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Global Collection
We need ambitious education innovations; innovative, impactful and scalable approaches that are effective also in low resource environments and help our children flourish in life.
What is the Global Collection?
HundrED’s flagship project, the Global Collection, is a highly selective search for the 100 most impactful and scalable education innovations globally. Innovations that have joined the ranks of the Global Collection are contextual powerhouses, attending to the most relevant educational issues of the day with creativity and ingenuity, and keeping the child at the centre of that work. Their work is inspirational to others worldwide.
Who should apply?
An education innovation is a novel practice, programme, product, project, or intervention that presents a relative advantage over what currently exists in a particular context. Education innovators who wish to apply should be prepared to clearly demonstrate the impact and scalability of their innovation with different forms of evidence, including (but not limited to) media, reports, studies, and testimonials.
The process
From submission to selection, the curation of the Global Collection is focused on identifying the most impactful and scalable education innovations for that year.
1. Call for Innovations
Submission to the Global Collection is ongoing between May 2 and May 1 of the following year. HundrED makes a direct call to innovators the January before submissions close.
2. Innovation curation and review
Using its Standards of Evidence, the Research team reviews hundreds of submissions to create a shortlist for the HundrED Academy to evaluate. For two weeks at the beginning of June, the HundrED Academy convenes for the Global Collection review period.
3. Final Selections and Report
Based on the Academy reviews, the HundrED Research Team makes the final selections of 100 innovations. Innovators are notified, and the selection is made public through the Global Collection Reveal at the HundrED Summit and a report, which is published at that time.
Global Collections
Every year we select 100 inspiring education innovations around the world.
HundrED Global Collection 2026
Share your work with us for the opportunity to be featured in our HundrED Global Collection, highlighting the 100 brightest education innovations from around the world. Submission will be accepted until May 1, 2025.
Application period open
HundrED Global Collection 2025
Share your work with us for the opportunity to be featured in our HundrED Global Collection, highlighting the 100 brightest education innovations from around the world. Deadline: May 1, 2024
HundrED Global Collection 2024
The HundrED Global Collection 2024 features 100 of the most impactful and scalable education innovations from around the world.
HundrED Global Collection 2023
Meet the 100 most impactful innovations that are changing the face of education in a post-COVID world.
Hall of Fame
The HundrED Hall of Fame is a category within our Global Collection that gives special recognition to education innovations that have demonstrated sustained growth of impact and scalability year after year. Over time, these innovations have shown evidence of being responsive to the current needs in education worldwide.
HundrED 2022
HundrED has selected 100 inspiring innovations that are changing the face of education in a post COVID world. Find out more by exploring their innovation pages.
HundrED 2021
HundrED has selected 100 inspiring innovations that are changing the face of education in 2021. Find out more by exploring their innovation pages.
HundrED 2020
HundrED has selected 100 inspiring innovations that are changing the face of K12 education. Find out more by exploring their innovation pages.
HundrED 2019
HundrED has selected 100 inspiring innovations that are changing the face of K12 education today. Find out more by exploring their toolkits.
HundrED 2018
HundrED has selected 100 inspiring innovations that are changing the face of K12 education today. The first selection, HundrED Global Collection 2018, was announced at the first HundrED Innovation Summit in Helsinki in October 2017. Find out more by watching sessions from the Innovation Summit and exploring the innovation pages of selected innovators.
HundrED Spotlights
HundrED Spotlights are focused research projects that highlight education innovations based on a specific region or theme. Spotlights are created in partnership with external foundations and organisations.
HundrED Academy
Each year, over 150 education stakeholders from all around the world are selected to join the HundrED Academy and review innovations for the Global Collection. During the review process, they extend their wealth of knowledge and expertise on a global and local scale to identify the most impactful and scalable 100 innovations featured in the collection. Applications for HundrED Academy are accepted on an ongoing basis, with annual deadlines to confirm participation in the Global Collection reviews.
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