[bioundgrd] Fwd: Inviting students to apply for the Lemelson Prize

[Janice Chang]

>From: "Steven Lerman" <lerman at MIT.EDU>
>Subject: Inviting students to apply for the Lemelson Prize
>Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:07:42 -0400
>
>
>
>The Lemelson-MIT Student Prize is awarded annually to a graduate student or
>graduating senior who has displayed a portfolio of inventiveness. The Student
>Prize serves as a catalyst to increase awareness of students' 
>inventions and the
>potential for commercialization and adoption of their work. Prize winners
>receive monetary support and gain national media attention enabling them to
>further develop their innovative ideas.
>
>To be eligible, students must be enrolled as full time as either seniors or
>graduate students during the coming spring semester. They can be from any
>department at MIT.
>
>Individual inventors or key contributors to a team project are encouraged to
>apply. If you have students in your department who have shown the ability to
>think of inventive solutions to problems, we encourage you to invite them to
>apply for the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize.
>
>The application deadline is December 10, 2009.  Please see the 
>attached document
>which provides additional information about the prize.  Students wishing to
>apply can visit http://web.mit.edu/invent/student.
>
>For additional questions contact Ed Canton, Awards Program Officer, at
>lemelson_awards at mit.edu. 
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Steve
>
>------
>Prof. Steven R. Lerman
>Vice Chancellor and Dean for Graduate Education
>3-138, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139
>Ph: 617-253-1957 Fax: 617-258-5620