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.

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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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

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

Apr 23, 2019

Top Collegiate Inventors Awarded Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

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June 20, 2019

The Invention Showcase is wrapping up at #EurekaFest2019. All had fun, even this guy and gal! https://t.co/LM6q5cbAWn

2 hours 47 min ago

June 20, 2019

Happening now in MIT’S Stata Center: The #InvenTeam and Student Prize winners Invention Showcase! #EurekaFest2019 https://t.co/WlbS8rCyKC

4 hours 23 sec ago

June 20, 2019

How many inventors does it take to set up an Invention Showcase table? #BehindTheScenes at #EurekaFest2019 https://t.co/VjGy9zGwJk

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