Dates
- Registration closes: Tuesday, May 19, 11:59 PM.
- Teams announced: Wednesday, May 20, 8:00 PM.
- Build period: Thursday, May 14 to Thursday, May 21.
- Submission deadline: Thursday, May 21, 11:59 PM.
- Demo Day: Friday, May 22, Archi Hall, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
Eligibility
- Open exclusively to currently registered Bingham University students.
- All faculties are eligible and encouraged to participate.
- NACOS executives and Tech Week organizers may not compete.
- Each participant may only be on one team.
- Teams are formed centrally by organizers after registration closes. Self-formed teams are not permitted.
Project and Submission Requirements
- All build work must begin after team formation is announced on Sunday, May 17. Pre-existing repositories will result in disqualification.
- Every submission must include a working deployed application with a live link, a public GitHub repository, and a completed Devpost project page.
- The Devpost page must state the track selected, each team member's role, a clear problem statement, and all AI models, APIs, and external tools used.
- Open-source libraries, AI APIs, and vibe-coding platforms are permitted and encouraged.
- Plagiarism or direct cloning of existing commercial products is an automatic disqualification.
- Participants retain full intellectual property rights to everything they build.
Prizes
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st Place | N200,000 |
| 2nd Place | N100,000 |
| 3rd Place | N50,000 |
| Best Cross-Faculty Synergy | N40,000 |
| Most Innovative Use of AI | N40,000 |
| Best Non-Technical Contributor | N30,000 |
| Audience Choice | N25,000 |
| Best First-Time Builder | N15,000 |
| Total | N500,000 |
Judging Criteria and Winner Selection
Projects will be evaluated by a panel of judges on the following criteria:
- Real-World Impact and Problem Fit: 25%.
- Technical Implementation: 25%.
- Creativity and Innovation: 20%.
- Design and User Experience: 15%.
- Presentation and Demo: 15%.