Arkansas Tech University students are invited to apply for the inaugural Spark Tank business idea competition hosted by the ATU Center for Community Engagement and Academic Outreach and the Co-Create Innovation Hub.
Competitors will vie for cash prizes in for-profit and non-profit categories. Each individual or team will have 90 seconds to convey their business idea to a panel of judges and a live audience.
Entries are due at noon Friday, April 24, and may be submitted at https://bit.ly/atusparktank2026. All currently enrolled ATU students are eligible to submit an entry.
There will be a practice session for Spark Tank entrants at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, at Co-Create Innovation Hub, 215 S. Arkansas Ave. in Russellville.
The competition is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, in the Bibler Conference Center at Ferguson Student Union on the ATU campus in Russellville.
The public is invited to sit in the audience for the April 29 competition.
For more information about ATU Spark Tank 2026, send e-mail to Dr. Julie Mikles-Schluterman at jmiklesschluterman@atu.edu or Debra Fithen at dfithen@atu.edu.
