Pitch Competition Awards - Officially Announced

A total of $50,000 in cash and in-kind awards will be distributed.

The awards for the 2023 Andrews University Pitch Competition have been officially announced. The list of awards is shown below. Awardees will be announced on Friday, March 31, during the event at the Howard Performing Arts Center from 2–4 p.m.

Innovation Week Video Contest

• $1,000 for best video promoting Innovation Week by a student club
• Award comes from Andrews Innovation

Social Innovation Award

• Two $5,000 seed matching grants for social innovation projects in Berrien County
• Grants through the School of Leadership, MA Leadership in Social Innovation
• The grants will be allocated to projects in Berrien County communities that meet one of the category requirements below:
  • Social Entrepreneurship—to explore business opportunities that positively impact the communities in Berrien County.
  • Social Advocacy—seeks to ensure that all people in the communities can have their voices heard. 
  • Social Services—individual and community development and transformative changes in physical, mental and social needs.
• The grant must be enhanced by matching funds and gifts-in-kind from other sources.

Pitch Competition Awards (cash and in-kind)

• 1st Place:

  • $9,000 in cash from Andrews Innovation
  • Business & Mail Service for 1 yr. from 38 Wall St in Benton Harbor
  • Co-Working Access for 1 yr. from 52 Wall St in Benton Harbor
  • 12-month access to PatentHacks platform

• 2nd Place:

  • $7,000 in cash from Andrews Innovation
  • Business & Mail Service for 1 yr. from 38 Wall St in Benton Harbor
  • Co-Working Access for 1 yr. to 52 Wall St in Benton Harbor
  • 6-month access to PatentHacks platform

• 3rd Place:

  • $5,000 in cash from Andrews Innovation
  • Business & Mail Service for 1 yr. from 38 Wall St in Benton Harbor
  • Co-Working Access for 1 yr. to 52 Wall St in Benton Harbor
  • 3-month access to PatentHacks platform

• 4th Place:

  • $4,000 in cash from Andrews Innovation
  • Business & Mail Service for 1 yr. from 38 Wall St in Benton Harbor
  • Co-Working Access for 1 yr. to 52 Wall St in Benton Harbor

• 5^th Place:

  • $3,000 in cash from Andrews Innovation
  • Business & Mail Service for 1 yr. from 38 Wall St in Benton Harbor
  • Co-Working Access for 1 yr. to 52 Wall St in Benton Harbor

• 6^th Place:

  • $2,000 in cash from Andrews Innovation
  • Business & Mail Service for 1 yr. from 38 Wall St in Benton Harbor

• 7^th Place & 8^th Place:

  • Business & Mail Service for 1 yr. from 38 Wall St in Benton Harbor

We would like to thank our sponsors for their support:

Gold Sponsors

• 38 Wall St

Silver Sponsors

• 52 Wall St
• 7th Day Productions
• PatentHacks

Social Innovation Award Sponsor

• MA Leadership in Social Innovation