Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition 2022

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Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition 2022 for entrepreneurs worldwide

Through its dynamic ecosystem, the Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition (EBPC) celebrates purpose-driven ventures that address persistent and emerging problems in education. The EBPC is open to applicants worldwide who are committed to tackling systemic barriers in education through innovation and to advancing equitable opportunities for all learners and communities.

Requirements

Anyone who is under 18 years old;
Any Competition judge;
Anyone who previously was named a Finalist or Winner of a prize in this Competition. (However, if a previous winner wants to enter a new educational entrepreneurship business plan, which the University determines, in its sole opinion and determination, is unrelated to the previous winning educational entrepreneurship business plan, then the previous winning Applicant may do so, subject to their or its compliance with all of the other eligibility requirements.);
Anyone for whom it would be illegal to enter this Competition in their legal jurisdiction of residence;
Any Penn Graduate School of Education faculty, lecturer, administrator, staff, or other employee. (Note: Faculty, lecturers, administrators, staff, employees, and students from the University of Pennsylvania and its schools, centers and institutes, other than the Graduate School of Education, may enter the Competition, provided that they have first disclosed their product or service or technology or concept or intellectual property to the University’s Penn Center for Innovation or its successor (“Penn PCI”), using the disclosure form required by Penn PCI, in order for Penn PCI to determine whether the University has an ownership interest in such product or service or technology or concept or intellectual property by virtue of its intellectual property and employment policies.
EBPC encourages 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:
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