Rural Michigan Appathon
Help us Design content for the MI Healthy Mom (MI MOM) App

Appathon 2025 is here! Register your team by Sunday, January 19, at 11:59p. Register below!

An appathon is an event where people work on designing an app together for a dedicated period of time.

The rural Appathon is a virtual event for Michigan residents that live in northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula (Southern boundary: Midland)
No coding or programming skills are necessary, just familiarity and access to a computer with stable internet.
Software training and expert consultations will be available to help.
Grading will be done by (1) a panel of expert judges and (2) a group of volunteer testers.

The winning team will split $2,500.

Prizes for teams that follow first place will vary based on how many teams sign up.

January-February 2025

Team Registration

Deadline

Work Time

Submission

Deadline

Judging

Jan 8, 5:30-6:30pm

Jan 12, 3-4pm

Jan 19

11:59pm

Training

Jan 20-24, various times

Workshop

Feb 3-7, various times

Feb 15

11:59pm

TBD

5:30-7:30pm

Tech & Expert Consultations

At Request

Participants must be 18 or older and live in northern, rural Michigan. This is the area north of Mt Pleasant and Midland in the lower peninsula and all of the upper peninsula, including the larger northern cities (Traverse City, Marquette, etc.). Please contact the study team if you are unsure if you qualify.
Teams must include 2 or more people. We strongly encourage including someone with first- or second-hand pregnancy experience.
At least 1 team member must attend (1) one informational session (2) one software training session
All team members must attend a 2-hour virtual working session

Attend an Information Session
- Register to learn more on January 8th at 5:30pm or Sunday January 12th at 3:00pm.
- While you're there, you can network to find a team if you don't have one, register your team, and ask questions.
Register Your Team
- Pick a team lead and have them complete the team registration form.
- Registration will be available during and after the Information Session, on this website.
- The deadline to register your team is January 19, 2025 at 11:59pm.
Attend A Software Training Session
- Each team must attend one software training session to learn CIAS, an easy-to-use program to build their app.
- These sessions require a computer. Joining by cell phone is not allowed.
- Troubleshooting and additional support will be available throughout the competition.
Compete to Win
- The appathon runs from January 12th 2025 - TBA
- Keep an eye on your inbox. We will send materials and weekly announcements to teams via email.