Microsoft US Hackathon for Wellness
Microsoft US hackathon will specifically focus on using Azure services to help organizations support their members’ well beings. Organizations could be businesses, schools, or communities. As a bonus, applications that integrate into Microsoft Teams will be eligible for additional prize considerations.
A qualified submission could be eligible for a Grand prize, Bonus Teams Integration prize, and Completion of Learning Path prize.
Deadline:
Nov 8, 2021 @ 5:00pm EST
ELIGIBILITY for Microsoft US Hackathon:
Individuals who are legal residents of the 50 United States (including the District of Columbia), and are 18 years of age or older (“Eligible Individuals”).
Teams of Eligible Individuals (“Teams”)
Requirements:
(i) What to Create: Entrants must build an open-source application prototype that supports wellness within an organization using Azure for instance. (each a “Project”).
Bonus: Integrate a Project into Microsoft Teams to be eligible for the Teams Integration Prize.
(ii) Functionality: The Project must be capable of being successfully installed and running consistently on the platform because it is intended and must function as depicted in the video and/or expressed in the text description.
(iii) Platforms: A submitted Project must run on the platform and device or virtual machine for which it is intended and which is specified in the Submission Requirements as a result.
(iv) New & Existing: Projects must be either newly created by the Entrant or, if the Project existed prior to the Hackathon Submission Period, must have been significantly updated during the hackathon, after the start of the Hackathon Submission Period.
(v) Third-Party Integrations: for instance if a Project integrates any third-party SDK, APIs, and/or data, the Entrant must be authorized to use them.
(vi) Testing: The Entrant must make the Project available free of charge and without any restriction, for testing, evaluation, and use by the Sponsor, Administrator, and Judges until the Judging Period ends.
THING TO KEEP IN MIND BEFORE SUBMISSION:
Include a URL to your Project built with the required developer tools and meets the above Project Requirements.
Include a text description that should explain the features, functionality, and must identify which Azure tools were
PRIZES for winners of Microsoft US Hackathon:
$10,000 in prizes
First Place
- firstly, $5000 USD
- secondly, Featured on the official Azure Developer Community blog
- thirdly, Shout out on FB @MSFTDev.US and Twitter @MSTCommunity
- at last, Swag valued at $150
Second Place
Second Place
- firstly, $2500 USD
- secondly, Featured on the official Azure Developer Community blog
- thirdly, Shout out on FB @MSFTDev.US and Twitter @MSTCommunity
- at last,Swag valued at $100
Third Place
- firstly, $1000 USD
- secondly, Featured on the official Azure Developer Community blog
- thirdly, Shout out on FB @MSFTDev.US and Twitter @MSTCommunity
- at last, Swag valued at $100
Bonus Best Teams Integration
- firstly, $1000 USD
- secondly, Featured on the official Azure Developer Community blog
- at last, Swag valued at $50
Only submissions that integrate into Microsoft Teams are eligible.
Bonus Second Best Teams Integration
- firstly, $500 USD
- secondly, Featured on the official Azure Developer Community blog
- at last, Swag valued at $50
Only submissions that integrate into Microsoft Teams are eligible.
Completion of Learning Path (200)
• Swag valued up to $20
Only the first 200 people who complete the learning path are eligible. https://aka.ms/wellnesshackcsc
JUDGING CRITERIA:
- 40% Azure Implementation
- implementation of azure by one.
- 30% Potential Wellness Impact
Includes the extent to which the solution may support wellness within an organization. - 30% Quality of the Idea
Includes creativity and originality of the idea. - *Bonus Prize Criteria* Microsoft Teams Implementation
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