Welcome to girls.exe's Hack the Gap! Hack the Gap is a virtual hackathon for female and non-binary indviduals from July 3rd 2021 to July 4th 2021. The hackathon aims to encourage more women to build solutions to problems that women face and thus cultivate technological skills and diversity in young female technologists. The theme of the hackathon is women's health, including but not limited to solutions for menstrual health and hygiene, breast cancer, cervical cancer, sexual and reproductive health and education, and mental health. All you need is a computer and, if you'd like, some fellow hackers!

Registrations for the hackathon have now closed. 

Requirements

  1. Work must be entirely completed during the hackathon hours. 
  2. You must submit a 2 minute (max) demo video. 
  3. You must link to a public code repository for your project. 
  4. You must be on a team of 1-4 people. 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$65,650 in prizes

1st Place + Wolfram Award

One-year access to Wolfram|One Personal Edition plus a one-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro
Lifetime Taskade upgrade
$25 AoPS (Art of Problem Solving) Coupon
One-year subscription to Egghead
One .xyz Domain
Certificate of Achievement

2nd Place + Wolfram Award

One-year access to Wolfram|One Personal Edition plus a one-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro
$25 AoPS (Art of Problem Solving) Coupon
One-year subscription to Egghead
One .xyz Domain
Certificate of Achievement

3rd Place + Wolfram Award

One-year access to Wolfram|One Personal Edition plus a one-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro
$25 AoPS (Art of Problem Solving) Coupon
One-year subscription to Egghead
One .xyz Domain
Certificate of Achievement

Best Team Hack

12-month Framer subscription
One .xyz Domain
Certificate of Achievement

Most Innovative Hack

12-month Framer Subscription (should be the first hackathon for at least 2 team members)
One-year subscription to Egghead
One .xyz Domain
Certificate of Achievement

Best Individual Hack

$25 AoPS (Art of Problem Solving) Coupon
One-year subscription to Egghead
One .xyz Domain
Certificate of Achievement

Best Web App with Qoom

1-year Starter Plan to Qoom (one per member)
Featured on Qoom Project Gallery

Free Swag (300)

30-day access to Wolfram|One
1-year upgrade to Taskade Unlimited
3-month Starter Plan for Qoom
1-month access to echoAR Business
Participation Certificate

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Dr. Harmeet Kaur

Dr. Harmeet Kaur
Hansraj College, DU

Dr. Shivani Agarwal

Dr. Shivani Agarwal
Hansraj College, DU

Ms. Namrata Priyadarshani

Ms. Namrata Priyadarshani
Gravitation and IIT-D

Judging Criteria

  • Originality
    Has this project been done before at hackathons in the past? How creative is their project in solving the problem at hand?
  • Adherence to Theme
    Does the hack adhere to the event's theme? Does it implement that theme fully or just partially?
  • Design
    Did the team put thought into the user experience? How well designed is the interface?
  • Technology
    How technically impressive was the hack? Was the technical problem the team tackled difficult? Did it use a particularly clever technique or did it use many different components? Did the technology involved make you go "Wow"?
  • Learning
    Did the team stretch themselves? Did they try to learn something new? What kind of projects have they worked on before?
  • Completion
    Does the hack work? Did the team achieve everything they wanted?

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