Tag: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

LEANLAB Education team

LEANLAB boosting its K12 Fellowship with $2M in new Chan Zuckerberg, Gates Foundation grants

By Tommy Felts / August 25, 2020

Buoyed by a fresh $2 million in high-profile grants, LEANLAB Education is resuming its innovation research program for schools — this year, focusing its K12 Fellowship search first on the needs of COVID-era pilot schools rather than matching them with already-selected entrepreneur solutions. “We’ve seen remarkable ingenuity and innovation from schools this past year,” said…

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Katie Boody, LEANLAB Education Leanlab Gates Foundation

LEANLAB earns another top-tier funder with $76K+ grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

By Tommy Felts / June 6, 2019

A hefty new grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will allow LEANLAB Education to expand its incoming 2019 K12 Fellowship from six to 10 innovation teams, Katie Boody said. The $76,500 in funding also allows the education accelerator to grow beyond pilot sites to form the Visionary School Network and award honorariums to…

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