Greetings,

What do the following inventions have in common?

* Watermelon-ripeness evaluator
* Pothole detection and filling device
* Inspection-friendly luggage

They were all developed by high school students through InvenTeams!
InvenTeams is the Lemelson-MIT Program's national initiative to foster inventiveness among high school students. InvenTeams asks teams of high school students, their teacher(s) and mentors to identify a problem to address with an invention, then funds them up to $10,000 per team to develop a prototype. Best of all, the students own any resulting intellectual property!

Popular themes of projects include assistive devices, consumer products, environment, transportation, and health and safety.
InvenTeams is open to high school science, mathematics and technology teachers at public, private and vocational schools and their students. In 2005, InvenTeams funded thirteen projects (from 60 applicants) in twelve states, impacting more than 200 students. In 2006, we will support up to fifteen teams.    

Applications and additional information are available on our web site: http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/apply

The deadline for 2006 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams is May 6, 2005.

Details:
Grant size: up to $10,000 each for an in-class or extra-curricular invention project
Number of grants: as many as 15
Project length: October 2005 - June 2006
Teacher stipend: up to $2,000 for extra-curricular projects
DEADLINE: MAY 6, 2005

Please forward this email to others who might be interested in this exciting opportunity.
Feel free to contact the Lemelson-MIT Program (617-253-3352) with any questions.

Best,
Joshua Schuler
Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams
MIT SM 2000
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Joshua SCHULER
InvenTeams Grants Officer
Lemelson-MIT Program
email: jschuler@mit.edu
http://web.mit.edu/inventeams
phone:  617-452-2146
fax:  617-258-8276

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