Hackathons With Prizes
Compare hackathon prizes across 609 competitions with $4.0M in combined prizes. Every hackathon prize here is real cash — from student jams paying a few hundred dollars to major global hackathons with prize money in the hundreds of thousands. Browse events ranked by prize pool and find the biggest hackathon prizes to compete for.
Hackathons
609
Avg Prize
$80K
Organizers
48
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Ongoing
Crypto's Got Talent Season 2
Online
Sep 4, 2025 – Dec 31, 2026IoTeXOnline$100
Artificial Intelligence
Blockchain
Data Science
Ongoing
Codenovate '25
In Person
Sep 29, 2025 – Nov 24, 2027Keshav Memorial Institute of Technology (KMIT), HyderabadHyderabad, India$960
Student
Beginner Friendly
Networking
Ongoing
MDBA Youth Blockchain Hackathon
Online
Feb 27 – Nov 1, 2026Blockchain Legal InstituteOnline$50K
Blockchain
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
Ongoing
Hackathon 2026 Challenge
Online
Mar 1 – Dec 18, 2026TechHub Africa LLCOnline$1K
Climate Tech
IoT
Ongoing
ARC Prize 2026 - Paper Track
Online
Mar 25 – Nov 9, 2026Abstraction and Reasoning CorpusOnline$450K
Artificial Intelligence
Research
Ongoing
ARC Prize 2026 - ARC-AGI-2
Online
Mar 25 – Nov 2, 2026Abstraction and Reasoning CorpusOnline$700K
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Science
Ongoing
ARC Prize 2026 - ARC-AGI-3
Online
Mar 25 – Nov 2, 2026Abstraction and Reasoning CorpusOnline$850K
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Innovation
Ongoing
Aurora Global Hackathon
Online
Mar 31, 2026 – Apr 1, 2027no hostOnline$1K
Web Development
Mobile Development
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
Tech Horizon 2.0 - National Level Hackathon
In Person
Apr 18 – Oct 10, 2026Guru Nanak Institutions Technical Campus (GNITC), HyderabadHyderabad, India$3K
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud
IoT
Ongoing
BLI Legal Tech Hackathon 2
Online
May 15 – Nov 1, 2026Blockchain Legal InstituteOnline$20K
Blockchain
Artificial Intelligence
Fintech
Ongoing
DSH Pitch
Online
Jun 24 – Nov 8, 2026STEMiseOnline$42K
Artificial Intelligence
Healthtech
Ongoing
Grand Hack IPEC
In Person
Jun 25 – Sep 27, 2026HackShastraGhaziabad, India$600
Artificial Intelligence
IoT
AR/VR
Ongoing
Build Your One-Person On-Chain Finance Business with SoSoValue
Online
Jun 28 – Sep 30, 2026SoSoValueOnline$4K
Web Development
Fintech
Data Science
Ongoing
Biohub - Cell Tracking During Development
Online
Jun 29 – Sep 29, 2026BiohubOnline$60K
Biotech
Computer Vision
Innovation
Ongoing
WEEX AI Wars II: Rise of Intelligence
Online
Jun 30 – Oct 12, 2026WEEX LABsOnline$200K
Artificial Intelligence
Fintech
Web Development
Ongoing
Indradhanu: PCCOE International Grand Challenge 2026
In Person
Jun 30, 2026 – Feb 14, 2027Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering (PCCOE), PunePune, India$2K
Artificial Intelligence
Climate Tech
Cloud
Ongoing
Hackonomics 2026
Online
Jul 1, 2026 – Jun 1, 2027Organizer
hackonomicsOnline$10
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
Ongoing
R.O.A.D. Barbados Historic Handwriting Challenge
Online
Jul 3 – Oct 4, 2026Online$25K
Data Science
Ongoing
Segue 3.0 : Global Design Thinking Challenge (Online + Offline)
In Person
Jul 6 – Sep 26, 2026Noida Institute of Engineering And Technology (NIET), Greater NoidaGreater Noida, India$5K
Cloud
Edtech
Design
Ongoing
WEEX AI Wars II：人类 vs AI
Online
Jul 7 – Oct 12, 2026WEEX LABsOnline$200K
Artificial Intelligence
Web Development
Blockchain
Ongoing
WEEX AI Wars II：人類 vs AI
Online
Jul 7 – Oct 12, 2026WEEX LABsOnline$200K
Artificial Intelligence
Web Development
Blockchain
Ongoing
Global Innovation Build Challenge V2
Online
Jul 11 – Oct 1, 2026Kang Chiao International School StudentOnline$157K
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Fintech
Ongoing
National Level MIT India Hackathon 2026
In Person
Jul 13 – Oct 24, 2026MIT Academy of Engineering (MITAOE), Pune, MaharashtraPune, India$31K
Cloud
Edtech
Ongoing
Smackathon 2k26
Online
Jul 14 – Oct 6, 2026Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering (YCCE), NagpurOnline$480
Artificial Intelligence
Edtech
Ongoing
Galuxium Nexus V2
Online
Jul 15 – Oct 31, 2026GaluxiumOnline$15K
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud
Ongoing
P.A.C.E - Where Logic Meets Expression.
