# Winning team: $10,000 cash and valuable in-kind prizes
# Runner-up teams: $1,000 cash for each team
# LESI Global Award: $5,000 cash
# All-expenses paid trips for student members and/or one advisor (up to 3 individuals per Finalist team) to Montreal for the final round and the LES (USA & Canada) Spring Meeting

Key Dates for the 2009 Competition:
March 4, 2009 - Deadline for submitting business plans
April 8, 2009 - Finalist teams invited to participate in the Montreal activities
May 5, 2009 - Final round competition in Montreal, Canada
May 6-8, 2009 - LES Spring Meeting in Montreal, Canada

More information available at www.lesfoundation.org