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16 High Schools Awarded Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams Grants for Invention Projects

Grant Applications Now Available for 2008 - 2009 School Year

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (October 9, 2007) – When they're not involved with after-school sports or part-time jobs, what do some of today's most-ambitious high school students do with their spare time? They invent potential breakthrough technologies, from position-indicating radio beacons for commercial fishing vessels, to robotic coconut tree climbers, to gauging power potential via wind-sensing balloons.

To encourage this inventive spirit, the Lemelson-MIT Program has selected 16 new high schools to participate in its InvenTeams initiative and receive up to $10,000 each in grant funding for teams of students to identify a real-world problem and invent a practical solution to it. Read the full press release.

	Student Inventors Invited to Apply for $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize – The Lemelson-MIT Program invites currently enrolled MIT seniors and graduate student inventors to apply for its annual $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for inventiveness. The application deadline is 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 18, 2007. (October 12, 2007).
	Podcast with Saul Griffith, 2004 winner of the $30.000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize — Griffith discusses how invention translates in his life, including his work at Squid Labs, development of Howtoons to inspire youth and more, in an interview for "Prototype Online: Inventive Voices," a podcast series by the Lemelson Center.
	Podcast with Nathan Ball — Listen to Ball talk about inspiring inventive creativity in young people in a feature of "Prototype Online: Inventive Voices," a podcast series by the Lemelson Center.


	In winter 2008, the program will distribute a newly designed electronic Inventory.



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