$1200 (split among team) + Wolfram Bundle (ea. team member)

We shall bow to the Majesties!

This is the award for the BEST HACK in the whole event! Those that bring the most unique and technically advanced solution and excels in their tracks with elegance and practicality will be named the #1 winners of SpartaHack 9.

$600 (split among team)

These are some of the best hackers!

This is the award for the SECOND place in the whole event! Because of any small mistake, they may not win the best hack award, but this is still the TOP 2 project of SpartaHack 9 :).

To win this award, you need to bring unique and technically advanced solutions that impact the people around you!

$400 (split among team) + Wolfram Bundle (ea. team member)

The best project in the Interactive Media track!

Why traditional media needs to be so boring and ineffective? In a world where computers became essential, why not make the best of it? With interactive media ideas, you can make the world funnier and better.

The winner of this award will show how to master User Experience, UI/UX Design, and Creativity while solving a real-world problem!

$160 (split among team)

Are you passionate about video games and want to endeavor in a game dev adventure in this hackathon? This award is designed to reward you!

The coolest game, with the best user experience and design, will win this award and represent one of the biggest medias in modern times.

$160 (split among team)

You wonder how art and technology combine in the best way possible? The best artistic application in interactive media will show how that can be done!

Hackers that also love different types of arts have this opportunity to showcase their two favorite worlds :)

$400 (split among team) + Wolfram Bundle (ea. team member)

The best project in the Sustainability track!

Some of the biggest problems of our generation is to learn how to handle with SO MANY environmental and social problems! Those who are excited about technology and want to have a great social impact will will this award and show how we can be a better society.

This will be awarded to the project with the best Social Impact, Cost-Effectiveness, and the best impersonation of how to solve the problem they aim to tackle.

$160 (split among team)

In today's world, one of the most urgent improvements we need is on our consumption of energy. The hackers that tackle this issue in the most technical and practical way will deserve this award!

Let's use technology to improve the use of alternative energies for our future generations.

$160 (split among team)

As we saw in the past years with the rise of temperatures on many places in the world, the world we live in today may not be proper for us in the future. Hackers that think this is an important issue to be addressed and that their knowledge could help mitigating this have a great chance of winning this award!

Don't forget to be creative, many ideas have surged on how to solve this problem, and yet we still have it.

$400 (split among team) + Wolfram Bundle (ea. team member)

echo "The Best Developer Tools Project!"

For other people to create solutions for different problems in the world, we need those that can empower them to do so! What happens if there's no one aiming to improve our modern technologies and the lives of our developers?

This award will be given to the project that best addresses the issues developers may face, impacts the experience of them, and how compatible it is with modern technologies.

$160 (split among team)

What is the most important skill of modern age? Knowing how to find information online! For that, all of us depend, in many ways, on browsers that were not made with our specific needs in mind:/.

So, this is an opportunity for hackers to solve the pain many people suffer daily when interacting with their browser!

$160 (split among team)

While most of the 600+ participants are coding, you can see that MANY of them have struggles that could easily be solved by an extension in their IDE.

As a way to help the whole community of developers, this award motivates those that want to tackle these issues is software development by creating the most impactful and technical IDE extension in the event!

$400 (split among team) + Wolfram Bundle (ea. team member)

The best project in the Exploratory track!

Have you ever wondered how you can demonstrate a great knowledge on a specific area and solve many world problems with it? The winner of the Exploratory track is the impersonation of that!

The project that will receive this award will have a great balance of knowledge and scalability, as any great solution should.

$160 (split among team)

All of us have our niche interests that we want to create solutions for. Those that go deeply into these complex topics while bringing a great solution to their field are worthy of this award!

Demonstrated knowledge is an important aspect of this award, you may see it as your chance to learn new things you would never imagine you could!

$160 (split among team)

Hello inventors and dreamers! Those of you that want to delve into your creativity and be part of a vanguard of hackers have a chance of winning this award.

For your project to be considered the best pioneering solution, you need to innovate as best as you can in your area of niche interest. Don't be afraid of trying crazy ideas, that's how the best solutions are created!

$400 (split among team) + Wolfram Bundle (ea. team member)

The best project in the Fintech track!

In modern age, there are two great pillars of society that are in constant change: Currencies, and Technology. With the advent of Crypto, Open Banking, and many other solutions, we need those that want to adventure in this futuristic and economic world to improve the lives of others around them!

This award will be given to the project with the biggest Economic Impact, Ethical Consideration and Solution, and overall technological implementation.

$160 (split among team)

Since the white paper by Nakamoto, the whole concept of currency has been shaken. With crypto and other digital currencies, our world is in a monetary revolution!

Those that win this award are the representation of this. They have extracted the best they could of digital currencies and made their own solution on the area!

$160 (split among team)

Information is money. This is the reason why banks and other financial institutions all around the world value their telemetry so much, and have adopted the strategy of open banking.

