Most recent (September 2017), Carol Dweck won the biggest prize in education circles, $3.8 million to continue her research on the ability to learn ($1.9 million cash prize and $1.9 million for educational initiatives). Dweck said in a statement, "I'm thrilled and honored to be the inaugural recipient of this amazing prize. It will allow us to take our work forward and continue to innovate — to develop even more effective interventions for students and more effective materials for teachers to use in classrooms."[13]