Lemelson National Program Grantees
The Lemelson Foundation is a private philanthropy established by one of the country's most prolific inventors, Jerome Lemelson (1923-1997), and his family. In addition to the Lemelson Center at the National Museum of American History, the Foundation lends support to the following programs:
Hands On Science Center at the National Museum of American History, Washington, DC
The Museum's Hands On Science Center is part of the "Science in American Life" exhibition. This interactive center gives museum visitors a chance to participate in more than 25 science-oriented activities and integrates its activities with Lemelson Center programs.
Lemelson Assistive Technology Development Center (LATDC), Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
The mission of the Lemelson Assitive Technology Development Center is to provide students with an experiential education in design, invention, and entrepreneurship through the use of assistive technology and universal design. LATDC achieves this through a combination of courses, activities, internships, collaborations with business and non-profit organizations, and through teams of students who design, develop, and make available equipment for people with disabilities.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
To celebrate excellence in innovation, MIT administers a variety of programs including the Lemelson-MIT Prize for invention and innovation, the Lifetime Achievement Award, the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, the high school Invention Apprenticeship program, an endowed chair, educational outreach activities, and courses on product development and entrepreneurship.
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), Hadley, MA
The NCIIA is a national, cross-disciplinary community of faculty and students with an interest in learning through team-based, commercially focused innovation. The NCIIA provides support to faculty and students who believe that the teaching of invention and innovation is critical to American higher education. The NCIIA provides grants to colleges around the country for the creation of student inventing teams (called "E-Teams" for Excellence and Entrepreneurship), courses, projects, networking opportunities and resources for faculty and student innovators.
University
of Nevada at Reno
Augmenting the E-Team program in the electrical engineering
curriculum, a center established at this university promotes
invention, innovation and entrepreneurship.
The
African-American Male Achievers Network, Inc. (A-MAN)
A-MAN encourages underserved children 5-17 years of age
to develop skills in math, science and business. It utilizes
science and technology as a motivational tool and works
to advance the educational achievement and intellectual
and career development of African-American and other minority
students. A-MAN's International Science Discovery and Learning
Center (ISD&L) in Los Angeles fosters an interest in
science through hands-on activities using laser beams, a
robotics lab, and other resources.
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