Education Innovation Awards 2024: £50,000 grant for Non-profit
Theirworld is a global children’s charity dedicated to ending the global education crisis and unleashing the potential of future generations.
We bring together our diverse network of youth, social entrepreneurs, campaigners, businesses and researchers to ensure all young people have the best start in life, a safe place to learn and skills for the future.
We deliver life-changing projects and run hard-hitting campaigns to unlock big change.
Are you working on an innovative education project that serves marginalised learners? If so, Theirworld could help you take your project to the next level.
We’re looking for up to 10 non-profits for our Education Innovation Awards 2024. Winners receive support to grow via leadership coaching, masterclass training sessions, one-to-one mentoring and a grant of up to £50,000 each.
In 2024, we especially welcome applications from organisations working on:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education for the most vulnerable learners
- Education in crisis or conflict
- Climate change education
Why apply?
The award is designed to help you develop your pilot, invest in evaluation and complete other activities to prepare for scale-up.
Our programme will:
- Equip you with the know-how to plan the next stage of your organisation’s growth.
- Help you step outside the daily whirlwind and take time to reflect and plan – supported by experts and mentors.
- Develop your team’s knowledge and skills, through a combination of masterclasses, mentoring and coaching.
The scale-ready grant is designed to help you develop your pilot, invest in evaluation and complete other activities to prepare for scale-up.
How to apply
To apply for the Education Innovation Awards 2024, your innovation must meet the criteria outlined in this document.
While projects can come from any country, we will prioritise applications that have impact in, or intend to scale to, one or more countries where we have existing projects (see map: https://theirworld.org/projects/).
We prioritise applications from Community Led Organisations. A Community Led Organisation is:
- Registered in the country of activity
- Staffed mainly by people who are citizens of, or living in, the country of activity
- Governed by a board made up of members who are citizens of, or living in, the country of activity
The process is simple:
- Start the application process below
- If you are eligible, you will receive a link to the online application form.
- Complete the application form, budget and short video. Applications must be submitted by 16:00 GMT on Sunday 31 March 2024. We estimate that the form will take around one hour to complete.
- We expect to notify the selected organisations in or around May 2024.
