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General Information

Name Collegiate Inventors Competition
Number of Awards 3
Award Value $15,000 - $25,000
Award Type Merit-Based Scholarship
Accept Applications Until June 15
Renewable
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Contact Information

Contact National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation
Phone (330)849-6887
Fax
Email collegiate@invent.org

Scholarship Description

Introduced in 1990, the Collegiate Inventors Competition has 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 future 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.

JUDGING

The committee of judges represents the fields of mathematics, engineering, biology, chemistry, physics, information technology, and medicine.

Entries are judged on the originality and inventiveness of the new idea, process, or technology. The entry must be complete, workable, and well articulated. Entries are also judged on their potential value to society (socially, environmentally, and economically), and on the scope of use.