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  • Envisioning a Safer Eye Exam

    Envisioning a Safer Eye Exam

    This young inventor created a synthetic model eye to help medical students train for optical procedures. With more than two million working parts, the eye is considered the second most complex human organ after the brain. So how can medical students train for treating such a complicated and sensitive part of the body? That’s the…

  • Foundation Executive Director Carol Dahl Discusses Early-Innovation Funding in Stanford Social Innovation Review

    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.

  • Gearbox

    Gearbox

    Improving the ecosystem for hardware inventor entrepreneurs in East Africa by providing makerspace, training and other support services

  • VentureWell

    VentureWell

    Cultivating the next generation of inventors and entrepreneurs in higher education to bring innovative products to market for social and environmental impact

  • Broadcom MASTERS 2018 Lemelson Award for Invention Winner

    Broadcom MASTERS 2018 Lemelson Award for Invention Winner

    At the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS (Math, Applied Science, Technology, and Engineering for Rising Stars) competition, The Lemelson Foundation awarded the Lemelson Award for Invention to Salem, Oregon student John Madland for his project: Terrella Aurora Model: A Demonstration of Charged Particle Shielding for Space Exploration. John Madland He was one of the 30 middle school student…

  • WGBH Design Squad Global

    WGBH Design Squad Global

    Helping student inventors make an impact through engineering by using the design process to solve real-world problems

  • The Henry Ford-STEMIE

    The Henry Ford-STEMIE

    Supporting invention and entrepreneurship education for U.S. K-12 students and creating a community of practice through real-world problem solving

  • Inventor Of Captcha/Recaptcha And Duolingo Awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

    Inventor Of Captcha/Recaptcha And Duolingo Awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

    We’re proud to announce that Luis von Ahn, the co-inventor of CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA and CEO of Duolingo, is the 2018 winner of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize. Raised in Guatemala, Luis saw the importance of opportunity and education for success. That’s why he developed Duolingo, a free and accessible platform for language learning. He has…

  • Global Minimum

    Global Minimum

    Creating invention education opportunities for students in Africa to build a sustainable pipeline of young inventors solving community challenges

  • LMIT Student Prize

    LMIT Student Prize

    Celebrating inventors and highlighting their achievements through recognition awards The Lemelson-MIT Program celebrates outstanding inventors and inspires young people to pursue creative lives and careers through invention. Jerry and Dolly Lemelson founded the Lemelson-MIT Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1994, and it is administered by MIT’s School of Engineering. This program includes…

  • The Lemelson Foundation Expands Expertise in Science and Technology Leadership and Developing Country Entrepreneurship

    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.

  • Villgro

    Villgro

    Incubating invention-based businesses in India and developing countries through mentorship and financial support systems for entrepreneurs addressing the needs of the poor

  • Rice 360°

    Rice 360°

    Engaging engineering students to invent solutions to global health challenges and cultivating invention education at African universities