Online
Jul 15 – Oct 6, 2026Technocrats Institute of Technology (Excellence), BhopalOnline$120
Data Science
Cloud
Edtech
Ongoing
Hack Away Hunger: Food Insecurity Challenge
In Person
Jul 18 – Oct 9, 2026dsmHack.orgJohnston, United States$5K
Social Impact
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
Edge AI Hackathon 2026
In Person
Jul 18 – Oct 5, 2026Parala Maharaja Engineering College, BerhampurBrahmapur, India$540
Artificial Intelligence
IoT
Ongoing
Hacker's Gambit 2026
Online
Jul 21 – Oct 31, 2026Jaihind college of Engineering KuranOnline$3K
Cybersecurity
Cloud
Edtech
Ongoing
Bitmela Launchpad: Ideathon 01
In Person
Jul 22 – Oct 31, 2026BitmelaJaipur, India$2K
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud
Blockchain
Ongoing
InnoVenture 2026 – International Innovation & Technology Challenge
In Person
Jul 26 – Sep 25, 2026Amity University (AU), NoidaNoida, India$3K
Artificial Intelligence
Climate Tech
Edtech
Ongoing
Kaggriculture
Online
Jul 30 – Sep 30, 2026KaggleOnline$50K
Data Science
Agritech
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
RevenueCat Shipaton 2026
Online
Jul 31 – Oct 1, 2026RevenueCatOnline$740K
Mobile Development
Game Development
Ongoing
Anna AI App Builder Program
Online
Aug 1 – Sep 30, 2026Anna AIOnline$6K
Anna
OpenAI
React
Ongoing
COMPSPHERE 11
Online
Aug 3 – Sep 22, 2026President UniversityOnline$1K
Blockchain
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Ongoing
SuperNova Hackathon
In Person
Aug 4 – Oct 4, 2026University of Engineering and Management (UEM), KolkataKolkata, India$600
Artificial Intelligence
IoT
Ongoing
Precision Care Challenge 2026
Online
Aug 5 – Oct 1, 2026GE HealthCareOnline$4K
Healthtech
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud
Ongoing
RSNA Knee Abnormality Detection
Online
Aug 5 – Oct 22, 2026Radiological Society of North AmericaOnline$77K
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Science
Ongoing
UnivaBio
Online
Aug 7 – Oct 7, 2026BioCataalysisOnline$38K
Artificial Intelligence
Healthtech
Ongoing
Hack the Hardware India 2.0 (HTH India 2.0) — Build. Innovate. Win.
In Person
Aug 7 – Sep 29, 2026Suryodaya College of Engineering & Technology, NagpurNagpur, India$612
IoT
Edtech
Cloud
Ongoing
AWS Trainium Frontier Competition
Online
Aug 7 – Oct 1, 2026Amazon Web ServicesOnline$40K
Data Science
Cloud
Web Development
Ongoing
QuantStorm
Online
Aug 9 – Sep 25, 2026Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), GuwahatiOnline$3K
Fintech
Edtech
Cloud
Ongoing
StartupX Hackathon 2026
Online
Aug 9 – Sep 25, 2026GamnexisOnline$120
Artificial Intelligence
Edtech
Ongoing
HackTheStack
In Person
Aug 9 – Oct 31, 2026Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Institute of Management and Research (BVIMR), New DelhiDelhi, India$1K
Cloud
Edtech
Ongoing
Bit N Build - Around the World 2026
In Person
Aug 13 – Oct 25, 2026Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering (FRCRCE), BandraMumbai, India$1K
Cloud
Edtech
Healthtech
Ongoing
AUREX'26 - Classical Tamil's First Lingual Tech Hackathon
In Person
Aug 14 – Sep 24, 2026Central Institute of Classical Tamil CICTChennai, India$720
Artificial Intelligence
Edtech
Cloud
Ongoing
Matrix 2026
In Person
Aug 15 – Sep 24, 2026Government Engineering College (GEC), ThrissurThrissur, India$360
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud
Edtech
Ongoing
NexHack 2.0
In Person
Aug 15 – Nov 25, 2026Geeta University, Naultha, PanipatPanipat, India$600
Blockchain
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud
Ongoing
MOSIP Decode 2026
Online
Aug 16 – Nov 6, 2026International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), BangaloreOnline$6K
Cloud
Edtech
Ongoing
Next Founders Hackathon
Online
Aug 16 – Oct 15, 2026Student OrganizationOnline$275
Artificial Intelligence
Fintech
Entrepreneurship
Past hackathons
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Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Sunday, September 20, 2026
Past
Hack The Weather
Online
Sep 20 – Sep 21, 2026JHUB AfricaOnline$309
Climate Tech
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence
Past
Alpaca x Conviction Trading Hackathon
In Person
Sep 20, 2026Aria VikramSan Francisco, United States$2K
Fintech
Artificial Intelligence
Past
Coffee and Code Agent Hackathon
In Person
Sep 20, 2026Coffee and Code PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, United States$1K
Artificial Intelligence
Web Development
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Past
Miami AI Hackathon: Mel + ElevenLabs
In Person
Sep 19, 2026OPENMEL.DEVMiami, United States$22
Artificial Intelligence
Fintech
Social Impact
Past
TrueFoundry Agent Harness Hackathon
In Person
Sep 19 – Sep 20, 2026Adam ChanSanta Clara, United States$500
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud
Past
Dream AI Hackathon 2026
In Person
Sep 19 – Sep 20, 2026Uri LeeSan Francisco, United States$500
Artificial Intelligence
Edtech
Past
NYC | Food + A.I. Hackathon
In Person
Sep 19, 2026Journey FoodsBrooklyn, United States$2K
Artificial Intelligence
Past
Tech Literacy Network Cybersecurity Challenge 2026
Online
Sep 19 – Sep 20, 2026Tech Literacy NetworkOnline$207K
Cybersecurity
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence
Past
Health in Climate AI Hackathon NYC
In Person
Sep 19 – Sep 20, 2026Chethan SarabuNew York, United States$6K
Artificial Intelligence
Climate Tech
Health
Past
SHPE Jr. Designathon
Online
Sep 19 – Sep 20, 2026SHPE UFOnline$350
Artificial Intelligence
Climate Tech
Past
Customer Onboarding Hackathon
In Person
Sep 19, 2026Mahshid AtabakiLondon, United Kingdom$990
Artificial Intelligence