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The $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Caltech Student Prize
Today's young inventors are tomorrow's technological and entrepreneurial leaders. The $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Caltech Student Prize seeks to recognize and inspire burgeoning innovators and inventors.

Winner and finalist will be announced at award ceremony on March 3rd (11:30-1:30), in the Caltech Avery Library. Free boxed lunch for first 100 guests.

The Lemelson-MIT Caltech Student Prize will be awarded to a Caltech undergraduate or graduate student who has created or improved a product or process, applied a technology in a new way, redesigned a system, or in other ways demonstrated remarkable inventiveness. Students will gain invaluable exposure to the science, business, and investment communities through participation in this competition.

 

 
11:30 FREE Lunch (For first 100 guests)
12:00 Caltech Audience Welcome
 

Nationwide Announcement of Winners

  • California Institute of Technology
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12:45 Invention Presentations by
Caltech winner and finalist

Applications are due December 31, 2009. The winner will be announced on March 3, 2010.

This award is part of a comprehensive program established by the Lemelson Foundation to raise the stature of inventors and to inspire invention among young people.

The Lemelson-MIT Caltech Student Prize Program is funded by the Lemelson-MIT Program, which also funds the $30,000 Lemelson-Illinois Student Prize at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the $30,000 Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

The 2009 Caltech program was further underwritten by a generous contribution from Dr. Michael W. Hunkapiller (PhD '74).

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