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:
Standard Division: Form your own team and build original solutions within the themes of MedTech, EdTech, and EcoTech.
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
Nov. 7, 2025 - Nov. 10, 2025
NeurAlbertaTech
Donadeo Innovation Centre for Engineering, 9211 116 St NW, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9, Canada
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