Selected Hackathons, Competitions, Etc.

 

 

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, February 27, 2023

 

Another DevPost March Hackathon

 

Scrypto DeFi Challenge by RDX Works
PRIZES: $50,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: March 24, 2023 @ 10:00pm UTCT
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/scrypto23u

 

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, February 13, 2023

 

Hosted by Citadel LLC and Citadel Securities in partnership with Correlation One, in-person East Coast Datathon, and virtual East Coast Terminal is inviting Harvard students to apply. Top performing students have the opportunity to win USD$15,000 in cash prizes and exclusive recruiting opportunities with Citadel. The event is open to all current undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students. Admissions are made on a rolling basis.

Contact for questions: competitions@correlation-one.com

 

February 23 - March 1: Virtual East Coast Regional Terminal

Terminal is an online game where software engineers and computer scientists (or anyone else interested in coding!) build an algorithm to play a tower defense game in a team-based setting. Watch this video to see Terminal in action!  APPLY FOR TERMINAL!

April 14-15: In-Person East Coast Regional Datathon

Datathons are data science competitions that challenge students from the world's best universities to tackle real-world social challenges in topics such as urban traffic, renewable energy, and education. APPLY FOR DATATHON!

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, January 30, 2023

 

DevPost March Hackathons

Fantom Hackathon Q1 2023 by Fantom Foundation
PRIZES: $50,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: March 8 at 5:00pm EDT
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/fantom23u

ELC Accessible Beauty Hackathon by Estée Lauder Companies
NOTE: In addition to the traditional hackathon, Hack4A11y will offer an Ideathon, which allows teams to submit no-code, idea-based projects that demonstrate design thinking and innovation.
PRIZES: $61,500 in prizes
DEADLINE: March 20 at 5:00pm EDT
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/elcaccessiblebeautyu

 

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, January 9, 2023

 

Data Open and Related Datathons

Hosted by Citadel LLC and Citadel Securities in partnership with Correlation One, the Data Open is inviting students who identify as women all across North America to compete at our first-ever Women’s Datathon this February. 

Taking place from Friday, February 3rd to Saturday, February 4th in Miami, Florida, the competition will be a two-day long event and is all-expense-paid. Top performing students have the opportunity to win USD$15,000 in cash prizes and exclusive recruiting opportunities with Citadel. The event is open to all the current undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students who identify as women.

Check out their other spring datathons at that link.

 

DevPost January Hackathons

 

Devs Unleashed by Atlassian
PRIZES: $93,500 in prizes
DEADLINE: Jan 15, 2023 @ 11:45pm EST
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/devsunleashedu  

ARCore Geospatial API Challenge by Google
PRIZES: $50,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: Jan 23, 2023 @ 9:00am PST
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/arcoreu

Snap AR Lensathon by Snap Inc.
PRIZES: $200,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: Jan 31, 2023 @ 2:00pm PST
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/snaparlensathonu

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, December 12, 2022

 

 

HackBeanpot, an independently-run Boston hackathon that is beginner-friendly, will be hosting their 11th annual hackathon in February 2023! Pre-registration for the event is open now at apply.hackbeanpot.com!

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, December 5, 2022

 

MIT Quantum Computing Hackathon

Jan 27th-29th 2023 (Register by Jan 7th)

MIT iQuHACK 2023 is  a quantum computing hackathon hosted by MIT iQuISE on January 27-29th, 2023. iQuHACK 2023 will be a hybrid event with both in-person and virtual participation open to everyone, including students and professionals from across the world. Quantum Computing challenges, talks, and prizes will be provided by our diverse panel of sponsors, including IonQ, Microsoft, Agnostiq, Quantinuum, QuEra, Quantum Machines, qBraid, IBM, HRL, Atom Computing, Unitary Fund, MIT CQE, MIT RLE, and MIT EECS. MIT iQuHACK 2023 is open to everyone, regardless of experience, and is free to attend.

