Be the next leader innovating cellular agriculture.
Driven by Students
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Organization team run by graduate and undergraduate university students
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Student participation in the flagship hackathon (2021-22) demonstrated high interest
Cellular Agriculture
Development
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Experiential education
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Expand knowledge through learn modules in our crash course into startup fundamentals
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Network with founders in the cultivated meat landscape
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Work with students across the globe
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Prepare and design a final presentation
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Showcase work on the final demo day
Hackathon Objective
The first goal is to educate students on the topic of cultivated/cellular agriculture products. Cellular agriculture is the idea of culturing and growing animal cells to prepare meat products rather than mass slaughter.
The goal of the hackathon is to provide an open-to-all hands-on competition for undergraduate and graduate students across the nation and beyond to tackle hurdles the cell agriculture industry faces.
Hackathon
Overview
Cultivate Tomorrow Hackathon is a competition that asks teams of students to engage with the most pressing problems in the cellular agriculture industry.
Students participate and work with expert industry advisors to create solutions for designated hackathon tracks.
Over a few months months, undergraduate and graduate students develop a final project and presentation to be evaluated by a diverse panel of judges.
2024 - 2025 Hackathon Track Options
Advertising Strategy
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Marketing of alternative protein products is essential for influencing consumer perception and awareness.
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Teams will adopt the role of a company selling sustainable food products.
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Each team must create a low-fidelity advertising campaign with a company name and logo that effectively markets their product.
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Students will be paired with industry mentors for guidance.
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Teams will choose their product category (e.g., whole muscle cultured meat, ground cultured meat, cultured sushi-grade fish, acellular breast milk).
Underutilized Resources & Novel Technology
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Teams are invited to propose an underutilized resource or novel technology for:
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Cost reduction
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Quality improvement
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Environmental footprint reduction
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Increased process efficiency
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Diversification of cultivated food products
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Teams will select a resource or technology of interest and develop a research proposal.
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Proposals should outline experimental steps for evaluating and validating the resource.
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Teams must emphasize the significance of their solution within the cellular agriculture field through customer discovery and market research.
Students register in the program
Final cohort begins networking sessions
Networking
Meet the 2024-2025 CT chort
Meet your team and professional mentor
Start crafting your ad. or tech proposal with your team and mentor
Learn from industry experts on the current state of cell. ag
Project submissions due!!!
Join your peers and industry experts for the fourth CT Demo Day.
Share your projects and learn from the best
Winning teams of each team will be announced
Former Industry Sponsors
