Futures Forum on Learning - Tools Competition

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Grant Name

Funder

Schmidt Futures

Country or Region

United States

Research Field

COVID-19

Early Childhood Education

Educational Improvement

Educational Restructuring

Education or Instructional Programs

Elementary or Secondary Education

Mathematics Education

Middle School Education

Reading Education

School Health

Deadline

September 18, 2021 (Expired)

Grant Size

Upper $250,000USD To encourage new entrants and established platforms, participants can request an award in one of three tracks ($25,000 and under; $25,000 - $100,000; $100,000 - $250,000) based on the applicant's existing user base and technical infrastructure. The organizers will award up to $2 million in grants. In addition to the prize funds, winners will have the opportunity to connect with prominent education researchers, edtech leaders, and representatives of large philanthropic organizations to scale their work. They will also have access to a panel of educators to test solutions.

Contact Info

Aly@the-learning-agency.com

Eligibility

Teachers, students, researchers, technologists, and ed tech leaders from around the globe are invited to apply.

Description

The Futures Forum on Learning: Tools Competition ("Tools Competition") invites applicants to propose a tool, technology, platform, or research project that can accelerate recovery from COVID-19-related learning loss for students between grades K-12, and advance the field of learning engineering. COVID-19 has sparked a global education crisis, and highlighted the need for continued innovation in how online and blended education can support effective learning. Rather than silver bullet solutions, the goal of the Tools Competition is to spur the development and deployment of technologies that can accelerate the recovery from pandemic learning loss and advance the field of learning engineering. Solutions should aim to address one of the problem areas: - Increase the number of students who are reading by 3rd grade - Increase the number of students on track in middle-school math - Expand the number of students gaining data and computer science skills in high school - Driving more students into college through academic and nonacademic supports - Another pressing learning goal identified by the team that is related to COVID-19. Eligibility Teachers, students, researchers, technologists, and ed tech leaders from around the globe are invited to apply.

Website

https://futuresforumonlearning.org/tools-competition/

Funding resources
Purdue Grant Writing Lab: Introduction to Grant Writing	Open Link
University of Wisconsin Writing Center: Planning and Writing a Grant Proposal	Open Link