HOUSTON – (Feb. 28, 2018) – The 42 teams that have been invited to participate in the 18th annual Rice Business Plan Competition at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business April 5-7 will be announced via Facebook Live at noon CST March 1.

Applications are now open for the 18th annual Rice Business Plan Competition, which will be April 5-7 at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business.

World’s richest and largest student startup competition adds more prizes

HOUSTON – (Dec. 9, 2016) – Applications opened today for the 17th annual Rice Business Plan Competition at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business April 6-8. Graduate students with a business plan for a new startup company are encouraged to apply to compete.

Forty-two teams from the world’s top universities will be selected from the applicants to vie for more than $1.5 million in prizes.

David Ruth 713-348-6327 david@rice.edu Jeff Falk 713-348-6775 jfalk@rice.edu Rice’s graduate entrepreneurship program ranked No. 2 in US HOUSTON – (Nov.