National Business Plan Competitions
The Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UT Dallas provides support, mentoring and sponsorship for student teams desiring to participate in regional and national Business Plan Competitions at the undergraduate and graduate levels. We encourage the formation of teams combining students from management, science, engineering and other disciplines.
When/Where |
Description |
Deadlines |
March 10-12, 2011 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA |
Level: Graduate Total Prizes: $120,000 in cash and in kind services
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February 11, 2011 |
March 21-23, 2011 Student Venture Open at WBT, Innovation Marketplace Arlington, TX |
Level: Graduate
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September 27, 2010 |
July 1, 2011 Online Submission
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Breakthrough Innovation Grant Competition Level: open to everyone Focus: Sustainability and Alleviating Poverty Grand Prize: $20,000
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March 15, 2011 |
October 2-5, 2011 Nanyang Business School Singapore |
Asian Business Case Competition Level: Undergraduate Focus: Sustainability
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Competition Rules and Information
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November 7, 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA |
MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition: Elevator Pitch Contest Level: Undergraduate and Graduate Grand Prize: $5,000
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October 24, 2011 at 5PM EST |
November 15-16, 2011 Cleantech Open Business Competition Redwood City, CA |
The Cleantech Open Business Competition Level: open to everyone Focus: Clean Technology Grand Prize: $250,000
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May 27, 2011 |
January 18, 2012 Kansas City Public Library Kansas City, MO |
Level: open to everyone Total Prizes: $100,000
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November 18, 2011 |
January 27-28, 2012 University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada |
Ivey Business Plan Competition Level: Graduate Total Prizes: $20,000
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November 18, 2011
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February 17-18, 2012 University of Louisville Louisville, KY |
2012 Brown-Forman Cardinal Challenge Level: Graduate Total Prizes: $30,000
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January 6, 2012 |
February 23-24, 2012 University of Cincinnati & Cincom, Inc. Cincinnati, OH |
University of Cincinnati Center for Entrepreneurship Spirit of Enterprise Competition Level: Graduate Total Prizes: $20,000
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December 16, 2011 |
February 27-March 2, 2012 University of Washington- Foster School of Business Seattle, WA |
Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition Level: Undergraduate and Graduate Focus: Social ventures aimed at reducing poverty in the developing world Total Prizes: $30,000
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November 9, 2011 |
March 8, 2012 University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO |
Monfort College of Business Entrepreneurial Challenge Level: open to the community Total Prizes: $36,000
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November 14, 2011 |
March 8, 2012 Imagine H2O San Francisco, CA |
Imagine H2O Wastewater Prize Competition 2012 Level: open to anyone Focus: Wastewater Industry Grand Prize: $50,000 cash and in kind services |
November 15, 2011 |
March 13, 2012 Embassy Suites Lincoln, NE |
Nebraska Innovation Competition 2012 Level: Undergraduate and Graduate |
February 17, 2012 |
March 15-17, 2012 San Diego State University San Diego, CA |
Level: Graduate Total Prizes: $25,000
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December 2, 2011
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March 17, 2012 (winners announced) Entrepreneur Stars Online Competition |
Entrepreneur Stars $100,000 Contest Level: open to anyone age 21 and up Total Prizes: $100,000 |
March 2, 2012 |
March 23-24, 2012 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC |
Wake Forest Elevator Competition Level: Undergraduate and Graduate Focus: choose either traditional track or social track |
December 30, 2011 |
March 29-31, 2012 University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Stu Clark Investment Competition Level: Graduate Total Prizes: $60,000 |
January 27, 2012 By invitation only |
March 30, 2012 Next Level Solutions Online Competition |
Million Dollar Idea Competition Level: open to legal U.S. residents Grand Prize: $1 million Entry Fee: $50 |
December 30, 2011
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March 31, 2012 Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza Merrillville, IN |
The Big Sell Entrepreneurs in Action Competition 2012 Level: open to anyone Grand Prize: $12,000 cash and in kind services |
March 2, 2012 |
April 4, 2012
Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO |
YouthBridge Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition 2012 Level: open to everyone Focus: Social Ventures Total Prizes: $125,000
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January 3, 2012 |
April 5-7, 2012 University of Oregon Portland, OR |
Level: Graduate Grand Prize: $25,000 |
February 13, 2012 |
April 12-13, 2012 Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL |
Florida Atlantic University Business Plan Competition Level: open to the community
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February 19, 2012 Registration opens January 2012. |
April 12-14, 2012 Rice University Houston, TX
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Rice Business Plan Competition Level: Graduate Total Prizes: $1.3 million |
February 17, 2012 |
April 13, 2012 William James Foundation Washington, DC |
William James Foundation Socially Responsible Business Plan Competition 2012 Level: open to anyone Focus: Social and Environmental Enterprises Total Prizes: $140,000 |
October 12, 2011 |
April 13, 2012 Tulane University New Orleans, LA |
2012 Tulane Business Plan Competition Level: Undergraduate Focus: Conscious Capitalism Grand Prize: $50,000
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January 22, 2012 |
April 13-14, 2012 University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND |
The 2012 University of North Dakota Entrepreneurship Challenge Level: Undergradute and Graduate
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March 14, 2012 |
April 19-20, 2012 Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX |
Values and Ventures Business Plan Competition Level: Undergraduate Focus: Values-centered enterprises |
By invitation only
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April 19-20, 2012
UC Berkeley- Haas School of Business Berkeley, CA
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Global Social Venture Competition 2012 Level: Graduate Focus: Social Ventures Total Prizes: $50,000
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January 25, 2012 |
April 30, 2012
Rhode Island Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Providence, RI |
Rhode Island Business Plan Competition 2012 Level: open to everyone Focus: Prize money must go to establishing or continuing business operations in Rhode Island Total Prizes: $250,000
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April 2, 2012 5PM EST |
May 14-15, 2012
Licensing Executives Society Foundation Boston, MA |
LES Foundation Graduate Student Business Plan Competition 2012 Level: Graduate and Postdoc Grand Prize: $10,000 |
January 31, 2012 |
June 2012 (finalists announced) Quipu Applications, Inc. Online Competition
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Level: Undergraduate and Graduate Total Prizes: $30,000
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February 14, 2012 |
June 2012 (winners announced) The Buckminster Fuller Institute Online Competition |
Buckminster Fuller Challenge 2012 Level: open to anyone Focus: strategies to solve humanity's most pressing problems Grand Prize: $100,000 |
October 24, 2011 |
June 19, 2012 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
2012 Milken-PennGSE Education Business Plan Competition Level: open to anyone Focus: Educational Entrepreneurship Total Prizes: $110,000 |
December 12, 2011 |
