Dates

September 27 - 28, 2025

The challenge statement will be released at 10 a.m. Sat. September 27th.

Participants have 24 hours to submit a project.

Newell Hall will serve as the main event area from 10 am Saturday to 10 am Sunday.

Food is provided to all individuals registered through Devpost.

Eligibility

Teams should be made up exclusively of University of Florida or Santa Fe students who are not organizers, volunteers, judges, sponsors, or in any other privileged position at the event.

All work on a project should be done at the hackathon. Teams cannot reuse code from an OSC project, a school project, or any individual assignment before the event. 

Teams can use libraries, frameworks, or open-source code in their projects. Working on a project before the event and open-sourcing it for the sole purpose of using the code during the event is against the spirit of the rules and is not allowed.

Teams must stop working once the time is up. However, teams are allowed to debug and make small fixes to their programs after time is up. e.g. If during demoing your hack you find a bug that breaks your application and the fix is only a few lines of code, it's ok to fix that. Making large changes or adding new features is not allowed.

You can build something useless as long as you're learning and having fun. Sometimes a pointless project is one of the best! So don't worry about coming up with the next big idea or building the next Facebook. You'll have plenty of time for that outside the hackathon and at our twice-weekly Casual Codings. 

Hacking is about building and learning, not about pitching. But still try to make a fun video for the demo and enjoy documenting the process. Have it be a reflection of the journey you just endured.

Project and Submission Requirements

Your project must be submitted on Devpost within the 24-hour timeframe.

Include a short demo that shows your project's features and functionality. The project does not have to be deployed.

Include a URL to your code repository for judging and testing by making your code public or by sharing access. 

Include a text description in the Devpost project submission and a clear README file detailing setup instructions, dependencies, and usage. This should explain the features and functionality of your project.

 

Prizes

  • First place = $250

  • Second place = $150

  • Third place = $100

  • Astera Labs Nebula Challenge = $500.