Know Terrific Inventors? One Could Win a $100K Sustainability Award

If you are an MIT graduate you may know some amazing inventors—you might even be one yourself. And now you can nominate someone for the $100K Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability. Or someone could nominate you! Deadline Oct. 3.

The Lemelson-MIT Program honors exceptional inventors with lifetime awards of $500K and a $30K MIT student award each year. The program also hosts a creative Web site packed with stories of inventors, an Inventor’s Handbook, and games and trivia about invention.

The sustainability prize recognizes inventors whose products or processes impact issues of global relevance, as well as issues that impact local communities in terms of meeting basic health needs, and building sustainable livelihoods for the world's poorest populations. Go to the Website for eligibility and nomination information.

Last year sustainability winner Joel Selanikio won for a new way to use cell phones for health data collection in rural areas.