Opportunities¶
Buildathons, hackathons, challenges, and programs that American University of Antigua (AUA) faculty or students can take part in, anywhere in the world, selected for relevance to artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine and the fields around it. Every listing is checked against its official page on the date it is added; deadlines move, so confirm details on the organizer's site before planning around one. Deadline dates are the organizer's own, in the organizer's time zone unless their page says otherwise. Prize and support figures are the organizer's own statements.
Open and Upcoming¶
| Opportunity | Type | Application deadline | Event dates | Format | Eligibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build, Ship, Shape: Amazon Developer Hackathon Amazon. Online hackathon from Amazon with an AI and machine learning theme, suited to building general AI skills. Organizer-stated: $138,000 in prizes including cash, AWS credits, meetings with Amazon Developer team, and feature on Amazon Developer channels |
Hackathon | Oct 23, 2026 closes in 8 days | See site | Virtual | Individuals above legal age of majority in country of residence, from all countries/territories excluding standard exceptions |
| OpenCV AI Competition 2026, powered by AWS OpenCV Foundation (Administrator) and Amazon Web Services (Sponsor). Online computer vision competition open globally; the techniques overlap with medical image analysis. Organizer-stated: $20,250 in cash prizes, including two optional $1,000 featured path awards, plus optional $150 cloud compute grants for selected teams |
Competition | Oct 26, 2026 closes in 11 days | Aug 26 to Oct 26, 2026 | Virtual | Individuals above legal age of majority in their country of residence, from all countries/territories excluding standard exceptions |
| Build With AI: Basics Devpost. This is an online beginner-friendly hackathon run by Devpost that teaches participants to build an AI-assisted app prototype using structured planning skills, suited to students or faculty new to building with AI coding tools. Organizer-stated: $2,500 total prize pool with $1,250 for first place, $750 for second, $500 for third, plus a Devpost Learn badge for eligible submissions |
Buildathon | Oct 26, 2026 closes in 11 days | Sep 22 to Oct 26, 2026 | Virtual | Individuals ages 18+ from all countries/territories, excluding standard exceptions |
| Nebius x NVIDIA Global AI Hackathon Nebius and NVIDIA. Online AI hackathon from Nebius and NVIDIA with a beginner-friendly focus, suited to those building general AI skills. Organizer-stated: $50,000+ in prizes including $20,000 grand prize, $10,000 2nd place, $6,000 3rd place, NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano devices, and other awards |
Hackathon | Oct 30, 2026 closes in 15 days | See site | Virtual | Individuals above the legal age of majority in their country of residence, from all countries/territories excluding standard exceptions |
| PayPal AI Hackathon PayPal (administered by Devpost). Online hackathon from PayPal on building an app that combines its developer platform with an AI tool of the entrant's choice, suited to those building general AI skills. Organizer-stated: $67,500 in cash prizes |
Hackathon | Nov 12, 2026 closes in 28 days | See site | Virtual | Individuals at or above the legal age of majority in their country of residence, from all countries/territories excluding standard exceptions; teams and organizations may also enter |
Past opportunities
| Opportunity | Type | Application deadline | Event dates | Format | Eligibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHIMERA-agent Radboud University Medical Center and Karolinska Institute (on grand-challenge.org). Agentic multimodal AI challenge across the full prostate cancer patient journey, from MRI-based diagnosis through biopsy risk stratification to pathology prediction, run with the Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) 2026 conference. Organizer-stated: 1,500 euros in prizes per submission round (first 750, second 500, third 250), plus a 500 US dollar award for the most innovative agentic AI solution |
Challenge | Passed | Jul 10 to Oct 1, 2026 | Virtual | Open worldwide; a verified grand-challenge.org account is required to join |
| Surgical Visual Understanding 2026 Intuitive Surgical (EndoVis at MICCAI 2026, on grand-challenge.org). Surgical video AI challenge (tool localization and video question answering from endoscopic video), fifth year of an established series and a concrete entry point into surgical data science. Organizer-stated: cash prizes totaling up to US$8,500 |
Challenge | Passed | Jul 20 to Sep 27, 2026 | Virtual | Open worldwide through the grand-challenge.org platform; no restrictions stated on the official page |
| TopAneu 2026 International academic consortium led by TU Eindhoven, University of Zurich, and ZHAW (on grand-challenge.org). Medical imaging challenge on intracranial aneurysm classification and segmentation from CT and MR angiography across a multi-center dataset, clinically framed down to vessel-specific anatomy. |
Challenge | Passed | Jul 31 to Sep 27, 2026 | Virtual | Open worldwide; a verified grand-challenge.org account is required to join |
