TypeConference NameLocationMonthSpecialitiesSizeProposal DeadlineCompetitive?Website
National AssociationsAPSAVariesSeptember/OctoberAll except IRLargestJanuaryYes 
 ISAVariesMarch/AprilIR/IPELarge1-Jun?https://www.isanet.org/Conferences/ISA2026
 MPSAChicagoAprilAmerican, ComparativeLargeOctoberNohttps://www.mpsanet.org/conference/
 SPSAVaries (southern US)JanuaryAllMed/Large Nohttps://spsa.net/annual-meeting/2025-conference-information/
 WPSAVaries (West Coast)March/AprilAll (though specializes in theory, enviro politics, and REP)Med/LargeSeptemberNohttps://www.wpsanet.org/meeting/
 AAPORVariesMayPublic OpinionMed/Large  http://www.aapor.org/AAPOR_Annual_Conference.htm
 ISPPVaries (usually Europe)JulyPolitical Psychology   http://www.ispp.org/meetings/
American/REPPRIECVariesVariesREP, AmericanSmallVariesYeshttps://priec.org
 SPIREVaries (Midwest to East Coast)VariesREP, AmericanSmallVaries?http://www.spirepolisci.org/
 Justice and Injustice ConferenceYale, MIT, UTNovemberCriminal justiceVery small Yeshttps://criminaljusticepolitics.wordpress.com/
 Junior Americanist WorkshopVirtualVariesAmericanSmallVariesYeshttps://jawspolisci.network/previous.html
MethodsSoCal MethodsVaries MethodsSmallVariesYeshttps://polmeth.org/socal
 POLMETHVariesVariesMethodsSmallVariesYeshttps://polmeth.org/
 Visions in MethodologyVariesMay?Methods   http://visionsinmethodology.org/conferences/
IRISA WestPasadenaSeptemberIR/IPEMedium Nohttps://www.isanet.org/Conferences/West-Pasadena-2025
Other/RegionalMedia Effects Empirical WorkshopColumbia MediaVery small Yeshttps://iserp.columbia.edu/events/media-effects-empirical-workshop-meew
 SoCal Political BehaviorVaries BehaviorSmallVariesYes 
 JPIPEVaries, SoCalVariesComparative/American InstitutionsSmallVariesYeshttps://sites.google.com/view/socalpipe/events
 TransResearch ConsortiumVaries, Usually WestAugustIR/IPESmall ? 
 NCOBPSVariesMarchBlack politics December https://www.ncobps.org/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-55