OpenAIRE AI Hackathon - Powered by Alien Intelligence

Participate to the OpenAIRE AI Hackathon - Powered by Alien Intelligence.

A 12-week Open Science build challenge co-organised by OpenAIRE and Alien Intelligence. Open to researchers, developers, AI/ML engineers, and end-users. Participants explore the OpenAIRE Graph via the OpenAIRE MCP plugged into Alien's AI Gateway, and contribute artifacts - code, methodologies, applied case studies, conversations - that turn Open Science into insight.

Hackathon dates

• Launch date: 02 June, 2026
• Submission deadline: 20th August, 2026 (23:59 CET)
• Review of submissions: 21st August → early September 2026
• Announcement of awards: Wednesday 16th September 2026, hosted at the OpenAIRE Graph Community Call

Learn more about the AI Hackathon here!

Got questions? Join one of the Drop In Q&A sessions! Register here.