The NYU Stern Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship invites NYU students to tackle some of today’s most urgent challenges at the intersection of business and impact. In partnership with NYU’s School of Global Public Health, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, and the School of Law’s Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital Program, the Healthcare Access Hackathon: Social Entrepreneurship Challenge 2026 brings real world healthcare challenges from industry and nonprofit partners directly to interdisciplinary NYU student teams. 

Through design thinking workshops, systems mapping, business model development, and mentorship from experts in healthcare, policy, and social innovation, teams will develop actionable, scalable solutions grounded in real world impact. 

Teams will choose from the following tracks:

(1) Public Health Access: How might we expand equitable access to care and preventive services for rural and underserved populations?

(2) Aging Population Care: How might we design scalable aging-in-place solutions that support older adults and the systems that care for them?

(3) Mental Health in the Digital Age: How might we address the effects of constant connectivity and digital overload on the mental health, focus, and social connection of Gen Z and digitally native generations?