Necessity of Presenting Author Posters?

[The Cinnabon]

Hello SDN, I just wanted some perspective.

I'm going to be applying for the 2024-2025 school year. I will have a few poster submissions and at least one will be first author, but zero will be presenting author as a result of funding issues. For what's it's worth I will likely have 3-4 publications (2nd has entered review with another being submitted next monthish), with one likely to also be FA, by the time I apply next Nov-Dec. Still, I will have never stepped foot into a conference and I was wondering if that would be a huge issue?

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[R. Matey]

Maybe it's just me, but I've never heard of 'presenting author' being delineated from 'first author' on a poster presentation. I think your pubs are, by far, the shinier aspect of your application.

 

[NewNeuroDemic]

Hello SDN, I just wanted some perspective.

I'm going to be applying for the 2024-2025 school year. I will have a few poster submissions and at least one will be first author, but zero will be presenting author as a result of funding issues. For what's it's worth I will likely have 3-4 publications (2nd has entered review with another being submitted next monthish), with one likely to also be FA, by the time I apply next Nov-Dec. Still, I will have never stepped foot into a conference and I was wondering if that would be a huge issue?

No one asks who actually presented the thing. You're good.

 

[Boston2k]

On these metrics, I believe you are in a good place (pubs > posters, and your poster situation seems fine as well, you proved you could get an abstract in as first author).