Learning Planet Youth Design Challenge 2024-2025 ($1,000 prize)

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About Learning Planet Youth Design Challenge

The Learning Planet Youth Design Challenge is an annual global initiative encouraging young individuals aged 15-26 to pitch their ideas for innovative learning programmes for their dream university. This is your chance to make a real impact on the future of learning!

Participants can pitch programmes on one of the following themes:

• Engagement: community engagement, inclusion, social justice and peacebuilding
• Flourishing: well-being, thriving and socio-emotional development
• Sustainability: planetary health and regenerative economy

• Sponsor Organisation: Learning Planet Institute

Benefits of Learning Planet Youth Design Challenge

• First prize $1,000 USD, Second prize: $500 USD.
• The 12 finalists will receive regular mentorship from a global network of industries (from Education to Investment to Design...), across 2025, with the goal of implementing their programmes.
• Finalists will have the opportunity to pitch their programme at global summits for education and social impact over 2025.

Learning Planet Youth Design Challenge Requirements

Open to:

• Students & youth: Bring your innovative ideas to life
• Educators & institutions: Guide young innovators as mentors
• Sponsors & partners: Fund and promote groundbreaking youth-led projects

Age limit for applicants is 26 years.

Evaluation Criteria

Proposals will be evaluated by an independent jury based on:

• Originality / Innovativeness: How unique and innovative is your learning program?
• Need: What specific need does your learning program address?
• 20% Feasibility: How achievable is your learning program?
• 20% Impact: What impact will your program have on participants and the community?
• 20% Quality of Presentation: How clearly and effectively is your program communicated?

Application Date and Process

• Click on the link to the application website to apply.

Application Deadline

01 December, 2024

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