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{{Short description|American award to inventors}}
The [[Lemelson Foundation]] awards several prizes yearly to [[inventor]]s in [[United States]]. The largest is the '''Lemelson–MIT Prize''' which was endowed in 1994 by [[Jerome H. Lemelson]], and is administered through the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. The winner receives $500,000, making it the largest cash prize for [[invention]] in the U.S.
 
The Lemelson–MIT Program awards several prizes yearly to [[inventor]]s in the [[United States]]. The largest is the '''Lemelson–MIT Prize''' which was endowed in 1994 by [[Jerome H. Lemelson]], funded by the [[Lemelson Foundation]], and is administered through the School of Engineering at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. The winner receives $500,000, making it the largest cash prize for [[invention]] in the U.S.
From 1995 through 2006, the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award and the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize were also presented along with the Lemelson-MIT prize. In 2007 the Lifetime Achievement award was replaced with the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability. In 2007 the Lemelson Foundation also introduced two additional $30,000 student prizes to be awarded at [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]] and the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]]. A student prize for the [[California Institute of Technology]] was added in 2009 and canceled in 2011.
 
The $100,000 Lemelson–MIT Award for Global Innovation (previously named the Award for Sustainability) was last awarded in 2013. The Award for Global Innovation replaced the $100,000 Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award, which was awarded from 1995 to 2006. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognized outstanding individuals whose pioneering spirit and inventiveness throughout their careers improved society and inspired others.
== List of winners ==
 
The Lemelson–MIT Program also awards invention prizes for college students, called the Lemelson–MIT Student Prize.
===2012===
*[[Stephen Quake]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/06/04/stanford-professor-wins-500g-mit-invention-prize/ |title=Stanford professor wins $500G MIT invention prize |publisher=Fox News |date=2010-04-07 |accessdate=2012-06-05}}</ref>
*Ashok Gadgil (Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation)
*Miles Barr (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize)
*Fazel Yavari (Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize)
*Kevin Karsch (Lemelson-MIT Illinois Student Prize)
 
== List of Lemelson–MIT Prize winners ==
===2011===
<!-- Currently in descending chronological order. -->
*[[John A. Rogers]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize)
[[File:Stephen Quake (4866285813).jpg|120px|thumb|Stephen Quake]]<!-- 2012 -->
*Elizabeth Hausler (Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability)
[[File:Rogers john2.jpg|120px|thumb|John A. Rogers]]<!-- 2011 -->
*Alice Chen (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize)
[[File:Carolyn Bertozzi IMG 9372.jpg|120px|thumb|Carolyn Bertozzi, receiving the Emanuel Merck Lectureship in 2011]]<!-- 2010 -->
*Scott Diagle (Lemelson-MIT Illinois Student Prize)
[[File:Mirkin chad lecture.jpg|120px|thumb|Chad Mirkin]]<!-- 2009 -->
*Guoan Zheng (Lemelson-MIT CalTech Student Prize)
[[File:Web-2718-crop.jpg|120px|thumb|Joel Selanikio]]<!-- 2009 -->
[[File:SidneyPestka NationalMedalOfTech.jpg|120px|thumb|Sidney Pestka (middle) receives the National Medal of Technology from President George W. Bush (right).]]<!-- 2006 -->
[[File:Nick Holonyak Jr.jpg|120px|thumb|Nick Holonyak Jr.]]<!-- 2004 -->
[[File:Clinton-kamen.jpg|120px|thumb|President Clinton and Dean Kamen in the White House, Kamen riding the iBOT Mobility System]]<!-- 2002 -->
[[File:Raymond Kurzweil Fantastic Voyage.jpg|thumb|120px|Ray Kurzweil]]<!-- 2001 -->
[[File:Robert Langer MTMLecture 2008 09 25 portrait.JPG|120px|thumb|Bob Langer]]<!-- 1998 -->
[[File:Douglas Engelbart in 2008.jpg|120px|thumb|Douglas Engelbart]]<!-- 1997 -->
 
Source:<ref name="Lemelson">{{cite web | title=$500K Lemelson–MIT Prize Winners | website=Lemelson | url=https://lemelson.mit.edu/500k-prize-list | access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref>
===2010===
 
