Daily Bulletin

Deadline Extended - 2026 NCAR / NOAA / NLR Open Hackathon

February 4, 2026

The submission deadline for the 2026 NCAR / NOAA / NLR Open Hackathon has been extended to February 11th, 2026. 

Scheduled May 5th to 7th, the NCAR / NOAA / NLR Open Hackathon will be a hybrid event, with virtual introduction meetings held on April 21st and 28th, when teams will be first introduced with expert mentors from National Labs, the computational science community, and NVIDIA. AI/ML and cloud focused projects as well as traditional HPC projects are welcome to apply. Project applications may be anywhere in the development cycle from early stage or well established to apply.

The hybrid event will be held in Boulder, CO, at the campus of NSF NCAR’s Mesa Laboratory in partnership with NOAA and NLR (formerly NREL). See this flier or prior Daily Bulletin post for more information.

If you have any questions about the event or are interested in mentoring teams at the event, please contact Daniel Howard