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Burton D. Morgan Venture Concept Competition — Fall 2025 Archive
A historical reconstruction of the Fall 2025 37th Burton D. Morgan Venture Concept Competition application cycle: deadline, $50,000 prize pool, info sessions, format, and final date.
Historical archive — Fall 2025. This page was published in 2026 and reconstructs the 37th competition's application-period information from contemporary sources. It is not a current application page.
The 37th Burton D. Morgan Venture Concept Competition opened in Fall 2025 with a $50,000 prize pool, an October 5 entry deadline, and a December 10 final.
Fall 2025 at a glance
| Detail | Fall 2025 |
|---|---|
| Edition | 37th |
| Name | Burton D. Morgan Venture Concept Competition |
| Prize pool | $50,000 |
| Info sessions | September 26 and October 2 |
| Entry deadline | October 5, 2025 |
| Final | December 10, 2025 |
| Participation | 120 teams, nearly 250 students |
| Top prize | $10,000 |
The application-period details were promoted publicly in this September 2025 organizer announcement. That launch post described an 8-week journey, while post-event participant and organizer accounts described roughly 10 weeks end-to-end. Because the retained public sources do not expose a complete workshop calendar, this archive preserves the verified entry dates and final date rather than inventing a week-by-week schedule.
What applicants were told
The cycle was open to Purdue-registered students across levels and colleges. Organizers described it as a venture-building journey for students with an early problem, market, or business concept—not only teams with polished companies.
Promotion emphasized:
- hands-on venture-building support;
- venture-studio methods;
- a $50,000 prize pool;
- a $10,000 first-place award;
- follow-on opportunities in spring competitions; and
- extra support for promising AI-heavy concepts.
What happened after applications closed
By the final event, Purdue reported 120 teams and nearly 250 students from Engineering, Business, Science, Polytechnic, and other disciplines.
See:
How Fall 2025 differed from the next cycle
Fall 2026 kept the Venture Concept Competition name but expanded the prize pool to $100,000, moved workshops primarily to Purdue HIVE, and introduced two tracks.
See the Fall 2026 guide.
For the broader history, use the complete Burton D. Morgan guide.