From Ideas to Impact: Meet the 2026 EBPC Winners

Celebrating 17 years of supporting education entrepreneurs.

The Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition is proud to announce the 2026 winners—four ventures tackling the biggest challenges in education.

• $40,000 Michael & Lori Milken Family Foundation Grand Prize: Metaschool AI
• $25,000 Flexion Prize: Unified Track
• $10,000 Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld Prize: Literacy Tree
• $5,000 EdSales Revenue Machine Audience Choice Prize: Brikap

Learn About The Winners Read the 2026 Press Release

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 advance teaching and learning through innovation.

Learn about the application process

2026 Competition

  • January 14

    Application Opens

  • February 11

    Applications Due

  • April

    Semifinalists Announced

  • August

    Finalists Announced

  • September 14

    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 virtual STEM education, speech-language technology, college eligibility, and more.

  • Unrivaled Partners

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

Congratulations to the 2026 Winners!

These innovators competed for cash and prizes at the live pitch competition on Monday, September 14 at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

Learn more about the 2026 winners

2026 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 2026 awards were:

How to Apply

  • $40,000

    Michael & Lori Milken Family Foundation Grand Prize

  • $25,000

    Flexion Prize

  • $10,000

    Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld Prize

  • $5,000

    EdSales Revenue Machine Audience Choice prize

Watch: 2025 Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition Finals

Seven finalists pitched their ventures to a live judging panel as well as an audience of investors, researchers, and practitioners. The final competition was a keystone event of the HolonIQ’s 2025 Back to School Summit.