Celebrating Invention

Annual awards for collegiate and mid-career inventors

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.

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

Sep 18, 2019

Inventor of SOURCE Hydropanels, a rechargeable metal-air battery, and founder of Zero Mass Water Awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

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.

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September 18, 2019

Today we are happy to announce our $500K Lemelson-MIT Prize Winner! His name is Cody Friesen and he is developing r… https://t.co/d2God6L4Nq

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September 17, 2019

Get ready because tomorrow is the big day when we will be announcing the $500K Lemelson-MIT Prize winner! https://t.co/ukvPaJJmBX

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September 16, 2019

Have you checked out these awesome PBS NewsHour videos and lesson plans by #InvenTeam teachers? Take a look! ⚫… https://t.co/RZJ6f83MIL

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