CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2025 WINNERS!
With 11 finalists and a range of impressive projects, the 2025 JSoM Innovation Competition was held on February 1. The Winners were the Balourdet Quartet, with Second Place won by Connie Cai. Read more about the winners, finalists, and their amazing projects here >
INFOMATION ABOUT THE COMPETITION
On February 1, the Jacobs School of Music’s Office of Entrepreneurship & Career Development held the 2025 Innovation Competition. With a $6,000 Grand Prize for the competition winner and a $1,000 Second Place Prize, all competition finalists will received $250 to support their projects.
The Innovation Competition is open to all JSoM students. Teamwork either within the JSoM or between IUB departments is strongly supported. Whether you have a project well underway or have a spark of inspiration, we encourage students to join us for information sessions to learn more about the competition.
Information on the 2026 Innovation Competition will be announced in the Fall of 2025.
FUNDING
Generous support for the 2024 Innovation Competition was from Jacobs School of Music donors, the IU Ventures fund, and the Kelley School’s Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation.
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