;2019
* [[Cody Friesen]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize)<ref name=MIT20>{{Cite web|url=https://lemelson.mit.edu/winners_circle|title=Award Winners|publisher=Lemelson–MIT|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref>
 
;2018
* [[Luis von Ahn]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2018/september/von-ahn-lemelson-mit.html|title=Von Ahn Wins 2018 Lemelson–MIT Prize for Invention|publisher=Carnegie Mellon University|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref>
 
;2017
* [[Feng Zhang]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize)<ref name=MIT20 />
 
;2016
* [[Ramesh Raskar]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2016/09/14/india-born-mit-scientist-wins-a-500000-prize-for-invention/|title=India-Born MIT Scientist Wins a $500,000 Prize for Invention|last=Pokharel|first=Krishna|newspaper=WSJ|access-date=2016-10-19}}</ref>
 
;2015
* [[Aquion Energy|Jay Whitacre]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize)<ref>{{cite web|title=Inventor Creates First Mass-Produced Low-Cost, Eco-Friendly Battery; Awarded $500,000 Lemelson–MIT Prize|url=http://lemelson.mit.edu/winners/dr-jay-whitacre|website=Lemelson–MIT Program|access-date=16 September 2015|ref=Jay}}</ref>
 
;2014
* [[Sangeeta N. Bhatia]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize)<ref name= MIT20 />
 
;2013
* [[Angela Belcher]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize)<ref>Rob Matheson, Angela Belcher wins $500,000 Lemelson–MIT Prize, ''MIT News'', June 4, 2013.</ref>
* [[Rebecca Richards-Kortum]] and Maria Oden (Lemelson–MIT Award for Global Innovation)
 
;2012
*[[Stephen Quake]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/06/04/stanford-professor-wins-500g-mit-invention-prize/ |title=Stanford professor wins $500G MIT invention prize |publisher=Fox News |date=2010-04-07 |access-date=2012-06-05}}</ref> (Scientist, Inventor, Entrepreneur, Professor of Biophysics and Genomics at Stanford University)
*[[Ashok Gadgil]] (Lemelson–MIT Award for Global Innovation)
 
;2011
*[[John A. Rogers]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize) (Professor, Physical Chemist, and Materials Scientist at Northwestern University)
*[[Elizabeth Hausler]] (Lemelson–MIT Award for Sustainability)
 
;2010
*[[Carolyn Bertozzi]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize)
*BP Agrawal (Lemelson-MITLemelson–MIT Award for Sustainability)
*[[Erez Lieberman Aiden]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize)
*[http://rafiee.us Kayvan Rafiee] (Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize)
*Jonathan Naber (Lemelson-MIT Illinois Student Prize)
*Heather Agnew (Lemelson-MIT CalTech Student Prize)
 
===;2009===
* [[Chad Mirkin]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize), George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology and Center for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly at Northwestern University
* [[Chad Mirkin]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize)
* [[Joel Selanikio]]<ref>Joel Selanikio LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelselanikio</ref> (Lemelson–MIT Award for Sustainability), CEO and co-founder, Magpi, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Georgetown University Hospital
* [[Joel Selanikio]] (Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability)
* [[Geoffrey von Maltzahn]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize)
* [[Yuehua Yu]] (Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize)
* [[John Wright]]{{Disambiguation needed|date=June 2011}} (Lemelson-MIT Illinois Student Prize)
* [[Ophir Vermesh]] (Lemelson-MIT CalTech Student Prize)
 
===;2008===
* [[Joseph DeSimone (inventor)|Joseph DeSimone]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize)
* [[Martin Fisher (inventor)|Martin Fisher]] (Lemelson-MITLemelson–MIT Award for Sustainability)
* [[Timothy Lu]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize)
* [[Martin Schubert]] (Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize)
* [[Patrick Walsh]]{{Disambiguation needed|date=June 2011}} (Lemelson-MIT Illinois Student Prize)
 
