Collegiate Inventors Competition Accepting New Entries
WHAT: For more than three decades, the Collegiate Inventors Competition® (CIC) has offered student innovators from across the country the opportunity to showcase their work and compete for top prizes. CIC has now opened the entry period for the 2022 competition.
The National Inventors Hall of Fame® (NIHF), in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), invites Undergraduate and Graduate students to submit their applications for this immersive, one-of-a-kind invention competition. Submissions will be evaluated based on originality, completeness, adequacy as a solution, impact and coherence.
Selected Finalists will travel (all expenses paid) to the Washington, D.C. area to compete. Throughout the two-day event, Finalists will interact with their fellow student innovators, have their presentations judged by NIHF Inductees and USPTO officials, and network with the Judges during an Awards Dinner. Winning teams will be awarded cash prizes and a USPTO Patent Acceleration Certificate.
CIC is an excellent opportunity for students to take their inventions to the next level. Students can visit https://www.invent.org/collegiate-inventors to learn more and apply for the competition.
WHEN: The deadline to apply is June 7. The competition takes place the week of Oct. 10.
WHERE: The USPTO Madison Building, 600 Dulany St. in Alexandria, Virginia.
ETC.: Because most university design and capstone projects qualify for CIC, entries are a great way for students to make the most of their hard work. Professors and mentors are encouraged to share this opportunity with their students.
About the Collegiate Inventors Competition
The Collegiate Inventors Competition encourages and drives innovation and entrepreneurship at the collegiate level. A program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, this competition recognizes and rewards the research, innovations and discoveries by college students and their advisers for projects leading to inventions that have the potential of receiving patent protection. Introduced in 1990, the competition has awarded cash prizes to students for their innovative work and scientific achievement through the help of its sponsors. For more information, visit invent.org/events/cic-event.