$1500 (split among team)

You are the conquerors of the stars!

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 X.

$1000 (split among team)

You traveled throughout galaxies and brought us one of the best projects this year!

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 X :).

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

$500 (split among team)

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!

$100 (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.

$100 (split among team)

You wonder how art and technology combine in the best way possible? The best artistic expression 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 :)

$500 (split among team)

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 problems! Those who are excited about technology and want to have a great social impact will receive this award and show how we can have a better relationship with our home planet.

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.

$100 (split among team)

The idea is to award solutions in efforts like recycling, waste reduction, and other circular economy practices. This can be done in many ways, as apps that could help the government, a neighborhood, or connect people with different materials that
can help in the creation of new things.

As we know, one man's trash is another man's treasure, and the most innovative solution that incorporates this idea will win the Zero Waste Award!

$100 (split among team)

As we know, urban development is not sustainable nowadays. However, we are slowly changing this, bringing alternative methods that can improve the environmental impact of a city.

This can be done by helping eco-friendly urban designs, developing energy monitoring and efficiency, improving locomotion across big cities to reduce gas emmitions, etc.

Unfortunately, stars are hard to see from big cities, but we can be part of the movement that will change that!

$500 (split among team)

Welcome, efficiency aficionados!

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 way others best utilize them?

So, the key word here is “efficiency”. These hackers were the best at making things, businesses, processes, or anything more efficient with their tools.

This could be done by reducing friction in work environments, monitoring projects that improve the awareness of a system or business, and models that try to predict and enhance the decision-making process. If you do it with mastery, this award is already yours!

$100 (split among team)

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.

Many of us are developers in the end of the day, this project is impacting our own community and helping with our daily struggles!

$100 (split among team)

As a homage to last year's track "Fintech", we want to bring a business approach to productivity.

Here projects can focus on the management side of efficiency, providing tools that enable users to keep track of different assets, make better financial decisions, and understand more about their own business.

How would you help a business succeed as a developer?

$500 (split among team)

The best project in the Frontier 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 Frontier track is the impersonation of that!

The project that will receive this award will have a great balance of knowledge and scalability, acting like an in-between of a research and an industry solution.

Focus on either advancing knowledge in an exhisting area or developing technology on a niched environment, both bringing the most scientifical and knowledge-driven approach!

$100 (split among team)

The key here is the development of technological solutions in niche areas that have not received enough attention from tech throughout the years.

By being one of the first in a new environment, you have the space to explore different concepts and possibly discover a lot of new things on the way. Challenge yourself and win the New Horizons award!

$100 (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 this award, the winner will advance technology in a deep and meaningful way in an area that already has a lot of attention. This can be done by exploring newly published statistical models and AI usage, extracting more information from a new tool, or any other way of advancing our knowledge!

$200 (split among team)

The Mad Scientist track is a new concept to SpartaHack! Do you have an oddly specific problem and an odder solution to it? Or perhaps you want to give in to the chaos and give twists to everyday life?

Our goal is to provide a place where anyone can develop their ingenuous gadgets and gizmos! Let your creativity run wild, embrace the odd, and show the world the line between genius and madness is just another challenge waiting to be hacked!

MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a $50 credit for students or sign up for the Atlas free forever tier (no credit card required). Along with a suite of services and functionalities, you'll have everything you need to manage all of your data, and you can get a headstart with free resources from MongoDB University! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team.

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 (create Cloudflare command line) instance deployment to object storage. You can even run GenAI (LLMs, text to image, Voice to text etc..) 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 Kits for you and your team!

AI has upended what we can accomplish with technology. Reach Capital invests in the next generation of founders and technical talent, and they want you to use AI to transform the future of learning, health, and work. Build a project that impacts one (or all!) of these areas for a chance to win a Logitech webcam for each member of your team and the exclusive opportunity to discuss your creation with Reach Capital’s team of expert investors. The winning team will also be considered for a grand prize — if chosen you’ll be flown out to San Francisco to meet with the Reach Capital team in person!

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 some amazing prizes!

Generative AI is rapidly changing the landscape of software development. This category challenges you to build novel applications that leverage the power of Generative AI APIs. Think outside the box and integrate cutting-edge AI models to create innovative solutions with real-world impact.

To participate, utilize publicly available Generative AI APIs (like those from OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face, Llama, IBM Watson, or Google Gemini) to develop a unique and functional application. This could include:
AI-powered creative tools: Design an app that allows users to generate unique marketing copy, translate languages in real-time, or create personalized learning experiences.
Intelligent assistants and automation: Build a chatbot that can provide insightful customer support, or a system that automates complex tasks using natural language processing.
Next-generation content creation platforms: Develop a platform that empowers users to generate high-quality images, write different kinds of creative text formats, or compose original music with AI assistance.
This is your chance to get hands on with cutting edge tech, put your skills on display, and of course, win some awesome prizes!

- $100 Amazon Gift Card
- Wearable Koozie Cooler
- Cozy Blanket
- Phone stand/charger
- 3 in 1 light up charger

FREE-WiLi and Accessory kit for each team member with best use of FREE-WiLi application!

We evaluate the “Hacks” that identify themselves as trying to win that prize and decide which one is “best at providing a sense of community or helping their community”.
• We support communities and community involvement.
• Think of ideas on how to develop a sense of community or support community involvement.
• The hackers can define what community means to them. It can be a dorm, a campus, a city or larger. Or, it can be a grouping of people with some common element. It’s really up to them.
• Just for understand, in the past we’ve had solutions that provide way-finders for people on campus, finding help during a natural disaster, developing readers and interactive content for people with special needs, etc.

$500 MSUFCU gift card split accordingly