The Ideas Challenge, hosted by the McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship, is designed to encourage students to explore entrepreneurship and foster development of an entrepreneurial mindset. The Ideas Challenge is one of the McFerrin Center’s longest standing programs open each fall to current Texas A&M University students.

All students attending Texas A&M University at the College Station campus may participate in the Ideas Challenge. Students may submit ideas individually or as a team. After the application deadline, all entries will first be screened and scored by a hand-selected group of screeners. Finalists will be selected from this round and invited to pitch their ideas at the final pitch event. Winners will be announced and awarded prizes during an Awards Reception that same evening. Each finalist will also receive a certificate as confirmation of their participation.