About the challenge

Hack for Humanity is a hackathon that brings developers together in a 1-month event to come up with unique and creative solutions to mental and physical health issues, with an optional focus on AI. The participants' goal is to use technology to make meaningful changes in humanity by addressing health concerns.

You may work individually or in teams of 2-4.

Prior experience is not required! Participants of any skill level are welcome to participate and work together in this hackathon.

Get started

Join the Devpost hackathon on this page. This is where you will submit your project.
We suggest you join our Discord server to stay updated and engage with the community (link once you register).
If you know someone else who may be interested, you could send them this URL and ask them to sign up: https://hack-for-humanity-summer-26.devpost.com/. For every participant who joins the event and enters your username in the Discord server's "referral" text channel, your referral count will be increased for our referral prizes and raffle.
Announcements will be posted on Discord.

Partners

Sprqs - your daily spark of support

For Sponsors

For information about sponsoring Hack for Humanity, please visit our website or email the organizer at iacopo.schianchi@gmail.com.

Requirements

What to Build

You must build software (such as an app, website, or game) that improves mental or physical well-being. In addition to the core Mental Health and Physical Health categories, your project can compete in several dedicated tracks:

Best Use of AI/ML & Responsible AI: For projects implementing machine learning.
Best Tech for Brain Injury Recovery: For projects addressing brain injury recovery
Additional prizes for Best Design, Best Innovation and Creativity, and the Public Voting Winner.

What to Submit

Software: Include the GitHub repository for your software with the functioning source code.
Video: A video (4 min max) explaining
1. The issue you're solving
2. Your submitted software and its functionality in detail
3. An overview of how it was created

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

11 non-cash prizes

Participation - $25.67 value

1,000 winners

*More prizes coming soon

Everyone who registers will receive the following through our Discord server.

- 1 month of Wolfram|One ($25.67 value)

Project Submission - $10 value

200 winners

The first 200 valid submissions will receive:

- 1 .xyz domain ($10 value)

Best Mental Health Tool (Presented by Sprqs) - $410 value + other prizes

1 winner

*More prizes coming soon

Awarded to the highest-ranked submission for the mental health track
- 3 1-year subscriptions for NordVPN
- 3 1-year subscriptions for Incogni
- 3 1-year subscriptions for NordPass
- 3 × 1 GB of free data for Saily
- 5 7-day Interview Cake Full Coding Courses ($250 value)
- 16 .xyz domains for 1 year ($160 value)
- Certificate of recognition

Best Physical Health Tool - $410 value + other prizes

1 winner

*More prizes coming soon

Awarded to the highest-ranked submission for the physical health track
- 3 1-year subscriptions for NordVPN
- 3 1-year subscriptions for Incogni
- 3 1-year subscriptions for NordPass
- 3 × 1 GB of free data for Saily
- 5 7-day Interview Cake Full Coding Courses ($250 value)
- 16 .xyz domains for 1 year ($160 value)
- Certificate of recognition

Best Use of AI/ML - $410 value

1 winner

*More prizes coming soon

Awarded to the project that best implements AI/ML in an innovative and effective way for either track
- 5 7-day Interview Cake Full Coding Courses ($250 value)
- 16 .xyz domains for 1 year ($160 value)
- Certificate of recognition

Public Voting Winner - $410 value

1 winner

*More prizes coming soon

Awarded to the project with the most public votes
- 5 7-day Interview Cake Full Coding Courses ($250 value)
- 16 .xyz domains for 1 year ($160 value)
- Certificate of recognition

Best Innovation and Creativity - $360 value

1 winner

*More prizes coming soon

Awarded to the project that scores highest in the "Innovation and Creativity" judging category
- 4 7-day Interview Cake Full Coding Courses ($200 value)
- 16 .xyz domains for 1 year ($160 value)
- Certificate of recognition

Best Design - $360 value

1 winner

*More prizes coming soon

Awarded to the project that scores highest in the "Design" judging category
- 4 7-day Interview Cake Full Coding Courses ($200 value)
- 16 .xyz domains for 1 year ($160 value)
- Certificate of recognition

Best Tech for Brain Injury Recovery - $360 value

1 winner

*More prizes coming soon

Awarded to the project that best addresses brain injury recovery
- 4 7-day Interview Cake Full Coding Courses ($200 value)
- 16 .xyz domains for 1 year ($160 value)
- Certificate of recognition

Responsible AI - $360 value

1 winner

*More prizes coming soon

Awarded to the project that implements AI most responsibly with strict privacy and data safety measures
- 4 7-day Interview Cake Full Coding Courses ($200 value)
- 16 .xyz domains for 1 year ($160 value)
- Certificate of recognition

Referral Prizes

13 winners

Each participant you refer to the hackathon will contribute to your total. To count a referral, whoever you refer must add their Devpost username and yours to our Discord server's "referrals" channel.

Top referrer
- 2 7-day Interview Cake Full Coding Courses ($100 value)
- 4 .xyz domains for 1 year ($40 value)

2nd-7th referrers
- 1 7-day Interview Cake Full Coding Course ($50 value)
- 2 .xyz domains for 1 year ($20 value)

Raffle (6 randomly selected referers)
- 1 7-day Interview Cake Full Coding Course ($50 value)
- 1 .xyz domain for 1 year ($10 value)

Judges

Iacopo Schianchi
Event Organizer

Vikram Waradpande
(Judge and mentor) Senior Software Engineer @ Intuit

Baber Javed
(Judge and mentor) CEO/CTO @ Square63

Mayur Jain
(Judge and mentor) Senior Software Engineer @ Bridgestone Americas

Advitya Gemawat
Machine Learning Engineer 2 @ Microsoft

Alvina Patra
Manager in Commercial Analytics @ Genpact

Dhruv Bathla
Founder @ EZbeat

Karlie Koo
Head of Design @ Endo Health

Prashant Krishnan
Machine Learning Engineer @ Apple

Judging Criteria

Impact
Does the project address a specific and relevant mental or physical health issue? How effective is the project at solving or improving this issue?
Innovation and creativity
How creative and innovative is the project? Does the project showcase novel approaches or technologies to solve the issue?
Design
How user-friendly and intuitive is the solution for users? Does the UI look good and professional?
Presentation
How clear is the team's presentation of their project? How well does the team communicate their ideas, objectives, and results in their video?