# Burton D. Morgan Business Concept Competition — Spring 2025 Archive

> A historical reconstruction of Purdue's Spring 2025 36th Burton D. Morgan Business Concept Competition: $50,000 prizes, February 24 deadline, nine-week format, and April 23 final.

By buildpurdue Team · September 28, 2026 · 2 min read

Source: https://www.buildpurdue.org/blog/burton-d-morgan-business-concept-competition-spring-2025

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> **Historical archive — Spring 2025.** This page was published in 2026 and reconstructs the 36th competition using contemporary Purdue and organizer sources.

The **36th Burton D. Morgan Business Concept Competition** ran in Spring 2025 as a nine-week early-stage concept-building program with **$50,000 in prizes**.

## Spring 2025 at a glance

| Detail | Spring 2025 |
| --- | --- |
| Edition | **36th** |
| Name | Burton D. Morgan Business Concept Competition |
| Prize pool | **$50,000** |
| Info sessions | February 14 and February 18 |
| Entry deadline | **February 24, 2025** |
| Final | **April 23, 2025** |
| Participation | 56 teams, 125 students |
| Format | Nine-week concept-building process |

Purdue's Data Mine preserved a contemporary [competition announcement](https://datamine.purdue.edu/event/outside-event-opportunity-the-36th-burton-d-morgan-business-concept-competition/) with the key dates and eligibility.

## What Spring 2025 emphasized

The cycle focused on **early-stage business concepts**. Public promotion encouraged students to bring a rough idea, problem space, passion, or unmet need and use the process to test whether a business opportunity existed.

Contemporary materials emphasized:
- problem framing;
- market analysis;
- customer discovery;
- expert feedback; and
- a final cash-prize event.

The February 24 submission was described as a draft concept rather than a finished company.

## The final

The [official Purdue final-event page](https://events.purdue.edu/event/final-event-36th-burton-d-morgan-business-concept-competition) reported **56 teams and 125 students** from across Purdue working over nine weeks before the April 23 final in Rawls Hall.

Ten finalists competed for the top prizes.

See:
- [Spring 2025 finalists](/blog/burton-d-morgan-finalists-spring-2025)
- [Spring 2025 winners and results](/blog/burton-d-morgan-winners-results-spring-2025)

## Why Spring 2025 is separate from Fall 2025

Purdue held another distinct Burton Morgan cycle only months later.

Spring 2025 was the **36th Business Concept Competition**. Fall 2025 was the **37th Venture Concept Competition**, with a different name, different application window, larger participation, and a December final.

That is why buildpurdue archives them as separate semester cycles rather than calling both simply "the 2025 competition."

For Fall 2025, see the [37th-cycle archive](/blog/burton-d-morgan-venture-concept-competition-fall-2025).