Judge
Dr. Munira Amirali
Assistant Professor & Director Master's Programmes, Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development
Pauline Essah
Director of Research and Programmes, Education Sub Saharan Africa (ESSA)
Isabelle Hau
Executive Director, Stanford Accelerator for Learning
Rama Kayyali
CEO, Little Thinking Minds
Marianne Kiggundu
Former, Country Programmes Manager, VVOB Rwanda
Jared Lee
Co-founder and Senior Expert in Residence, Education Outcomes Fund
Rohit Nema
Independent Consultant, Eklavya Foundation, Bhopal
Lea Simpson
Founder, Brink, EdTech, Frontier Tech Hub, SOKO Kenya, and Kujuawa Initiative
Simon Sommer
Co-CEO, Jacobs Foundation
Prof Dr Martin Tomasik
Professor for Research Methods in Developmental and Educational Sciences, University of Zurich
Switzerland
Emily Tusiime
Regional Assessment Coordinator - East Africa, Aga Khan Foundation
Judging Criteria
- Partnership Potential: The application demonstrates that the organization has a supportive infrastructure and a dedicated Team Lead who has authority and capacity to partner and engage collaboratively with a Fellow Team on a research-intensive LEAP Project.
- Awareness of Current Evidence Base: The application has a sound Theory of Change or logic model that describes what the solution does and why it matters coherently and convincingly. The application outlines a clear understanding of the solution’s current evidence base as well as the need to strengthen it.
- Research Aims: The research aims are related to establishing and/or strengthening the evidence base of its solution. The research questions are logical based on the organization’s needs. The outputs appropriately link to the research questions.
- Project Feasibility: The application proposes a LEAP Project with outputs that are manageable for a Fellow team (3-4 part-time LEAP Fellows working 6-10 hours a week) to accomplish within a 12-week sprint period.
- Potential for Impact: The application outlines a realistic, practical plan for what the organization will do with the outputs once the LEAP Project concludes. The application proposes a LEAP Project that has the potential to be transformative for the organization’s solution and the population it serves.
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