You have 90-seconds to convince the judges and the audience why your business venture is worth money. Can you do it, while walking out of a faux elevator?
Bulls Launch Pitch Competition is your chance to prove it.
LaunchPad is hosting UB’s annual Bulls Launch Competition, where you have an opportunity to present your idea in 90-seconds to a live audience and a panel of judges in the hopes of winning $1,200. Open to all majors. An experience for both undergraduate and graduate students, business background not required.
Two categories: General and Technology with prizes in each:
1st place – $1,200 | 2nd place – $700 | 3rd place – $400 | Audience Choice – $200
Proud to be First – $1,000 prize for the best pitch presented by a First-generation student
The SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence acknowledges students for outstanding achievements that have demonstrated the integration of SUNY excellence within many aspects of their lives such as academics, leadership, campus involvement, community service, or the arts. It is the highest honor bestowed upon a student by the University.
The General Award recognizes students who have demonstrated the integration of academic excellence with accomplishments in the areas of leadership, campus involvement, community service and/or creative and performing arts. The Special Award recognizes students who have demonstrated accomplishments in the areas of diversity, equity and inclusion; military; overcoming the odds.
Kick-Off Event Friday, October 21, 2022 2:00pm to 3:30pm Biomedical Education Building, room 125 (south campus)
Final Competition will be November 4, 2022 at 2:00pm in the same location
The OGHI/Blackstone Innovation sprint is designed to promote interdisciplinary teamwork. All full-time UB students, from freshman to advanced graduate students, are eligible to participate in the competition. Students may form their own teams or ask to be assigned to a team; OGHI/Blackstone staff may assign additional students to established teams to support the interdisciplinary goals of the competition.
Enter your idea and compete nationally for the best business idea. The winners of UB’s Ideas Competition will take home $1,000. Furthermore, four finalists from each campus will move forward to the Blackstone LaunchPad Network Round competing for $10,000 in additional prize money to further develop their idea.
Participants can submit an idea in any of the four categories below:
Social & Climate Impact
Health & Life Science
Consumer Products & Services
General
The four finalists from each category will move forward to the Blackstone LaunchPad Network Round and compete for $10,000 in additional prize money to further develop their idea.
Have questions about the application or not sure how to submit? Struggling to put your idea into words? We’re happy to help! Stop by our office in 220 Student Union to chat.
The SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence acknowledges students for outstanding achievements that have demonstrated the integration of SUNY excellence within many aspects of their lives such as academics, leadership, campus involvement, community service, or the arts. It is the highest honor bestowed upon a student by the University.
The General Award recognizes students who have demonstrated the integration of academic excellence with accomplishments in the areas of leadership, campus involvement, community service and/or creative and performing arts. The Special Award recognizes students who have demonstrated accomplishments in the areas of diversity, equity and inclusion; military; overcoming the odds.
The four finalists from each category will move forward to the Blackstone LaunchPad Network Round and compete for $10,000 in additional prize money to further develop their idea.
Bonus: By submitting your idea, you will be entered into a raffle for a pair of Apple AirPods Max Wireless Over-Ear Headphones, a Nintendo Switch, and $100 of Campus Cash!
Have questions about the application or not sure how to submit? Struggling to put your idea into words? We’re happy to help! Stop by our office in 220 Student Union to chat.
The Cannabis Industry Design Challenge is a virtual 3-week action-learning challenge designed to inspire innovation, exploration, and entrepreneurship in the emerging cannabis industry. Learn how you can be a part of this growing industry.
Our design challenge is an opportunity to learn about the many tracks, legislations, and research during our TED talk style discussions and presentations from industry experts and professionals.
History of Cannabis in NYS & Legalization
Business Plans and Operating in the Industry
Clinical Research & Development
Ancillary Support Services
Dispensary POS Systems
Medical Industry
Growing & Sustainability
Consumer Products/Technology
Advocacy and Lobbying
Teams will work with mentors and coaches on creating a final presentation of your product or innovation to win up to $3,000 in prizes. Open to all undergraduate and graduate students from all academic programs.
Hosted in collaboration with the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Integrated Global Biomedical Sciences, UB Libraries, UB Career Design Center, School of Public Health and Health Professions, CanaBuff, and Sativa Remedy.
Each year the University at Buffalo is invited to nominate one student for the SUNY ACT for Excellence and Student Initiative Scholarship awarded by the Association of Council Members and College Trustees Scholarship. This award recognizes students for excellence in their academic performance and extraordinary commitment to their campus and/or community. The scholarship amount is $1,000 with an additional $250 given in the student’s name to the charity of their choice.
Applicants must: Have a GPA of 3.6 or higher. Be an undergraduate student. Have helped to identify a need on the campus or in the community and worked to provide a service or solution to address that need.
This award requires university nomination and cannot be applied to directly. Students must apply through the Office of Fellowships and Scholarships.
