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Yidan Prize (Education Research and Education Development)

Yidan Prize Foundation

NontraditionalPrize or challenge

Two annual prizes — one for Education Research, recognising researchers whose work strengthens teaching and learning, and one for Education Development, recognising leaders advancing practice through innovative interventions. Each laureate receives a gold medal, a cash prize of HK$15 million (shared equally for teams) and a project fund of HK$15 million. The project-fund half is the reason this belongs in a research funding database: it is money to be spent extending the winning work, so it functions as a large unsolicited research and implementation grant rather than a purely honorific award.

Indicative award
Amount not published (total award)Published figures are 'a cash prize of HK$15 million (shared equally for teams), and a project fund of HK$15 million' per laureate. Amounts are in Hong Kong dollars; numeric fields left null rather than converting to USD.
Timing
Annual cycleNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Two prizes awarded annually. The prize page does not publish nomination deadline dates, so none is recorded.
Who can apply
Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank, Community organisation
Eligibility
Nominations are open rather than invitation-only — the page states 'We welcome all nominations; our process is open to everyone. You don't need be invited to nominate.' Self-nomination is not described; the practical route is being nominated by a colleague or organisation. Individuals or teams working on education research or education development anywhere in the world are in scope, which covers social work researchers working on school social work, youth learning and educational equity. No citizenship or institution-type gate is published on this page.
SSWR clusters
Topics
education research · education development · teaching and learning · global education
Apply at
https://yidanprize.org/the-prize-and-nominations/the-prize
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Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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