Submissions for the 2025 convention are no longer being accepted. We hope that we will see you this April in Denver!

Later this year, submissions will be accepted for the 2026 conference, which will occur in Boise, Idaho in May of 2026.

The submission portal will open on October 1st, 2025, at which time your proposal can be uploaded for the peer review process, in order to be considered for the conference that occurs in the spring of 2026.

The submission portal for RMPA 2026 will close at 11:59 pm on December 1st.

Late submissions will not be accepted, so please ensure that you have your written work completed in time. While preference is given to projects that already have the data collected and analyzed, we are willing to consider projects where data collection is still in progress.

RMPA will be using CVENT this year to manage the program, Those who submitted proposals were PROMPTED TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT WITH CVENT. CREATING AN ACCOUNT IS FAST AND EASY, AND DOING SO WILL ALLOWs YOU TO SAVE YOUR SUBMISSION INFORMATION.

Statement on Multiple Submissions and Originality

For research that is submitted to the portal, RMPA encourages original work that has not been previously disseminated. However, if a project has been disseminated, in part or in its entirety, at another conference, the candidate should disclose this matter in the submission portal. 

It is acceptable to present new analyses of existing data sets that were formerly presented. This could include re-analysis of quantitative or qualitative data, presentation of data derived from new trials (including cross-trial comparisons), or subsequent analyses following sample size enlargement. In addition, an open science framework supports the re-analysis of datasets that were formerly presented in published form, especially when the inquiry is conducted by independent researchers wishing to corroborate prior investigations. When datasets have been formerly presented, this should be disclosed in order to avoid the potential of spuriously enlarging the perception of a finding’s replication frequency.  It is encouraged that new literature reviews and discussion sections be created in cases of dataset reanalysis. 

Keynote speakers will often present findings from studies that were formerly published, as part of their discussion of a program of research.