The Rice Business Plan Competition, at Rice Business and hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, showcases the best early-stage graduate student-led university startups from across the U.S. and around the world.
Save the Dates
Applications Open: November 3, 2025
2026 RBPC: April 9-11, 2026
Houston, Texas at Rice Business
The competition provides student entrepreneurs the unparalleled experience of pitching their startups to investors and learning what it takes to build and launch a successful business.
Competition alumni have gone on to raise more than $6.9 billion in funding. Check out our impressive success stories—and read a recap of our 2025 event!
How is Intero Biosystems, the RBPC 2025 Grand Prize winner, doing? The team at the Rice Business OWL Have You Know podcast caught up with the founders recently. Charlie and Madeline chatted about the discovery that launched their startup, their experience at RBPC and what’s next for Intero.
Listen to a Preview of the OWL Have you Know Podcast with Intero Biosystems
The application opens in November? That's three months away! What can you do now? Get ready!
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Application opens Nov. 3, 2025
RBPC is April 9-11, 2026
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Details on how to apply, submitting the best application possible, and event format will come in the fall.