| AI Builders Hackathon OSC. Online AI building hackathon open to international participants, suited to those learning machine learning basics. Organizer-stated: $33,900+ in prizes including cash awards and sponsor perks such as NexFellow plans and Tin Computer credits |
Hackathon | Passed | Aug 21 to Sep 15, 2026 | Virtual | Individuals above legal age of majority, students and non-students, companies/professional organizations excluded, open to most countries |
| CLEAR-EC University of Pennsylvania (on grand-challenge.org). Medical imaging challenge (predicting corneal graft quality metrics from specular microscopy images), a concrete entry point into clinical AI for students and faculty. |
Challenge | Passed | See site | Virtual | Open registration through the grand-challenge.org platform; no restrictions stated on the official page |
| Agents for Humans Hackathon Amazon (AWS). Online hackathon from Amazon Web Services on building AI agents; a general AI skills opportunity. Organizer-stated: $40,000 in cash prizes across three tracks, $50 in AWS credits, AWS Builder ID, featured AWS social posts |
Hackathon | Passed | Aug 10 to Sep 14, 2026 | Virtual | Individuals or teams above legal age of majority in country of residence, excluding certain listed countries/territories |
| Agentic Cinema: The Blockbuster Hackathon Google. Online hackathon hosted by Google on building AI agents for filmmaking; a general AI skills opportunity, not a medical one. Organizer-stated: $75,000 in cash prizes across five partner tracks (IBM, Grafana, Parallel, Clickhouse, Replit), each with 1st ($7,500), 2nd ($4,500), and 3rd ($3,000) place cash prizes plus social media promotion opportunity |
Hackathon | Passed | Jul 27 to Sep 7, 2026 | Virtual | Individuals above legal age of majority in country of residence, excluding certain listed countries/territories |
| VoltHacks Dialogate. Online AI and machine learning hackathon with beginner-friendly track open to international participants. Organizer-stated: $32,585 in cash and prizes including Grand Prize $1,020 cash, Featherless.ai credits, CodeCrafters VIP memberships, .xyz domains, Dialogate lifetime subscriptions, and Tin Computer Growth Plan credits |
Hackathon | Passed | May 22 to Sep 5, 2026 | Virtual | Students, ages 13+, individuals from all countries/territories excluding standard exceptions; companies/professional organizations excluded |
| Future Caribbean Global Agentic AI Buildathon Future Caribbean (founder Lily Dash; partners include ACTAI Global and IDB Invest). Open-source agentic AI across ten tracks including healthcare; 21-day remote build sprint July 17 to August 7, winners announced September 1. Applications extended past the original July 3 cutoff and reviewed on a rolling basis. Organizer-stated: US$50,000 in cash prizes, US$20,000+ in hardware, compute for qualifying teams, and an investor showcase at the New York Stock Exchange |
Buildathon | Passed | Jul 17 to Sep 1, 2026 | Virtual | Open worldwide to students, faculty, researchers, and founders; team-based, 40 teams selected |
| All Things Agentic Hackathon Google. Online hackathon hosted by Google on building AI agents; a general AI skills opportunity. Organizer-stated: $180,000 in cash prizes and $150 in Google Cloud credits per participant |
Hackathon | Passed | Aug 4 to 31, 2026 | Virtual | Individuals above legal age of majority in their country of residence, excluding certain countries |
| Build with Gemini XPRIZE XPRIZE with Google (on Devpost). An agent-building competition in which teams build a functioning business operated primarily by AI agents on Google Cloud, with education among the themes. Free to enter. Organizer-stated: US$2,000,000 in total prizes, top prize US$500,000 |
Competition | Passed | May 19 to Aug 17, 2026 | Virtual | Open worldwide to adults (a standard excluded-territories list applies); teams of any size |
| Prometheus July AI Challenge Prometheus. Online AI challenge for students, open internationally, with a machine learning focus. Organizer-stated: $1,500+ in cash prizes (1st $1,000, 2nd $400, 3rd $100, plus certificates for other placements) Link removed: the organizer's page was taken down after the opportunity closed (checked September 29, 2026). |
Challenge | Passed | Jul 17 to 30, 2026 | Virtual | Ages 13+, students only, no companies or professional organizations |
| OpenAI Build Week OpenAI. Online hackathon run by OpenAI, open to participants in eligible countries, suited to students and faculty building general AI skills. Organizer-stated: $100,000 in total cash prizes, Dev Day/Exchange passes, Pro Account for 1 year, promotion by OpenAI Developers, meeting with the Codex Team |
Hackathon | Passed | Jul 13 to 21, 2026 | Virtual | Individuals above legal age of majority in eligible countries/territories |
| Global AI Hackathon Series with Qwen Cloud Alibaba Cloud (on Devpost). Online AI-application hackathon across five tracks with free build credits. Submissions close July 9, so this one is for teams ready to move immediately. Organizer-stated: US$70,000+ across five tracks, plus complimentary cloud credits to build with |
Hackathon | Passed | See site | Virtual | Open worldwide to adults (a standard excluded-territories list applies) |
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