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Key Dates

September 2024 

October 2024 

  • 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 2024 

December 2024 

January 2025 

  • January 3, 2025: Early Registration Deadline (lowest rates) 
  • January 6, 2025: Regular Abstract Status Notifications Sent
  • 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 2025 

  • 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 2025 

  • 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 2025 

  • 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