ELIGIBILITY:

The Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition (EBPC) is open to applicants worldwide advancing teaching and learning through innovation. Finalists get targeted venture development support from a strategic advisor, opportunities for in-person networking with investors and potential customers.

They welcome education ventures with innovative solutions to educational inequity from around the world, especially those ventures founded by and serving individuals from marginalized and historically underrepresented communities. We encourage applicants working in every conceivable educational setting–from early childhood through corporate and adult training. We also welcome both nonprofit and for-profit submissions. Since 2010, areas of focus have included (but are not limited to):

Urban Education

Connecting Research to Practice

Teaching & Learning

Technology in Grades K through 12

Special Education & At-Risk Students

Open & Collaborative Solutions: The Education Ecosystem

Online & Distance Learning in Higher Education

Global/Borderless Education Solutions

Early Childhood Education

Workforce Learning

Ventures apply through Catapult, the Catalyst @ Penn GSE virtual accelerator. Registration and application are free, and you’ll enjoy access to over 4,000 articles, videos, and podcast episodes in the Catapult Content Hub. Register and apply via Catapult

BENEFIT:

$40,000: Michael & Lori Milken Family Foundation Grand Prize

$25,000: Second place award

$10,000: Third place award

$5,000: Audience Choice prize