[TYPES/announce] Call for Submissions: ICFP 2026 Student Research Competition

[Kimball Germane]

ICFP 2026 Student Research Competition

    Call for Submissions

ICFP 2026 invites students to participate in the Student Research
Competition in order to present their research and get feedback from
prominent members of the programming language research community.

The SRC consists of three rounds:

  * Submission of an extended abstract
  * Poster session at ICFP 2026
  * Finalists' presentations at ICFP 2026

During the first round students submit an extended abstract detailing
their research to be reviewed by the program committee. Those students
whose abstracts get accepted advance to the poster session round which
will take place during ICFP 2026. Winners of the poster session
advance to the next round, where they will give a 5-minute
presentation about their work on the ICFP main stage in front of a
live audience.

IMPORTANT DATES AND TIMES

  * Submission Deadline: 11 May 2026 (Monday)
  * Author Notification: 1 June 2026 (Monday)
  * ICFP 2026 Conference in Indiana, USA:
    24 August 2026 (Monday) - 26 August 2026 (Wednesday)

SUBMISSION OF EXTENDED ABSTRACTS

  * Submission Website: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://icfp26src.hotcrp.com__;!!IBzWLUs!RuEZR4dROGqkrd_8LHbFFtxTHNuPco3XCpFv5ARpN4a6dpiWKdfsJmdxq07f2npfcq60-SxtqL_0okYALU4Asum-QvSkSaw4eQ$ 

Each submission (referred to as "abstract" below) should include the
student author's name and email address; institutional affiliation;
research advisor's name; ACM student member number; category
(undergraduate or graduate); research title; and an extended abstract
addressing the following:

  * Problem and Motivation: Clearly state the problem being addressed
    and explain the reasons for seeking a solution to this problem.

  * Background and Related Work: Describe the specialized (but
    pertinent) background necessary to appreciate the work in the
    context of ICFP areas of interest. Include references to the
    literature where appropriate, and briefly explain where your work
    departs from that done by others.

  * Approach and Uniqueness: Describe your approach in addressing the
    problem and clearly state how your approach is novel.

  * Results and Contributions: Clearly show how the results of your
    work contribute to programming language design and implementation in
    particular and to computer science in general; explain the
    significance of those results.

  * Submissions must be original research that is not already published
    at ICFP or another conference or journal. One of the goals of the
    SRC is to give students feedback on ongoing, unpublished work.
    Furthermore, the abstract must be authored solely by the student.
    If the work is collaborative with others and/or part of a larger
    group project, the abstract should make clear what the student's
    role was and should focus on that portion of the work.

  * Formatting: Submissions must be in PDF format, printable in black
    and white on US Letter sized paper, and interpretable by common PDF
    tools. All submissions must adhere to the "ACM Small" template that
    is available (in both LaTeX and Word formats) from
    https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.acm.org/publications/authors/submissions__;!!IBzWLUs!RuEZR4dROGqkrd_8LHbFFtxTHNuPco3XCpFv5ARpN4a6dpiWKdfsJmdxq07f2npfcq60-SxtqL_0okYALU4Asum-QvSrDT2S7Q$ . For authors
    using LaTeX, a lighter-weight package, including only the essential
    files, is available from
    https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://sigplan.org/Resources/Author/*acmart-format__;Iw!!IBzWLUs!RuEZR4dROGqkrd_8LHbFFtxTHNuPco3XCpFv5ARpN4a6dpiWKdfsJmdxq07f2npfcq60-SxtqL_0okYALU4Asum-QvS1TvDwLg$ . The submission
    must not exceed 3 pages in PDF format. Reference lists do not count
    towards the 3-page limit.

Further information is available at the ICFP SRC website:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://icfp26.sigplan.org/track/icfp-2026-src__;!!IBzWLUs!RuEZR4dROGqkrd_8LHbFFtxTHNuPco3XCpFv5ARpN4a6dpiWKdfsJmdxq07f2npfcq60-SxtqL_0okYALU4Asum-QvRcnko0yw$