Celebrating Invention

Annual awards for collegiate and mid-career inventors

Inspiring Youth

Annual grants to invent technological solutions to real-world problems and Excite Awards for K-12 educators.

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JV InvenTeams Curriculum

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

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.

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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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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October 21, 2019

LMIT’s Stephanie Couch, Leigh Estabrooks and Tony Perry will be speaking this week at the 2019 @CSforALL Summit in… https://t.co/eZwdKkWuYF

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October 18, 2019

Lemelson-MIT is happy to be a #CSforALL Commitment maker! We will be announcing more details about this commitment… https://t.co/33Au8BTq36

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October 18, 2019

Katy Olesnavage, a 2017 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize winner, has been an inventor since she was a little kid. In fact… https://t.co/HKYZ9IHYPn

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