Submission Period Open for Fall Ratcliffe Shore Hatchery Entrepreneurship Competition

SALISBURY, MD---Applications are being accepted for the ninth round of funding through Salisbury University’s Philip E. and Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation Shore Hatchery entrepreneurship program August 28-September 25.

Business startups throughout the mid-Atlantic are eligible to apply for their share of $200,000. Selected entrepreneurs will have the chance to exhibit and present their proposals to the Shore Hatchery advisory board for consideration Friday, October 27, at SU’s Perdue Hall.

Participants will pitch their business ideas to the board during a “Gull Cage” competition similar to the format used for the hit ABC-TV show Shark Tank.

The Ratcliffe Shore Hatchery program is a $1 million, five-year initiative to assist entrepreneurs and help them create new jobs in the community. It is administered through SU’s Franklin P. Perdue School of Business.

For application materials visit https://webapps.salisbury.edu/perdue/sh. For more information visit http://shorehatchery.salisbury.edu.