Congratulations 2019 Student Prize Winners!

2020 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize applications open in May 2019!

Summer Workshops

Teach STEM to K-12 students through problem solving and inventing this summer in Cambridge, MA or Tustin, CA.

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EurekaFest 2019

A two-day invention celebration designed to empower young inventors through activities that inspire youth, honor role models, and encourage creativity and problem solving.

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Advancing Invention Education and Creating the Next Generation of Innovators

In the latest issue of Technology and Innovation, Journal of the National Academy of Inventors®, Lemelson-MIT's Executive Director, Stephanie Couch, coedits & explains how unique problems can be solved with inventiveness, a skill that can be nurtured in people of all ages & from all walks of life. Read more.

Celebrating Invention

Annual awards for collegiate and mid-career inventors

Inspiring Youth

Annual grants to invent technological solutions to real-world problems.

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JV InvenTeams Curriculum

Free downloadable invention activity guides to build students' hands-on and minds-on skills.

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Inspiring, encouraging, and honoring inventors

Apr 23, 2019

Top Collegiate Inventors Awarded Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

Oct 24, 2018

High School Teams Receive Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam™ Grant for Invention Projects

Sep 12, 2018

Inventor of CAPTCHA/reCAPTCHA and Duolingo Awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

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May 13, 2019

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May 10, 2019

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May 10, 2019

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