The 2022 SMEP Annual Meeting will be held October 12-15, 2022 in beautiful Monterey, CA at the Hyatt Regency.

Hotel Details

Hotel Website: Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa on Del Monte Golf Course

Hotel Reservations Link: https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/group-booking/MRYDM/G-SMEP

The SMEP banquet will be held outdoors (weather permitting). Additionally, there are places outside where guests can eat any meals they bring outdoors.

Travel to Monterey, California

Getting Here (from See Monterey): https://www.seemonterey.com/resources/getting-here/

Please note, the hotel offers transportation to/from the Monterey Airport. To reserve space on the shuttle, please contact the hotel at +1-831-372-1234 and provide your name, air carrier, and flight number.

COVID Mitigation Policy

To help provide a relatively safe environment for SMEP members and guests, masks and rapid tests will be provided to all participants when they pick up their registration materials at the meeting information table. In-person participants in the 2022 SMEP annual meeting agree to:

1. Take a rapid COVID test daily and not attend the meeting or events in person if the test result is positive
2. Wear KN-95/N95/FFP2/KF-94 face masks (covering the mouth and nose) during all conference events that are indoors, including the main meeting room, poster and reception rooms, and adjoining hallways to the meeting room. There are two exceptions to this policy:

• While speaking when providing a presentation
• When eating or drinking

2022 SMEP Annual Conference Format

Due to uncertainties regarding COVID and travel, SMEP will feature a hybrid format this year. SMEP members can choose to attend in person or virtually.

Planning to Attend but not Present?

If you do not plan to submit a presentation but plan to attend, please register yourself (and any guests) using this survey instead:
https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8oEimw8UVa3zd3w

2022 SMEP Graduate Student Conference

Note: The deadline has been extended only for students who presented last year (August 29th).

The 20th Annual Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP) Graduate Student Conference will be held in Monterey, CA, from October 12 – 16, 2022, at the Hyatt Regency. Graduate students are invited to submit proposals for posters presenting original research on the development or evaluation of quantitative methods related to psychology and/or the rigorous application of advanced methods to provide novel insights into substantive questions. Proposals representing the application of advanced quantitative methods to new content areas or that study less common methodological topics are especially encouraged.

Eligibility, Review Process, and Travel Funds

Applications must have the written approval of an active SMEP member. Applicants must still be graduate students at the time of submission. Students who presented in 2021 are  eligible to present this year (new! as of August 15th). Preference will be given to those who have not previously presented. A committee of previous student presenters will select up to 20 proposals for presentation. Evaluations will be based on (1) overall quality, (2) overall fit of the proposal with the stated interests of SMEP, and (3) the project’s innovation. In addition, the reviewers seek to achieve a variety of topics and institutions represented in the selected presenters.

Selected presenters will be invited to attend the annual SMEP meeting as observers and present their poster at the Graduate Student session. In the event of multiple student co‐authors, only the first author will be invited to SMEP. Selected presenters will be invited to attend the SMEP Annual Meeting and awarded a travel fund of up to $2,000.

Proposal Requirements, Format, and Submission

Proposals should consist of the title of the proposed presentation and an abstract of no more than 750 words. Limited references and up to 2 figures can be included if desired but are not required. The entire proposal, including references and figures, should be formatted such that it does not exceed 3 pages. The last line of the proposal must include a count of the number of words in the body of the proposal (excluding references and figure captions). Please note that the word and page limits will be strictly enforced. Applications that fail to meet these limits will be rejected without review. 

Proposals should be submitted via email as a Word document file. PLEASE DO NOT include names or affiliations on the proposal document. Rather the submission email containing the proposal should contain the submitter’s name, school affiliation, contact address, and email. Written approval should be submitted by the sponsoring SMEP member, either as an attachment to the submission email or as a separate email. A single sentence indicating approval is sufficient. SMEP members may endorse more than one applicant. To ensure your submission is received, please enter SMEP 2022 Poster Proposal Submission in the email subject line. 

Proposals and their member endorsements should be emailed to the graduate student organizer, Alfonso J. Martinez (alfonso-martinez@uiowa.edu). The deadline for submission is August 29, 2022. Accepted presenters will be contacted by mid-September. Any questions pertaining to the conference itself should be directed to the SMEP Coordinating Officer, Jonathan Templin (jonathan-templin@uiowa.edu).