Deadline: February 19, 2024
Applications are open for the Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition 2024. The Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition celebrates and nurtures purpose-driven ventures that seek to address systemic inequities in education through innovation.
The Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition is considered the most prestigious and well-funded education business plan competition, attracting innovative ideas from around the world. Since 2010, the competition has awarded more than $2 million in cash prizes. Winners and finalists have gone on to secure more than $200 million in funding.
Prizes
- Michael & Lori Milken Family Foundation Grand Prize: $40,000
- Cognativ Inc. Prize: $25,000
- Magnitude Digital Prize: $10,000
- Audience Choice Prize presented by Osage Venture Partners: $5,000
Eligibility
- Open to 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.
- They encourage applicants working in every conceivable educational setting–from early childhood through corporate and adult training.
- They also welcome both nonprofit and for-profit submissions.
Application
EBPC applicants should describe an issue in education that their venture addresses, offer their venture’s solution, and discuss scaling possibilities to demonstrate the equitable outcomes their proposed innovation can bring to the field of education and additional settings.
For more information, visit Milken-Penn GSE EBPC.