ASMA 2026 Call for Submissions

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The ASMA conference will be held Feb. 11-13, 2026, hosted by Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.
Submissions may include empirical research, case studies, conceptual/theoretical work, and teaching-related presentations. Submissions to the ASMA conference should not be concurrently submitted to another conference or have been previously presented at a conference. The deadline for submissions has been extended to Friday, October 31, 2025.

For general inquiries, please email appliedsportmanagement@gmail.com. You may also contact ASMA President Adam G. Pfleegor (apfleegor@siena.edu), ASMA President-Elect Khirey B. Walker (kwalker8@elon.edu), or Conference Director Liz Taylor (elizabeth.taylor@temple.edu).

General Submission Guidelines:

  • Authors’ names should not appear on more than two submissions, regardless of co-authorship or type of presentation. An exception is made for authors who are serving as an advisor to a student who is submitting research; when listing authorship, the advisor should be clearly identified with the word “advisor” in parentheses after their name.
  • Submissions will be accepted in the following categories:
    • Oral and poster presentations
    • Student research competition (graduate & undergraduate)
    • Works in progress (deadline Jan. 7, 2026)
  • All submissions should be submitted via the EasyChair link.

Oral Presentation and Poster Presentation Guidelines:

  • To ensure anonymous review, do not place author names or affiliations in the abstract document.
  • Please clearly indicate your preferred presentation format: (a) oral presentation or (b) poster presentation. Due to space and time limitations, some submissions may be offered a poster presentation in lieu of an oral presentation.
  • Abstracts are limited to 500 words (including references). The abstract should include text only (no tables/figures). Any citations should be accompanied by a corresponding reference at the end of the abstract.
  • Given the applied focus of the conference, authors should make sure to specifically discuss the implications of the research for practitioners in sport.

Graduate Student Research Competition:

  • In order to be considered for the graduate student research competition, students must:
    • Be an active/current graduate student at the time of the conference.
    • Prepare an abstract for an oral presentation following the guidelines provided at the bottom of this page.
    • Only single-author submissions with a faculty advisor will be accepted.
    • In addition to the abstract submission, students who wish to participate in the research competition should complete the authorship declaration form on the ASMA Website.
    • The abstract should be submitted via EasyChair, while the authorship declaration form should be submitted to Dr. Ben Downs (bjdowns@bsu.edu).
  • Three submissions will be selected as finalists, with a winner determined following oral presentations at the conference.
  • All three finalists will receive a $100 conference stipend (the equivalent of registration cost), while the winner will receive an additional prize of $200 and a plaque in recognition of the award. For questions about the student research competition, contact Dr. Ben Downs (bjdowns@bsu.edu).

Undergraduate Student Research Poster Competition:

  • In order to be considered for the undergraduate student research poster competition, students must:
    • Be an active/current undergraduate student at the time of the conference.
    • Prepare an abstract for a poster presentation following the poster presentation guidelines provided above.
    • Only single-author submissions with a faculty advisor will be accepted.
    • In addition to the abstract submission via EasyChair, students who wish to participate in the research competition should complete the authorship declaration form on the ASMA Website.
    • The abstract and declaration form should be submitted via EasyChair.
  • Three submissions will be selected as finalists, with a winner determined following poster presentations at the conference.
  • All three finalists will receive a $100 conference stipend, while the winner will receive an additional prize of $100 and a plaque in recognition of the award. For questions about the student research competition, contact Dr. Khirey Walker (kwalker8@elon.edu).

Works in Progress Guidelines:

  • Submissions in this category require a document of approximately 1,000 words focused on either a research proposal, conceptual paper, or empirical work potentially targeted for submission to the Journal of Applied Sport Management (JASM) or other related journals in sport management.
  • The goal of this component of the conference is to help interested faculty and/or students generate feedback or generally discuss literature, hypothesis or research questions, data collection/analysis, and theoretical possibilities. Likely, the works in progress discussion will involve the assignment to a group where all author(s) are expected to read each other’s documents.
  • Managed by a senior scholar in sport management, author(s) will informally present their ideas and listen while others provide feedback about the document and its purposes, context, theoretical lens, etc.
  • For questions about works in progress submissions, contact Dr. Chad Seifried (cseifried@lsu.edu).
  • The deadline for works in progress submissions is January 7, 2026.

Graduate Student Research Competition – Detailed Guidelines:

As an opportunity to highlight student scholarship, ASMA hosts the Graduate Student Research Competition. To be considered, students must be the solo author on their competition submission with a faculty advisor. Three submissions will be selected as finalists, with a winner determined following review of a final research prospectus and oral presentation. Participants must complete the authorship declaration from and submit it, along with their abstract, via Easy Chair.

Research competition abstract guidelines: Current graduate students should submit a 500–700-word abstract, excluding references, for consideration. The abstract must address the following:
1. Context: What is the rational justification for the research project?
2. Applied Nature: How will the study solve a problem in the sport industry/how will the information be useful to practicing sport managers?
3. Methodology: What is the study design and what specific methods is the researcher utilizing?
4. Keywords: Provide four keywords that represent the study.

Research Prospectus: The three finalists will submit a 1500-word research prospectus, excluding references, no later than February 5, 2026. The research prospectus should include the following:
1. Title of Research Project
2. Introduction: Description of project, including rational justification of research project and applied problem to be solved.
3. Review of Literature: Brief, relevant review of literature that is influencing and guiding the project.
4. Research Question(s): Research questions investigated within the present study.
5. Methodology: Description of methodology employed within the present study.
6. Results: Summation of key results, including analysis (e.g., qualitative, quantitative) analysis of data.
7. Conclusion: Provide a clear recommendation for industry action based upon the results of the study and how the results fill a meaningful gap in the literature.

Research Presentation: The three finalists will present their findings at the conference. Presenters will have no more than 12 minutes to present their research, followed by no more than 8 minutes of questions from the research panel judges. While the focus of the evaluation of the research competition will be on the submitted prospectus document, the ability of the student to effectively present their research and answer questions will also be evaluated.

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