Author Information

Call for Papers

We invite short papers from early career researchers at the University of Warwick across science, engineering, and medicine, including interdisciplinary work that crosses traditional boundaries.

Free submission • Free registration • No publication fee

Topics of interest

We welcome submissions spanning the breadth of FSEM, including but not limited to:

• Energy storage, electrification, batteries, supercapacitors, hydrogen, fuel cells
• Sustainable manufacturing, circular economy, recycling, polymers and composites
• Robotics, automation, sensing, control, digital manufacturing, Industry 4.0
• Materials, characterisation, imaging, X-ray CT, diagnostics and measurement
• Mathematics, statistics, modelling, optimisation, computational science, AI/ML
• Physics, photonics, quantum technologies, nanofabrication and devices
• Life sciences, biotechnology, enzymology, microbiology, antimicrobial resistance
• Biomedical engineering, healthcare technologies, translational science
• Environment, climate, resources, sustainability, systems and policy-relevant research

If you are unsure whether your work fits, submit it anyway. Interdisciplinary work is strongly encouraged.

Important dates

• Paper submission deadline: 14 April 2026
• Notification (accept / revise / reject): 1 May 2026
• Revised paper deadline: 1 June 2026
• Camera-ready deadline: 15 June 2026
• Symposium: 2 July 2026
• Proceedings publication: expected Q4 2026

Author guidelines

• Peer review: all papers are peer-reviewed.
• Registration: free for authors and attendees.
• Presentation type: on acceptance, papers will be allocated an Oral or Poster presentation.
  • When submitting, select either "Oral Presentation Preferred" or "Poster Presentation Only".
  • Some authors may be invited to present both orally and as a poster.
• Oral presentation format: 7 minutes talk + 3 minutes Q&A. Talks will be stopped at 10 minutes to keep the programme on schedule.
• Poster printing: the symposium does not provide a poster-printing service; please follow your department’s printing guidance.

• Author attendance:If your paper is accepted, at least one author must register to attend and present (registration is free).

Submission guidelines

• Paper length: 2 to 4 pages, including figures and references.
• Template: submissions must use the official template. This template will be available here shortly.
• No font changes: changing font size (or other template-breaking formatting) is not permitted and may result in desk rejection.
• Submission limit: each submitting author may submit up to 3 papers.

Proceedings

Accepted papers will be published by University of Warwick Press in the Proceedings of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine Early Career Researcher Symposium (FSEM 2026).

• Diamond Open Access: no fee to publish; no fee to read
• Author copyright: authors retain copyright
• Discoverability: planned indexing via Google Scholar and deposit in WRAP

Submit

The submission portal will open by 2nd April. A link to the submission portal will appear here.

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.

How to submit

Submissions for FSEM 2026 will be managed through Microsoft CMT. The submission portal link will be published on this page once the conference site is live.

Before submitting, authors should ensure that they have a Microsoft CMT account. If you already use CMT for another conference, you should use your existing account rather than creating a new one.

When the submission portal opens:

1. Open the FSEM 2026 submission link from this page and sign in to Microsoft CMT. The submission link has not yet been published.

2. Create a new submission for the conference.

3. Enter the paper title and abstract.

4. Add all authors and check that names, email addresses, affiliations, and other details are correct.

5. Upload your paper as a PDF prepared using the official conference template.

6. Complete any required submission questions, including presentation preference where applicable.

7. Click Submit to finalise your submission. Please note that uploaded files are not saved unless the Submit button is clicked.

8. A confirmation email will be sent after successful submission.