The Digital Well-Being Challenge invites students aged 13+ and the schools that serve them to address critical topics in digital citizenship and well-being, including healthy social media use, digital citizenship education, and responsible technology policies.
Donor Name: Office of Educational Technology (OET)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Award and Prizes
Deadline: 01/09/2025
Details:
The Challenge will bring together selected school- or district-based teams to co-design and implement, alongside students, a solution addressing a problem related to digital citizenship and well-being facing their school community.
The Challenge is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology (OET) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The Challenge has one overarching goal: for school- or district-based teams to co-design, alongside students, innovative approaches and strategies for addressing a range of digital citizenship and well-being issues facing their school community.
Selected teams will:
- Collaborate to create actionable solutions to pressing digital issues.
- Attend an invite-only virtual summit in March-April 2025 to connect with specialists in social media and youth mental health, safety- and privacy-by-design, and responsible technology use.
- Work with expert mentors post-summit to refine and implement their ideas.
- Get at least $1,000 in prize funding that can be used to support implementation of their team project. (All prizes are subject to the availability of funds)
- Contribute to a Digital Well-Being Toolkit for schools across the country.
Funding Information
Each selected team will receive a minimum of $1,000 in prize money after attending the virtual co-design summit. The prize money can be used to support implementation of their project.
Who can apply?
Any school- or district-based team with a primary point of contact who is a school or district staff member 18 years of age or older is eligible to apply.
- Teams must include a school or district leader (e.g., Principal and/or Assistant Principal, Superintendent), at least one teacher, and at least two students ages 13+.
- Teams may also include other school or district staff (e.g., school counselor(s), school librarian(s), curriculum coordinator(s)), family representatives, or representatives from community-based organizations.
- They recommend that teams consist of 4-6 people.
For more information, visit OET.
