• 2020 ONLINE Conference
    on the Value of Play: PLAY FOR ALL

    Learn More

  • 2020 ONLINE Conference
    on the Value of Play: PLAY FOR ALL

    Learn More

  • 2020 ONLINE Conference
    on the Value of Play: PLAY FOR ALL

    Learn More

  • 2020 ONLINE Conference
    on the Value of Play: PLAY FOR ALL

    Learn More

Education

Annual Conference on the VALUE of Play

The Play Conference, as it is commonly known, is an annual educational conference presented by the US Play Coalition.

We are thrilled to announce the FIRST EVER ONLINE 2020 Conference on  the Value of Play! This new play conference format is in response to the rapid pace of the COVID-19 outbreak.  We are offering a streamlined reboot of the 2020 Online Play Conference through December 15, 2020.

The latest research and practices in the field of play are presented at the conference, which brings together play researchers, park and recreation professionals, camp professionals, educators, health scientists, architects, landscape architects, designers, planners, business and community leaders, psychologists, physicians and parents from across the U.S. and beyond.

2020 ONLINE Conference
on the Value of Play: PLAY FOR ALL
CLICK HERE for Conference Details
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS!
2021 VIRTUAL Conference
on the Value of Play: PLAY IS SURVIVAL
KICKS OFF April 1, 2021

Communication

News & Press Releases

US Play Coalition Announces 2020 Award Winners

The U.S. Play Coalition is proud to announce the 2020 recipients of its annual awards program, recognizing outstanding play research and youth practitioners. First awarded in 2017, our awards program honors exceptional play researchers that have made significant contributions to the knowledge of play and practitioners that help further play in their communities and beyond.   2020 Joe L. Frost Award for Distinguished Research Winner – Stuart Brown, MD The US Play Coalition recognizes a… Read More

From The Playground

US Play Coalition Announces 2020/2021 Action & Research
Grant Winners

The U.S. Play Coalition is proud to announce the 2020/2021 recipients of its annual grants program, recognizing exceptional researchers, practitioners and play projects. Play is important for people of all ages to be physically active, mentally alert, creative, and socially connected. Over the past decade, the US Play Coalition has been proud to have awarded $64,000 in action and research grants to a variety of projects. These investments have helped foster the continued growth of… Read More

News Stories Continued
From the Playground Continued

Research

Action & Research Grants

Grant funding is a distinctive feature of our annual Play Conference, and we are proud to have awarded more than $60,000 in funding to date.  Through competitive funding opportunities, we offer both Action and Research Grants to playmakers and researchers whose work has the potential to improve and expand the Play Movement.

Available Grants

  • Research-Based Case for Recess (2019)

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  • Improving Children’s Health through Play (2018)

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  • The Critical Place for Play in Education (2015)

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  • PLAY Pulse

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