Financial Reporting Research Ideas Contest
We are pleased to announce the 2024 Financial Reporting Section Research Ideas Contest. The Financial Reporting Section Council wants your ideas for research – what topic do you think you and your fellow members could benefit from knowing more about? We’d love to hear from you, and to sweeten the deal, we’re holding a research contest, with the winner receiving a cash prize of $1,000! Here’s how it will work:
- Use the link below to submit an idea by December 2nd, 2024.
- The Financial Reporting Section council will review ideas and announce semi-finalists by January 10th, 2025 via a follow-up communication.
- The follow-up communication will contain a link for section members to vote for their favorite semi-finalist idea (each member will receive one vote with which to select their favorite idea).
- Voting will be open until January 28th, 2025, and the winner will be announced on January 31st, 2025
- The member that submits the idea that makes the semi-finalist list and then subsequently receives the most votes will be declared the winner. In the event of a tie, the Financial Reporting Section council will select a winner from the tied semi-finalists.
We encourage the submission of financial reporting topics, but all topics that are likely to be of interest to financial reporting actuaries will be considered. Get creative and let us know what you think – we look forward to hearing from YOU!
To submit an idea, click here.
For official contest rules, click here.
The Financial Reporting Section intends to develop the winning idea into a formal research project. The winner will not conduct the actual research but can participate in shaping and overseeing the project by volunteering their time as a member of the project oversight group.
Please direct any questions regarding this contest to Katelyn Kramer at kkramer@soa.org