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- Begin With Books
- Big Ideas@Berkeley 2014/15 Prize
- Big Ideas@Berkeley 2015/16 Prize
- Book Boost: Access for All Challenge
- EduApp4Syria Prize
- Enabling Writers Prize
- Grant Competition 2011
- Grant Competition 2014
- Leaders for Literacy
- No Lost Generation Summit Tech Prize
- Ready2Read Challenge
- Sign On For Literacy Prize
- Technology to Support Education in Crises & Conflict Prize
- Tracking & Tracing Books Prize
- UnrestrICTed Challenge
… results in Books in Underserved Languages.
The Asia Foundation
Creation of 380 children’s books in six local spoken and signed languages of Laos, Nepal and Papua New Guinea.Competition
Begin With Books
Winner Status
Winner
The App That Changes Everything?
It seems like every few weeks we hear about some exciting new innovation in computer technology—a brand-new application that (at least according to the advertising hype) will upend life as we know i
eKitabu
Studio KSL helps the deaf community and local content creators in Kenya integrate sign language videos into literacy content.Competition
Sign On For Literacy Prize
Amount Awarded
Up to $250,000
Winner Status
Finalist
Big Ideas: Mobiles for Reading Challenge (2014-15)
Mobile-based, scalable solutions for improving child literacy in developing countries
Rochester Institute of Technology National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Documenting and collecting local sign languages and creating an open-content digital library of folktales offered in an interactive bilingual formatCompetition
Sign On For Literacy Prize
Amount Awarded
Up to $250,000
Winner Status
Finalist
Blog // February 5, 2019Three innovators to field test solutions to improve literacy outcomes for deaf children in developing countries
Three innovations rose to the top of our Sign On For Literacy competition to source technology solutions that increase access to local sign languages.
Enabling Writers Prize
Providing authors with easy-to-use software to create and export reading materials in underserved languages
Now THAT’S a library!
The Library of Congress in Washington D.C. is easily the largest library in the entire world. It has over 167 million items on approximately 838 miles of bookshelves.
Grant Competition (2014)
Addressing problems that keep children from learning with effective, low-cost, technology-based innovations
Blog // November 28, 2018How a global community of innovators can embrace inclusive EdTech design for children with disabilities
All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development urges global education audience at mEducation Alliance Symposium to incorporate accessibility features at the onset of EdTech development.
Grant Competition (2011)
Improving teaching and learning materials and education data
6 Ways Education Technology Projects Can Improve Children’s Literacy
Families and communities have a tremendous role to play in improving educational and reading outcomes for children around the globe.
Asafeer Education Technologies
100 inspiring STEM storybook templates and illustrations for Arabic speaking children and for global translation and use.Competition
No Lost Generation Summit Tech Prize
Amount Awarded
$100,000
Winner Status
Winner
SIL LEAD, Inc.
Enhancing Bloom software with accessibility features to allow users to create “born accessible” reading materials in underserved languages.Competition
Book Boost: Access for All Challenge
Amount Awarded
$162,000
Winner Status
Winner
eKitabu
Catalyzing the born accessible book chain to create a library of open source, accessible digital titles and providing an open standards based toolkit for local content developers.Competition
Book Boost: Access for All Challenge
Amount Awarded
$162,000
Winner Status
Winner
Begin With Books Prize
The Begin With Books Prize challenges global innovators to assemble cost-effective packages of high quality, accessible titles in more than 30 underserved spoken and sign languages.
The Asia Foundation
Library platforms and book collections accessible to children who are blind/low vision.Competition
Book Boost: Access for All Challenge
Amount Awarded
$12,000
Winner Status
Semi-Finalist
Begin With Books Info Sheet
Learn more about the Begin With Books prize, challenging global innovators to develop or adapt books in more than 30 underserved languages.
World Education, Inc.
Developing books for beginning readers in six of Nepal’s minority languages using a low-cost, accessible, and linguistically appropriate book title development model.Competition
Book Boost: Access for All Challenge
Amount Awarded
$12,000
Winner Status
Semi-Finalist
Global Digital Library
An open source digital library of ebooks available in more than 70 languages available for free use on the web, mobile or print, or for translation and localization.
