InvenTeams Grant

Classroom Grant

  • 02/27/15

Available Funds/Award: $10,000 each

Opens: Oct. 15, 2014

Proposals Due: Feb. 27, 2015

Final Applications Due: Sept. 4, 2015

Winners Chosen: June 2016

Recurring? Annually

Granting Organization: The Lemelson Foundation

Description: The Lemelson Foundation grants funds to teams of high school students that invent technological solutions to local and world problems.

Requirements: Must invent a solution with a team a high school students.

Eligibility: STEM educators at high schools and non-profit educational organizations.

Application Link: http://lemelson.mit.edu/inventeams

Additional Information Link: http://lemelson.mit.edu/inventeams

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