===;2007===
* [[Timothy M. Swager]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize)
* [[Lee Lynd]] (Lemelson-MITLemelson–MIT Award for Sustainability)
* [[Nathan Ball]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize)
* [[Brian Schulkin]] (Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize)
* [[Michael Callahan]] (Lemelson-MIT Illinois Student Prize)
 
===;2006===
* [[James Fergason]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize) for his liquid crystal display innovations.
* [[Sidney Pestka]] (Lemelson-MITLemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award)
* [[Carl Dietrich]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize)
 
===;2005===
* [[Robert Dennard]] (Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award)
* [[Elwood "Woody" Norris]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize) for his invention of a hypersonic sound system, which allows sound to be focused with laser-like precision.
* [[Robert Dennard]] (Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award)
* [[David Berry (inventor)|David Berry]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize)
 
===;2004===
* [[Nick Holonyak]], Jr.]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize) (John Bardeen Endowed Chair Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
* [[Edith M. Flanigen]] (Lemelson-MITLemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award)
* [[Saul Griffith]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize)
 
===;2003===
* [[Leroy Hood]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize) for his invention of four devices that have helped unlock the human genome, including the automated DNA sequencer.
* [[William P. Murphy Jr.]] (Lemelson-MITLemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award)
* [[James McLurkin]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize)[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3204/03.html 10-min. video about him] on [[NOVA scienceNOW]]
 
===;2002===
* [[Dean Kamen]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize) for his invention of the [[Segway PT|Segway]] and of an infusion pump for diabetics.
* [[Ruth R. Benerito]] (Lemelson-MITLemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award)
* [[Andrew Heafitz]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize)
* [[Kavita Shukla]] (Lemelson-MIT Invention Apprentice)
 
===;2001===
* [[Raymond Kurzweil]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize]) (Author, Computer scientist, Inventor and Futurist at Google)
* [[Raymond Damadian]] (Lemelson-MITLemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) for his work in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
* [[Brian Hubert]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize)
* [[Jordan Sand]] (Lemelson-MIT Invention Apprentice)
 
===;2000===
* [[Thomas Fogarty]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize)
* [[Alfred J. Gross|Al Gross]] (Lemelson-MITLemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) for his invention of the first walkie-talkie, CB radio, the telephone pager, and the cordless telephone.
* [[Amy B. Smith|Amy Smith]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize)
* [[Charles Johnson (inventor)|Charles Johnson]] (Lemelson-MIT Invention Apprentice)
* [[Michael Lim]], [[Jalal Khan]], and [[Thomas Murphy (MIT)|Thomas Murphy]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Team Prize, one time award)
 
===;1999===
* [[Carver Mead]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize)
* [[Stephanie Kwolek]] (Lemelson-MITLemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) for her work on liquid-crystalline polymers and the development of the armored fabric [[Kevlar]].
* [[Daniel DiLorenzo]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize)
* [[Krysta Morlan]] (Lemelson-MIT Invention Apprentice)
 
===;1998===
* [[Robert Langer]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize) (David H. Koch Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
* [[Jacob Rabinow]] (Lemelson-MITLemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) for the first disc-shaped magnetic storage media for computers, the magnetic particle clutch, the first straight-line phonograph, the first self-regulating clock, and a "reading machine" which was the first to use the "best match" principle.
* [[Akhil Madhani]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize)
 
===;1997===
* [[Douglas Engelbart]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize) (computer and Internet pioneer) for his invention of the computer mouse.
* [[Gertrude Elion]] (Lemelson-MITLemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) for the following inventions:
**[[6-mercaptopurine]] (Purinethol), the first treatment for leukemia.
**[[azathioprine]] (Imuran), the first immuno-suppressiveimmunosuppressive agent, used for organ transplants.
**[[allopurinol]] (Zyloprim), for gout.
**[[pyrimethamine]] (Daraprim), for malaria.
**[[trimethoprim]] (Septra), for [[meningitis]], septicemia[[sepsis]], and bacterial infections of the urinary and respiratory tracts.
**[[acyclovir]] (Zovirax), for viral [[herpes simplex virus]] infection.
* [[Nathan Kane]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize)
 
