2026 FIRS Conference
May 28-30, 2026
Miami, USA.
We look forward to seeing you in Miami in May 2026!
General Information
The conference will begin in the afternoon on Thursday, May 28, 2026, and continue with two full days of sessions on Friday and Saturday, May 29-30, 2026. A conference dinner will take place on the evening of Friday, May 29. The conference venue is the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel in Miami.
Call for Papers
You are invited to submit papers to be considered for presentation at the conference. Theoretical, quantitative, and empirical papers in all areas of finance are welcome.
Submissions for Regular Sessions
- Deadline: November 18, 2025
- Submission fee: $100
- To submit a paper: https://www.conftool.org/firs2026
Ph.D. Student Sessions
As in past years, the 2026 FIRS Conference will hold two special sessions for Ph.D. students. Each selected paper will be discussed by a seasoned researcher in a session open to all FIRS participants. To be eligible, the submitting author must be a Ph.D. student who is not on the job market in 2025-26, and all the authors of the submitted paper must currently be Ph.D. students. Also, as part of the submission process, the submitting author will be asked to provide the name and email address of their thesis advisor.
All fields in finance will be considered. Conference fees will be waived for students whose paper is accepted for these special sessions, and FIRS will reimburse these students up to $1,000 to cover travel and hotel expenses.
In addition, the Journal of Financial Intermediation will be sponsoring a $5,000 JFI/FIRS Award for the conference’s best paper submitted to the Ph.D. student sessions. The award-winning paper will be selected jointly by the Board of the Financial Intermediation Research Society and the Editorial Board of the Journal of Financial Intermediation. The award will be announced and presented as part of a special event at the conference.
Submissions for Ph.D. Student Sessions
- Deadline: February 15, 2026
- No submission fee
- To submit a paper: https://www.conftool.org/firs2026
Questions about the conference may be addressed to firs.conferences@gmail.com.
