Investor and Financial Education Award 2025

Organisations that have been operating in Hong Kong for at least one year are eligible to submit an investor and financial education project for the award, provided it meets the following criteria:

• Launched or completed between 1 August 2024 and 31 July 2025.
• Covers educational topics aligned with any one of the core competency themes outlined in the Hong Kong Financial Competency Framework:
  - Money & Banking 
  - Income & Taxation
  - Saving & Investing
  - Spending & Credit
  - Consumer Rights & Responsibilities
  - Financial Planning
  - Protection & Risk
• Offers to the people of Hong Kong free of charge.
• Does not engage in direct sales or marketing of any products or services.
• Is not fully funded by the IFEC.

Assessment Committees for each award category will evaluate eligible projects by the following assessment criteria:

• Content – Ability to address the specific financial education needs of target audiences.
• Effectiveness – Ability to reach target audiences effectively, evidenced by performance indicators.
• Quality and Creativity - Ability to engage target audiences through creative and innovative approaches, while delivering a high-quality learning experience.
• Sustainability  - Ability to be consistently implemented while offering benefits and sustainable learning opportunities for target audiences over a period of time or recurrently.

Award Categories

The awards are divided into three categories, classified by the nature of the organisations:

• IFEA (Corporate)
• IFEA (Public/Professional Body and NGO)
• IFEA (School)

Tiers of Award

Tier 1: Certificate of Appreciation
All eligible applicants are entitled to receive a digital Certificate of Appreciation.

Tier 2: Investor and Financial Education Award 2025
In each award category, the respective assessment committee will select the top 10 investor and financial education projects and grant the following awards to the organisations:

• IFEA 2025 – Gold Award
• IFEA 2025 – Silver Award
• IFEA 2025 – Bronze Award
• IFEA 2025 – Merit Award

Usage of IFEA 2025 designation and logo

Recipients of Tier 2 Award “Investor and Financial Education Award 2025” are entitled to use the “Investor and Financial Education Award 2025” designation and logo on their websites and promotional materials from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027.

The IFEA 2025 is now open for applications. The submission deadline is 15 October 2025.

Application form

Please submit the completed and signed application form, with the supplementary document specified in the Part 3 of the application form, to the following email address:

award@ifec.org.hk

The supplementary document, in PDF format, is limited to a maximum of 15 pages and a total file size of no more than 15 MB. Please note that any content exceeding page 15 will not be considered for assessment.

• Application Period: 1 August 2025 to 15 October 2025
• Results Announcement and Award Presentation Ceremony: March 2026

Application

What role(s) should applicant play in the investor and financial education project?

Applicant can serve as the sponsor, organiser, or co-organiser of the submitted investor and financial education project, taking on responsibilities to fund, develop, plan or produce the project.

If the investor and financial education project is a collaborative effort involving more than one organisation, is it necessary for all participating organisations to submit a joint application for the award?

Applications for collaborative investor and financial education projects can be submitted either individually by organisation, or jointly by all participating organisations.

Is it permissible to submit an application using a teacher’s name? 

The IFEA 2025 only accepts applications submitted by school. Teachers may apply on behalf of their schools.

Is there an application fee?

There is no application fee for IFEA 2025.

Project

What kind of investor and financial education projects eligible for application?

Investor and financial education projects that meet the required criteria are eligible for application, including seminars, exhibitions, publications, online materials, social media content, mobile apps, research studies, etc.

Who should be the target audiences of investor and financial education projects? 

The target audiences should encompass the people in Hong Kong, including the general public, clients, staff, service users of any organisation, students, parents, migrant domestic workers, etc.

Applicant has launched several different investor and financial education projects. Is it possible to submit more than one application?

Each applicant is allowed to submit one application in an award category. Each application form can only be submitted for a single investor and financial education project.

If the applicant is a tertiary institution and the investor and financial education projects are managed by different faculties or departments, these individual entities may submit separate applications. The name of the faculty or department must be clearly stated on the applicant form.

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