Spring Meeting 2026 - St. Louis
April 19 - 22
Questions - Contact Kelly Andringa
kelly-andringa@uiowa.edu
Registration is Open!
Registration for the 2026 NCURA Region IV Spring Meeting is now open! Register by March 13 to receive the early-bird rate. Member early-bird registration is $550 and non-member is $600. After March 13, the rate increases by $50.
Member Registration Fees:
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Early Bird Rate (before March 13, 2026): $550
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Regular Rate (until April 10, 2026): $600
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Daily Rates:
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Early Bird Rate (before March 13, 2026):
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$250/day for Monday, April 20, or Tuesday, April 21
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$125/day for Wednesday, April 22 (half day)
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Regular Rate (until April 10, 2026):
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$300/day for Monday April 20, or Tuesday, April 21
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$150/day for Wednesday, April 22 (half day)
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Non-Member Registration Fees:
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Early Bird Rate (before March 13, 2026): $600
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Regular Rate (until April 10, 2026: $650
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Daily Rates:
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Early Bird Rate (before March 31, 2026):
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$300/day for Monday, April 20, or Tuesday, April 21
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$150 for Wednesday, April 22 (half day)
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Regular Rate (until April 10, 2026):
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$350/day for Monday, April 20, or Tuesday, April 21
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$200/day for Wednesday, April 22 (half day)
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Hotel Reservations!
Book your hotel room now!
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark for our conference attendees. To take advantage of the discounted rate, please make your reservation by April 3, 2026.
You can reserve your room directly through this link: https://book.passkey.com/e/51170213
Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark
1 South Broadway
St. Louis, MO 63102, US
6053
The Spring Meeting is a great opportunity for professional development, networking, and fun! Meeting attendees will choose from a wide range of concurrent sessions during the two and a half days of regular conference scheduling on Monday through Wednesday. Topics covered include pre-award, post-award, research compliance, effort reporting, and more. Optional special interest workshops will be held on Sunday.
More information about the 2026 Spring Meeting will be published as we are able to release information!
Stay Tuned!
Your Spring Meeting Program Committee is hard at work on the final program. Please stay tuned for more information about the sessions and overall conference schedule.
Questions about presenting can directed to Chair-Elect, Kelly Andringa, or 2026 Program Chair, Hang McLaughlin.
On April 18th during the 2026 meeting, the Research Administrators Certification Council will hold a Body of Knowledge review session. If you're interested in pursuing a CRA®, CPRA®, or CFRA® certification, this session is a must!
The purpose of the Body of Knowledge Review Sessions is to familiarize you with the outline of information upon which the certifications offered by the Research Administrators Certification Council (RACC) are based. Each Body of Knowledge Session (CRA®, CPRA®, and CFRA) is designed to assist you to identify areas of strengths and weakness so that you can learn where to focus your studies as you prepare to the exam.
Sample questions are provided throughout each session. The goal of the sample questions is to give you an idea of the question format. However, it is important to note the sample questions are not questions on the actual exam. Rather, they are a combination of retired questions and questions that were not previously used on the exam.
The NCURA App also has a web version, to access the NCURA App and download your handouts directly to your computer or tablet, https://ncura.clowder.com/webapp/
Your login is the same as your NCURA login.
