OBJECTIVE: Introduced in 1990, the Collegiate Inventors Competition has recognized, rewarded, and encouraged hundreds of students to share their inventive ideas with the world. The Competition promotes exploration in invention, science, engineering, technology, and other creative endeavors and provides a window on the technologies from which society will benefit in the future.
ELIGIBILITY: Students must be enrolled (or have been enrolled) full-time in any U.S. or Canadian college or university at least part of the 12-month period prior to the date the entry is submitted. In the case of a team (maximum of four students), at least one member of the team must meet the full-time eligibility criteria. The other team members must have been enrolled on a part-time basis (at a minimum) sometime during the 24-month period prior to the date the entry is submitted.Finalists receive an all-expenses paid trip to Washington DC to present their project to the judges. Undergraduate awards range from $500-$2,500. Graduate awards range from $1,000-$5,000.
Deadline: June 15, 2012
For details, see http://www.invent.org/collegiate/overview.html
