Break the Barrier

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