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title: "Knowledge and Technology Transfer Ideas Competition 2026"
date: 2026-01-15T00:00:00+00:00
end_date: 2026-05-20T00:00:00+00:00
location: "Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, DE"
format: onsite
type: hackathon
level: open
prize: N/A
tags: "healthtech, social-impact, sustainability, ai, open-source"
url: "https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/transfer/heiinnovation/ideas-competition-2026"
canonical: "https://hackathonhub.eu/events/knowledge-and-technology-transfer-ideas-competition-2026-heidelberg-2026"
---

# Knowledge and Technology Transfer Ideas Competition 2026

**Date:** 2026-01-15 — 2026-05-20  
**Location:** Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, DE  
**Format:** onsite  
**Type:** hackathon  
**Level:** open  
**Tags:** healthtech, social-impact, sustainability, ai, open-source

Heidelberg University is hosting an Ideas Competition in 2026, inviting its members to submit and develop innovative ideas with commercial or societal impact. Participants can enter with concepts in "Health and Future Technologies" or "Impact Innovation" categories. This competition offers prize money, expert feedback, consulting, and professional pitch training, culminating in presentations at IMPACT DAY 2026.

[Register or learn more](https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/transfer/heiinnovation/ideas-competition-2026)

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