Section A
Rules & Eligibility
- For a Poster paper to be considered for the award, it shall be necessary for the principal author to submit the abstract (maximum 300 words) of the poster paper to the Chairperson, Awards Committee by a date determined by the Council of the CPS-CZ. The abstract should be structured and contain the aims/objectives, methodology, results, discussion and conclusion.
- The principal author shall also intimate to the Chairperson, Awards Committee his membership status in the society and membership numbers of all authors.
- The principal author and at least 50% of all authors must be members of the IPS-CZ at the time of submission of the poster paper / conference.
- A panel of judges shall rate the poster papers at the time of the conference. The papers securing the highest total marks (out of 100) shall win the award, subject to ratification by the Awards Committee. There will be first, second and third awards. In case of a tie, the concerned papers shall be declared the joint winners. To win an award, not less than 50% of the full marks must be obtained by a paper.
- The manuscripts will be assessed as per guidelines laid down under the following headings:
- Topic, title, its relevance and methodology — 20 marks
- Survey of literature, references, bibliography — 20 marks
- Presentation of results and discussion — 20 marks
- Conclusions and how far they are substantiated by the study — 20 marks
- Clarity, lucidity, precision of language and overall elegance of the paper — 20 marks
- All authors of the award-winning paper shall be considered to have won the award and shall be issued the certificate.
- All papers received for the award fulfilling the above-mentioned criteria will be eligible for competing for that year's award. However, a paper or substantially the same paper cannot be submitted to other awards of that year, and if found to be so, the member will be debarred to contest for any of the awards of that year. Also, the paper or substantially the same paper should not have won any of the IPS-CZ awards during any of the previous years. The paper should not have been published in any of the journals. No more than two papers where a particular member appears as an author or co-author shall be submitted for this award in a year.
- Submissions without the above information or structured abstract will not be considered for the award.
- The award-winning paper will become the property of the Central Psychiatric Society — Central Zone and shall be published in the Indian Journal of Behavioural Sciences with the necessary editorial corrections. An undertaking of the same has to be submitted while applying for the award. Full paper must be submitted within 4 weeks of the last date of conference. Full paper not submitted to the Indian Journal of Behavioural Sciences shall not be awarded.
- None of the authors or co-authors shall be eligible to be a judge for this award.
- The Organizing Secretary of the conference shall keep the principal author informed about the date, time, place and modalities of the poster presentation.
Registration is mandatory.
All poster authors must be registered for CIPCON 2026. Submissions close 31st July 2026.