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, November 7, 2022

 

On November 12-13 at the Bok Center – Hack Web3.  It’s open to complete beginners, and is students-only (no pro hackers allowed)! Support will be available from world-leading experts throughout!  https://forms.gle/jU5LTLv2XFF8583F8

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, October 17, 2022

 

November-December DevPost Hackathons

NEAR MetaBUILD III Hackathon by Near Protocol
PRIZES: $1,000,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: Nov 21, 2022 @ 5:00pm EST
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/nearbuild3u

AWS Data Exchange for APIs Challenge by Amazon
PRIZES: $35,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: Nov 21, 2022 @ 5:00pm EST
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/adx4apisu

XDC DeFi Hackathon by XDC Network
PRIZES: $50,750 in prizes
DEADLINE: Dec 19, 2022 @ 5:00pm EST
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/xdcnetworku

 

 

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, September 26, 2022

 

October DevPost Hackathon

AWS Health AI Hackathon by Amazon
PRIZES: $48,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: Oct 14, 2022 @ 5:00pm PDT
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/awshealthu

 

TechTogether Boston Hackathon

TechTogether's Boston Chapter is hosting our city's first in-person hackathon in two years for people of marginalized genders of all ages. The event will take place October 29-30th in the George Sherman Union at Boston University.  Register

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, August 29, 2022

September DevPost Hackathons

 

Build the Galaxy's Best Super App by Rapyd

PRIZES: $119,000 in prizes

DEADLINE: September 15 at 5:00pm EDT

JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/htg3uni 

 

HelloSign Go Paperless Hackathon by HelloSign

PRIZES: $30,000 in prizes

DEADLINE: Sep 26, 2022 @ 5:00pm EDT

JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/hellosign22u

 

 

 

 

 

Newsletter Sent Thursday, July 21, 2022

August DevPost Hackathons

Polygon BUIDL IT : Summer 2022 by Polygon
PRIZES: $500,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: Aug 1, 2022 @ 5:00pm EDT
THEMES: Blockchain, Gaming, Web
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/buildit22u

DocuSign Good Code Hackathon by DocuSign
PRIZES: $50,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: August 12 at 2:00pm PDT
THEMES: Mobile, Open Ended, Social Good
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/goodcodeu

Wix DevCon Hackathon 2022 by Wix
PRIZES: $30,688 in prizes
DEADLINE: August 15 at 5:00pm EDT
THEMES: Gaming, Web
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/devcon22u

Chirp Developer Challenge by Twitter
PRIZES: $520,600 in prizes
DEADLINE: Aug 19, 2022 @ 5:00pm EDT
THEMES: Social Good, Mobile, Web
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/chirpchallengeu

Ripple CBDC Innovate by Ripple
PRIZES: $47,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: Aug 25, 2022 @ 2:00pm PDT
THEMES: Blockchain, Fintech, Social Good
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/cbdc22u

Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative Global Hackathon by Amazon
PRIZES: $100,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: August 30 at 5:00pm EDT
THEMES: Social Good, Beginner Friendly, Open Ended
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/asdi22u

 

 

Newsletter Sent Tuesday, June 28, 2022

 

Algo Crypto Trading Challenge 2022 (Global)

 

Algo Crypto Trading Challenge 2022 (Global) is hosted by Algo Challenge Association (ACA). This Challenge is a global and public algorithmic trading competition focus on Crypto currencies. Our aim is to identify and nurture algo talents and advance development of Fintech industry. University students can take this opportunity to enrich their educational experience in algo-trading and to acquire the skill set necessary for this fast-growing market segment.

 

Newsletter Sent Tuesday, June 22, 2022

New DevPost Hackathons

Mixed Reality Dev Days 2022 by Microsoft
Participate in Microsoft's Mixed Reality Dev Days and build a new mixed reality project using MRTK 3, StereoKit, or Babylon.js.
PRIZES: $17,500 in prizes
DEADLINE: July 08 at 5:00pm PDT
THEMES: AR/VR, Beginner Friendly
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/msdevdaysu

Polkadot Hackathon: North America Edition by AngelHack
Bringing the cutting edge of blockchain to your region
PRIZES: $583,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: July 11 at 12:00am PDT
THEMES: Blockchain, Beginner Friendly, Fintech
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/polkadotnau

Azure Innovation Challenge by Microsoft (US ONLY)
Deploy and Manage APIs, operations, policies and other artifacts at scale in Azure API Management
Eligibility Note: Participants must all be legal residents of the fifty United States (including the District of Columbia)
PRIZES: $11,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: July 11 at 5:00pm EDT
THEMES: Machine Learning/AI
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/azureinnovationu

2022 SnapAR Global Lensathon by Snap Inc.
Build engaging AR experiences using Lens Studio powered by Snap
PRIZES: $140,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: July 13 at 5:00pm PDT
THEMES: AR/VR, Beginner Friendly, Open Ended
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/lensathonu

