Submission period for the 2012 WISE Awards is open until May 31, 2012

Recognizing Innovative and Transformative Projects 

Running in parallel with the WISE Prize for Education and a number of annual programs, the WISE Awards are designed to identify, showcase and promote innovative educational projects from all sectors and regions of the world to inspire change in education.

Each year, a Jury composed of leading experts from the education world selects six innovative projects for their concrete and positive impact on communities and societies. These winning projects gain global visibility and receive a prize of $20,000 (US).


Join the 2012 Competition 

WISE invites holders of outstanding projects from all sectors and levels of education to apply for the 2012 WISE Awards.

In addition to benefiting from the recognition of leading experts, the Finalists and Winners are given a voice through:

• The WISE communications and media platform, which include the WISE website, social media, the Awards blog, global media coverage, year-round press relations activities and the Euronews TV magazine Learning World 
• Multimedia productions: such as video interviews, web documentaries
• WISE publications: for example the first WISE Book, written by Charles Leadbeater, Innovation in Education, Lessons from Pioneers around the World, featuring a number of projects from the Awards community
• Participation in the annual WISE Summit and in other events organized in collaboration with WISE

Find Inspiration and Support Recognized Best Practices 

Since the creation of the Awards in 2009, over 1,300 applications from 116 countries have been received, resulting in 98 Finalists and 18 winning projects. These selected Winners and Finalists set new standards for the international community and in mid-September this year the Community will welcome six additional Winners. The great diversity of projects recognized so far constitutes a pool of best practices that WISE intends to make accessible to all, in order to grow, adapt and replicate innovative educational solutions.