Vitalitics 2026

Overview

Vitalitics 2026 is the official Vitalitics™ Hackathon, an immersive experience designed to educate participants and foster insight into the critical roles of Computer Science and Data Analytics in modern medicine. This hackathon aims to bridge the gap between data analytics and modern clinical medicine, encouraging participants to explore the intersection of clinical care and data science to find problems worth solving. The challenge is open-ended and beginner-friendly, allowing for a wide range of submissions covering various medical or health-tech topics. Projects can be in any medium and at different stages of development, from initial designs and prototypes to fully developed applications. Participants are encouraged to create innovative projects, products, healthcare applications, or ideas that leverage data analytics to improve clinical workflows, assist healthcare professionals, or enhance patient outcomes. The hackathon provides a platform for students to apply their technical skills to real-world medical challenges.

What to build

Create an innovative project, product, healthcare app, or idea that would help bridge the gap between data analytics and modern clinical medicine. This can cover a wide range of medical or health-tech topics and can be in any medium and different stages of development.

Prizes

Key dates

• Submission DeadlineJul 31, 2026 @ 12:00am EDT

Eligibility

Participants must be 13 years of age or older and currently enrolled as students. Companies and professional organizations are excluded from participation. Specific countries/territories may also be excluded.

How to enter

1. Register for the hackathon on Devpost.
2. Explore the intersection of clinical care and data science to find a problem worth solving.
3. Create an innovative project, product, healthcare app, or idea.
4. Submit a YouTube or Google Drive video (5 minutes maximum) describing your project.
5. Submit a link or document of the source program (any medium). Designs and prototypes are permitted.

Submission requirements

• A YouTube or Google Drive video describing your project (5 Minutes Maximum).
• A link or document of the source program (any medium).
• Designs and prototypes are permitted.

Judging criteria

• Relevancy: How effectively does your project combine medicine and data informatics? Submissions should demonstrate a clear intersection between healthcare/clinical concepts and predictive data science or engineering principles.
• Technical Execution: The complexity, clean architecture, and technical skill demonstrated in your code. Judges will look at the stability of the prototype, the logic of your backend/frontend engineering, and how effectively you utilized your development tools.
• Presentation: The design, user interface (UI), and user experience (UX) flow of your prototype. Your project should be intuitive to navigate, visually polished, and effectively communicated through your demo video and written documentation.
• Innovation: The novelty and uniqueness of your approach. Does your project offer a creative solution to an old problem, or tackle a completely fresh challenge in a way that stands out from typical applications?
• Impact: The ultimate potential your solution has to solve real-world problems. How effectively does this project improve clinical workflows, assist healthcare professionals, or better patient outcomes?

Sponsors & partners

Resources

• Vitalitics 2026 Rules
• Vitalitics 2026 Overview Video
• Devpost Vitalitics Organization
• Email Hackathon Manager