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ED/IES Small Business Innovation Research

Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) ED/IES SBIR News Archive

ED/IES SBIR in the News
ED/IES SBIR Blogs
ED/IES SBIR-Supported Products Win Industry Awards for Innovation
ED/IES SBIR Awardees in the News

ED/IES SBIR in the News

May, 2019 – Cosmos Magazine highlights ED/IES SBIR project for supporting the development of ECO. Read Here.
January, 2019 – STEMS produces a video review from the ED Games Expo. Watch Here.
January, 2019 – EdWeek Marketbrief writes about emerging technologies at the ED Games Expo. Read Here.
January, 2019 – WTOP News and Radio publishes a story on the ED Games Expo. Read and Listen Here.
January, 2019 – @USEDGOV publishes a video trailer from the 2019 ED Games Expo. Watch Here.

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ED/IES SBIR Blogs

September, 2019 – ED Homeroom publishes a blog on the NASA "Name The Rover" national student competition featuring ED/IES SBIR awardee Future Engineers. Read Here.
June, 2019 – Two IES blogs on the 2019 awards through its standard SBIR program and through its special program for tools to inform postsecondary decision making. Read Here and Here.
November, 2018 – An IES Blog features projects on National STEM Day. Read Here.
July, 2018 – An IES Blog highlights Future Engineers at Space Innovation Day at the Air and Space Museum. Read Here.
May, 2018 – An IES Blog highlight its 2018 SBIR awards. Read Here.

Older Posts

January, 2018 – An ED Homeroom Blog highlights the 2018 ED Games Expo at the Kennedy Center. Read Here.
December, 2017 – Inside IES Research features Learning Ovations and research partners for winning an EIR scale-up grant from ED. Read Here.
November, 2017 – An IES Blog highlights a series of projects for civic-learning games. Read Here.
May, 2017 – An IES Blog highlights its 2017 SBIR awards. Read Here.
January, 2017 – Inside IES Research highlights growth mindset research and Mindset Works' SBIR and IES projects. Read Here.
December, 2016 – Inside IES Research details IES-supported assessments and provides links to Youtube Playlists with 60 new forms of technology-delivered assessments. Read Here.
September, 2016 – Inside IES Research highlights two awards to accelerators to build capacity of research in the R&D of education technology. Read Here.
July, 2016 – The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) posts a blog on emerging forms of technology-delivered assessment at ED/IES SBIR. Read Here.
July, 2016 – 1776 posts a blog on the emerging area of augmented reality in education, highlighting IES projects. Read Here.
July, 2016 – IES posts a blog detailing SBIR projects that won industry awards in the first half of 2016. Read Here.
May, 2016 – ED/IES SBIR posts a blog announcing its 2016 awardees. Read Here.
May, 2016 – A blog details ED/IES SBIR's participation at the U.S. Department of Education's Take Our Children to Work Day on April 28, 2016. Read Here.
January, 2016 – ED Homeroom features the women games developers from the SBIR program who participated in ED Games Day. Read Here.
January, 2016 – ED Homeroom posts a recap of ED Games Day. Read Here.
December, 2015 – SBIR.gov posts a recap of the ED Games Expo. Read Here.
May, 2015 – IES posts a blog on its 2015 SBIR awards. Read Here.
December, 2014 – 1776 posts a blog on the ED/IES SBIR program titled "A Government Program Every American Startup Should Know About." Read Here.
September, 2014 – An ED Homeroom Blog recaps Ed Games Week in Washington DC through which many ED/IES SBIR awardees participated. Read Here.
December 2013 – ED/IES SBIR Tech Expo showcases new education learning products:
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May 2013 – The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) features the ED/IES SBIR program in a blog about education games: Read here.
August 2012 – U.S. Department of Education's Homeroom Blog features ED/IES SBIR game-based learning projects. Read Here.
January 2011 – Polyhedron Learning Media, Inc.'s virtual physics lab provides students easy access to science equipment and experiments. Read here.
November 2010 – Nimble Assessment Systems, Inc. successfully commercializes its computer-based testing tools. Read here.

ED/IES SBIR Products Win Industry Awards for Innovation

May, 2019 – A2i by Learning Ovations is a Finalist for an SIIA CODiE Award for the Best Emerging Instructional Technology Solution. Read Here.
December, 2018 – Venture Beat Magazine names ECO its "Game of the Year for 2018," an ED/IES SBIR learning game developed by Strange Loops Games. Read Here.
October, 2018 – Schell Games wins the “VR Education of the Year” for HoloLAB Champions from the VR Awards Read Here.
May, 2018 –Electric Funstuff won a Parents' Choice Gold for Up From The Dust. Read here.

