Scholar of Tomorrow Essay Competition
Scholar of Tomorrow is a nonprofit academic organization initiated and run by college and high school students from many regions around the world. Scholar of Tomorrow Essay Competition is dedicated to creating a community for young people to present and exchange academic discoveries and research experiences, helping young people foster creativity and innovation and develop critical thinking skills.
Interested in the competition?
Competition Overview
Worldwide students that are 18 or younger,
on the date of the submission deadline
Eligibility
30 USD / 200 RMB
Entry fee
September 1, 2025
Submission deadline
October 15, 2025
Award Announcement
Competition Details
1. Contest Topic
Students are invited to choose one of two essay questions in each of the following subjects: Psychology and Economics:
- Psychology: Living in Perpetual Crisis: How Do Global Events Shape Our Anxiety and Resilience?
- Economics: How do particular political measurements result in accelerating or impeding indigenous technological innovation in the targeted nation? Consider sanction, trade war, tariff, domestic industrial policies and etc.
2. Scoring Rubric
- Accurately identify and describe the origin and current situation of the problem
- Provide a coherent and consistent line of reasoning
- Use at least one specific concept in Economics/Psychology to support your point
- Accurately discuss one way to inform a solution to this problem
3. Judges
The Academic Committee of the competition is composed of professors and researchers from Harvard, Oxford and East China Normal University to ensure the academic authority. https://www.scholaroftomorrow.org/
4. Prizes
- First Prize: 100 USD / 700 RMB
- Second Prize: 50 USD / 350 RMB
- Third Prize: 30 USD / 200RMB
- Honorable Mention
Submission Requirements
1. Format Requirements
- Written in English
- Articles should be no more than 1500 words (cover page, abstract, and reference page do not count toward the word limit)
- Title and author information should be included on the cover page
- The abstract should be around 120- 250 words
- In-text citations and reference pages should be careful to use proper APA formatting
- Free of grammatical errors
- MS Word Format only
