# 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.

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

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

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> **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](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kostas-grigoriou_all-purdue-university-students-it-is-activity-7375533012861718528-7WF4). 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:

- [Fall 2025 finalists](/blog/burton-d-morgan-finalists-fall-2025)
- [Fall 2025 winners and results](/blog/burton-d-morgan-winners-results-fall-2025)
- [PipeLine profile](/blog/pipeline-burton-d-morgan-finalist-fall-2025)
- [Oppit profile](/blog/oppit-burton-d-morgan-finalist-fall-2025)
- [Litmetrics profile](/blog/litmetrics-burton-d-morgan-finalist-fall-2025)

## 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](/blog/burton-d-morgan-venture-concept-competition-fall-2026).

For the broader history, use the [complete Burton D. Morgan guide](/blog/burton-d-morgan-venture-concept-competition).