Competitions

The Perdue School of Business Philip E. & Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation Shore Hatchery is a bi-annual Mid-Atlantic business competition. The Shore Hatchery is open to any Mid-Atlantic business startups. It is a ten-year $2 million initiative, which began in 2013. The program assists entrepreneurs in creating new businesses and jobs in the region. Startups apply […]

Student-led teams from around the world that have designed health-related solutions will compete for top prize at Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition 2023. Teams choose from the following tracks to apply: solutions for advanced health systems, global health/humanitarian design and healthcare apps/information technology design. This event will be held virtually. Event registration information coming soon. 

You’re invited to FastForward U for their Fuel Demo Day featuring late-stage startup teams pitching and competing to win part of the prize pot. Join us in-person to cheer your favorite teams on – attendees will vote on the audience choice award, be sure to attend.

The CBID program has emerged as a leader in the translation of scientific and technical advances into clinical applications that improve patient care. Each year students showcase their biomedical design projects at an all-day celebration of biomedical innovation: BME Design Day. BME Design Day has become a rite-of-passage for CBID student design teams and those studying biomedical engineering. […]

Join FastForward U live (virtually) to watch their Spring 2023 Spark Showcase! During this Zoom event, special guest judges will host a Q&A session for Spark teams and award prizes. Tune in online to cheer your favorite teams on – attendees will vote on the audience choice award, be sure to join us. Registration will […]

An exciting pitch event showcasing early-stage digital health teams at Johns Hopkins, with live judging + a networking reception. The healthcare technology innovation community is invited to join the 2023 Johns Hopkins Hexcite cohort in their final pitch event. Early-stage digital health teams, built from Johns Hopkins expertise, will present their 10-minute pitch with live judging from […]

Join us for the 2nd annual high-stakes finale event for all Johns Hopkins University startup events Members of the Johns Hopkins student community will be competing in a closed pitch session with venture capital judges on May 5. Attendees are invited to the open session to hear the lightening pitches and can stay for the […]

The Black Ambition Prize seeks to strengthen pathways to entrepreneurship, increase access to capital and expand pathways to growth, and highlight the talents of Black and Hispanic founders.   Teams applying for the Black Ambition Prize must have at least one founder or co-founder that identifies as Black/African/African American and/or Hispanic/Latino/a/. A member of the founding […]

The Black Ambition HBCU Prize seeks to strengthen pathways to entrepreneurship, increase access to capital and expand pathways to growth, and highlight the talents of Black and Hispanic founders.  Teams applying for the Black Ambition HBCU Prize must have a team lead with an affiliation to an HBCU and be a member of the founding […]

The Social Innovation Lab at Johns Hopkins University invites you to join us in-person at FastForward U for our annual accelerator showcase event that will feature our cohort of changemakers building ventures to create sustainable change with a measurable impact — all while starting right here in Baltimore city. Event details: SIL Cohort 2023 Teams will […]