MAJOR COST
The Money, Business & Ethics Challenge
Major Cost is a global, virtual financial-literacy competition launching as part of Global Goals Week 2026. High school, college, and graduate students will design an engaging, classroom-ready lesson that teaches a practical personal-finance concept while examining the businesses, institutions, and stakeholders that influence financial decisions and their ethical and real-world impact. Selected curriculum may be further developed and used in schools around the world.
SDG 4 — Quality Education
SDG 8 — Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 — Reduced InequalitiesOpen worldwide. Solo or teams up to 5.
Classroom-ready financial literacy lessons.
Connect money with ethics and real-world impact.
Launches late September 2026 during Global Goals Week.
Budgeting, banking, saving, income, taxes, major purchases, and independent living.
Credit cards, credit scores, loans, interest, responsible borrowing, and consumer protection.
Investing fundamentals, diversification, insurance, retirement, fraud, risk, and responsible investing.
Digital payments, cryptocurrency, financial apps, privacy, access, fraud, and emerging financial tools.
Challenge opens during Global Goals Week 2026.
Teams design and refine classroom-ready lessons.
Eight finalist teams present live in a virtual final.
Current official partners. Additional partners to be announced.
