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  • Cultivating the Next Generation of Invention Education Teachers

    Cultivating the Next Generation of Invention Education Teachers

    Katia Avila Pinedo shares how her invention education journey inspired her to give back to her community through teaching. 

  • Transforming the Philanthropic Landscape for STEM

    Transforming the Philanthropic Landscape for STEM

    This former engineer is helping funders focus on making STEM accessible to all students

  • The Courage To Invent

    The Courage To Invent

    The Lemelson Foundation’s Executive Director Rob Schneider and VentureWell’s President and CEO Phil Weilerstein share insights from decades of impact investing to support inventors and innovators creating solutions that cultivate…

  • National Inventors’ Month 2026

    National Inventors’ Month 2026

    Inventing for Our Shared Future … To address the challenges we face now and in the coming decades, we need inventors more than ever. From climate adaptation to renewable energy…