Competitions

Competitions

Since 2011, we’ve directed nearly a dozen grant and prize competitions aimed at supporting the most promising edtech solutions for improving child literacy in developing countries.

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Closed Competitions

No Lost Generation Summit Tech Prize
Creation of 100 STEM-focused accessible story templates and illustrations to serve Arabic-speaking children, particularly those affected by the Syria crisis
Prize Purse:
$100,000
Phase:
Awarded // Closed
Big Ideas: Mobiles for Reading Challenge (2015/16)
Mobile-based, scalable solutions for improving child literacy in developing countries
Prize Purse:
$25,000
Phase:
Awarded // Closed
Technology to Support Education in Crisis & Conflict Settings Prize
Technology-driven solutions to maintain children’s access to education amid crisis or conflict
Prize Purse:
$50,000
Phase:
Awarded // Closed
Tracking & Tracing Books Prize
Equipping governments and parents with low-cost monitoring tools to ensure books arrive in the hands of students
Prize Purse:
$100,000
Phase:
Awarded // Closed
Big Ideas: Mobiles for Reading Challenge (2014-15)
Mobile-based, scalable solutions for improving child literacy in developing countries
Prize Purse:
$28,000
Phase:
Awarded // Closed
Enabling Writers Prize
Providing authors with easy-to-use software to create and export reading materials in underserved languages
Prize Purse:
$100,000
Phase:
Awarded // Closed