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Inventacare — Hackathon

Break the Barrier

Identify a barrier in healthcare, and use AI to build a solution.

Prize Pool

$9.0K

Location

Online

Duration

62 days

Date

Sep 1, 2026 - Nov 2, 2026

About the Hackathon

Identify a barrier in healthcare, and use AI to build a solution.

About the challengeBreak the Barrier is a national AI healthcare innovation competition open to students, clinicians, engineers, and self-taught builders. The prompt: identify a barrier in healthcare, and use AI to build a solution.Get startedSolutions can take any form: a product, a clinical tool, a workflow redesign, a policy framework, an AI agent, a hardware-integrated device, or anything else that fits the problem. Solo or team.Timeline:Sept 1, 2026 — Competition opens, submission link sent to registered participantsNov 1, 2026 — Submission deadline, 11:59 PM ETDec 1, 2026 — Finalists and cash prize winners announcedQ1 2027 — Spark Program begins

Event Details

Format

Online

Prize Pool

$9.0K

Currency

USD

Start

Sep 1, 2026

End

Nov 2, 2026

Duration

62 days

Schedule

2026-09-01

2026-09-01

Competition opens, submission link sent to registered participants

2026-11-01

2026-11-01T23:59:00-05:00

Submission deadline

11:59 PM ET

2026-12-01

2026-12-01

Finalists and cash prize winners announced

2027-01-01

2027-01-01

Spark Program begins

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Timeline

Sep 1, 2026

EVENT STARTS

Hackathon kicks off. Join online and start building.

Nov 2, 2026

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

All projects must be submitted before this date.

Nov 2, 2026

EVENT ENDS

Final submissions and judging period begins.