OneAquaHealth IEEE Global Hackathon 2026
OneAquaHealth Project
📌About the Event
The OneAquaHealth IEEE Global Hackathon 2026 is an international innovation challenge focused on improving the health and sustainability of urban freshwater ecosystems. Participants will use technologies such as artificial intelligence, data analytics, citizen-science platforms and digital health standards to create practical solutions connecting environmental health with human and animal well-being. The challenge encourages the development of monitoring tools, early-warning systems, educational experiences and scalable platforms that can help communities, researchers and policymakers make informed decisions.
ℹ️ Event Details
- Theme: Healthy Waters, Healthy Ecosystems, Healthy Communities
- Mode of conduct: Online
- Level: International
- Participation format: Individuals or teams may participate, according to the detailed official timeline and rules.
- Primary objective: Develop technology-enabled solutions that improve urban freshwater monitoring and support the One Health approach.
- Technology areas: Artificial intelligence, machine learning, environmental data, citizen science, digital health standards, dashboards, predictive analytics and gamification.
- Mentorship: Participants can attend educational sessions and mentorship activities before and during the hackathon.
- Submission platform: Devpost
- Challenge tracks:
- Citizen Science User Experience
- Data-to-Insight
- AI-Supported Assessment
- Awareness and Storytelling
- Community and Gamification
- Resilience Informatics
- Digital Health Standards
📅 Important Dates
- Registration opening date: May 1, 2026
- Registration deadline: August 31, 2026
- Hackathon period: September 16–30, 2026
- Evaluation period: October 1–15, 2026
- Winner announcement: October 24, 2026, during the IEEE iGET
🎯 Eligibility & Rules
- Participants must satisfy the legal age-of-majority requirement applicable in their country of residence.
- The detailed rules allow participation by individuals or teams.
- Each participant may join only one team.
- Organisers and members of the judging panel cannot participate as competitors.
- Projects must be original and developed during the official hackathon period.
- Submissions must not infringe copyrights, licences or third-party intellectual-property rights.
- Each project must address one of the seven official challenge tracks.
- Participants must submit:
- The selected track and its connection to the challenge
- A project description covering the problem, solution, target users and expected impact
- A three-to-five-minute demonstration video
- A public GitHub or equivalent source-code repository with documentation
- A working prototype, mock-up or proof of concept
🏆 Benefits for the Participants
- US$5,000 cash and in-kind prize pool
- US$3,000+ in prizes
- The top three teams will receive IEEE Certificates of Merit.
- All eligible participants will receive IEEE Certificates of Participation.
- The top three teams may receive a one-year IEEE Basic Membership, subject to IEEE regulations.
- Up to five eligible winners who are already IEEE members may be nominated for elevation to IEEE Senior Member.