Shape the future of environmental management with the Tampa Bay Estuary Program at its first ever hackathon!

We’re calling all data scientists, environmental stewards, and tech-savvy organizations. This is your chance to make a real impact. You’ll work in teams to tackle a critical estuarine health indicator from our priority list and lay the foundation for tools to enhance environmental management efforts.

The goal of this event is to select a vendor with which TBEP can enter into a contract to develop a tool that fills an indicator and reporting gap in our current efforts. During the 9-hour event, self-selected teams will work with a dataset from a list of priorities provided by TBEP, and then conceptualize, develop, and present an open science-based workflow that supports routine reporting on status and trends of that team’s chosen estuarine health indicator.

The winning team will be eligible for consideration of a contract with TBEP for $20,000 to carry out indicator development and implementation, potentially including the workflow presented at the Hackathon.

• Eligible participants: Individuals, organizations, agencies, or businesses (either private or public sector) interested in working with TBEP to develop workflows to fill indicator gaps in natural resource health and management
• Eligible indicator subjects: Wildlife (birds, sea turtles, marine mammals, terrestrial turtles, amphibians), invasive species, human health and well-being

Webinars on Dec. 11th and Jan. 8th are recommended for interested participants. The Jan. 27th hackathon will be held at the Tampa River Center on Laurel Street in Tampa. Deadline to register is Jan. 22nd.

More details about the event, as well as links to register for the webinars and/or for the hackathon can be found at the link below.