To be eligible for the 2026 competition, team captains MUST register their teams by 11:59 p.m. ET on May 1. This can be done by logging in to/creating an account on AwardForce, starting a business plan competition entry, and updating the information on the tabs labeled “Entrant Information” and “Additional Team Members.” Final business plans for this year’s competition are not due until 11:59 p.m. ET on May 30, but your team must register by May 1 to enter. Please contact [email protected] with questions.

DEVELOP YOUR INNER ENTREPRENEUR

To promote interest in independent community pharmacy ownership, the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) and the NCPA Foundation have established the Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition. The goal of the Competition is to motivate student pharmacists to create the blueprint necessary for buying an existing independent community pharmacy or developing a new pharmacy. Through this competition, NCPA is better able to prepare tomorrow's pharmacy entrepreneurs for a successful future.

The Business Plan Competition is the first national competition of its kind in the pharmacy profession and is named to honor two great champions of independent pharmacy, the late Neil Pruitt, Sr., and the late H. Joseph Schutte. The Pruitt and Schutte families initiated an endowment fund with the NCPA Foundation to help support annual operating expenses of the Competition. The Competition is supported by Good Neighbor Pharmacy, Pharmacists Mutual, and the NCPA Foundation.