Virtual Cell Challenge 2026
Arc Institute द्वारा
अपनी पात्रता जांचें
साइन अप करें और हम आपको बताएंगे कि आपका स्टार्टअप इस ग्रांट के लिए योग्य है या नहीं।
त्वरित उत्तर
Arc Institute's AI-for-biology contest: predict gene-knockdown effects in unseen cell lines for a US$100,000 (about ₹95 lakh) grand prize.
- फंडिंग राशि
- अलग-अलग
- फंडिंग प्रकार
- प्रतियोगिता
- प्रदाता
- Arc Institute
- आवेदन की अंतिम तिथि
- 2d — 6 नव॰ 2026
- स्थान
- अंतरराष्ट्रीय
इस प्रतियोगिता के बारे में
The Virtual Cell Challenge is an annual open competition run by Arc Institute, an independent non-profit research institute in Palo Alto, and sponsored by NVIDIA, 10x Genomics and Ultima Genomics. The 2025 edition drew more than 5,000 registrants from 114 countries.
The 2026 task is zero-shot: there is no training set. Your model must predict how cells respond to CRISPRi gene knockdowns in six cell lines it has never seen perturbed, given only the unperturbed state of those cells and the list of genes to knock down. You may use any modelling approach and train on any data, including public datasets and your own.
Three cell lines power the live leaderboard; the other three are held back to pick the winners. Final rankings use an aggregate of six metrics, scored with Arc's cell-eval tool.
Prizes: US$100,000 (about ₹95 lakh) for first place, US$50,000 (about ₹47.5 lakh) for second and US$25,000 (about ₹23.75 lakh) for third. Prizes are a mix of cash and NVIDIA Brev compute credits; the split is not stated on the announcement.
Timeline: submissions opened on 20 August 2026, the final test set was released on 22 October, and final submissions are due 5 November 2026 at 11:59 pm UTC (6 November, 5:29 am IST). Winners are announced in mid to late November.
Individuals, academic labs, companies and independent research organisations are all eligible. Register and read the full rules at virtualcellchallenge.org before you submit.
पात्रता
देखें कि आप पात्र हैं या नहीं
पूरी पात्रता शर्तें — संस्था प्रकार, स्टेज, क्षेत्र, फाउंडर प्रोफ़ाइल और पंजीकरण आवश्यकताएं — साथ ही इस प्रोग्राम के लिए आपकी फ़िट। देखने के लिए साइन अप करें।
आयोजक
पुरस्कार और इनाम
आपको क्या मिलेगा
First place wins US$100,000 (about ₹95 lakh), second US$50,000 (about ₹47.5 lakh) and third US$25,000 (about ₹23.75 lakh). The prizes are a mix of cash and NVIDIA Brev credits. Winners are announced in mid to late November 2026.
- वितरण
- Lump Sum
- बूटस्ट्रैप अनुकूल
- हाँ
समयसीमा और प्रक्रिया
चयन प्रक्रिया
Submissions are scored automatically against Arc's own Perturb-seq measurements, which are withheld as ground truth. Final rankings on the three held-out cell lines use an aggregate across six metrics, computed with the cell-eval tool built with NVIDIA.
आवेदन प्रक्रिया
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Register
Sign up at virtualcellchallenge.org.
आप - 2
- 3
- 4
आवेदन कैसे करें
ड्राफ़्ट से वितरण तक चार चरण — हर चरण में एक कार्रवाई।
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आधिकारिक पोर्टल पर जमा करें
आधिकारिक आवेदन लिंक का उपयोग करें और अंतिम रूप से जमा करने से पहले सभी विवरण सत्यापित करें।
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फ़ॉलो अप करें
जमा करने के 5–7 दिन बाद प्राप्ति की पुष्टि और समीक्षा समयरेखा के बारे में पूछने के लिए संपर्क करें।
अक्सर पूछे जाने वाले प्रश्न
Who can enter?
Individuals, academic labs, companies and independent research organisations are all eligible.
What are the prizes?
US$100,000 for first place, US$50,000 for second and US$25,000 for third, paid as a mix of cash and NVIDIA Brev credits.
When is the deadline?
Final submissions are due on 5 November 2026 at 11:59 pm UTC, which is 5:29 am IST on 6 November.
Is there training data?
No Challenge-specific training set. You get the unperturbed expression profiles of each cell line and the genes to knock down, and may train on any public or private data.
How is it scored?
A live leaderboard runs on three validation cell lines; final rankings use an aggregate of six metrics on three held-out cell lines.
स्रोत
इस पेज की जानकारी आधिकारिक प्रोग्राम और प्रदाता स्रोतों से ली गई है।
