Hackathon applications
Use the application route for team submissions, supporting files, and program-specific questions.
Best useFastest route / teams and files
Contact
Use the right route so the work reaches the right part of the institution.
NEST is easier to work with when inquiries are specific. If you are applying, mentoring, sponsoring, or discussing publication, start with the route that matches the work so it can be handled with the right context.
Contact Routes
Different work should take different paths.
That keeps applications, partnerships, and editorial discussions from collapsing into one generic inbox.
Programs and partnerships
Use direct contact for sponsor, school, mentor, venue, or institutional collaboration inquiries.
Best useSponsors / schools / mentors
Follow public updates, announcement posts, and outward-facing signals from the current NEST cycle.
Best usePublic updates / announcements
Response Logic
Specific inquiries move faster.
These expectations keep the contact layer useful rather than turning it into a generic inbox.
Applications
Handled through portal
Application material should stay in the submission system so it can be reviewed with the right context.
Editorial
Best with concrete abstracts
Short descriptions of the proposed piece, method, or open question lead to better publication conversations.
Partnerships
Specific offers are strongest
Venue access, judges, tools, funding, and review capacity are more useful than generic interest messages.