The Network for Applied Technology (NAT) invites you to natHacks 2025, a 64-hour innovation sprint where students and early-career professionals tackle real-world challenges at the intersection of biology, health, and technology. This year, natHacks will be held from November 7-10, 2025, on the eighth floor of the Donadeo Innovation Centre for Engineering building.
Participants will work in interdisciplinary teams, receive expert mentorship, and gain access to advanced hardware such as biosensors, motion detectors, and AI tools. Each year, over $30,000 in seed funding and in-kind resources are available to help winning teams carry their projects forward beyond the hackathon.
This year, hackers can join one of two divisions:
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Standard Division: Form your own team and build original solutions within the themes of MedTech, EdTech, and EcoTech.
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Problem Provider Division: Be matched with a team and collaborate directly with clinicians, researchers, and industry professionals on real-world problems, with structured pre-hackathon development. Teams will build original solutions to problems in one of the three themes: MedTech, EdTech, and EcoTech.
natHacks 2025 Timeline and Deadlines
Participant Registration Opens: September 1, 2025
Problem Provider Participant Registration Closes: October 17, 2025
Participant Registration Closes: October 25, 2025, at 11:59 PM MST
Development Report 1: October 24, 2025
Development Report 2: October 31, 2025
Development Report 3: November 7, 2025
Hardware Lending Form Opens: October 18, 2025
Hardware Lending Form for Problem Provider Division Closes: October 31, 2025
Hardware Lending Form for Standard Division Closes: November 3, 2025
Hackathon Weekend: November 7-10, 2025
Networking Mixer: November 7, 3-5PM MT
Judging & Awards: November 10, 2025
Post-Hackathon Support: November 2025 – November 2026
natHacks 2025 Key Dates
| Event | Date |
| Participant Registration Opens | September 1, 2025 |
| Problem Provider Participant Registration Closes | October 17, 2025 |
| Participant Registration Closes | October 25, 2025 |
| Development Report 1 Due | October 24, 2025 |
| Development Report 2 Due | October 31, 2025 |
| Development Report 3 Due | November 7, 2025 |
| Hardware Lending Form Due | October 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM MST for Problem Provider Division November 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM MST for Standard Division |
| Hackathon Weekend | November 7–10, 2025 |
| Networking Mixer | November 7, 2025 (3–5 PM MT) |
| Judging & Awards | November 10, 2025 |
| Post-Hackathon Support | November 2025 – November 2026 |
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