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MERGE 2022 is a hack+policython, encouraging young minds from any background to solve our society’s most pressing challenges. Throughout this 36-hour virtual event, participants in STEM and humanities are encouraged to work together to create a project that incorporates a technical solution and a policy brief.
Requirements
Submission Requirements
- Teams must create a Fusion project in order to qualify for one of the prizes.
- Fusion: a technical hack project + demo video + written policy brief
Prizes
$24,950 in prizes
1st Place
• Lifetime access to Taskade
• 1 year of 1Password family plan
• Leading Learners Edtech Bundle
• $25 AOPS Coupon
2nd Place
• Lifetime access to Taskade
• 1 year of 1Password family plan
3rd Place
• Lifetime access to Taskade
• 1 year of 1Password family plan
Best Vancouver-Based Hack
• 5 day access to HiVE Vancouver per each team member
Honorable Mention
(2)
• 1 year of 1Password family plan
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges

Hack+Policy Foundation

Azamat Nurkhojayev
Lead Developer - Home Credit Bank Kazakhstan

Danylo Tolmachov
Head of Software Engineering at Techstack Ltd

Stepanov Dimitrii
Software Architect & Head of R&D at Goodt

Yura Abharian
Senior Software Engineer | SoftServe

Maksym Mostovyi
Front end engineer | Rain (rain.com)
Judging Criteria
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Originality and Creativity
Did the team do something novel, or take a fresh approach to the problem? -
Usefulness and Feasability
Is the project practical? Does it solve the problem? -
Scope and Impact
Who is affected by this problem? Who can benefit from the presented solution? -
Evidence and Analysis
Are the claims backed up by specific evidence, facts and statistics? How strong is the construction and delivery of the arguments? -
Technical Design and Complexity
Was the technological aspect of the project hard to build? Did the team use clever techniques or implement complex components? -
Completion and Functionality
Is the hack usable? Does it work? Does the hack achieve what the team wanted? -
Presentation and Clarity
Are the ideas well organized? Is it presented clearly
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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