Max 250 Words Tell us about your school’s context and why you are seeking support from the Xccelerate Fund. You may wish to include: • Your ICSEA value or other indicators of disadvantage, • Whether you are a regional, remote, or outer-metro school, • Information about your student cohort (e.g. cultural diversity, learning needs, or aspirations), • Any underserved or at-risk groups you work with, • Challenges faced by your school community that make accessing this opportunity difficult without support.

Max 250 Words. Describe the difference this funding and participation in The [X] Challenge could make. You may wish to include: • What you hope students will gain or achieve (e.g. capabilities, confidence, real-world learning, agency), • How this program connects to your students’ interests, aspirations, or challenges, • Potential flow-on effects for your school (e.g. building a culture of innovation, staff capability, new pathways), • Opportunities to engage families, community, or local industry through the program.

Max 250 Words. Share your plans for implementing The [X] Challenge in 2025. You may wish to include: • Who will participate (students and staff) and approximate numbers, • Where the program will be delivered (e.g. curriculum, subject area, timetable, year level/s), • Your vision for contextualising the program for your school or community (e.g. linking to local priorities, student interests, or community challenges). • Anything else that might help us visualise the delivery in your context.

Tell us about your school’s strengths, supports, and experience that will enable you to deliver The [X] Challenge successfully as well as any barriers or blockers that we can support you with. You may wish to include: • Any relevant work in entrepreneurial education, project-based learning, or capability development (to help us understand whether this is new-new or builds on existing initiatives), • Who will lead and support delivery within your school, including staff capacity and leadership buy-in, • How you plan to integrate the program within existing timetables, priorities, or curriculum, • Any barriers or challenges you foresee (e.g. time, staffing, student engagement) and how you might address them, or how we might be able to support you to address them.

Tell us about your plans for sustaining The [X] Challenge beyond your first funded year. You may wish to include: • How you could plan and budget for Year 2 Alumni registration, • Who in your school could champion funding conversations with leadership, P&C, or community, • Potential funding sources (e.g. internal budgets, P&C contributions, local grants, business sponsorships), • How you might leverage student data, impact stories, or community engagement from Year 1 to secure future funding, • Any anticipated barriers to sustainability and how you might address them, or how we might support you to address them.