The Jerry Lemelson Fellowship Program

(description excerpted from a larger write-up, courtesy
of MIT E-Club member Jamie Rosen, Harvard '92, who is
applying for Feb '94 acceptance, with a little assist from us.

(others with additional information on this new program
might send that along for possible inclusion in an update and
review of the first year activities of the Fellowship from
our perspective.  send to <rdshydur@athena.mit.edu>, thanks!)
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The Fellowship for which I'm applying is called The Lemelson,
and is funded by the successful inventor, Jerry Lemelson.  The
purpose is to promote entrepreneurism, innovation, and invention
among today's college students.  The Fellowship, which is brand
new, funds several students' tuition for one or two semesters
at Hampshire College in Amherst (Massachusetts), to become part
of a faculty-sponsored creative team working on creative solutions
to real-world problems.

The Fellowship is part of a larger program, The Lemeleson National
Program in Invention, Innovation and Creativity.  Two other
components of this program are to "create a national network of
colleges and universities that will champion innovation and 
the link between invention and the United States' ability to
compete in a global market;  and to establish a National Inventors'
Symposium that will showcase the best work of students who
participate in the Lemelson Program and bring these inventors
together with potential investors."

I am among the first pool of applicants, applying to begin
February, 1994.  Qualifications for the Fellowship include 
"a strong academic record;  intellectual curiosity;  a willingness
to explore new ideas;  and an interest in invention and
entrepreneurship."  Technical or scientific background is
not required.
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For further information, please contact the Fellowship office
directly at Hampshire College:

	The Lemelson Fellowships
	Hampshire College
	Amherst, Massachusetts  01002
	
	fax:  413-256-1436


( ...current applications are due wed, 15 dec, 1993 ... rdshydur )