U.S. Department of Education
Ed Prizes

The Future Finder Challenge is a $1 million challenge to reimagine career navigation for adult learners. The challenge invited innovators to build digital tools that better support adult learners as they launch and advance their careers.

The Your Place in Space Challenge is a CTE Momentum challenge to create new solutions for space. The U.S. Department of Education invited high schools to submit designs for a product or service that will contribute to space missions and exploration.

The Rural Tech Project is a national challenge to advance rural technology education. The challenge invited high schools and local educational agencies to propose technology education programs that use competency-based distance learning.

The Rethink Adult Ed Challenge is a $750,000 competition to advance pre-apprenticeships. The challenge invited adult education providers to design programs that better prepare learners for apprenticeships and beyond.

CTE Mission: CubeSat is a national challenge to build technical skills for careers in space and beyond. The challenge invited high schools to bring space missions to students by designing and building CubeSat prototypes.

The Reach Higher Career App Challenge called upon app developers, educators, and data mavens to submit mobile solutions that help students navigate education and career paths, and increase the capacity of career counselors to serve students.

The EdSim Challenge called upon the virtual reality, video game developer, and educational technology communities to submit concepts for immersive simulations that prepared students for the globally competitive workforce of the 21st century.

The CTE Makeover Challenge called upon high schools to design makerspaces that strengthened career and technical skills through making.