Delaware Business Now Reading Time: 3 minutes The deadline to enter Startup302 has been extended toFeb. 22. Applicants who submitted beforethe original deadline may revise their entries and resubmit by the new deadline. “As applications continue tobe submitted, we are excited to extend the opportunity for innovative startupswith underrepresented founders toapply to compete for a still-growing prize pool,” saidNoah Olson, who is theDelaware Prosperity Partnership Innovation support manager and a member of the Startup302 Steering Committee. Startup302 – open toscalable, high-growth startups witha tech or scientific focus – is offering more than $260,000in grant-based prizes funded by localpublic-and private-sector sponsors.Some prizes have geographic restrictions in that only Delaware-based companies may compete for them. But many of the prizes are open tocompanies based anywhere that have an interest in the Delaware ecosystem.