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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.
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FREE Lunch (For first 100 guests) |
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Caltech Audience Welcome |
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Nationwide Announcement of Winners
- California Institute of Technology
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Invention Presentations by
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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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