemistry (JSN)
Membership Inquiries　E-mail：jsn@imic.or.jp

The Japanese Neural Network Society
Membership Inquiries　E-mail：secretariat@jnns.org

 

3. Presentation Format / Language

※1 Enter title, names of authors, and affiliations in Japanese if applicable.
※2 Presentations and Q&A of Educational lectures are to be conducted in Japanese (English also permitted). Presentation slides of those lectures are to be prepared in both Japanese and English.
※3 Organizers will decide the time allocation. The meeting secretariat will inform all symposium speakers of their presentation time in early June, after the organizers have decided.

 

4. Regular presentations

1） Presentation Format and Category

• Please select your preference between Oral Presentation or Poster Presentation. A portion of the oral presentations will be selected as part of the Training session for early-career scientists (for those who wish). The final decision will rest with the Program Committee. Your presentation format will be indicated in the acceptance notification email.
• Please select a category in which you would like to deliver your presentation from the List of Categories (PDF).

2） Training session for early-career scientists

This is targeted at young scientists and provides opportunities to have enthusiastic discussions of their research projects with active research leaders at the forefront of this field. The presenters can spend more time on their presentations and discussions in the same time slot as other oral presentations, and get profound and sharp advice and feedback. If that excites you, apply for the Training session for early-career scientists.

Participation and Presentation Details

Eligibility:
Undergraduate students, graduate students, and those who received a Ph.D. within five years at the time of NEURO2026.
* Those who are not selected for this session will be selected for either oral or poster presentation.
If you wish to be entered for the Junior Investigator Poster Award upon abstract acceptance for poster presentation, please complete the required fields in the form and proceed with your submission.

Presentation time:
If you wish to be entered for the Junior Investigator Poster Award upon abstract acceptance for poster presentation, please complete the required fields in the form and proceed with your submission. 30 minutes per presenter. (15 minutes for presentation + 15 minutes for discussion and feedback) * The presentations will be held in the same time slot as regular oral sessions. Number of presenters: Total of 72 presenters (18 sessions, with 4 presentations per 2-hour session).

Presentation topic:
Research project * same as regular oral presentations. You can include unsatisfactory points of your research, problems you are facing, and questions about your presentations as well.

Language:
Same as regular oral presentations

Selection:
The leading researchers will select excellent presentations. Selection methods and criteria will be announced in the meeting program.

Announcement and award ceremony:
The certificates of commendation will be sent to those who are selected as excellent presenters.

3） Junior Investigator Poster Award

There will be an award for the best poster presented by undergraduate students.
Candidates for this award are presenters who are undergraduate students at the time of abstract submission. Graduate students are not eligible.
Select “Apply for Junior Investigator Poster Award” when you submit your paper.
Student ID and your supervisor’s approval are required.

4） Travel Award for Domestic Scientists

NEURO2026 offers Domestic Travel Awards to undergraduate and graduate students who live in Japan and deliver oral/poster presentations at the meeting. The award recipients will be selected based on their papers and itineraries and will receive partial travel support. Please choose “Apply for Domestic Travel Award” when you submit an abstract. This award is different from the Travel Award for Foreign Scientists. Only domestic participants can apply for this award. Click here for detailed information.

5） Travel Award for Foreign Scientists

Application process differs from general registration. Please review and proceed with registration from the application instructions page.

6） Copyright Infringement

Presentations with the same content as abstracts presented at other meetings will be accepted. However, please ensure that your submission does not infringe on the copyrights of other societies, publishers, or related organizations before submission.

7） Handling of Presentations Not Delivered

Poster presentations not displayed during the designated poster session time, and oral presentations (including symposiums) not delivered by any of the first or co-authors, will in principle be considered withdrawn.

