The Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition (EBPC) celebrates purpose-driven ventures that address persistent as well as 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.

Cash and Prizes

Since 2010, the Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition has awarded more than $1.5 million in cash and prizes to education ventures making an impact through innovation.

Eligibility

• Anyone who is under 18 years old
• Any Competition judge
• Also, anyone who previously was named a Finalist or Winner of a prize in this Competition.
• Anyone for whom it would be illegal to enter this Competition in their legal jurisdiction of residence;
• In addition, any Penn Graduate School of Education faculty, lecturer, administrator, staff, or another employee.

Area of Focus

• Urban Education
• Connecting Research to Practice
• Also, Teaching & Learning
• Technology in Grades K through 12
• Special Education & At-Risk Students
• In addition, Open & Collaborative Solutions: The Education Ecosystem
• Online & Distance Learning in Higher Education
• Global/Borderless Education Solutions
• Early Childhood Education
• Moreover, Workforce Learning

Application

EBPC applicants should describe an issue in education that their venture addresses, offer their venture’s solution, as well as discuss scaling possibilities to demonstrate the equitable outcomes their proposed innovation can bring to the field of education and additional settings. Important elements of business plan applications include (but are not limited to):

1. Product or Service
2. People
3. Market
4. Competition
5. Finances
6. Equity
7. Materials