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Learn Friday. Build Saturday. Pitch Sunday.

Redhawk Builds 2026 is an education-first fintech hackathon for approximately 100 Miami University students. Teams of 3–5 will tackle 30 problem statements using creativity, data, and technology.

When: November 68, 2026

Where: McVey Data Science Building, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio (in person)

Hosts: SEPi, Miami Banking Club, RedHawk Applied AI

Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScEPdZW1_kBf0A8Ke2lWXd7GGR5c7ZGH3eJiWm--uUlJQguMQ/viewform

Requirements

What to Build

Build an original education-first fintech project that addresses one of the 30 problem statements. Use public libraries and APIs as needed.

What to Submit

Submit a working demo, repository link, project description, team members, and a demo video of no more than 2 minutes. Disclose which data and integrations are real versus mocked. The repository must be created or made available after Saturday, November 7 at 10:00 AM ET.

Redhawk Builds 2026

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Learn Friday. Build Saturday. Pitch Sunday.

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What to Build