05. September 2024

NeurotechEU Hackathon in Istanbul on November 12-14, 2024 NeurotechEU Hackathon in Istanbul

Call for Applications: 5 Scholarships for students (bachelor, master, PhD) in neuroscientific disciplines

We are thrilled to invite you to the second challenge-driven and applied NeurotechEU hackathon!

You as a student or researcher, will work in teams, drawing from all your experiences and expertise to find new and creative solutions to a complex and multifaceted challenge relevant for the NeurotechEU alliance. NeurotechEU Student Teams will be working on a challenge related to socio-technological citizenship. The chosen angle and exact theme will be revealed on the first day of the hack.

The aim of a challenge-driven hackathon is to bring people with various perspectives together and engage you to work intensely to accelerate innovative ideas, solutions, and potential paths forward to pressing and relevant issues. The hackathon is not about programming, it's a team-oriented event set up by Boğaziçi University in cooperation with the BME/Technological and Societal Innovation Workgroup to find innovative solutions to societal challenges related to socio-technological citizenship. 

Hackathon in Istanbul
Hackathon in Istanbul © Sina Loos
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The Hack agenda

During the hackathon, facilitators, coordinator and a back office will energize and support the teams and guide them through the hack process.

  1. We begin by deepening our understanding of the challenge, by defining the needs of the people connected to it. There will be several resources and experts available for the teams to help them gain insights.
  2. Based on these insights, the teams will work together to find a number of potential ideas and solutions.
  3. The teams will come up with one final idea, which they will pitch to a jury panel who will grade the projects based on certain assessment criteria.
  4. And finally, the award ceremony where the winning team will receive a nice prize.

Program Coordinators

NeurotechEU is organizing this hackathon in cooperation with the BME/Technological and Societal Innovation Workgroup (WG) which is concerned with the development of policies and strategies that facilitate NeurotechEU’s capacity to develop neuro-technologies that people really care about, are ethical and regulated, understood by the user, and provide benefit without a harmful footstep. With your participation in the challenge, you can contribute directly to this mission by proposing a creative solution towards a Science with and for Society (SwafS).

Profile of participants

The NeurotechEU Hackathon’s target audiences are bachelor and master students as well as PhD candidates in neuroscientific disciplines, bioengineering, clinical or neuro psychology, data science and neurobiological sciences.

In order to apply for a scholarship, you must be employed at the University of Bonn/ University Hospital Bonn or a student enrolled in one of the following degree programs of the University of Bonn:

  • Biochemistry (MSc)
  • Immunbiology (MSc/doctorate)
  • Molecular Biomedicine (BSc)
  • Neurosciences (MSc/doctorate)
  • Psychology (BSc/MSc/doctorate)

The value of a hackathon lies in the diverse perspectives of its participants. Five places are available for students at the University of Bonn. 

How can you apply?

To receive a NeurotechEU scholarship for the Hackathon in Istanbul, please send the following documents to our NTEU Project Office:

  • Motivation letter (max. one page)
  • CV
  • Transcript of Records of your current study program (BA & MA students)
  • Verification of your status at Uni Bonn

Accommodation and travel costs during the three-day hackathon will be covered by NeurotechEU.

If this challenge-driven hackathonarouses your interest, send your application documents by September 29, 2024 in one PDF file by mail to: v.schropp@uni-bonn.de 

After the hackathon, we kindly request that scholarship holders create a testimonial about their experience with NeurotechEU (more information to follow!).

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