Where the research and the pitches get tested.

Build and defend a $100,000, five-year paper portfolio in a 6–10 page write-up. Teams of 1–3; cash prizes of $1,000 / $800 / $700 for the top three. Paper due mid-September, winners present at the SMIFC conference in October.

A virtual portfolio simulation run through the Financial Management Association — good reps for members who want live trading experience before committing to a written pitch.

Point72's own recruiting case competition — open to freshmen and sophomores only, with the written pitch due about two weeks after the initial deadline. A real pipeline into the Point72 Academy program.

Hosted by Michigan's undergraduate investment case competition — check their site each fall for that year's case and eligibility.

A stock-pitch competition open to women in finance, hosted by W&M's Boehly Center for Business Ethics.

Harvard Financial Analysts Club's pitch competition, judged by Citadel investment professionals. Teams of 2–4 submit a two-page investment memo and model; finalists present in person at Harvard (travel subsidized) for a $6,000 prize pool, and underclassman finalists get a first-round interview for the Citadel Associate Program.

Open to freshmen and sophomores only; pitches must cover a company with a market cap above $1B.

Registration due mid-December for a late-February final; teams of 3–4 build and present a private-equity investment case.

A virtual, ETF-only portfolio competition that runs each fall.

A public stock-pitch competition run by Oxford's Alpha Fund.

Public stock-pitch competition — submit through the competition's Google Form each cycle.

A virtual public stock pitch — a full long thesis and slide deck, run by Dartmouth's investment philanthropy program.

JPMorgan Chase's case competition, run through their own recruiting platform.

Columbia's Heilbrunn Center value-investing pitch challenge — exact date announced each year.

Fordham's Gabelli Center public stock-pitch competition.

McGill Investment Club's public stock-pitch competition — opens mid-January most years.

Public stock pitch on a company above $1B market cap, hosted by Terry's Student Managed Investment Fund.

Run by Texas USIT — a public stock-pitch competition, and one of the closer ones to travel to.

A small-cap-focused pitch competition run by Alta Fox Capital; teams of 1–5.

A hedge-fund-style pitch competition; each school may enter up to two teams, and a faculty coordinator must be declared.

University of Toronto's flagship trading competition — our tracking notes also flag a virtual stock-pitch track alongside its algorithmic trading cases.

Tentatively February — no further details published as of last check.

The flagship equity research competition — winners advance from the local round through regional and Americas finals to the global final. Register through your faculty advisor.

Public stock-pitch competition hosted by Miami University's Farmer School of Business.

Public stock-pitch competition hosted by Appalachian State's Bowden Investment Group.

Public stock-pitch competition run through Cornell's Parker Center.

UMass Isenberg's public stock-pitch competition, run by the Minutemen Equity Fund.

Public stock-pitch competition run jointly by Arizona State and Fundamental Edge.

Long/short pitch on a company with at least a $100M market cap, hosted by USC's Value Investing Group.

Has run most years, but sat out 2025 — worth checking each fall to see whether it's back.

Nothing published as of last check — watch their events page.

Details TBD on Notre Dame's investment group site.