Research Challenge

CFA Institute Research Challenge

The CFA Institute Research Challenge is an annual global competition that connects university students with investment professionals from within the CFA Society® network. The competition provides students with hands-on mentoring and intensive training in financial analysis and ethics and tests participants' analytical, valuation, reporting writing, and presentation skills.

Members of our society, along with a faculty advisor and an industry mentor, work with teams of students to value a stock, write a research report, and present their recommendations. Teams then compete with peers from other schools at local-level competitions organized and judged by CFA Society members and volunteers. The winning university team(s) from each local competition then advances to see who will become the sub-regional, regional, and global champions. 

Learn more and read FAQs See the schedule and get involved

North and South Texas Research Challenge

Overview

The Texas Research Challenge is a collaborative initiative of all 4 Texas societies, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio which originated in 2006. A Description, Timeline, Official Rules and the Results over the years, including the Latest Results can be found on the CFA Societies Texas website.

Results

Click here for a FULL DESCRIPTION AND RESULTS FOR THE TEXAS RESEARCH CHALLENGES.

Newsletter Signup

You are invited to join the CFA Society Austin email newsletter list. Sign up below! 

Sign Me Up for the Newsletter!

2026 Winners

Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University

Trinity University

   SPONSORS