Changjiang Cup 2026 Global AI Protein Design Challenge
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About this hackathon
Use AI to design nanobodies or mini-binders for real targets from scratch, ranked by organizer-run wet-lab measurements. Free global entry; approximately CNY 1.4 million cash before tax and 7,000 funded sequence-validation slots. Registration and sequences close Nov 30, 2026.
- Status
- Deadline
- 2026-11-30
- Starts
- 2026-10-06
- Who
- Open to all (Free global entry; no general age, education, occupation or team-size limit. Up to 20 sequences per track per team; open entrants are selected for lab slots.)
- Level
- Advanced
- Prize
- ¥1.4M · Approximately CNY 1.4 million cash, pre-tax; organizers fund wet-lab validation of 7,000 candidate sequences, with open entrants selected for lab slots.
- Size
- —
- Format
- Online · China
- Location
- Shanghai (online; placed at organizer’s city)
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Original listing (Chinese)
The full original listing below is in Chinese, as published in the Hack123 newsletter.
用AI从头设计纳米抗体或迷你结合蛋白，让真实湿实验检验设计效果。
看点：全球免费；7000条候选序列免费实验；每队每赛道最多交20条，公开报名队择优进入实验
奖金：约140万元人民币，税前
截止日期：11月30日报名及序列提交（线上）
7000条为组委会承担实验成本的候选序列名额，公开报名队择优进入实验，并非每条提交均进入实验。
Summarized from the Chinese “Beginner Hackathon Series” newsletter. Eligibility, dates and prizes are subject to the organizer’s official page.