The hackers with the most impactful use of Open Banking will receive this award and show how useful this new concept is!

$300 (split among team) + Wolfram Bundle (ea. team member)

The best project in the Comedy track!

SpartaHack is about fun and enjoyment, so this year we are going to give awards to those that make us laugh the most :). Simple isn't it? If you don't make half the participants forever remember your hack by being one of the silliest things they've ever seen in a hackathon, don't even think you will win!

This award will be given to the silliest williest, funny wonnie, most comedic project of the event!

$160 + NordVPN, NordPass, Incogni (ea. team member)

When talking about what is funny, each person has their opinion. However, throughout history, we agreed with many things! That's why we have social medias nowadays, the ability of a comedy project to be replicated many times is also a great sign of success :D.

The most viral comedy application brings this idea that a funny idea that can become viral in society has great power in improving the lives of others.

Hack from Home kit

GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit! Each Kit contains wireless earbuds, blue light glasses, selfie ring light and a pouch for easy transport.

Wireless Headphones & Battery Pack

Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! Why spend hours building features like social sign-in, Multi-Factor Authentication, and passwordless log-in when you can enable them through Auth0 straight out of the box? Auth0 is free to try, doesn’t require a credit card, and allows for up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. Make your new account today and use any of the Auth0 APIs for a chance to win a pair of wireless headphones and a battery pack for you and each member of your team!

Wireless YoYo Speaker

MATLAB and Simulink are computational tools used at over 100,000 businesses, government and university sites in over 190 countries. Use MATLAB and/or Simulink exclusively or integrate them into another tool for your next hack to win an exclusive MathWorks branded Wireless YoYo Speaker! You can also claim a free MATLAB software license to get started.

Fidelity Branded Wireless Charger

At Fidelity, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are viewed as major keys to the success of their business, which is why they are challenging you to come up with innovative ways to create forward-thinking financial tech that promotes equality for all people! We want you to use your hacking skills to find and build solutions that put financial opportunities and resources within reach for all communities, creating accessible, sustainable, and/or inclusive solutions. The team with the best hack will win a Fidelity branded wireless charger for each team member!

Arduino Kit

Cloudflare is one of the world’s largest networks enabling hackers like you to build, deploy, and deliver trusted applications, no matter where you are! With Cloudflare, you’ll have all the building blocks to create a full-stack application; from C3 instance deployment to object storage. You can even run machine learning models in the cloud and leverage your AI functionality via API requests using Cloudlfare’s Workers AI! Enjoy Cloudflare’’s generous free tier to get started at no cost! This weekend, we want you to build an AI Application utilizing Cloudflare’s numerous services for a chance to win Arduino Student Kits for you and your team!

Wacom Wireless Drawing Tablet & JBL Go3 Speaker

Adobe Express is an AI-first, all-in-one content creation app that makes it fast, easy and fun to design and share videos, images, PDFs, flyers, TikToks, logos and more. Best of all, it’s free to get started.

Add-ons in Adobe Express are simply extensions and integrations that are built upon very powerful APIs. These APIs provide access to the user’s document, connections to third-party tools, and so much more. You can extend the functionality of Adobe Express using add-ons to unlock new capabilities and workflows.

For this hackathon, we want you to build a creative add-on for Adobe Express. Users are looking for add-ons that involve assets like stickers or icons, work with presentations and data visualization, and work in roles like marketing and e-commerce. Build an Adobe Express add-on this weekend for a chance to win a Wacom Wireless Drawing Tablet and JBL Go3 Speaker for you and each member of your team!

$500 dollar MSU Tech Store Credits (split among the team)

Go Green! Go White! Spartans and non-spartans that wish to help the experience our students have throughout college life are given this opportunity with this award.

Please use your creativity and technical skills to bring the best solution to our Spartans and improve the Spartan experience for the MSU community!

Package of $75 STEAM gift card, wearable Koozie cooler, blanket, charger stand, charger cable (1 for each team member)

This hack should implement a way to predict loss in any of its forms (people, money, property, confidence, etc.)! Our judges will be on hand at the start of the hackathon if you wish to run your idea past them before getting started.

$150 (split among team) + License for Audiate, Snagit and Camtasia

Techsmith works to create meaningful async communication with mixed media (audio, video, images and text). Design a hack that enables contextualization of one or more media types for faster understanding by humans!

$150 (split among team)

This challenge invites teams to craft the most innovative interactive visualization app, in the language or platform of your choice. Contestants are encouraged to harness their creativity and technical prowess to develop applications that transcend conventional boundaries. The winning hacks will not only showcase dynamic visualizations but also incorporate many types of data (self-sourced or public, live data feeds, IoT or local devices, geospatial, temporal, biometric and other multidimensional sources) and engaging interactions. The emphasis lies on creating apps that actively assist users in problem-solving and uncovering valuable insights.

4 Drones

We challenge the hackers to develop a hack that will best serve our community!