Conference Information
2026 Conference Information
The 56th annual meeting of the Society for Computation in Psychology (SCiP) will be held in person on Thursday, November 19, 2026, in San Diego, before the opening of the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Abstract submissions are now closed, and we look forward to a great program!
The theme for this year’s conference is Scaling Up Cognition: Team Approaches to Cognitive Science. In a time when the questions we ask about cognition are increasingly complex and global, how can we harness the power of big-team science to study cognition at a scale that no single researcher or lab could achieve alone?
Registration: Register and pay for the meeting here. At least one author on each accepted submission must register to present.
Program: View the draft conference program for the schedule and session details.
Steering Committee elections: Learn more about the nomination process and voting on our governance page.
2026 Student Award Information
First-time graduate student presenters are strongly encouraged to submit abstracts. If you are a first-time graduate student attending SCiP, and the primary presenter, you may be eligible to have your registration waived as part of the Birnbaum Scholarship for first-time graduate presenters. Please contact our Executive Director, Erin Buchanan at compinpsych@gmail.com for details.
The Society sponsors The Castellan Student Paper Award for the outstanding student paper. Student papers should consist of a brief introduction, methods, and results (up to 3000 words, excluding references, tables, figures, and a title page). Student papers on the application of computers to any area of psychology (theoretical, experimental, applied) are welcome. Eligibility is open to work done by a student currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate courses, or work done as part of a course, thesis, or other student research by a person who graduated within the last year. The student must be the primary author and the presenter of the paper. The winning author will receive a one year membership in the Society and a $200 cash prize. Complete manuscripts for the competition were due October 15th, 2026. The award for the outstanding student paper will be announced after the conference.
Past Programs
Use the following links to download our available programs. If you have a past program we do not have included please email it to us!
