1st Sun Yefang Financial Innovation Award Announcement To develop construction of finance discipline, improve financial research and promote academic progress of finance, Sun Yefang Fiscal Science Foundation established Sun Yefang Financial Innovation Award. The Award, following the principles of openness and fairness, focuses on identifying excellent and innovative works that keep abreast of the times and steer academic development, and contributes to the prosperity and development of the financial discipline in China. Sun Yefang Financial Innovation Award is set to be allocated every two years, and the first session will begin in May 2014. QUALIFICATIONS Books published or papers published (or accepted) by Chinese and overseas journals from January 1, 2009 to March 31, 2014 are eligible for the Award. All eligible works shall be relative to Chinese financial issues and innovative in financial theories and practice. JURY PANEL Sun Yefang Financial Innovation Award Jury Panel consists of experts and specialists from the academia, financial regulatory authorities and the industry. Members of the Jury Panel are invited by the Sun Yefang Fiscal Science Foundation. AWARDS Cash awards for the 1st Sun Yefang Financial Innovation Award are set as follows: RMB 200,000 for each Book Award and RMB 100,000 for each Paper Award, which will be awarded in the first quarter of 2015. PROCEDURE 1. Preliminary examination: the Jury Panel Office will conduct procedural examination of the applications. 2. Evaluation: the Jury Panel will evaluate eligible books and papers, and determine a list of awardees. 3. Approval: the list of selected awardees will be submitted to the Sun Yefang Fiscal Science Foundation Board of Directors for approval. 4. Award granting: the Award will be publicized and presented at the award ceremony. APPLICATION Individual or team applicants shall submit their applications before October 20, 2014. Application materials shall include the followings: title of work, author’s name, author’s employer, date of publication, correspondence address, post code, contact number, e-mail, and recommendation letters (about 500 words; see Appendix 3) from institutions or individuals (only doctoral advisors in finance are accepted). No charges for application. Application for the Book Award shall include: 1. Completed Appendix 1; 2. Recommendation letters from two or more specialists; 3. Three copies of the book. Please mail all application materials to: Sun Yefang Financial Innovation Award Jury Panel Office, PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University, 43 Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083. Application for the Paper Award shall include: 1. Completed Appendix 2; 2. Recommendation letters from two or more specialists; 3. Original copy of the paper or a scanned copy of acceptance letter in pdf format. Please send all application materials in electronic form to: syffia@pbcsf.tsinghua.edu.cn. Please note that all application materials will not be returned. The award evaluation process is conducted by the Sun Yefang Financial Innovation Award Jury Panel Office. We wish to acknowledge China Financial Futures Exchange for sponsoring the 1st Sun Yefang Financial Innovation Award. Tel: 010-62797519 E-mail: syffia@pbcsf.tsinghua.edu.cn Address: Sun Yefang Financial Innovation Award Jury Panel Office, PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University, 43 Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, China All the forms mentioned above can be downloaded from: http://sunyefang.cass.cn/ or http://www.pbcsf.tsinghua.edu.cn/nifr/innovation.html For general Chinese resources, please visit http://www.pbcsf.tsinghua.edu.cn/NIFR/innovation1.html Sun Yefang Financial Innovation Award Jury Panel May, 2014 our Chinese website at: Appendix 1 Application Form for the 1st Sun Yefang Financial Innovation Book Award Date of Title of book publication Author’s name Author’s status □ Sole author □ Editor-in-chief □ Others Author’s employer Correspondence Post code address Fixed phone E-mail Cell phone Overview and financial innovation points of the book (in about 200 words) Declaration I declare that the application materials are authentic and valid. Any false information will lead to annulment of application qualification and any award obtained. Applicant (signature) MM DD YYYY Note: Application materials for the Book Award shall include: 1. Completed Appendix 1; 2. Recommendation letters from two or more specialists (only doctoral advisors in finance are accepted); 3. Three copies of the book. Appendix 2 Application Form for the 1st Sun Yefang Financial Innovation Paper Award Date Title of paper of publication Author’s name Name of journal or meeting in which the paper journal is published, volume and pages of the paper Type of journal① □SSCI journal □CSSCI journal □International academic journal □Domestic core journal and international collection of papers □Domestic ordinary journal and domestic collection of papers Internet link Author’s employer Correspondence address Post code E-mail Fixed phone E-mail Cell phone Overview and financial innovation points of the paper (in about 200 words) I declare that the application materials are authentic and valid. Any false information will lead to annulment of application qualification and any award Declaration obtained. Applicant (signature) MM DD YYYY Note: 1. For any paper published in SSCI journal, CSSCI journal or international academic journal, the Internet link to the original paper (abstract) shall be provided. Moreover, try to provide the Internet link to any paper published in domestic core journal and ordinary journal. Application materials for Paper Award shall include: 1. Completed Appendix 2; 2. Recommendation letters (e-version or scanned copy) from two or more specialists (only doctoral advisors in finance are accepted); 3. Original copy of the paper or scanned copy of acceptance letter in pdf format. Appendix 3 Recommendation Form for the 1st Sun Yefang Financial Innovation Award Date of Title of work publication Author’s name Author’s employer Correspondence Post code address Fixed phone E-mail Cell Phone Referrer’s name Referrer’s employer Recommendation letter (about 500 words) Recommender (signature) DD MM YYYY Comment Note: The recommender shall be doctoral advisor in finance.