In Partnership with PWC Philippines

and in cooperation with

PICPA Foundation Committee on Research
National Association of CPAs in Education

 2nd Accounting Students Research Festival  

ACCOUNTING RESEARCH LECTURE

COMPETITION
February 25, 2023

Rationale: This event will serve as an avenue for BSA students to discuss and share to others
the experiences they encountered and the learnings they have gained in conducting research
and inspire other Accountancy students to conduct research.

1. The contest is open to all Accountancy students who are currently enrolled this school
year 2022-2023 and have done a research output. Previous winners are no longer
allowed to join

2. Contestants may register as individual, pair or group as endorsed by their school head
by accomplishing the attached google form not later than January 28, 2023 together with
the Five (5) minute video lecture presentation:
3.
https://forms.gle/fswFwh5HPBz5puuc9

4. The video shall cover any of the following topics:

a. Challenges and opportunities encountered in conducting research.
b. Research techniques and methods applied in conducting research.
c. Relevant issues learned while doing research
d. Other research related topics that may have an interest to the students.

5. Preliminary judging of the video is on February 04, 2023, using the following criteria:

Criteria %
Quality of Topic Presented 50%
Presenter Delivery skills 50%
Total 100%
6. From the videos submitted, the top 10 will be chosen as Semifinalists as follows:

PICPA Geographical Ara No of Finalists

Metro Manila 4
Luzon 2
Visayas 2
Mindanao 2
Total 10

7. The 10 Semi-Finalist will compete for a 10 minute live virtual presentation on February
11, 2023, which will be judged as follows:

Criteria Percentage
Topic Content 40%
Presentation Delivery 40%
Audience Engagement 20%
Total 100%

8. The Top 5 Finalists will present their final output via 30- minute live lecture presentation,
during the 2nd Accounting Research Festival on February 25, 2023, where the final
ranking will be determined using the following criteria

Criteria Percentage

Quality of Presentation Materials 25%

Depth of Knowledge of the topic 25%
Clarity of Delivery 25%
Audience Participation 25%
Total 100%

9. All entries will receive Certificate of Participation while the finalists will receive a
certificate of recognition while the top five (5) will receive a Medal, Certificate of
Recognition and cash prizes as follows:

Rank Cash Prize

1st 6,000.00
2nd 5,000.00
3rd 4,000.00
4th 3,000.00
5th 2,000.00