PlanIt

Got a winning idea? We're giving away cash to support it.

You're welcome to submit a full business plan or a business canvas with a 3-5 page executive summary. Need to include graphs, images or additional data? That's fine! You can have an appendix to support your summary that addresses and expands on the questions on the canvas. Applicants or teams must put due diligence and effort into their submission and address all questions on the canvas template to be considered.

Upcoming Application Deadline: Monday, July 28th 12:00PM

Upcoming PlanIt Competition: Friday, August 1st 9:00AM

Note: The competition is now online, and presenters have the opportunity to network with and learn from each other! We recommend planning ahead by orienting yourself with Zoom. Those selected to present will receive a Zoom link and further instructions the day before the competition. Best of luck!

Who can enter

To participate, you must meet the following criteria:

Submissions can be from an individual or a team. Your team can be cross-faculty and have a maximum of five people. Your team may include members who are not current students, but the Team Lead must be a current UVic student (undergraduate or graduate level), faculty/staff member or recent UVic alumni. All participants must have a Social Insurance Number to compete.

Students are able to compete in PlanIt more than once if the business plan or canvas is substantially improved or the business has pivoted between submissions. You will need to demonstrate that you have used the previous prize money (if applicable) effectively, and you will be held to the standard of what your plan or canvas is for the next phase of development. You will also need to indicate in your submission that you have competed previously.

Submit your business plan or canvas/model and executive summary to be considered for the competition. If considered viable, your team will be asked to present your business plan or canvas/model to a team of experts (typically the screening committee will choose the six strongest business plans). All presentations will require a pitch deck and will be approximately 15 minutes in length, with a question and answer period with the judges after the presentation.

How to submit

Submit by email to icpoc@uvic.ca the following information. In the body of your email, please indicate:

Team Lead Name (last, first), mailing address, email, faculty, department, year of study (or indicate year convocated)
Team Member Name (last, first), mailing address, email, faculty, department, year of study (or indicate year convocated)
Name of venture idea
Summary of venture idea (3-5 sentences)
Please indicate availability or potential scheduling conflicts for the presentation day.
Please indicate if you have competed in PlanIt previously (students are permitted to enter twice and third time by special permission).
Attach your submission in PDF format to your registration email and submit by the registration deadline.
Phone number

After the screening committee has reviewed your business plan or canvas, we will be in contact with the team lead by email.

If your business plan or canvas is selected as a finalist, we will also inform you of a scheduled time for the PlanIt pres