FacMed Hackathon #1Digital Phenotyping of Mental Health
Campus Biotech, Geneva · 6–7 November 2026

Digital Phenotyping of Mental Health

Clinicians, researchers and engineers build together for 32 hours — and leave with projects worth funding.

  • Dates6–7 November 2026
  • Format32 hours
  • Participants50 participants
  • Challenges6 challenges
A clinician, a student in a hoodie and a participant wearing a sensor patch look together at a laptop showing physiological traces, in front of the Campus Biotech glass atrium.

At a glance

The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Geneva is launching its first interdisciplinary research hackathon on digital phenotyping of mental health at Campus Biotech. In a focused 32-hour format, clinicians, researchers, engineers and around 50 Master’s and PhD students form mixed teams, build early prototypes, and shape project outlines designed to become fundable research projects.

From needs to funding

The hackathon is not an end in itself: it turns field needs into challenges, challenges into prototypes, and prototypes into submitted research projects.

More about the hackathon →

A five-step pipeline: devices and data, an open question, a team at a laptop, a working prototype, and a funded research proposal.
Researchers and clinicians contributing short written needs to a shared board.

Help shape challenges by submitting needs

Have a mental-health research need? Submit it in two minutes and help shape the challenges for the hackathon.

A way to do X for population Y with outcome Z.

Submit a need

Strong submissions are eligible for a CHF 500 voucher and an invitation to the November hackathon.