Best hack that demonstrates app development principles and incorporates App Dev workshop content.

Each member of the winning team will receive a portable charger.

Best hack that demonstrates cybersecurity principles and incorporates cybersecurity workshop content.

Each member of the winning team will receive a Portable Mini Bluetooth JBL Speaker.

Best hack that demonstrates machine learning principles and incorporates ML workshop content.

Each member of the winning team will receive an Amazon Echo Pop.

The Undergraduate Quantum Association partnered with Bitcamp presents the Quantum Track! Quantum computers are a brand new domain of computing, intended to solve problems that "classical" computers struggle with, and complement classical algorithms in challenging subroutines such as training machine learning models. This year, we've got two distinct tracks, beginner and advanced, to introduce you to this brand-new paradigm of computing! In the Beginner Quantum track, you’ll learn the fundamentals of quantum computing and apply them to challenge notebooks.

Prizes:
First Place: Mini Projector or Wireless Charging Pads
Second Place: Google Pixel Buds or Newton’s Cradles
Thirt Place: Cloud subscription to IonQ hardware

The Undergraduate Quantum Association partnered with Bitcamp presents the Quantum Track! Quantum computers are a brand new domain of computing, intended to solve problems that "classical" computers struggle with, and complement classical algorithms in challenging subroutines such as training machine learning models. This year, we've got two distinct tracks, beginner and advanced, to introduce you to this brand-new paradigm of computing! In the Advanced Quantum track, you'll be using the skills you learn in the advanced track workshop -- namely, a more comprehensive introduction to quantum computing, and applying quantum computing to linear systems -- to design a hybrid classical-quantum algorithm that uses quantum techniques in some way to solve our challenges.

Prizes:
First Place: Mini Projector or Wireless Charging Pads
Second Place: Google Pixel Buds or Cloud subscriptions to IonQ hardwares

The most creative, technical, and innovative use of circuitry, electronics, or microcontrollers in a hack.

Each member of the winning team will receive an Arduino Starter Kit.

For the hacks that force you to unearth your potential and make us want to join the winners by the campfire!

First Place: 30-ounce Stanley and Bitcamp merch
Second Place: Fireside Plushie and Bitcamp merch

The Best Hack by a First Time Hacker that shows the most individual growth. Were you able to learn a new skill at Bitcamp and apply it to your project? At least half of the hackers in your team must be a first-time Bitcamp hacker to be eligible for this prize.

Each member of the winning team will receive a $50 Amazon gift card.

Best overall submitted UX/UI designs of hacks from the weekend. Factors considered will be innovation, aesthetics, service to the project/challenge, and the process.

Each member of the winning team will receive a light projector of the Northern Lights.

The most creative, innovative, and well-developed hack that “shoots for the moon”.

First Place: Mini Echo Dot
Second Place: Dino Nugget Pillow

Most unique project! This prize will be awarded to two projects that best entertain our judges.

First Place: Compact Digital Camera
Second Place: Mini Portable Charger.

Does your hack solve a social problem or help empower a marginalized community? Submit it here to win our Social Good prize!

First Place: $50 Amazon Gift Card
Second Place: Wooden Stand Plant Terrarium.

Created a hack that gamifies an everyday task? Submit it here!

Each member of the winning teams will receive a Mini Portable JBL Speaker.

Hackers vote on which project(s) they liked the best!

First Place: Instant Photo Printer
Second Place: Sunset Lamp.

Does your hack strive to help the environment or solve an issue related to sustainability? Submit it here to win Best Sustainability Hack!

Each member of the winning teams will receive an Owala.

For the Best Hack Promoting Public Health, we are looking for innovative solutions that leverage technology to improve health outcomes, accessibility, and awareness. Topics can include but are not limited to: real-time disease tracking and outbreak prediction, tools for health education and misinformation detection, mental health support platforms, AI-driven diagnostic assistance, accessibility-focused health apps, wearable technology integrations, environmental health monitoring, or anything else that empowers individuals and communities to make informed health decisions. Hacks should prioritize usability, scalability, and ethical considerations in health data usage.

Prize: Fujifilm Instax Mini 12

Our track is The Best Financial Hack! This is your chance to change the game in fintech. Whether it's an innovative payment solution, helping consumers shop smarter, making financing more accessible, or a creative way to improve financial literacy, we want to see your boldest ideas in action. The track is intentionally vague to let you bring your own creativity to it!

