2017 Yidan Prize for Education Research and Yidan Prize for Education Development

Sponsor: Yidan Prize Foundation
Sponsor website: http://www.yidanprize.org/en/

UBC Deadline: March 1, 2017
Sponsor Deadline: March 31, 2017

Value: Yidan Prize Laureate receives a gold medal and a total of HK$30 million (US$3.9 million) including a cash prize of HK$15 million (US$1.9 million) and a project fund of HK$15 million.

Details: With a vision to make the world a better place, the Yidan Prize reaches out to the world to give recognition to individuals with outstanding accomplishments in education research and development. This annual award aims to empower change makers in education, build a global community of education leaders and, ultimately, create long-lasting, enlightening impacts on humankind as a whole.

Only 2 awards globally. May be awarded to individuals or to teams of up to three people.

Established in 2016 as the world’s biggest education awards, the inaugural prizes will be given in 2017 in two categories:

• Yidan Prize for Education Research, recognizing outstanding research that contributes in significant ways to education
• Yidan Prize for Education Development, recognizing innovative ideas that tackle important challenges in the field of education

Nomination Process: As an official nominator, the UBC Faculty of Education is able to submit one nominee for each prize category.

To be considered for nomination, applicants should submit the following to heather.frost@ubc.ca by March 1st, 2017:

  1. UBC Curriculum Vitae
  2. At least 2 reference letters supporting your nomination
  3. Summary (500 word maximum). Summarize the key features of your achievements/work and the project’s outcomes/effectiveness. Why does your work merit the Yidan prize?
  4. Description of your achievement (5000 word maximum)
    1. Applicants for the Education Research Prize should keep in mind the following criteria:
      1. The research must have been carried out using appropriate scientific methods, being carefully designed to avoid bias and misleading conclusions.
      2. The research shall address one or more critical issues in education, with results that have had and will have wide applicability across the globe.
      3. The research shall have had a demonstrated effect on the thinking of leading educators.
      4. The research shall have already stimulated productive changes in education practice in at least some settings, in ways that suggest the improvements recommended by the research can spread to other settings.
    2. Applicants for the Education Development Prize should address the following questions:
      1. What is/are the most pressing problems or issues that the initiative is going to address?
      2. Is the development cost-effective? Please provide an overview of the past and future budgets of the project or initiative, as well as the number of people who are directly involved todays as employees or volunteers.
      3. Does this development adequately address the gender dimension?
      4. Please indicate the duration of the initiative to date. Is the development sustainable?
  5. For the Education Research Prize, a list of your most relevant peer-peer reviewed publications (5 maximum) and a brief (100 word max) description of each publication.

Questions about the Yidan prize can be directed to Dr. Mark Beauchamp.

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