Older Awards

May, 2018 – Readorium won a Gold Medal at the Reimagine Education Conference for Best K12 product. Read here.
April, 2018 – Happy Atoms by Schell Games named one of the top kids toys by Good Housekeeping. Read Here.
November, 2017 – Happy Atoms by Schell Games won a Bronze at the Learning Technologies Award in London. Read Here.
October, 2017 – Happy Atoms by Schell Games named to the shortlist of the the 2017 Reimagine Education Virtual/Augmented Reality Award. Read Here.
June, 2017 – Happy Atoms by Schell Games won an AUGGIE award for Best Learning Game. Read Here.
August, 2017 – Happy Atoms by Schell Games won a KAPi Award for Best Educational/Learning Tool. Read Here.
May, 2017 –Strange Loop Games won the People's Choice award at Earth Games. Read Here.
March 2017 – CharmTech Labs won EdTech Digest's 2017 Best Special Needs product award for Capti Voice. Read Here.
March, 2017 –Sokikom is named as one of the 10 Hottest K12 solution providers by Education Technology Insights. See List Here and Read Article Here.
January, 2017 –Schell Games won a KAPi Award (Kids at Play Interactive) award for the Best Educational Learning Tool Category at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas for Happy Atoms. Read Here.
January, 2017 –Sokikom and Agile Mind won SBA Tibbetts Awards for commercial success resulting from their SBIR awards. Read Here.
November, 2016 –BrainQuake won the Top Submission in the Learning Sciences Category from the Digital Promise Research-Based Products competition. Read Here
June, 2016 – Strange Loop Games' Eco was the Grand Prize Winner at the Climate Game Challenge at the Games for Change Festival in New York City in June. Read Here.
June, 2016 –Strange Loop Games' Eco won the Climate Game Challenge at the Games for Change Festival in New York City. Read Here.
May, 2016 – Readoriun won a CODiE Award for the Best English/Language Arts Solution from the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA).Read Here.
May, 2016 –Readorium won the Best Reading/English/Language Arts Solution through the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) CODiE program. Read Here.
May, 2016–Science4Us won the best Science Instructional Solution through the SIIA CODiE program and won THE Best Science Program through the BESSIE awards in April. Read Here and Here.
May, 2016 –Electric Funstuff's Mission US won the Website Gold from the Parents' Choice Awards. Read Here.
February, 2016 –Querium is recognized as one of the 10 Most Innovative Education Technology Companies of 2016 by Fast Company Magazine.
July, 2015 – Fluidity Software' FluidMath wins 1st Place in the "Best Performing Office Add-On" category through the Microsoft 2015 Office App Awards competition. See the list of all awardees here.
July, 2015 – ED/IES SBIR supported games for learning by awardees Electric Funstuff and Triad Interactive Media win Gold Awards, and Filament Games wins a Silver Award, at the 2015 Serious Play Conference. Read Here.
May, 2015 – Triad Interactive Media wins a 2015 BESSIE Award for its math game Platinu Math. Read Here.
May, 2015 – Teachley wins two 2015 Parent Choice Awards, for its Addimal Adventure and Mt. Multiplis math games.
May, 2015 – Imagine Education's (now "MidSchoolMath") Empires math game is selected as one of 12 winners in the Mobile Learning Partner's Apps for Class Challenge. The competition was sponsored by The Verizon Foundation and Innovate+Educate. See Video Here.
February, 2015 – Zaption is recognized by Fast Company magazine as a Most Innovative Company of 2015 for use of video. Read Here.
March, 2015 – Numbershire by Thought Cycle wins the National School Board Association Innovation Showcase. Read Here.
March, 2015 – Zaption wins first place at the LaunchEDU competition at the 2015 SXSW conference. Read Here.
November, 2014 –Attainment Company and Zaption win DILA awards from Edsurge and Digital Promise. Read Here.
June, 2014 – Filament Games wins First Place at Game Learning Society Conference for Reach For the Sun. Read Here.
June, 2014 – Teachley wins Apple Design Award for ED/IES SBIR-supported math learning game. Read here.
June 2013 – Triad Interactive Media wins the CODIE award from the Software Information and Industry Association (SIIA) for Best Education Game or Simulation. Read here.
June 2013 – Filament Games wins Best Gameplay award at the Games For Change conference for Reach For The Sun. Read Here.
May, 2012 – Sokikom wins I award from the Software Information and Industry Association (SIIA) for Best Education Game or Simulation. Read Here.
November, 2011 – Fluidity Software wins the competition as the most innovation education technology product at the Software Information and Industry Association's (SIIA) Ed-Tech Business Forum Innovation Incubator. Read here.
April, 2011 – Sokikom wins BESSIE Award as Top Online Mutliplayer Math Games. Read Here.
April, 2011 – Sokikom wins "Best Educational Gaming and Adaptive Learning Company" at the Education Innovation Summit, Arizona State University Skysong. Read Here.
April 2011 – Filament Games wins the grand prize from the National STEM Video Game Challenge. Read here.

ED/IES SBIR Awardees in the News

September – ECO by Strange Loop Games is one of the invited participants in the UN Climate Summit. Read in a United Nations press release (Here), in USA Today (Here), and in the NY Post (Here).
August, 2019 – TechRaptor features HistoryMaker VR and Schell Games. Read Here.
June, 2019 – CNN features the NASA "Names The Rover" competition managed by a platform developed by ED/IES SBIR awardee Future Engineers. Read Here.
April, 2019 – The Los Altos Town Crier posts a story about a student who credited Happy Atoms by Schell Games for learning the periodic table of the elements. Read Here.
February, 2019 – HoloLAB Champions by Schell Games is featured in the K12 Newsletter. Read Here.