Build the Galaxy's Best Payment App for Space Tourism by Rapyd
Rapyd's Million Dollar – Greatest Fintech Developer Series
PRIZES: $143,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: July 21 at 5:00pm EDT
THEMES: E-commerce/Retail, Enterprise, Fintech
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/rapydhtg2u

XDC dApp Summer Hackathon by XDC Network
If you can imagine it, you can Build it on XDC. Build a dApp this summer on XDC Network
PRIZES: $51,750 in prizes
DEADLINE: Jul 25, 2022 @ 5:00pm EDT
THEMES: Fintech, IoT, Blockchain
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/xdcsummeru

 

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, May 30, 2022

ZPrize competition

ZPrize is an industry-wide competition, modeled after the XPrize, to accelerate zero-knowledge cryptography. We have over 32 leading zero-knowledge technology companies contributing to this effort donating $7 million in cash prizes and tokens. Key partners and sponsors to ZPrize include Aleo, Ethereum Foundation, Matter Labs, and AMD-Xilinx.

The application submission date deadline is on 6/10/2022. Each of the 10 competitions will begin on 06/10/2022 and will run throughout the summer.

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, May 16, 2022

 

June DevPost Hackathons

 

Build the Galaxy's Best Checkout by Rapyd

Rapyd's Million Dollar – Greatest Fintech Developer Series

PRIZES: $250,000 in prizes

DEADLINE: May 26, 2022 @ 5:00pm EDT

THEMES: E-commerce/Retail, Enterprise, Fintech

JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/hackthegalaxyu 

 

aelf Web3.0 Hackathon - Legend X by Aelf

Build a fully-functioning C# application on aelf to win over $500,000 in prizes!

PRIZES: $525,000 in prizes

DEADLINE: Jun 1, 2022 @ 10:00pm SGT

THEMES: Blockchain, Web, Gaming

JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/aelf33u 

 

monday.com climate change app challenge by Monday

Build an app for a greener tomorrow

PRIZES: $160,000 in prizes

DEADLINE: Jun 27, 2022 @ 5:00pm EDT

THEMES: Productivity, Social Good

JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/mondayclimateu 

 

TRON Grand Hackathon 2022 by Tron

Accelerate the Future

PRIZES: $1,000,000 in prizes

DEADLINE: July 25 at 5:00pm EDT

THEMES: Blockchain, Open Ended, Web

JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/trongrandu

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, April 25, 2022

 

May DevPost Hackathons

 

Web3 World Championship by Nervos Network

Do you have what it takes to become the next Web3 World Champion? Build a project with Nervos Blockchain in the 100M Dash, Art Attack, and either the Marathon or the Relay Event.

PRIZES: $76,400 in prizes

DEADLINE: May 2, 2022 @ 5:00pm EDT

THEMES: Blockchain, Web

JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/web3champ22u 

 

Go Hack by Google

Learn and build with Go (golang)

PRIZES: $20,000 in prizes

DEADLINE: May 16, 2022 @ 3:00pm PDT

THEMES: Web, Education, Open Ended

JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/gohacku 

 

VeChain Hackathon by VeChain

Taking VeChainThor to the next level with upgraded developer tools and documentation

PRIZES: $90,000 in prizes

DEADLINE: May 16, 2022 @ 5:00pm EDT

THEMES: Blockchain, Fintech, Social Good

JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/vechain22u

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, April 18, 2022

 

Harvard i-Lab Venture in Metaverse Hackathon

The Metaverse Hackathon will run from Friday to Sunday, April 22-24. With executives, experts, and investors from Mongo DB, Unity, SoWork, XR Terra, Axon Park, Manta Network, and more! Student teams will build ventures in XR, Blockchain, and other Metaverse-related technology and compete for prizes. Whether you come in with just an idea or already have a venture team. We provide resources for helping you join or create a venture to build it to the next stage. Check out more information on our website.

Please RSVP here to join the hackathon.

