2025 EFA-DT – Info & Submission Guidelines

Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 . Timing will be confirmed in due course.
Venue: SKEMA Business School, Paris, France
FAQ: » Frequently Asked Questions about the EFA Doctoral Tutorial

Paper Submission & Application Period

Submission link: tbc
Submission opens: February 15, 2025
Submission closes: March 15, 2025 at Midnight, Pacific Time
Notification: Early June 2025

Submission Information & Restrictions

Dual submission:

EFA Annual Meeting & Doctoral Tutorial:
If you wish to submit to both events, you must make two separate submissions (via the two separate ConfTool systems & links). Please be aware that a paper submission to the EFA Annual Meeting made by a PhD student is not automatically considered for the EFA-DT.

Job market:

Papers submitted by PhD students who have already been on the job market will not be considered. Students planning to join the job market in 2025/26 or later are welcome to apply for the 2025 EFA-DT.

Authorship:

Only single-authored papers may be considered for the Doctoral Tutorial.
Co-authored papers will be rejected.
Papers which credit other authors or institutions will be rejected.

EFA Membership & Conference Registration

PhD students submitting papers & applications for the EFA Doctoral Tutorial do not have to be current EFA members to be eligible for this pre-conference event. However, those students whose papers are accepted for presentation at the 2025 EFA-DT will be required to: (1) be or become EFA members for the calendar year, and (2) register for the 51st EFA Annual Meeting (which is a members-only event). Note that EFA-DT student stipends will be issued after the conference to help cover travel and membership costs applicable.

Submission Guidelines

ConfTool is the online system used to submit papers & applications for the 2025 EFA Doctoral Tutorial. Once registered as a ConfTool User, submitters should follow the steps below.

Step One: Track choice

Select the Doctoral Tutorial track.

Step Two: Contribution information

Provide the required data on the Author and Contribution:

Author (full name) and e-mail address
- only single-authored papers may be considered for the Doctoral Tutorial.
Title of contribution
Abstract
Choose topic(s) from the list given on ConfTool
Information about your PhD
- When did you start your PhD?
- Have you already been on the job market?
Keywords
Institutional or personal website

Step Three: Upload files

The contribution (student paper) can be uploaded via ConfTool. Note that authors may upload new versions of the submitted paper until the 15th of March – but not after the submission deadline has passed.

Submitting authors will be asked to upload three documents in PDF format:

Anonymous single-authored Paper
1. The first page should include the Title and the Abstract, but not the name of the Author!
2. Preference will be given to work that is substantially advanced but not fully completed.
Author's CV
Official Application Letter on institutional letterhead (preferably signed & stamped with an official seal) issued from the home university stating the PhD student’s enrolment status and topic of doctoral research.
(NOTE: A Letter of Reference or Recommendation is not required for the EFA-DT.) The letter should confirm: that (i) the submitting student is enrolled in a PhD Program, (ii) the student has not yet been on the job market, and (iii) that the submitted paper falls within the field of finance and is singled authored.

Contact

If you have any inquiries or encounter difficulties with the EFA-DT submission & application process, please contact the organizers via e-mail (phd-efa@european-finance.org).