Older Awardees

January, 2019 – A class of students at Hathway Brown School produces a video story of their experience playing ECO. Watch Here.
January, 2019 – Seven learning game developers present about "How The Game Was Made" at the 2019 ED Games Expo. Watch Here.
October, 2018 – FORBES writes a feature on the A2i by Learning Ovations. Read Here.
August, 2018 – NPR's WESA features HoloLAB Champions by Schell Games. Listen Here.
August, 2018 – The Pittsburgh Post Gazette features HoloLAB Champions Schell Games. Read Here.
July, 2018 – Variety.com features HoloLAB Champions by Schell Games. Read Here.
April, 2018 – Blast Magazine highlights Brainquake's Wuzzit Trouble and Filament Games' Reach for the Sun. Read here.
February, 2018 – Hechinger Report features SuperChemVR by Schell Games. Read Here.
January, 2018 – Sokikom was acquired by JumpStart World (Read here).
December, 2017 – Deanne Bell of Future Engineers is featured in a Women in Tecgh Blog in Sierra Circuits. Read Here.
December, 2017 – Buzzfeed features Strange Loop Games' Eco as a top SBIR innovations. Read here.
December, 2017 – Venture Beat and Geek Wire feature Schell Games' SuperChemVR. Read Here and Here.
November, 2017 – Apprendis' Inq-ITS featured on a NECN TV news report and in a Rutgers University magazine article. Watch here and Read here.
November, 2017 – Apprendis is listed as a 2017 top new Ed Tech start up in Educational Technology Insights Magazine. Read here.
November, 2017 – Future Engineers is profiled in a Makerbot.com blog. Read Here.
August, 2017 – Forbes features Schell Games' SuperChemVR. Read here.
February, 2017 –Medium features Brainquake's Wuzzit Trouble. Read Here.
May, 2017 – MidSchoolMath's Empires game is featured in an Albuquerque Journal article. Read Here.
March, 20176 – Eco by Strange Loops Games is featured in Wired UK. Read Here.
January, 2017 –Elijah Mayfield of Lightside Labs named to the 30 under 30 list by Forbes Magazine. Read Here. EdSurge features Elijah Mayfield. Read Here.
2016 – Schell Games' Happy Atoms is featured by several news outlets: Huffington Post; EdSurge; TechCrunch; Inc.; Fox NY; TIME.
September, 2016 – A National Endowment for the Humanities blog features Electric Funstuff's Mission US. Read Here.
March, 2016 – Eduardo Briceño of Mindset Works was featured in an EdSurge Podcast. Listen here.
February, 2016 – MidSchoolMath was featured in the Santa Fe New Mexican for their conference which attracted 700 educators Read Here.
March, 2016 – Charmtech was featured in a Fox TV news story on for their Capti software which assists English learners in reading. Watch Here.
February, 2016 – TIME magazine features Happy Atoms by Schell Games. Read Here.
January, 2016 – SBIR Pulse highlights Mindset Works representing ED at SBIR Awareness Day on the Hill. Read Here.
January, 2016 – Smithsonian Magazine names Kiko Labs an Innovator to Watch in 2016. Read the Inside IES Research Blog Here and see the Smithsonian Magazine article Here.
December, 2015 – SBIR Pulse features ED/IES SBIR awardee John Krajewski of Strange Loop Games. Read Here.
June, 2015 – The Washington Post publishes a blog highlighting Strange Loop Games' ED/IES SBIR environmental science game Eco. Read Here.
June, 2015 – Newsweek publishes a story highlighting 3C Institute's ED/IES SBIR supported social and behavioral games Zoo U and Hall of Heroes. Read Here.
May, 2015 – Zaption raises private funding. Read Here.
March, 2015 – 1776 posts a blog highlighting several technology ED/IES SBIR products that support the needs of students with disabilities. Read Here.
January, 2015 – Kiko Labs is featured in TechCrunch. Read Here.
October, 2014 – ED/IES SBIR awardee Lightside Labs is acquired. Read Here.
September, 2014 – ED/IES SBIR awardee Mastery Connect (formerly Socrative) raises a Series B round. Read Here.
September, 2014 – A Wall Street Journal on language and math notes Teachley's Addimal Adventure. Read Here.
April, 2014 – Mindset Works and Scholastic Education announce partnership. Read Here.
March, 2014 – Ed Briceno of Mindset Works featured on National Public Radio. Read Here.
October, 2013 – Filament Games' Reach For The Sun is noted in a Venture Beat article on games for learning. Read Here.
September, 2013 – Mindset Works featured in Education Week article. Read Here.
February 2013 – Techcrunch highlights ED/IES SBIR awardee Sokikom: Read here.
June 2011 – The New York Times and the CBS Morning Early Show highlight research by Insight Learning Technology, Inc. Read here.

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