Abstract Submission Site is Closed

Deadline: Monday, August 4

Present Your Research and Contribute to the Advancement of High-Risk Obstetric Care!

The SMFM Pregnancy Meeting™ provides a platform for researchers, clinicians, and obstetric experts to share their latest findings and innovations.

The 2026 abstract submission portal has closed. Late-Breaking Abstract Submissions will be accepted beginning Monday, October 6 and will be due Monday, November 10 at 9pm ET.

Original research that is not completed until after the August 4, 2025, abstract submission deadline for The Pregnancy Meeting™ may be eligible for submission as a late-breaking abstract.

Late-breaking abstracts should meet the guidelines for abstracts considered in the general submission and meet the following criteria:

The research must be new and of sufficient scientific importance to merit special consideration after the standard abstract deadline.
Abstracts should describe either large clinical studies or high-impact translational research that could not be completed prior to the original deadline.
Clinical studies must be prospective in design.
Late-breaking abstracts cannot be a revision of an abstract submitted prior to the original submission deadline.

Submit an abstract for a chance to present your science in front of 3,000+ professionals and have your work published in the PREGNANCY supplement.

Before accessing the online abstract submission portal, we encourage interested submitters to review the Abstract Submission Brochure. It provides essential information about this year’s process and will help submitters prepare their abstract elements in advance for a smoother submission experience.

For questions related to the Pregnancy Meeting program and/or abstracts process, please email the SMFM Program Development Team.

Awards & Scholarships

Each year, outstanding abstracts submitted to the SMFM Pregnancy Meeting™ are recognized through competitive awards and scholarships. These honors celebrate scientific excellence, innovation, and dedication to advancing maternal-fetal medicine.

Scientific Awards

Bruce A. Work Award: Recognizes the best research by a practicing or in-training MFM based outside the U.S.
Norman F. Gant Award: Honors exceptional research in maternal medicine, focusing on medical complications of pregnancy.
Disparities Award: Recognizes research addressing equity, disparities, and social determinants of health in perinatal outcomes.
Dru Carlson Memorial Award: Celebrates excellence in ultrasound and prenatal genetics research.

Scholarship & Travel Awards

Outstanding Early Career Investigator Travel Award (Supported by Dr. Laxmi Baxi): $1,000 award to support travel for early-career investigators.
Scholarship for Research in TAPS/Monochorionic Twins: $2,500 scholarship for the highest-scoring abstract on TAPS and/or monochorionic twin pregnancies, supported by the Kaiden Paul Foundation.
Foundation for SMFM Resident Scholars Program: Provides mentoring, educational opportunities, and stipends for promising OB/GYN residents interested in maternal-fetal medicine.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, nonmembers can submit an abstract.

Yes, we accept industry-supported abstracts. All financial interests, commercial or federally funded research, must be disclosed upon submission.

No, the content of your abstract will not be submitted or presented at an international, national, or district meeting, and no paper arising from it will be published either in print or electronic format before the end of the Pregnancy Meeting. If you intend to submit your work for publication, you must be certain that the date of publication will be after February 13, 2026 (last day of the SMFM meeting). If you are not able to guarantee this, please do not submit the abstract.

While we currently have no prohibition on any study type for submission, our historical data shows that case reports have rarely been accepted for presentation after the review process. Generally, most presentations are comparative in study design, whether observational or interventional. All abstracts must include all the mandatory components designated within our abstract submission portal. We do not have a specific submission format for case report submissions. However, if your case report is structured to meet the requirements, the portal will allow it to be submitted. All submissions will be peer-reviewed and scored according to the criteria specified in this document. Those scoring highly will be extended an acceptance for presentation at the Pregnancy Meeting.

No, we do not accept panel presentations.

All abstracts undergo a blinded peer-review process. Abstracts are initially reviewed by four General Reviewers. Top-scoring abstracts from the General Review round are sent to Senior Review, where an additional four Senior Reviewers review them. The scores and recommendations are then reviewed and final selections made by the Program Committee.

No, all presenters must register and pay full conference fees to attend in person in Las Vegas, NV.

Abstracts can be edited until the abstract submission deadline of Monday, August 4, 2025 (9:00 pm ET). Please ensure that your title, authors, institution, and abstract text are accurate before submitting. After the submission deadline passes, abstracts cannot be edited further, and requests to edit accepted abstracts will not be accepted. Abstracts are peer-reviewed anonymously and scored based on the content (objectivity, study design, results, and conclusion) provided. Thus, to maintain the integrity of the submission and review processes, SMFM does not accept requests for abstract changes after submission. Please be sure to spellcheck your work before submitting.

Should your abstract be accepted for presentation, you agree to its publication and hereby assign its copyright to SMFM. The abstract will be published in the abstract supplement. The publication of the full paper is not guaranteed and would require your submission of a completed paper for full peer review evaluation before acceptance. At a later date, additional information regarding the manuscript submission step will be provided.