You can optionally take advantage of Capital One’s Hackathon API, Nessie (api.nessieisreal.com). It provides mock banking/transaction data to help spearhead your idea.

Prize: $300 Amazon Gift Card for each member on the winning team

Digital forensics topics include but are not limited to: Data carving/reconstruction/recovery tools, finding specific objects (other than faces) in a large collection of digital images, steganography detection or exploitation, registry or memory artifact analysis, encryption detection, or anything else that could aid investigators who are looking at computers recovered from crime scenes.

Prize: $100 Amazon Gift Card and CT swag package, including a Yeti Tumbler and Nike hat, for each member of the winning team

Summary: Every team will have a technical problem to solve this weekend, our goal is to enable and encourage teams to consider the business prospects of their hack. Our prize track will be geared toward the best use of TerpAI to generate a business pitch for the final solution, to include a "shark-tank style" investor pitch, accompanied by a LinkedIn post which announces the team's solution in a manner that gets potential customers and investors excited. Bonus points for those who creatively and effectively use GenAI models on TerpAI to generate compelling content, and tag @Microsoft and @Cloudforce in the LinkedIn post. Double bonus points for the most social engagement on a LinkedIn post.

Prizes: 
1st Place: Microsoft Surface Laptop + Cloudforce Swag Bag for every member of the team + recognition as a winner in a public Press Release
2nd Place: Cloudforce Swag Bag for every member of the team + recognition as a winner in a public Press Release
3rd Place: Recognition as a winner in a public Press Release

The best web hack prize will be awarded to a team who a) utilizes React for their solution, b) considers the needs of their end users in designing the user interface, and c) develops an attractive user interface that is easy to navigate and understand.

Prize: Each member of the winning team will receive a Peraton backpack full of swag and a $100 Amazon gift card.

We’re Looking For: Most number of LEDs used in a hack. These can be individually wired LEDs or LEDs on an LED strip.

Prize winners will receive: LED Matrix Arduino Kit. Each Kit will include:
2 LED Matrix Panels
1 Arduino Nano
1 power supply
1 Breadboard
1 Pack of Jumper Wires

We’re Looking For: The prettiest or most beautiful hack. The hack may even put form over function. We’ll be looking for outstanding color palette, design, use of whitespace, typography, layout, etc
Prize winners will receive: Programmable LED Light Strip

We’re Looking For: The hack that makes us reliably smile. The winning hack will be funny, silly, creative, whimsical, absurd, a parody, etc.
Prize winners will receive: $50 Uber/UberEats Gift Card

Blue Snowball Microphone & a Free .Tech Domain Name for Life!

Make your Team's Achievements timeless: Win a .Tech Domain Name for Life to Showcase and Expand Your Project, Plus 4 Blue Snowball Mics for Effortless Collaboration on Zoom, empowering you to build even more cool things together!

Arduino Kit

Cloudflare is one of the world’s largest networks enabling hackers like you to build, deploy, and deliver trusted applications, no matter where you are! With Cloudflare, you’ll have all the building blocks to create a full-stack application; from C3 (create Cloudflare command line) instance deployment to object storage. You can even run GenAI (LLMs, text to image, Voice to text etc.) in the cloud and leverage your AI functionality via API requests using Cloudlfare’s Workers AI! Enjoy Cloudflare’s generous free tier to get started at no cost! This weekend, we want you to build an AI Application utilizing Cloudflare’s numerous services for a chance to win Arduino Kits for you and your team!

M5GO IoT Starter Kit

MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a $50 credit for students (https://mlh.link/mongodb) or sign up for the Atlas free forever tier, no credit card required (https://mlh.link/mongodb-free). Along with a suite of services and functionalities, you'll have everything you need to manage all of your data, and you can get a headstart with free resources from MongoDB University (https://mlh.link/mongodb-university)! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team.

Google Cloud Backpacks It’s time to push the boundaries of what's possible with AI using Google Gemini. Check out the Gemini API to build AI-powered apps that make your friends say WHOA. So, what can Gemini do for your hackathon project? Understand language like a human and build a chatbot that gives personalized advice Analyze info like a supercomputer and create an app that summarizes complex research papers Generate creative content like code, scripts, music, and more Think of the possibilities… what will you build with the Google Gemini API this weekend? Get started -> https://mlh.link/gemini-quickstart