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Natignite
Learn New Skills. Build New Things.
In this 40-hour competition, teams of students and recent grads work alongside community partners to design, build, and pitch solutions in accessibility.
How it works: choose a division
Participate as one of two divisions.
01
standard division
Teams self-form and pick their own challenge under one of the event themes.
02
problem provider division
Teams are matched with real-world projects and challenges brought by partner organizations.
Why join?
Work on real-world projects in a collaborative environment and build technical and professional skills.
Use hardware like biosensors and motion detectors, with AI and data analytics, to create a working prototyp
Work with mentors from business, tech, and healthcare, and build your network with peers and experts.
Over $[28,000] in funding and resources is available to help winning teams continue their projects.
Previous themes
2026
Medtech
Technologies that advance healthcare, from diagnostics and wearable biosensors to AI-driven clinical decision support.
2025
edtech
Tools that make learning more effective and more accessible.
2024
ecotech
Climate and resource tools that communities can run themselves.
take your project further
natHacks prizes take the form of reimbursement-based seed funding and in-kind services such as legal advice, cloud resources, business mentorship, and infrastructure.
1st place · each division
$2,000 + $2,000
In seed funding and in-kind services.
2nd place · each division
$1,000 + $1,000
In seed funding and in-kind services.
3rd place · each division
$500 + $500
In seed funding and in-kind services.
schedule
Check-in, opening keynote, team formation, and problem statements. Building begins.
Full build day. Mentor office hours and hardware access throughout.
Final builds, demos, judging, and awards.