
Lemelson Foundation
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Improving lives through invention
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http://www.lemelson.org 22-12-2009 22:48:23
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After learning more about plastic pollution and ways to reduce it, 12-year-old Madison Checketts designed Eco-Hero, a gelatinous water bottle that is actually edible. #brcmMASTERS Broadcom Foundation smithsonianmag.com/innovation/thi…


.Carolyn Bertozzi also won the 2010 Lemelson-MIT Program prize for her groundbreaking work in #chemistry and #biology. Check out our Q&A with her in #Invention Notebook: medium.com/invention-note…


Join our Program Officer Maggie Flanagan at Villgro USA's Wednesday Wisdom Series to understand #impactinvestment trends in the upcoming year and how your organization can effectively plan funding for #socialimpact in the future. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…



We're excited to see #InventionEducation cited as a promising and established practice for supporting #K12 #STEMEducation by the U.S. Department of Education's new white paper on #ConvergenceEducation. Visit our website to find the latest research, curricula, and tools: inventioneducation.org/resources/

Our pilot grant program for #EngineeringforOnePlanet captured important lessons for integrating #sustainability into #engineering courses at five universities: ASU Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Engineering - OSU Maryland Engineering UCF Engineering Villanova Engineering. Read about their takeaways: bit.ly/3HnEPEB


Check out ANDE's new learning brief, “Strengthening Gender and Climate-Lens Investing in Sub-Saharan Africa," to learn about what works as well as investment and programming opportunities: bit.ly/3hnyzlC Global Affairs Canada WUSC - EUMC Aga Khan Foundation #ANDEGender






Teachers, mentors, and a middle-school #inventioneducation program helped Thien Nguyen reach his education and career goals. “He chose his own path despite all the odds that were against him,” says our Senior Program Officer David.Coronado. Oregon MESA. lemelson.org/how-an-after-s…