Mississippi Academy of Sciences

Your paper may be presented orally or as a poster. Oral presentations are generally 15 minutes. The speaker should limit the presentation to 10-12 minutes to allow time for discussion; longer presentations should be limited accordingly. Instructions for poster presentations are linked here.
The presenting author must be a member of the Academy at the time the paper/poster is presented. Payment for membership of one author must be sent for the abstract to be accepted.
All abstracts should be submitted through our web page. You will first need to go to the "Join MAS" link for a new membership or renewal (if you are a Life Member you will still need to click on Renewal). If you are already a member in good standing for 2008, you may go directly to the "Submit On-line" link.
We prefer payment via the PayPal link you will see when you submit your abstract through the web page. If you do not use PayPal, enclose a personal check, money order, institutional check, or purchase order for the $25 publication charge for each abstract to be published, payable to the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. The publication charge will be refunded if the abstract is not accepted.
Attendance and participation at all sessions requires payment of registration.
Note that three separate fees are associated with submitting and presenting a paper at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences.
1. An abstract fee is assessed to defray the cost of publishing abstracts and
2. a membership fee is assessed to defray the costs of running the Academy.
3. Preregistration payment ($50 regular; $20 student) may accompany the abstract, or you may elect to pay this fee before January 23, or pay full registration fees at the meeting.
Abstracts may be edited up until the November 1 deadline. Abstracts that are resubmitted for changes after that will incur a $10 resubmission fee.
Late abstracts will be accepted with a $10 late fee during November increased to $25 after that. Late abstracts will be accepted only if there is room in the appropriate division. They will be published in the April issue of the MAS JOURNAL.
Address any question you might have via email to jab@ra.msstate.edu
Submit your appropriate fees to:

PO Box 55907

Jackson, MS 39296-5907

msacad@bellsouth.net