Accepted Hacker FAQs

  • Check your email that was sent to inform you of your acceptance (check your spam as well). There is a form in that email you can use to confirm your registration!

  • Check your email that was sent to inform you of your acceptance. There is a form in that email you can use to apply for financial aid.

    We will have limited housing options with MIT student hosts. Travel reimbursements will be dispersed after the event. We cannot guarantee the amount we will be able to provide to hackers, but it is likely that we will not be able to fully reimburse travel.

    If you can, we highly encourage you to get support from your university or a third party so we can provide travel reimbursements to those who cannot.

  • Have them fill out this form and we will do our best to accommodate!

  • MIT is located at 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139.

    If you are flying, fly to Boston Logan airport and take a taxi or rideshare (Uber, Lyft) to MIT campus. You can also take the T: take the silver line to South Station and then the Red Line to Kendall Square.

    If you are taking the train, come to Boston South Station and take the Red Line to Kendall Square.

  • The Hack schedule will be posted on this website and also in Discord. We will update it as we get closer to the event, so stay tuned!

  • We’re sad you can’t make it! Please let us know by filling out this form as soon as you can so we can offer your spot to someone on the waitlist.

  • If you are at least 18 years old and are a student (undergraduate, graduate, MBA, or PhD), you can attend. Recent graduates are welcome as well. Apply here!

  • Nope! No coding experience is necessary. Hackathon prompts can be solved using code, but they can be prototypes that teams build/create or proposed policies as well! As long as you are passionate about solving energy and climate-related problems, don't hesitate to apply. :)

  • Teams can be formed with up to 4 people. Don’t worry if you do not have a team before the event. There will be time to meet fellow hackers and form teams during pre-hacking events the first week of November.

  • No worries! On the application, just check the "I already have a team" option. You will get to work with your desired teammates, and if you need more members, the hack team will add members to your team based on focus area interests.

  • Given the value we've seen from teams collaborating and networking, this year's event will be fully in-person.

  • Nope! Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, the event is free for all participants. However, registration is limited to students only.

  • Apply here: https://forms.gle/bYtGaadHHHE8NLkG9

  • Food will be provided free of charge for the time of the hackathon. Limited travel reimbursements will be available, however we cannot guarantee that we will be able to cover all travel costs for all in-person hackers. Travel reimbursement information will be sent out following the event, and the final amount will depend on how many in-person participants apply for reimbursement.

    Unfortunately, we are unable to offer housing on MIT’s campus this year to participants.

  • Contact us at mitec_hack@mit.edu!

  • Equal shares of any prize money won will be paid to each individual on a winning team. The individual recipients of prize money will be responsible for the tax implications of their winnings. Note that prize payments are treated as income by MIT and the IRS, regardless of whether the payment is made to an individual or a company. Non-U.S. citizens are taxed on their prize money up front at a rate of 30%, which is withheld from their prize checks.

  • Photographs and/or videos may be taken over the course of the Energy & Climate Hack. By entering and attending the Hack, you acknowledge and agree that your likeness may be included in photos and videos of the event and used by MIT in connection with communications about the MITEC Hack or in other MIT communications.

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