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Want to change the way we approach teen pregnancy prevention? How might we improve the ability of young people to avoid unplanned pregnancy?

This is your chance to help redefine Sex Ed for the 21st Century, though a unique accelerator program focused on technology-enabled ideas to prevent teen pregnancy.

APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JAN 9, 2019!

Five teams of three will be selected to receive $70,000 in funding.
Learn Design Thinking through immersive workshops and expert guidance.
Be part of a cohort of fellow innovators and thought-leaders.
Join us November 14th at 4pm ET for a webinar with more information on the program and application process. Sign up here to get more information on the webinar as it nears.

Great Teams Unlock Great Ideas

We invest in people first, ideas next.

Passion

You have passion for issues related to teen pregnancy prevention and you see ways for technology to reinforce behavior change and create new norms.

Team

You've got an amazing team of thinkers and doers, who bring multi-disciplinary perspectives. Here’s what that looks like.

Design Thinking

You're excited to build out an idea and to use Design Thinking methods to identify your audience, design, prototype and iterate that idea to reduce teen pregnancy.

The Journey

Ready to go? Take a look at the process and key dates.

Choose a Team

Apply

Selection

Design Process

Final Pitch

About the Project

Design Thinking catalyzed new ideas for us and we believe it can make powerful change.

We hope that Innovation Next will result in a diffusion of Design Thinking throughout the field and, in turn, provoke better solutions for teen pregnancy prevention. We intend to use the Design Thinking framework to bring five technology innovations to reality (to a point where they can be used, often referred to as a "MVP,"" or "minimal viable product"). We will also bring ten other projects to the point where they can successfully pitch a refined, user-centered idea to other funders in order to build their MVPs.

These innovations, we hope, will have real impact on the target audiences and the field. Read more about the concept behind Innovation Next.