Conditions relating to applicants

• The applicant must be a Kuwaiti citizen.‪
• The participant’s age should not be less than 21 years and not more than 45 years old. ‪
• ‪ The applicant must be a current bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral student, or a holder of a degree from one of the academic levels, of a government or private academic institution in Kuwait or abroad and must provide a proof of that.
• ‪The research can be submitted individually or jointly, and in the case of joint research, the previous conditions must be applied to each member of the team.
• ‪The participant should not submit more than one research paper in the same year, whether the research is submitted individually or jointly.
• Applicant who has won first place in the previous year are ineligible to apply again until one year has passed since receiving the aware

Conditions related to the research submitted

• The research should be in Arabic or English language.
• If the research is in English, an executive summary must be submitted in Arabic.
• The research should not be published in a scientific journal.
• The research must not have won any other award.
• The research should meet the criteria of sober scientific research in terms of formulation, methods of conclusion, documentation, and references.
• The research should be recent and no more than two years should have passed since its completion from the date of opening the application for the award.
• The research should not have been submitted for consideration previously.
• Research funded by universities is accepted for submission.

• The Research paper (without the researcher(s)’ name)
• An Arabic executive summary of the research, including (objectives, methodology, findings, and recommendations).
• A valid national ID.
• A brief biography of the researchers in both Arabic and English (not exceeding five lines).
• Academic degree or a proof of the current academic level.
• A clear personal photo.
• A comprehensive CV.

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The following prizes are awarded to the research that is selected for the first three places:

First–place: a financial reward and a souvenir, and a certificate of appreciation.

Second–place: a financial reward and a certificate of appreciation.

Third place: a financial reward and a certificate of appreciation.

In addition to the foregoing, an incentive award for outstanding research with an innovative topic is awarded, which is a souvenir and a certificate of appreciation.

This award can be withheld if the conditions do not apply to the submitted research.

• If a joint research paper wins any prize, the award amount is divided equally among the research participants.

• The economic, financial, and banking fields that contribute to the development of the Kuwaiti banking sector and are directly benefited from.
• The economic fields that contribute to finding scientific solutions to the problems, challenges, and imbalances facing the Kuwaiti economy.
• The modern technological fields that are reshaping the Kuwaiti economy according to advanced economic models.

• The winning research papers for 2023– First Place
• The winning research papers for 2023 – Second Place
• The winning research papers for 2023 – Third Place
• The winning research papers for 2023 – Incentive Award
• The winning research papers for 2022 – First Place
• The winning research papers for 2022 – Second Place
• The winning research papers for 2022 – Third Place
• The Winning Research Papers 2021
• The Winning Research Papers 2018

The Kuwaiti Economic Student Award Committee is responsible for managing the award’s affairs, and the accepted research papers by the committee are evaluated by three external arbitrators.

Copyright and publishing rights of winning research papers will belong to the Institute of Banking Studies (non-exclusively), which has the right to publish them in by any appropriate means

Application opening date: November 18, 2024

Submission deadline: May 31, 2025

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