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About the Challenge

Hackonomics™ 2024 allows individuals passionate about finance, economics, and computer science in our community to fuse the aforementioned principles via projects with the potential to have a positive impact on our community.

Getting Started

Brainstorm project ideas, approaches to outreach, and potential impact.

Requirements

What to Build

Create an innovative project, product, business, or idea that would help spread awareness about financial literacy and economics in the community.

This Hackathon is open-ended and beginner-friendly hackathon and allows submissions covering the wide range of economic or financial topics. We also allow submissions in all mediums and different stages of development.

What to Submit

A YouTube video describing your project (1-2 Minutes Recommended, 5 Minutes Maximum) and a document of the source program (any medium). Design and prototypes are permitted. See criteria for more information.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$1,045 in prizes

First Place

1 winner

Most effective in satisfying criteria of all submitted projects.

Second Place

1 winner

Second most effective in satisfying criteria of all submitted projects.

Third Place

1 winner

Third most effective in satisfying criteria of all submitted projects.

Design Awards

2 winners

Incorporates a sleek, user-friendly, and polished design, maximizing accessibility of project content. (May be a Figma-based project or prototype.)

Application Awards

2 winners

Projects that demonstrate the best application by using data and integration to create a comprehensive app that covers all aspects of the project's task.