The Nighthawks Economics Showdown is a competition and an educational program that aims to encourage high school students to learn more about economics. Other benefits are that students develop research and writing skills around a theme that UNG will designate each year.
The theme for the 2023 competition is "Globalization and Economic Development".
This program is open to all eligible students and teachers without regard to ethnicity, gender, religion (creed), age, disability, or any other discriminatory reason.
Requirements:
Participating high schools must be located in the Atlanta metropolitan area or the Northeast Georgia region.
High school students must be enrolled in one of grades 9–12 at the time of registration.
High schools may register only one team for the competition and each team may submit only one entry each year.
Each team will consist of three to eight students who must be enrolled at the participating high school at the time of registration.
Each team will be supervised by one faculty advisor who teaches economics or a closely-related discipline.
How to Enter
School teams must submit one paper directly related to the theme "Globalization and Economic Development" . The maximum length of each paper is 5,000 words excluding the title page and the references pages.
Registration Deadline: Friday, September 29, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
Essay Submission Deadline: Friday, November 3, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
Notification for Finalists: Monday, December 4, 2023
Finalists Video Submission Deadline: Friday, January 19, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.