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, March 14, 2022

 

New DevPost Hackathons

 

Meter Ethereum Hackathon by Meter.io
Build a dApp on Meter.io for a shot at some of the $100,000 in $MTRG prizes.
PRIZES: $100,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: April 04 at 5:00 pm EDT
THEMES: Blockchain
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/meter22u

Graph For All Million Dollar Challenge by TigerGraph
Solve real problems with graph technology!
PRIZES: $1,000,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: April 20 at 11:45 pm EDT
THEMES: Machine Learning/AI, Social Good, Health
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/graphforallu

Oasis Bloom Hackathon by Oasis Foundation
Building the next generation of DApps for Web3 and Beyond.
PRIZES: $200,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: May 2, 2022 @ 5:00pm EDT
THEMES: Blockchain, Gaming, Web
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/webinfiniteu

Neo Polaris Launchpad by Neo
The newest opportunity for developers to find their way into the Neo ecosystem.
PRIZES: $442,500 in prizes
DEADLINE: May 9, 2022 @ 9:00pm CST
THEMES: Blockchain, Beginner Friendly, Web
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/neo22u

 

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, February 21, 2022

Citadel - Correlation One Fall season regional competitions

February 28 - March 7: East Coast Regional Terminal (virtual)
o    Terminal Live is an online game where software engineers and computer scientists (or anyone else interested in coding!) build an algorithm to play a tower defense game in a team-based setting.
 
April 9th: Boston Regional Datathon (live)   
o    Datathons are data science competitions that challenge students from the world's best universities to tackle real-world social challenges in topics such as urban traffic, renewable energy, and education.  This will be the first in-person event Correlation One will be hosting since the start of the pandemic

Newsletter Sent Monday, January 24, 2022

HopperHacks

This February, Women in Computer Science (WiCS) at Stony Brook University is hosting its 7th annual hackathon, HopperHacks.

HopperHacks is a 24-hour long, social good-focused hackathon to encourage students to make an impact on relevant social issues around the world today, such as mental/physical health, diversity and inclusion, and the environment, all by applying their technical skills. We aim to provide a safe and comfortable environment for undergraduate and graduate students of any background and skill level to participate in. This year we plan to have a hybrid hackathon, allowing participants to show up in person or virtually. Anyone can attend, regardless of major or gender.

Event Details
Date: Saturday, February 12th - Sunday, February 13th
Time: Saturday 9:00 AM EST to Sunday 9:00 AM EST
Location: Stony Brook Union Ballroom & Virtual (Discord)

Participate: https://bit.ly/hh22-register
Volunteer: https://bit.ly/hh22-volunteer
Mentor: https://bit.ly/hh22-mentor

HopperHacks website: hopperhacks.sbuwics.com

 

MIndsumo Bank/Consulting Projects/Challenges

 

Top Bank: Project Community Impact - This challenge asks solvers to design the bank’s ESG website and give insights into what they think the layout and focus should look like. Renders, mock websites, and prototypes are highly encouraged!
https://www.mindsumo.com/contests/esgproject

KPMG: Propose a way to keep contract talent engaged in between projects
https://www.mindsumo.com/contests/kpmg-keep-talent-engaged

Student Focused company: Design a digital solution to help students prepare for life after school
https://www.mindsumo.com/contests/studentresources
NOTE: A note/tip if you plan to solve it - the company is not looking for ideas that already exist (e.g. peer to peer). They also do not want students to just elaborate on the problem but actually put in a well thought out idea to solve that problem.

Top Financial Firm: How can an auto/property insurance company better engage with consumers under 35?
https://www.mindsumo.com/contests/engaginginsurance

 

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, January 17, 2022

 

More DevPost February Hackathons

 

NEAR MetaBUILD Hackathon

A better future requires a better foundation. Build apps capable of taking millions of users on journeys they’ve never been on before. Simple. Scalable. Secure.

PRIZES: $1,000,000 in prizes

DEADLINE: Feb 10, 2022 @ 2:00pm PST

THEMES: Blockchain Beginner Friendly

JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/metabuildu 

 

Flutter Puzzle Hack

Push your creativity to its limits by reimagining this classic puzzle!

PRIZES: $51,046 in prizes

DEADLINE: Feb 28, 2022 @ 2:00pm PST

THEMES: Design Gaming Web

JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/gflutterhacku

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, January 10, 2022

     

MIT Water Innovation Prize

The MIT Water Innovation Prize is a startup competition focused on water innovation that awards up to $50K in innovation grants annually to student-led teams from across the country and internationally. The Prize started in 2015 and has since awarded $225K across 21 winning teams.

