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Startup competitionCycle: Annual; applications open November 9, 2026 for the April 8-10, 2027 competition.

Rice Business Plan Competition

Rice University, Jones Graduate School of Business Houston, United States · open to applicants worldwide

Large graduate-student startup competition in Houston where collegiate teams pitch to investors and judges for over $1 million in cash, investment and in-kind prizes.

Free to start · no account needed

Get a pitch deck and a one-pager for this programme, drafted from what you already have in about two minutes.

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About

What it offers: More than $1 million in cash, investment and prizes.

Also: investor judging and feedback; every team receives at least one cash prize (2025).

Who can apply: For collegiate (student) startup teams.

Annual; applications open November 9, 2026 for the April 8-10, 2027 competition.

How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).

What to prepare: application form, business plan, deck.

From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Applications open November 9!”

Who can apply

  • Open to students
  • For collegiate (student) startup teams.

What you will need

  • Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
  • Business planUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
  • Pitch deckUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.

How to apply

Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.

Step-by-step guide

How Onward Scout helps

This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.

Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.

Let Onward Scout prepare this application

Get a pitch deck and a one-pager for this programme, drafted from what you already have in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Rice University, Jones Graduate School of Business without your tap.

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