EurekaFest 2019

Check out the photos from our two-day invention celebration that empowered young inventors through activities that inspired and encouraged creativity and problem solving.

Congratulations 2019 Student Prize Winners!

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2020 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize applications now open!

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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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

Aug 14, 2019

EdSurge

Lemelson-MIT's Invention Education Officer speaks on EdSurge Podcast

Jun 19, 2019

13th Annual EurekaFest Event Celebrates Student Inventors from Across the U.S.

Jun 3, 2019

Lemelson-MIT Executive Director Gives Public Testimony at USPTO SUCCESS Act Hearing

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August 20, 2019

RT @InventorsHOF: #NIHF Inductee Guglielmo Marconi conducted experiments in his own home that were, in effect, the dawn of radio.… https://t.co/kpVbXmPWJ2

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August 20, 2019

LMIT's @tonyperry explains how sensors are an important part of our technology today--from cellphones to devices th… https://t.co/qbP22m1kqI

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August 19, 2019

You know them and love them, potato chips are addictive! Their inventor, George Crum, is thought to have first serv… https://t.co/DnJHpyxABu

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