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Key Dates

September 2024

September 10, 2024: Membership Application Deadline for NextGen Stars Applicants
September 15, 2024: Nomination Deadline for AACR Scientific Achievement Awards
September 17, 2024: Early Access to Housing Reservations Opens for Members
September 24, 2024: Abstract Submission Opens
September 24, 2024: Housing Reservations Open for Nonmember Attendees
September 24, 2024: Award Applications Open
- AACR Scholar-in-Training Awards
- AACR Global Scholar-in-Training Awards
- AACR Patient Advocates in Cancer Research Awards
- AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Awards
- AACR Minority and Minority-Serving Institution Faculty (MMSIF) Scholar in Cancer Research Awards
- AACR-Women in Cancer Research (WICR) Scholar Awards
- AACR Undergraduate Scholar Awards

October 10, 2024: Application Deadline: NextGen Stars
October 28, 2024: Membership Application Deadline for Prospective Regular Abstract Sponsors and Scholar-in-Training Award Applicants
October 29, 2024: Meeting Registration Opens

November 1, 2024: Abstract Submission Deadline for AACR New Drugs on the Horizon Sessions
November 27, 2024: Regular Abstract Submission Deadline (4:00 p.m. ET)
November 26, 2024: Application Deadlines:
- AACR Global Scholar-in-Training Awards
- AACR Scholar-in-Training Awards

December 3, 2024: Membership Application Deadline for Early Registration Rate
December 6, 2024: Application Deadlines
- AACR Women in Cancer Research (WICR) Scholar Awards
- AACR Undergraduate Scholar Awards
December 9, 2024: Nomination Deadline for AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism
December 13, 2024: Application Deadlines
- AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Awards
- AACR Minority and Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research Awards
- AACR Patient Advocates in Cancer Research Awards
December 16, 2024: Membership Application Deadline for Prospective Late-Breaking and Clinical Trials Abstract Sponsors
December 18, 2024: Late-Breaking and Clinical Trials Abstract Submission Opens

January 3, 2025: Early Registration Deadline (lowest rates)
January 6, 2025: Regular Abstract Status Notifications Sent (2 p.m. ET)
January 16, 2025: Late-Breaking and Clinical Trials Abstract Submission Deadline (11:59 p.m. ET)
January 27, 2025: Manuscript Submission Deadline for Simultaneous Publication Consideration (Regular Abstracts)

February 7, 2025: Membership Application Deadline for Advance Registration Rate
February 11, 2025: Regular Abstract Scheduling Notifications Sent
February 18, 2025: Submission Deadline: Final Data for Clinical Trial Placeholder Abstracts
February 21, 2025: Online Itinerary Planner Available (tentative)
February 24, 2025: Manuscript Submission Deadline for Simultaneous Publication Consideration (Late-Breaking and Clinical Trials Abstracts)
February 25, 2025: Late-Breaking and Clinical Trials Abstract Notifications Sent
February 27, 2025: Regular Abstract Withdrawal Deadline

March 7, 2025: Advance Registration Deadline (discounted rates)
March 14, 2025: Late-Breaking and Clinical Trials Abstract Withdrawal Deadline
March 14, 2025: Abstract Submission Deadline: Undergraduate Student Caucus and Poster Competition
March 14, 2025: Abstract Submission Deadline: AACR Special Program for High School Students
March 14, 2025: Cancellation Deadline for Registration Refunds (less $125 processing fee)
March 14, 2025: Housing Reservation Deadline
March 25, 2025: Regular Abstract Titles and Texts Posted to Online Itinerary Planner (4:30 p.m. ET)
March 25, 2025: Late-Breaking and Clinical Trials Abstract Titles Posted to Online Itinerary Planner (4:30 p.m. ET); Abstract Texts Embargoed until April 25, 2025
March 25, 2025: Membership Application Deadline to Register for the Annual Meeting at the Member Rate Onsite
March 31, 2025: Registration Deadline: Undergraduate Student Caucus and Poster Competition
March 31, 2025: Registration Deadline: AACR Special Program for High School Students

April 4, 2025: E-Poster Submission Deadline for Abstracts Scheduled in Poster Sessions
April 8, 2025: Annual Meeting App Available for Download (tentative)
April 25, 2025: Onsite Registration Opens at McCormick Place Convention Center (12:00 p.m. CT)
April 25, 2025: AACR Annual Meeting Begins (3:00 p.m. CT)
April 25, 2025: Late-Breaking and Clinical Trials Abstract Texts Posted to Online Itinerary Planner and Meeting App (12:00 p.m. CT) and Published in an Online-only Supplement to Cancer Research