WELCOME TO SIPS 2026!
Conference program for in-person SIPS 2026 in DC is live! (Online program coming soon.)
Registration for the 2026 meeting is open! Click below to register. Attendees can choose to register for the online conference only or for both the online and in-person conferences. We highly encourage in-person attendees to attend the online event as well, since they will be complementary!
The 2026 Meeting for the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) will be held in-person in Washington, D.C., USA (June 8-10, 2026), and online (May 6-7, 2026). The in-person conference will take place at the Mason Square campus of George Mason University, located at 3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
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Key Dates
- December 1 – Submissions open for both online and in-person SIPS 2026
- December 15 – Conference funding application opens
- January 1 – Registration for both online and in-person SIPS 2026 opens
- January 30 – Submissions close for in-person SIPS 2026
- February 6 – Conference funding applications close
- February 20 – Decisions on submission for in-person
- February 20 – Decision on conference funding
- February 27 – Submissions close for online SIPS 2026
- March 13 – Decisions on submission for online
- March 20 – Early registration rates end
- May 1 – Deadline for 100% refund and modality swaps
- May 6-7 – Online SIPS 2026
- June 1 – On-site registration rates for in-person meeting begin
- June 8-10 – In-person SIPS 2026 in Arlington, Virginia, United States
SIPS makes available a limited number of travel grants (for people who’d like to attend in-person) and internet/technology grants (for people who’d like to attend online), which are awarded via a lottery system. Applications are now closed for 2026.
Requests for letters or documents
If you need to request a support letter from SIPS, or a specific type of conference invoice/receipt, please fill out this form with your information. Once your support letter and/or invoice/receipt is ready, we will be in touch. For questions, please email sips@improvingpsych.org.