The Lemelson-MIT Program encourages youth to invent and develop their hands-on skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) through two grants initiatives for grades 6-12. We also recognize emerging collegiate inventors whose inventions could impact important sectors of the global economy and honor mid-career inventors with a prestigious cash prize.
In addition, through our Partners in Invention Education program, Lemelson-MIT is working with schools, districts and afterschool programs to design curriculum that supports implementation of the new Computer Science (CS) standards and framework as well as the engineering components of the Next Generation Science Standards.
We also offer Professional Development workshops to our partners, as well as any other interested educator or administrator. The Lemelson-MIT Program is a national leader in advancing, supporting and implementing invention education and we have helped thousands of teachers transform their approach to teaching invention education. Our workshops are designed to give educators the tools they need to incorporate computer science, computational thinking, and science and math topics into curriculum that also keeps an emphasis on learning to work and think as an inventor.