 

5. Disclosure of Conflict of Interest (COI)

When presenting at NEURO2026, you should disclose the existence of a conflict of interest of the first author, the responsible author, and their spouses and relatives in the first degree who share income/assets with them, backdated a year from the time of abstract submission. Please check whether any of the following conflicts of interest apply to you in advance. If applicable, confirm the name of the company/organization with which you have a conflict of interest.

【A】The annual compensation you receive from a company, corporate organization, or association as a director, advisor, or employee is over 1,000,000 JPY.
【B】Your annual income derived from one company's shares is over 1,000,000 JPY or 5% of the relevant shares.
【C】The annual patent royalty you receive from a company or organization is over 1,000,000 JPY.
【D】Your principal salary is paid out of the ordinary expenses of your employer.
【E】The aggregate of speaking, manuscript, and supervision fees from one company or organization is over 500,000 JPY a year.
【F】The total amount of research funds (sponsored research, scholarship funds, endowed chairs, etc.) you receive from a single company or organization is over 1 million JPY a year.
【G】Affiliation with an endowed chair funded by donations from companies and organizations.
【H】You receive worth over 50,000 JPY of compensation which is not directly related to the research, such as travel and gifts from a company or organization a year.

 

6. How to Submit Your Abstract

1) Registration process (create an account, register for the meeting, and submit an abstract)

Please click on the “Registration System” button at the bottom of this page to create an account and register for the meeting. After your registration is completed, you will be able to continue to submit your abstract.
To view or modify what you have entered, you need to log in to the system. Please be sure to keep your account information (login ID and password) until acceptance/non-acceptance of your abstract is notified.
We kindly ask for your understanding that we are unable to assist with inquiries related to login IDs and passwords for security reasons.

2) Abstract submission flow: from entry to completion

• Follow the instructions on the abstract submission screen and enter the required information.
• Once your submission is completed, a confirmation email will be sent automatically. If you have not received the email within 60 minutes, your abstract may not successfully be registered to the system, so please submit your abstract once again. We also ask you to check your spam folder for the confirmation email.
• Depending on your PC environment, machine-dependent characters may not be displayed correctly in the confirmation email. If they are displayed correctly on the registration system, though, there is no problem.

3) Character limit

The abstract body is limited to 1,500-2,500 characters, including spaces, special characters, symbols, and HTML tags that are used for text formatting.
To count characters, please click “body” to select all text, copy, click on the “Characters Counter” button, and paste the text into the counter box. Please note that abstracts with more than 2,500 characters will not be accepted.

4) Special characters and text formatting

When you wish to use special characters or text formatting, please copy and paste what you need from the list of available symbols being displayed in another window on the abstract submission screen.

 

7. Viewing /Modifying Submitted Abstracts

• You can view or modify your submitted abstract only during the abstract submission period. Please log in to the registration system and make the necessary changes.
• After the call for abstracts is closed, you cannot modify the registered information, including the abstract text, author names (the first author and co-authors), or affiliations. We will make no exceptions regardless of the circumstances.
• Submitted abstracts will not be proofread in principle. Registered information will be published on the Abstract browsing system as entered; therefore, the submitting author should take responsibility for ensuring the correct entry of affiliations or all the co-authors without omission.

8. Abstract Acceptance Notification

Acceptance/non-acceptance of regular abstracts will be notified via email in early April after the program is fixed. The acceptance notification includes information such as presentation date and time, format, and room. The poster panel size will be approximately W150 cm X H210 cm (tentative). We recommend using an A0-size poster. The decision about the acceptance/non-acceptance of abstracts should rest with the Program Committee. Please note that your abstract may not be accepted.

 

9. Important Notes

• Accepted abstracts will be published in the NEURO2026 Meeting Planner in early July, before the meeting. The exact date will be announced on our website or by mail magazines.
• When you need a “Proving Document for Seeking Application for Provision of Exceptions to Lack of Novelty of Invention” under the provisions of Article 30 of the Patent Act, please contact the meeting secretariat ( neuro2026@aeplan.co.jp ).

10. Login to the Registration System