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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 Foundations for Literacy.
Blog // February 17, 2022ACR GCD-funded sign language storybook platform receives Zero Project award for improving accessibility
World Around You is a multilingual platform developed with funding from the Sign on For Literacy Prize in 2019 by three-time ACR GCD awardee RIT/NTID- Blog // November 5, 2021
Celebrating USAID at 60 and a 10 year partnership in advancing EdTech innovation to improve reading outcomes
This week, USAID turns 60 and ACR GCD is taking the opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments and innovations achieved over our 10 year partnership. ILC Africa
Introducing 400 Talking Books into 50 Early Childhood Development centers in rural Malawi to contribute to pre-literacy skills of children ages 4-6 years old.Competition
Ready2Read Challenge
Amount Awarded
up to $300,000
Winner Status
Winner
Rochester Institute of Technology/National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Competition
Ready2Read Challenge
Amount Awarded
up to $300,000
Winner Status
Winner
The Asia Foundation
Providing children and their family members in Nepal with an evidence- and UDL-based approach that sparks curiosity and increases oral language and pre-reading skillsCompetition
Ready2Read Challenge
Amount Awarded
up to $300,000
Winner Status
Winner
- Blog // September 7, 2021
Ready2Read Challenge awarded to three innovators building foundational language and literacy skills using EdTech
The Asia Foundation, ILC Africa, and Rochester Institute of Technology to address gaps in early learning among children in Nepal, Malawi, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines - ACR GCD in the News // February 22, 2021
Apply Now: $650,000 for EduTech Language and Literacy Skills Solutions
The Ready2Read Challenge seeks effective Edtech solutions that enable marginalized children ages 4 to 6 to build foundational language and literacy skills at home and at school. - Blog // February 9, 2021
Ready2Read Challenge seeks EdTech solutions that help children in low-resource countries build foundational literacy skills
Up to $350,000 to be awarded for solutions that build and measure children's foundational language and literacy skills, with additional incentives for demonstrating skills growth. Manos Unidas
An interactive corpus of sign language words, a smartphone app, and a literacy outreach program for deaf children and their familiesCompetition
Sign On For Literacy Prize
Amount Awarded
Up to $250,000
Winner Status
Finalist
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.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.Digital games to educate refugee kids are winners
When Video Games Without Borders launched ‘Antura and The Letters’ in response to the EduApp4Syria call, the team did not imagine the success that would come their way.Here are 25 of the most innovative new projects using tech to help refugees and NGOs
The Techfugees Global Challenges Competition showcases projects responding to the needs of displaced populations and building technological products or services for them.Apps Factory
An innovative smartphone game that helps Syrian children learn foundational Arabic and improves psychosocial well-beingCompetition
EduApp4Syria Prize
Amount Awarded
$650,000 (innovative tender)
Winner Status
Winner
Cologne Game Lab
Antura and the Letters app builds foundational literacy skills in Arabic and improves psychosocial well-being for Syrian children who are out of school or struggling in school.Competition
EduApp4Syria Prize
Amount Awarded
$650,000 (innovative tender)
Winner Status
Winner
Creative Associates International
Katkooti, a smartphone application that offers literacy and psychosocial support to displaced childrenCompetition
EduApp4Syria Prize
Amount Awarded
$60,000 (innovative tender)
Winner Status
Runner-up
Kukua
Sema uses gaming to allow children to teach themselves how to read, write and do basic numeracy.Competition
EduApp4Syria Prize
Amount Awarded
$350,000 (innovative tender)
Winner Status
Finalist
Creuna
A smartphone application that can build foundational literacy skills in Arabic and improve psychosocial well-being for Syrian children who are out of school or struggling in school.Competition
EduApp4Syria Prize
Amount Awarded
$60,000 (innovative tender)
Winner Status
Runner-up
Agora Center, the University of Jyväskylä
Using mobile reading game, GraphoGame™, to assist struggling students and certify Zambian teachers in local language literacy instructionCompetition
Grant Competition 2014
Winner Status
Winner
Benetech
Adding Marathi human-narrated audio capabilities to create accessible, grade-level storybooks that can be listened to on low cost audio devices by children who are blind/low visionCompetition
Grant Competition 2014
Winner Status
Winner
