Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition for Entrepreneurs Worldwide 2022

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.

About Milken-Penn GSE

Milken-Penn GSE is one of the nation’s premier research education schools. No other education school enjoys a university environment as supportive of practical knowledge-building as the Ivy League’s University of Pennsylvania. The School is notably entrepreneurial, launching innovative degree programs for practicing professionals and unique partnerships with local educators, and the first-ever business plan competition devoted exclusively to educational products and programs. Founded by Michael and Lowell Milken in 1982, the Milken Family Foundation strives to dis... read more

Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition

Requirements for Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition Qualification

• 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.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition

Selection Process:

EBPC judges are sourced from a dynamic ecosystem of investors, educators, researchers, entrepreneurs, and other leaders across the education industry. The EBPC relies on its judges’ informed perspectives and diverse areas of expertise to evaluate entries, provide feedback, and determine which entries advance to subsequent competition rounds. 

Entries are randomly assigned to judges. In evaluating entries, judges consider the importance of the educational problem addressed, the creativity and feasibility of the proposed solution, and the potential to support marginalized communities and equitable outcomes for all learners. Further, judges rank the overall strength of each entry with respect to other assigned entries and consider whether or not they would fund an entry’s business plan.

At the EBPC Finals, a distinguished panel of education leaders is assembled to review and judge final pitch presentations and determine the final prize winners.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details,visit Penn GSE website