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The Lemelson-MIT Program accepting applications for the 2011 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize.

Are you an inventor or know someone who is? The Lemelson-MIT Program is currently seeking nominees for the 2011 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize.

The Lemelson-MIT Prize is awarded to an outstanding mid-career inventor, who has developed a patented product or process of significant value to society, which has been adopted for practical use, or has a high probability of being adopted. Applications are available at http://mit.edu/invent/a-prize.html.

For more information about the award, please contact Edward Canton, Program Officer at lemelson_awards@mit.edu.

Course and Program grants (faculty):

• Up to $50,000
• Inspiring change through education and technology innovation

E-Team grants (faculty and students):

• Up to $20,000
• Supporting emerging university inventors and entrepreneurs

Proposals due December 4, 2009

For guidelines, to apply and for more information please visit http://nciia.org/grants/courseandprogram.

NCIIA funds faculty from member institutions whose programs and projects encourage innovation and invention among students, and whose work benefits people and the environment.

Sustainable Vision grants

• Up to $50,000
• Creating breakthrough technologies for people living in poverty
• Proposals due October 16, 2009

For guidelines, to apply and for more information please visit http://nciia.org/grants/sustainablevision.

Course and Program grants

• Up to $50,000
• Improving existing programs or building new programs in invention, innovation and entrepreneurship
• Proposals due December 4, 2009

For guidelines, to apply and for more information please visit http://nciia.org/grants/courseandprogram.

CIMIT (the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology) has announced a dynamic new engineering prize competition: the CIMIT Prize for Primary Healthcare.

It calls for technological innovations with the greatest potential to support and catalyze improved delivery of healthcare at the frontlines of medicine. The top three entrants (individuals or teams) will receive $150,000, $100,000 and $50,000, respectively, to help advance their winning clinically relevant, primary care solutions.

Letters of intent will be accepted from December 1, 2008 - January 15, 2009.

Click here for more information.

Due date approaching!

A Statement of Intent to Apply is due on March 14, 2008 and is less than a page long.  April 11, 2008 is the due date for full proposals.  Proposals will only be accepted by those who submitted a Statement of Intent.

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Greetings,

Solicitation for the spring 2008 MTTC $40,000 Investigation Awards is now open.  Any Principal Investigator associated with a Massachusetts research institution is encouraged to apply.  This award program is open to all public and private research institutions, not just researchers associated with UMass. These awards provide a great opportunity to move inventions closer to commercialization.  Up to ten awards will be granted.

Please visit the updated Grants and Awards section of our website www.mattcenter.org for an application and information.  If you have any questions, please email me at mbernier@umassp.edu.

Sincerely,

Michele Bernier
Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center
(617) 287-7018