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Celebrating 15 years of support for education entrepreneurs.

Welcoming thousands of applicants worldwide and elevating the brightest minds to support educational equity.

Considered the most prestigious and well-funded competition of its kind, the Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition celebrates and nurtures purpose-driven ventures that seek to address systemic inequities in education through innovation.

Since 2010, it has awarded more than $2 million in cash prizes.

2024 Competition

  • Jan 22

    Application Opens

  • Feb 19

    Applications Due

  • May

    Semifinalists Announced

  • Aug

    Finalists Announced

  • Fall

    Live Competition

What Sets Us Apart

  • The Brightest Minds

    Thousands of ventures from more than 50 countries have applied to 
the EBPC.

  • The Biggest Ideas

    EBPC winners have championed innovations in social-emotional learning, virtual STEM education, neurodiverse inclusion, and more.

  • Unrivaled Partners

    EBPC is supported by the Michael & Lori Milken Family Foundation and Penn GSE.

2023 Winners Announced

Congratulations to the Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition 2023 Winners: Unlocked Labs, Skizaa, Storyshares, and EdVisorly.

Unlocked Labs, a venture that empowers and employs justice-impacted individuals to design and build technology that promotes human flourishing and enables decarceration, captured the $40,000 grand prize at the 14th annual Milken–Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition in New York City.

2024 Awards

Since 2010, the Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition has awarded more than $2 million in funding and support to education ventures making an impact through innovation. The 2024 awards include:

  • $40,000

    Michael & Lori Milken Family Foundation Grand Prize

  • $25,000

    Cognativ Inc. Prize

  • $10,000

    Magnitude Digital Prize

  • $5,000

    Audience Choice Prize presented by Osage Venture Partners

The 2023 Milken-Penn GSE EBPC Virtual Finals

Congratulations to Unlocked Labs, Skizaa, Storyshares, and EdVisorly! Watch the 2023 Virtual Finals, featuring finalist pitches with judges’ Q&A and awards ceremony.

Our sponsors

The Milken-Penn GSE EBPC is grateful to our additional generous and forward-thinking sponsors: