Annual Conference on the VALUE of PlayThe Play Conference is an annual educational conference presented by the US Play Coalition. The latest research and practices in the field of play is presented at the conference, which brings together play researchers, park and recreation professionals, educators, health scientists, landscape architects, designers, planners, business and community leaders, psychologists, physicians and parents from across the U.S. and beyond. The event includes keynote and featured speakers, PLAYtalks and PLAYinstitutes, roundtables, research and educational sessions, grant opportunities, networking, EPIC play breaks and more.
The winning logo will be used to establish the conference’s visual identity and highlight the theme for the 2018 Conference on the Value of Play: The Many Faces of Play.
Grant funding is a distinctive feature of our annual Play Conference, and we are proud to have awarded $47,000 in funding to date. At the 2017 Conference on the Value of Play: Where Design Meets Play the new grant winners were announced. The review process was challenging as we had a record number of outstanding submissions this year. Each year a $3,000 research seed grant is awarded to a researcher or group of researchers who present empirical research… Read More
Grant funding is a distinctive feature of our annual Play Conference, and we are proud to have awarded $47,000 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.
