The InvenTeam initiative, created by the Lemelson-MIT Program, offers an unparalleled opportunity for high school students to cultivate their creativity and experience invention. InvenTeams are teams of high school students, educators, and mentors which receive grants up to $10,000  to invent technological solutions to real-world problems. Each InvenTeam chooses its own problem to solve. The application process occurs in two stages.

Stage 1: Educators apply on behalf of their team and organization to participate. Up to 35 educators will be selected as finalists in this stage and will receive feedback on their invention project proposal, access to webinars, and expert mentorship from the Lemelson-MIT Program Fellows in the spring and summer of 2020. Only applicants selected as finalists in Spring 2020 will be invited to submit a final application for the 2020-2021 school year.

Stage 2: Final Application (by invitation only) will be due September 2020. The final application is completed by the team fo students with oversight and support from the educator.

For more information please visit: the InvenTeams website for more details (lemelson.mit.edu/InvenTeams) or contact: inventeams@mit.edu