Arkansas Governor’s Cup Competition Awards
Sponsored by Delta Plastics, the Arkansas Governor’s Cup’s 2019 cash prize pool is $154,000, one of the largest cash prize pools on the national collegiate business plan competition circuit.
Award |
Undergraduate |
Graduate |
Faculty Advisor |
1st Place – Overall |
$25,000 |
$25,000 |
$2,000 (for both graduate and undergraduate teams) |
2nd Place – Overall |
$15,000 |
$15,000 |
$2,000 (for both graduate and undergraduate teams) |
3rd Place – Overall |
$10,000 |
$10,000 |
$2,000 (for both graduate and undergraduate teams) |
Elevator Pitch |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
|
Semi-Finalist ($1,000 to each of the 12 undergraduate semi-finalist and 6 graduate finalist teams advancing to Oral Presentations) |
$12,000 |
$6,000 |
|
Innovate Arkansas Innovation Division |
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
|
Arkansas Farm Bureau Agriculture Division |
First Place: $5,000 |
Second Place: $3,000 |
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Cash prize awards are unrestricted, but may be subject to taxation, which is the sole responsibility of the competing business entity and person to whom the awards are distributed.
Completed W-9s/W-8BENs and media releases are required from each competing business entity and competitor before prizes will be distributed.
