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Recognizing Tomorrow's Leaders Today

Today's young inventors are tomorrow's technological and entrepreneurial leaders. The $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize seeks to recognize and inspire these burgeoning inventors and innovators.

The student prize is awarded annually to an MIT senior or graduate student who has created or improved a product or process, applied a technology in a new way, redesigned a system or in other ways demonstrated remarkable inventiveness. Award winners gain invaluable exposure to the science, business and investment communities through national press around this award.

Eligibility Requirements

All MIT seniors and graduate students are eligible to compete for this award regardless of major. Applicants must be individual inventors; teams are not eligible.

Award Process

Interested students may apply by completing the online application form, which can be accessed on the right side of this page. Once your application is submitted, a distinguished panel of MIT alumni including scientists, technologists, engineers and entrepreneurs selects the winner.

This award is part of a comprehensive program administered by the Lemelson-MIT Program and established by the Lemelson Foundation to raise the stature of inventors and to inspire invention among young people.

New Student Prizes

The student prize has expanded to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Funded by the Lemelson-MIT Program, the $30,000 Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize and the $30,000 Lemelson-Illinois Student Prize are both modeled after the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize; however, each is administered by its respective school. These student prize winners were first awarded in 2007.

Contact 

The Lemelson-MIT Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
School of Engineering
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Building E60-215
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

Tel.: 617-253-3352
Fax: 617-258-8276
lemelson_awards(at)mit.edu

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