Add-On Prizes For Tufts New Ventures Competition

What are Add-On Prizes?

Every year, we administer additional prizes alongside the Tufts New Ventures Competition that are awarded to eligible teams among the applicant pool. Teams do not need to advance to the semi-finals round for the New Ventures Competition to win an add-on prize. A separate judging panel will convene to review and select winners for these additional prizes.

Eligibility

Each add-on prize has additional eligibility criteria – please see each prize’s website for details. There is no additional application: teams simply indicate their eligibility for each add-on prize to be considered.

Add-On Prizes

Ricci Prize (Spring)

The Stephen and Geraldine Ricci Interdisciplinary Prize is awarded annually within the Tufts New Ventures Competition to a team best demonstrate interdisciplinary engineering design and entrepreneurial spirit in their venture. The winning team will take home $15,000, split evenly among team members.

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Creative Arts Prize (SPRING)

The Creative Arts Prize is awarded annually within the Tufts New Ventures Competition. The prize supports the advancement of artistic entrepreneurship at Tufts through projects that foster an equilibrium of business and artistic innovation. The winning team will take home $2,500, split evenly among team members.

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Small Business Prize

The Small Business Prize celebrates small business founders who embody the entrepreneurial mindset and skillset through their bias to action. To win the prize, student founders must have founded and launched their own small business, and demonstrate early traction through customer acquisition and revenue generation.

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