Important note – proposals for the CEPO/Psi Chi Undergraduate Research Program should be directed to the CEPO Submission Portal. The CEPO Submission Portal information will be made available soon.

Before uploading your SEPA proposal(s), please carefully review the “Directions for Submitting Your Proposal” and “Rules for Submission” documents (click the buttons below) and adhere to the submission instructions outlined in them. Any proposal(s) that does not strictly adhere to these submission guidelines will be at risk of disqualification.

Although SEPA membership is not required in order to be listed as first author on any given proposal, a SEPA member (or advanced graduate student member) MUST be included as an author of any proposal submitted by a non-member. In other words, at least one individual MUST be a SEPA member and be willing to sponsor the proposal to be considered for inclusion in the Annual Meeting Program.

The deadline for uploading SEPA proposals is Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 6pm Eastern.

Still have questions? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions page or email us at sepa@citadel.edu.

**NEW for 2027** – SEPA Policy Regarding the Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools:

Presenters submitting a proposal to be considered for inclusion in the SEPA Annual Meeting program are required to disclose their use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools within the proposal, paper submission, or final materials. Content completely generated by an AI tool without significant human contribution is prohibited; however, AI tools may be used to improve the language, accessibility, or quality of humangenerated text. All submissions must be original. Failure to abide by these rules could result in the presentation being rejected from the Annual Meeting program.