Call for Abstracts

The Call for Abstract Submissions is Now Closed.

When submitting your abstracts for the ORS 2026 Annual Meeting, you will be asked to select the following:

1. Topic category (listed in bold)
2. Subtopic category (listed below each topic category)
3. Keyword(s)

Submitting Your Abstracts

To Submit Your Abstract:

To start, submit or edit your abstract(s), you will need to login with your ORS username and password.  If you do not have an ORS username, you will have the opportunity to create one.

Once you are logged in, you will be redirected to the ORS 2026 Abstract Submission site.

Abstract Submission Deadline: Monday, August 25, 2025

The last day to make edits to your abstract is August 25, 2025.  Please note: You WILL NOT be able to edit the abstract after the August 25, 2025, deadline even if the abstract is accepted.

Acceptance notices will be sent to authors on November 5, 2025.

The themes and sessions in the Annual Meeting program are not prescribed by the ORS Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee but directly represent the abstract submissions. If you would like to see more of a certain topic, please encourage your colleagues in that area to submit to the ORS. The ORS Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee strives to have at least one podium session covering each of the twenty topic categories listed above.

Why Submit Your Research for Presentation?

• The ORS is home to the top experts from around the globe in the field of musculoskeletal research; biologists, engineers, orthopaedic surgeons, physical therapists, veterinarians and clinicians.
• The ORS Annual Meeting is the leading forum for the presentation of high-quality, innovative and transformative research.
• ORS provides awards and grants for the early career, mid-career and established investigator based on high-quality abstracts.

Award and grant opportunities are available to ORS members. If you’re not currently a member but would like to join the ORS, please complete a membership application prior to abstract submission. Membership applications must be received on or before Monday, August 25 to be eligible to receive an ORS award or grant. Please contact the ORS office at [email protected] if you have questions regarding membership.

Presenting Authors will automatically be considered for all applicable awards and grants based on information gathered upon submission of his or her abstract. Awards and grants include:

• New Investigator Recognition Awards (NIRA)
• ORS Section Awards (Podium and Poster)
• ORS Preclinical Section 3Rs Award
• ORS Tendon Section 3-Minute Research Elevator Pitch
• ORS/ON Foundation Orthoregeneration Award
• ORS/Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society (RJOS) Young Female Investigator Grant
• ORS/OREF Travel Grants in Orthopaedic Research Translation

Abstracts Accepted for a Poster Presentation

Poster Presenters will be able to get approval to attend the meeting in person and display a poster in the Poster/Exhibit Hall during the appropriate poster session. ORS is planning to secure a paid poster printing service that you can utilize to print and hang your poster.  All poster authors are encouraged to embed a QR code that leads to a self-recorded talk (3 minutes in length).  This adds special value to you as an author and provides details of your presentation throughout the meeting.

Abstracts Accepted for Podium Presentation

The presenting author will be able to get approval to attend the meeting and present in person. The presenting author may bring an interpreter (which can be a co-author or supervisor who will register and pay the appropriate registration fee) to assist them during the question and answer period following the podium presentation. Podiums presentations are selected from top ranked/scored abstracts for scientific content, rigor and significance.