{"id":17600430,"date":"2025-08-21T22:02:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/fra_news\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%8a%d8%a6%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%b1%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%b7%d9%84%d9%82-%d9%85%d8%b3\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T14:23:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T11:23:27","slug":"%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%8a%d8%a6%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%b1%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%b7%d9%84%d9%82-%d9%85%d8%b3","status":"publish","type":"fra_news","link":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/fra_news\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%8a%d8%a6%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%b1%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%b7%d9%84%d9%82-%d9%85%d8%b3\/","title":{"rendered":"FRA Launches Competition to Empower Youth and Researchers in Non-Banking Financial Activities \u2013 Thursday 21 August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In its ongoing effort to support scientific research and encourage youth to actively contribute to the non-banking financial sector, FRA has launched its annual research competition. This year&#8217;s competition is open to researchers, university students and postgraduate students in Egypt and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative seeks to drive innovation in the sector, improve communication between\u00a0 academia and regulatory bodies, ultimately, support financial sustainability and growth of the Egyptian market.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prize Categories and Competitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> Dr. Ahmed Saad Award for Best Research Project on the Capital Market<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Concept: Prepare an applied scientific research paper that offers innovative solutions and insights for developing the Egyptian capital market.<\/li>\n<li>Target Audience: Researchers, postgraduate students and those interested in economics, business administration, finance, accounting, and law from Egypt or abroad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conditions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The research must be in Arabic or English.<\/li>\n<li>It must not have been previously published or submitted to any other entity.<\/li>\n<li>It must include applicable recommendations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong> Dr. Ashraf El-Sharkawy Award for Best Comparative Study on Laws of Non-Banking Financial Activities in Egypt and Abroad<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Concept: Prepare a comparative study on non-banking financial laws in Egypt and abroad, such as those related to real estate finance, financial leasing, factoring, consumer finance and MSME finance.<\/li>\n<li>Target Audience: Researchers and university students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conditions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The research must be in Arabic or English.<\/li>\n<li>It must not have been previously published or submitted to other competitions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Prize Values<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Prize: 100,000 EGP<\/li>\n<li>Second Prize: 50,000 EGP<\/li>\n<li>Third Prize: 25,000 EGP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>General Submission Conditions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The research must be original and not previously published or submitted to other competitions.<\/li>\n<li>Adherence to scientific methodology and accuracy of presentation is required.<\/li>\n<li>It should be submitted digitally via the designated email address.<\/li>\n<li>Employees of the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) or their relatives are not eligible to apply for the competition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Submission Dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Submissions will be accepted from Thursday, August 21, 2025, until Sunday, November 21, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Submission Email:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:Financial.literacy@fra.gov.eg\">Financial.literacy@fra.gov.eg<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">FRA believes in the power of youth and researchers to shape a more advanced and sustainable future for Egypt&#8217;s non-banking financial sector. The Authority encourages all interested individuals to contribute their research and ideas to this competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17600433,"parent":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[142,144],"tags":[],"fra_news_taxonomy":[2137,2138],"news_paper_taxonomy":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fra_news\/17600430"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fra_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/fra_news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17600433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17600430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17600430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17600430"},{"taxonomy":"fra_news_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fra_news_taxonomy?post=17600430"},{"taxonomy":"news_paper_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_paper_taxonomy?post=17600430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}