Deadline: 10 December 2015
The Barbara Bush Foundation Adult Literacy XPRIZE presented by Dollar General Literacy Foundation is a global competition challenging teams to develop mobile applications for existing smart devices that result in the greatest increase in literacy skills among participating adult learners in just 12 months.
The solutions will overcome key barriers to literacy learning by improving access, while increasing retention, and scaling to meet demand.
The goal of the competition is to maximize the number of solutions and to incentivize teams to revolutionize learning for adults.
Teams will compete in a multi-stage competition that tests for:
- Ability to measurably increase the literacy level of low-literate adults within 12 months.
- Creation of a design that is easy and accessible for use on a mobile phone so that learners can access it and operate it from anywhere, anytime.
- Software curriculum that is engaging, relevant and attuned to the needs and interests of the adult learner.
Prize Information
- Grand Prize: $4 million will be awarded to the team with the best performance across all adult learners, over the yearlong field test.
- Bonus Prize: $1 million ($500,000 each) will be awarded to the two teams with the best performance in each target demographic (native English speakers and non-native English speakers).
- Advanced Market Commitment: $1 million to be split among all finalist teams that advance to the Cities Competition.
- Cities Competition: $1 million will be awarded to the city that encourages the greatest percentage of its adult learners to download and use any of the finalist solutions over a six-month period.
Eligibility Criteria
Game, app, and software developers, coders, educators, and innovators from all over the world can form a team and register to compete.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can register for the prize via given website.
For more information, please visit this link.
