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Kory Murphy: A Legacy Defined by One Play and a Life of Innovation
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Nonprofit Association of Oregon
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Envisioning a Safer Eye Exam
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NSF and Lemelson Foundation Launch Joint Awards Supporting Sustainability in Engineering Education
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NSF and Lemelson Foundation Launch Joint Awards Supporting Sustainability in Engineering Education
The Lemelson Foundation and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the first awards in a joint initiative to fund projects supporting the integration of social and environmental sustainability into engineering curricula. Supported in part by a $3 million, three-year investment from The Lemelson Foundation and aligned with the goals of its Engineering for One Planet…
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NEST360° Initiative Harnesses Invention to Solve Global Health Challenges
The Lemelson Foundation is proud to announce our contribution to the launch of NEST360°, a new multi-organization partnership aimed at making a lasting impact on maternal and newborn health in low-resource settings. Current data shows that around 28 in every 1,000 babies in Sub-Saharan Africa die in the first month of life. The NEST360° initiative…
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Nearly 2,000 Additional Educators Embrace Invention Education
While September is when the public focuses on going back to school, every teacher knows that the real work happens before that – preparing classrooms, planning lessons and participating in professional development. When it comes to Invention Education, thousands of educators have participated in professional development programs this year with the goal of integrating new…
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Top Collegiate Inventors Awarded Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
Students around the country are recognized for revolutionary solutions to women’s health, food waste, transportation systems and improving mobility and communication for people with disabilities.
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Invention Education, a Transformational Approach to Preparing Students for an Ever-Changing Workforce, Debuts at SXSW EDU 2019
In recognition of the growing momentum behind Invention Education, The Lemelson Foundation will join with partners to discuss this new educational paradigm for the first time at SXSW EDU 2019.
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Foundation Executive Director Carol Dahl Discusses Early-Innovation Funding in Stanford Social Innovation Review
The MacArthur Foundation’s100&Change competition offers important lessons on how to conduct large award competitions in ways that can boost the field of philanthropy.
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The Lemelson Foundation Expands Expertise in Science and Technology Leadership and Developing Country Entrepreneurship
New Program Officer and Advisory Committee Member Enhance Bench of Experts in Education, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Emerging Markets, Global Health and Social Enterprise.
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Ashoka-Lemelson Fellow Wins Talberg Foundation’s 2017 Global Leadership Prize
The Tällberg Foundation announced the selection of four new Tällberg Global Leaders, including the Ashoka-Lemelson Fellow Bright Simons. Read more.
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High School Teams Awarded Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam Grant for Invention Projects
Cambridge, Mass – The Lemelson-MIT Program today introduced the 2017– 2018 InvenTeams, 15 teams of high school students nationwide, each receiving up to $10,000 in grant funding to solve open-ended problems they’ve recognized from their local communities. Two examples of the types of technological solutions to problems InvenTeams are creating include reducing the population of mosquitoes…
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McKay High School Students Beat College Teams in Tech Competition, Win Nearly $23,000
A team of McKay High School students recently won a technology competition, going up against college engineering students. In the process, they won thousands of dollars for the team, school and students’ futures. Read the full story by Natalie Pate of the Statesman Journal.
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The Lemelson Foundation and partners release tools to help inventors and entrepreneurs integrate sustainability from the start
Portland, OR — The Lemelson Foundation today announced the release of an integrated package of new educational and business management toolkits for invention-based entrepreneurs. Sustaining Our Planet: A Toolkit for Entrepreneurs has been created by leading organizations in the field of entrepreneurship development- NESsT, Presidio Graduate School and VentureWell. The suite of materials – all available for free download –…
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Dr. Feng Zhang, Pioneering Gene Editing Technology Developer, Awarded $500,00 Lemelson-MIT Prize
Cambridge, Mass — Dr. Feng Zhang, a pioneer of the revolutionary CRISPR gene editing technology, TAL effectors, and optogenetics, has just been announced as the recipient of the 2017 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, the largest cash prize for invention in the United States. Zhang is a core member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, an investigator at…
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Cindy Cooper Joins The Lemelson Foundation to Advance Opportunities for Collegiate Inventors and Young Entrepreneurs
Foundation Adds to Expertise for Collegiate Inventors and Young Entrepreneurs