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Rice Business Plan Competition

Status

Opens 2026-11-09

Date published by the funder.

Opens soon
Amount
$1,000,000

More than $1 million in cash, investments and prizes.

Funder

Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, Rice University

private · regional

Deadline: One call a year — 27th Annual RBPC is April 8-10, 2027; applications open November 9, 2026.

Your odds
Not published

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Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Collegiate (university-affiliated) startup teams.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://rbpc.rice.edu/

"Save the date for the 27th Annual Rice Business Plan Competition: April 8-10, 2027. Applications open November 9!"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

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