Deadline: January 14th, 2022

 

Urban Innovation Challenge

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, December 13, 2021

Datathon@LISH

The Datathon@LISH is a remote two-day data science competition running on the weekend of February 12th, 2022. The event is designed for any US-based university students or affiliates and is organized by the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard.

Register here (at no cost) before December 17th, 2021, to guarantee that you get a participation prize for reaching out baseline score (a t-shirt or $10 Amazon gift card)!
 
Three reasons to participate:  
1.    Grow your data science skills
Hone your data science skills by solving our selected prediction problem for social good. Our selected contest problem is sourced from a non-profit working in global development.
2.    Win cash prizes, swag, and recognition  
Cash prizes and recognition among the Harvard data science community for winners. First Place: $1000, Second Place: $500, Third Place: $250, Top-10 Finish: $50. Participation Prize (t-shirt or $10 gift card) for all that reach baseline in the contest.  
3.    Help the science of (data) science
To further knowledge on data science, contest code will be collected for a study on data science problem-solving. Participants will also complete two short surveys before and after the contest.

If you have any questions, please reach out to datathonatlish@hbs.edu.

 

February Devpost Hackathons

Digital HQ Slackathon
Build on Slack for your #DigitalHQ to make your work life simpler, more pleasant and more productive.
PRIZES: $47,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: February 01 at 5:00pm EST
THEMES: Low/No Code, Productivity, Enterprise
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/slack21u

AWS Disaster Response Hackathon
Improve Disaster Response with Machine Learning
PRIZES: $54,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: February 07 at 5:00pm EST
THEMES: Machine Learning/AI, Social Good
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/disaster21u

AWS Deep Learning Challenge
Train a deep learning model on new Amazon EC2 DL1 instances powered by Habana Gaudi accelerators.
PRIZES: $150,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: February 14 at 5:00pm EST
THEMES: DevOps, Machine Learning/AI, Open Ended
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/deeplearningu

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, November 15, 2021

 

Hackathon out of Princeton:

Rehack, the first ever collegiate reverse hackathon, is taking place virtually and in-person on November 19-20th, 2021. Our theme this year is accessibility and inclusion, and we are challenging teams to tackle big issues in existing technology, like inaccessibility for individuals with disabilities, or to use technology to solve larger problems, like confronting socioeconomic inequalities. This is a great opportunity to gain hackathon experience and promote your newest entrepreneurial venture. Apply by November 17th!

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, November 1, 2021

New Devpost Hackathons - Nov - Jan

 

Hack APAC - “The New Normal is Yours!”

- GOAL: Help define the ‘new normal’ by creating apps to make life safer, easier, or less stressful in the post COVID worldArm-based AWS Graviton2 processors.

- PRIZES: $20,500 in prizes

- ELIGIBILITY NOTE: Specific countries only (see rules)

- DEADLINE: November 15 at 11:45 pm SGT

- THEMES: Enterprise, COVID-19, Social Good

- DETAILS + REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/hackapacu

 

Build The World with Dolby.io Hackathon

- GOAL: build spectacular and innovative hybrid audio and video conference experiences

- PRIZES: $25,000 in prizes

- DEADLINE: November 29, 5 PM ET

- THEMES: AR/VR, Communication, Web

- DETAILS + REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/dolby_21u

 

Square: Build What’s POS_sible

- GOAL: Build useful solutions with Square’s customer point-of-sale APIs

- PRIZES: $100,000 in prizes

- DEADLINE: Nov 22, 2021 @ 5:00pm EST

- THEMES: E-Commerce/Retail, Fintech

- DETAILS + REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/squarepos_u

 

HubSpot Themes Challenge 2021

- GOAL: Build website themes for HubSpot’s marketplace to compete for a Tesla and over $100,000 in cash prizes.

- PRIZES: $155,500 in prizes

- DEADLINE: January 13 at 11:45 pm EST

- THEMES: Enterprise, Design, Web

- DETAILS + REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/hubspot21u

 

UiPath Innovation RPA Hackathon 2021

- GOAL: Join the UiPath Innovation RPA Hackathon 2021 to showcase the work you are doing to make a difference in the world through automation that is solving real-world issues!

- PRIZES: $9,300 in prizes

- DEADLINE: November 22 at 5:00 pm EST

- THEMES: Machine Learning/AI, Productivity

- JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/uipathu 

 

5G Edge Computing Challenge with AWS

- GOAL: Build low-latency applications using AWS Wavelength on a 5G network for a chance to win $50,000 in prizes!

