You may write a great abstract, but it still isn't accepted at the conference. There could be a few reasons why, some of these reasons are within your control while others are not.
These are some reasons your abstract may be rejected, where you had control:
- You didn't follow the guidelines/instructions
- There were glaring spelling/grammar mistakes
- Your project wasn't relevant to the conference theme
- Your abstract had too much theory and not enough results
- Your project isn't far enough along
- Your project isn't original enough
- Your abstract didn't convey why your project was interesting
Here are some things that may be out of your control:
- There was a high volume of submissions
- The particular topic of some abstracts was over-subscribed, with many submissions on a similar theme
- The particular topic of some abstracts was under-subscribed, with not enough submissions to constitute a meaningful session
Don’t get discouraged. Try again! You can revise your abstract and submit to another conference or try again next year.
