DSH Hacks V2 is a global student competition open to students aged 13+ hosted collaboratively by three youth-led organizations: DeltaForge Hacks, NXT Horizon, and STEMise.
Theme: AI x Healthcare
This event brings together young innovators from around the world to transform bold ideas into technical products that address the health challenges facing our world today. Participants will work individually or in teams to identify a real-world healthcare problem and design and develop a meaningful technical solution. Projects may range from diagnostic tools tackling global disease burdens, to patient-care platforms improving access and outcomes, to AI-powered systems reimagining how we detect, treat, and manage illness. Creativity, feasibility, technical depth, clinical insight, and real-world impact will be central to evaluation.
The theme of this competition is to build technical solutions that solve pressing healthcare problems. These solutions can be an app, a website, a simulation, a system, or an algorithm. Participants are encouraged to use AI to help them build a meaningful solution and to lower the technical barrier that poses challenges for beginners with ambitious project ideas.
Submission Requirements * Project: Can be a website, app, or other coding prototypes that have user interaction capabilities. Hardware components are allowed if there is a coding component present along with them. * Demo Video: Video explaining the purpose of the project, showcasing project features, and demonstrating how users interact with the prototype. * One Page Project Description: A PDF page describing the project purpose and key features. * Github Repository / Code PDF: A PDF document showcasing all code developed towards the creation of the project.
Prizes * 1st Place: Momen Credits ($2000), Adaption Labs Credits ($1000), Cleanshot X Licenses ($140), CodeCrafters VIP Membership ($720), Devswarm Pro ($72), AoPS Giftcards ($50). * 2nd Place: Momen Credits ($2000), Adaption Labs Credits ($1000), Cleanshot X Licenses ($140), CodeCrafters VIP Membership ($360), Devswarm Pro ($18), AoPS Giftcards ($25). * 3rd Place: Momen Credits ($2000), Adaption Labs Credits ($1000), Cleanshot X Licenses ($140), CodeCrafters VIP Membership ($180), Devswarm Pro ($18), AoPS Giftcards ($25). * Tin Computer Growth Plan: Available to up to 100 eligible teams; $299 in Growth Plan credits per eligible team (non-cash benefits). * Best Research-Oriented Project (YRI): A 50% Scholarship for YRI 1:1 Research Fellowship Program.
Judging Criteria * Idea: Did the proposal address the problem statement and theme? Was the idea innovative? How much potential impact could this proposal have if deployed to the public? * Implementation: Does the solution work? Did the team achieve everything they wanted? How technically challenging/impressive was the implementation? * Design: Did the team put thought into the user experience? How well designed is the interface? * Presentation: Does the presentation clearly define and address the problem statement?