ALEXANDRIA, Virginia – For 35 years, the Collegiate Inventors Competition 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 2025 competition.
The National Inventors Hall of Fame, in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, invites undergraduate and graduate students to submit their applications for this immersive, one-of-a-kind invention competition. Students’ entries will be evaluated based on their process and level of initiative, and their idea’s originality, potential value and usefulness to society.
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 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees and USPTO officials, and network with the Judges during an awards ceremony. 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.
The deadline to apply is June 2. The competition takes place Oct. 15-16 at the USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia.
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.
