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SAIN Utrecht — Hackathon

Win4AISafety - Open Research Summer Challenge

Research AI Safety

Prize Pool

Non-cash Prize

Location

Online

Duration

42 days

Date

Jul 6, 2026 - Aug 17, 2026

About the Hackathon

Research AI Safety

About the challengeWelcome to the first multi-disciplinary summer challenge organized by SAIN Utrecht. This is an individual project, where you will showcase your passion, ideas, and talent by crafting a short study over 6 weeks. The challenge is about shedding light on underexplored areas of AI Safety, replicating existing studies to perform new analysis, or producing surveys to raise awareness inside and outside the field. Just like professional researchers, you will be working under uncertainty. This is your chance to narrow down broad, general questions into a highly actionable study.​What you'll do:​You can choose any area of AI Safety, including Technical AISF or Governance. We are providing no strict theme or step-by-step guidelines on how to proceed, racking your brain is the only way to go. You will spend 6 weeks defining your scope, conducting your research, and synthesizing your findings.​Working hard for these 6 weeks is for committed individuals eager to show what they are made of. Therefore, your final submission must be a comprehensive essay published as a Substack post. This widely accepted format will not only showcase your strategic clarity but will also act as an "evaluation in the wild."Information on the location for the kick-off event, networking and Winner ceremony can be found on LUMA:https://luma.com/sain-utrecht-eventsOur other channels:https://linktr.ee/sainutrecht

Event Details

Format

Online

Prize Pool

Non-cash Prize

Currency

USD

Start

Jul 6, 2026

End

Aug 17, 2026

Duration

42 days

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Organized by SAIN Utrecht

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Timeline

Jul 6, 2026

EVENT STARTS

Hackathon kicks off. Join online and start building.

Aug 17, 2026

EVENT ENDS

Final submissions and judging period begins.