Collegiate Inventors Competition

New technology is emerging from colleges and universities across the United States and around the world. Students are often the force behind the breakthroughs. Their contributions will become tomorrow's foundation. The Collegiate Inventors Competition's mission is to recognize and encourage students on their quest to change tomorrow.

Qualifications

Students must be enrolled (or have been enrolled) full-time in any college/university at least part of the 12-mo period prior to date entry is submitted. In a team(max 4 students) at least one member must meet full-time eligibility criteria. Other team members must have been enrolled on a part-time basis sometime during 24-mo period prior to entry submission. The entry must be the original idea and work product of the student/advisor team and may not have been (1) made available to the public as a commercial product or process or (2) been patented or published more than 1 yr prior to the date of submission to the competition. The entry submitted must be in English.

Amount

Grand Prize: $50,000 student, $5,000 advisor Graduate Award: $25,000 student, $5,000 advisor Undergraduate Award: $15,000 student, $5,000 advisor

Website

For additional information please see:
www.invent.org/collegiate/index.html