- PRIZES: $50,000 in prizes

- DEADLINE: December 13th, 5:00 PM EST

- THEMES: Communication, DevOps, Enterprise

- JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/aws5g21u

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, September 27, 2021

 

Devpost Hackathons

AWS Graviton Hackathon
- GOAL: Build or migrate an application to Amazon EC2 instances powered by Arm-based AWS Graviton2 processors.
- PRIZES: $50,000 in prizes
- DEADLINE: Oct 13, 2021 5:00pm EDT
- THEMES: Enterprise, Gaming, Machine Learning/AI
- DETAILS + REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/awsgravitonU

IGNITION | A Global Solana Hackathon
- GOAL: Build software using Solana Blockchain that fits in one of the below categories. (DeFi, Web3, Gaming, Digital Art/Collectibles).
- PRIZES: $5,000,000 in prizes
- DEADLINE: October 15 11:45PM PDT
- THEMES: Blockchain
- DETAILS + REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/solana21U

PyTorch Annual Hackathon 2021
- GOAL: Build a project using PyTorch in one of the three categories: PyTorch Responsible AI Development Tools & Libraries, Web and Mobile Applications powered by PyTorch, PyTorch Developer Tools & Libraries
- PRIZES: $39,000 in prizes
- DEADLINE: Nov 3, 2021 5:00pm EDT
- THEMES: Machine Learning/AI
- DETAILS + REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/PyTorch21U

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, September 13, 2021

 

A Healthcare-Focused Hackathon - the Pitt Challenge

Every year Pitt Pharmacy hosts the Pitt Challenge Hackathon, an innovation marathon helping connect healthcare, computer science, engineering, and design (and more!) students to create solutions to healthcare problems. Last year we hosted our hackathon online and with robust participation from around the globe. This year, we are again holding our event online with the support of  Major League Hacking, ConnectiveRx, UPMC Enterprises, IQ-Inc and others. This is a great opportunity for students to gain exposure to potential employers and several projects have resulted in seed funding! If this event would be of value to your students, I have included an advertisement to share. It is tentatively scheduled for October 22-23rd. Here is the website we will be updating in the near future for this year’s details: http://pittchallenge.com/.

 

Newsletter Sent Monday, August 30, 2021

Citadel - Correlation One Fall season regional competitions

These are great learning opportunities for students and I highly encourage freshman and sophomore level students to sign up (competitions are mainly open for undergrads but excited graduate level students are welcome to register)  

This Fall, students studying on the East Coast Region are invited for two separate events: 

  • September 20-27: East Coast Regional Terminal:
    • Terminal Live is an online game where software engineers and computer scientists (or anyone else interested in coding!) build an algorithm to play a tower defense game in a team-based setting
  • October 25- November 1: East Coast Regional Datathon:
    • Datathons are data science competitions that challenge students from the world's best universities to tackle real-world social challenges in topics such as urban traffic, renewable energy, and education.

 

Newsletter Sent Friday, August 6, 2021

 

New Devpost Hackathons

 

Browsers 3000

CHALLENGE: Build applications, websites, browser extensions, libraries, modules, tools or learning materials that bring web3 or P2P to the web we have today.

PRIZES: $38,000 in prizes

DEADLINE: Aug 19, 2021 5:00pm EDT

JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/Browser3000u

 

DocuSign Good Code Hackathon

CHALLENGE: Develop a web or mobile app using the DocuSign esignature and other APIs to support the Jane Goodall Institute or a non-profit of your choosing.

PRIZES: $50,000 in prizes

DEADLINE: Aug 13, 2021 2:00pm PDT

JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/docusign2021u

 

Codegeist 2021

CHALLENGE: Build innovative cloud apps using Atlassian’s Forge platform in one of the following categories: Apps for DevOps Teams, Apps for IT, Apps for Business.

PRIZES: $300,000 in prizes

DEADLINE: Sept 13, 2021 5:00pm EDT

JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/Codegeist2021u

 

Newsletter sent Monday, July 26, 2021

 

Harvard GSAS Business Club Virtual Pitch Competition

Application deadline August 15.  Competition is September 30.  Details at this link.

 

2021 Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics Case Competition

 

This competition, taking place from September 8 - November 11, 2021, is aimed at students in master degree programs.