Applications to the Rhode Island Business Plan Competition must be submitted online and may be submitted at any time, but no later than by 5 p.m. Eastern time on April 5, 2010.

Six applicants in each track, based on their completed application, will be chosen as semi-finalists and invited to submit complete business plans. They will be notified by April 12, 2010, and will be invited to submit 12 hard copies of their plans by 12 noon Eastern time on April 20, 2010.