In 2008, the first Competition awarded a total of $2 million to 17 projects representing compelling work in the field of Digital Media and Learning. From a field of over 1,000 applications, seven projects won Innovation awards of $100,000 or $238,000; in the 2008 Knowledge-Networking category, 10 projects received awards ranging from $30,000 to $72,000.

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