CampusEvolve.ai received a top award in the global Tools Competition as one of 50 winning teams building or expanding learning tools to address pressing issues in education. 

 

CampusEvolve will receive $150,000 to build out our AI Guide for higher education students. The tool is designed to bring the entire array of a school’s supports to each student, individually, at every stage of their learning journey.

 

Campus Evolve’s AI Guide is poised to accelerate achievement for diverse college students across the country, by leveraging the power of Generative AI to provide one-stop academic advising.

 

CampusEvolve was selected from more than 1,900 submissions, with winners hailing from institutions and organizations across 18 countries and all continents. 

 

Awards were given in six tracks, targeting core opportunity areas for innovation. CampusEvolve received an award in the Engaging Adult Learners in Higher Education track, which was run in partnership with Calbright College and Axim Collaborative. Other winning tools include AI-powered simulators for teachers-in-training, chatbots that help build self-directed learning skills and prevent student dropouts, and data sets for researchers studying what works in education.

 

For more details on our winning proposal please visit The AI Guide - Tools Competition (tools-competition.org). A full list of winners and their projects can be found here.

 

Tools Competition Background

The Tools Competition is one of the largest edtech competitions in the world. It aims to spur edtech innovation leveraging digital technology, big data, and learning science to meet the urgent needs of learners worldwide. 

 

To date, the Tools Competition has awarded $17.5 million to 130 edtech innovators across four cycles. 

 

The 2023-24 Tools Competition was run with support from: Renaissance Philanthropy, Griffin Catalyst, Walton Family Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Siegel Family Endowment, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Ballmer Group, Calbright College, Axim Collaborative, Jacobs Foundation, Endless Network, and OpenAI.

 

The competition is administered by The Learning Agency and Georgia State University.