===;1996===
* [[Stanley N. Cohen|StanleyNorman Cohen]] (Co-recipient, Lemelson–MIT Prize) for the development of methods to combine and transplant genes.
* [[Herbert Boyer]] (Co-recipient, Lemelson–MIT Prize) for the development of methods to combine and transplant genes.
* [[Wilson Greatbatch]] (Lemelson-MITLemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) for the development of batteries for the early implantable cardiac pacemakers.
* [[David Levy (inventor)|David Levy]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize)
 
===;1995===
* [[William Bolander]] (Lemelson–MIT Prize)
* [[William Reddington Hewlett|William Hewlett]] (Co-recipient, Lemelson-MITLemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award)
* [[David Packard]] (Co-recipient, Lemelson-MITLemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award)<!-- [[WP:NFCC]] violation: David_Packard.jpg|David Packard (Co-founder of Hewlett-Packard) -->
 
* [[Thomas Massie]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize)
== List of Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize winners ==
 
Source:<ref name="Lemelson Student Prize">{{cite web | title= Lemelson–MIT Student Prize Winners | website=Lemelson–MIT | url=https://lemelson.mit.edu/lemelson-mit-student-prize-inventors/student-prize-winners-list | access-date=12 March 2023}}</ref>
 
;2021
* Paige Balcom (Use It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Nicole Black (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Mira Moufarrej (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Hilary Johnson (Eat It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2020
* Daniela Blanco (Use It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Shriya Srinivasan (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Tzu-Chieh (Zijay) Tang (Eat It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2019
* Arnav Kapur (Use It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Mercy Asiedu (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Julie Bliss Mullen (Eat It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Federico Scurti (Move It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2018
* Kayla Nguyen (Use It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Tyler Clites (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Maher Damak (Eat It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Guy Satat (Drive It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2017
* Apoorva Murarka (Use It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Lisa Tostanoski (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Katy Olesnavage (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Tony Tao (Drive It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Natasha Wright (Eat It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2016
* Achuta Kadambi (Use It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Catalin Voss (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Dan Dorsch (Drive It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Heather Hava (Eat It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2015
* Carl Schoellhammer (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Josh Siegel (Drive It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* Alexander Richter (Eat It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2014
* Benjamin Peters (Use It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
* David Sengeh (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2013
* Nikolai Begg (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2012
* Miles Barr (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2011
* Alice Chen (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2010
* [[Erez Lieberman Aiden|Erez Lieberman-Aiden]] (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2009
* [[Geoffrey von Maltzahn]] (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2008
* Timothy Lu (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2007
* Nate Ball (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2006
* Carl Dietrich (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2005
* David Berry (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2004
* Saul Griffith (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2003
* James McLurkin (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2002
* Andrew Heafitz (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2001
* Brian Hubert (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;2000
* Amy Smith (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;1999
* Daniel DiLorenzo (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;1998
* Akhil Madhani (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;1997
* Nathan Kane (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;1996
* David Levy (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
;1995
* Thomas Massie (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)
 
== See also ==
* [[List of engineering awards]]
* [[Lemelson Foundation]]
* [[Jerome H. Lemelson]]
 
==See alsoReferences ==
{{Reflist}}
*[[Lemelson Foundation]]
*[[Jerome H. Lemelson]]
 
== External links ==
==References==
*[http://web.mit.edu/invent Lemelson–MIT Program Official Website]
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*[http://lemelson.mit.edu/winners_circle Lemelson–MIT Program: Winner's Circle]
*[http://lemelson.mit.edu/prize Lemelson–MIT Program: Lemelson–MIT Prize]
 
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==External links==
*[http://web.mit.edu/invent/index.html Lemelson-MIT Program Official Website]
*[http://web.mit.edu/invent/a-winners.html Lemelson-MIT Program: Winner's Circle]
*[http://web.mit.edu/invent/a-prize.html Lemelson-MIT Program: Lemelson-MIT Prize]
*[http://www.30kprize.illinois.edu/ Lemelson-MIT Illinois Student Prize Official Website]
*[http://www.lemelson-prize.caltech.edu/index.html Lemelson-MIT Caltech Student Prize Official Website]
 
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