Sophia Research Day 2026

Abstract submission will open on Monday, December 1st 2025. You will be able to submit your abstract using the abstract submission form.

Abstract guidelines

Abstracts must be submitted in English and should not exceed 300 words. This does not include the author’s details, title, headings and table/figures.

Your abstract may be supplemented by one table or figure. Please note that the table or figure should accompany your results and should not show standalone results.

When listing author names, use their initials (separated by periods) followed by their last names. The author who will present the abstract should be listed first. After each author's name, add a superscript number to indicate their affiliation. Affiliation details should be listed in the following order: department, institution/hospital, city, country.

Example:

Authors:
A.B. Example¹, B.A. Demonstration²

Affiliations:
1 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Erasmus University Medical Center - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

The abstract should be structured as follows:

• TITLE: please make sure your title is in capital letters
• Introduction
• Materials and methods
• Results
• Conclusion
• Optional: one table or figure

The abstract file should be named in the following format: SRD abstract - <last name>, <first name>.

Please note that we will only consider abstracts that meet the requirements mentioned above.