Online Proposal Submission Instructions
Please place your proposal in the database.
- Go to http://ncp.pcaaca.org
- Create an account. Create a username. The username is generally the first name and last name, like so—Jane Doe). And create a password (around here, we write them on sticky notes and stick them to our computers.)
- You will receive an email from the site containing a long URL. Click the link as indicated to activate your account and to bring up the paper submission page. Your browser will access the site again.
- At the site, click on "Submit a paper or other presentation for review," which is to the left.
- Enter your paper's title and select a Subject Area from the drop-down menu.
- Below that information, you will see your name is already written. Click on the plus sign beside your name to add the affiliation and contact information as it will appear in the Conference Program.
- Copy and paste your abstract into the space provided. (I suggest adding your name and title to the abstract box, too.)
- Click the save button.
- You can then log out and, for a limited time (a few weeks), still log back in to the system to make changes, if you need to.
- You will receive another email from the database noting that you have submitted a paper. In the meantime, the Area Chair will have access to your proposal and should notify you of acceptance within two weeks.
The beauty of this system is that no one else will be retyping your information—it will appear in the program exactly as you type it. Less chance for typos!
This is a brand new site and, while we have taken every precaution to make sure it runs smoothly, if you have any problems at all, contact Angela Shaffer at angela.shaffer@ttu.edu.