Invention Convention Coalition
Our Affiliates are Advancing STEMIE Education
Affiliates share a vision of a world in which all learners have access to innovation, invention and entrepreneurial learning.
The Invention Convention Coalition is a community of affiliates and supporters who collaborate on developing curriculum and programs, establishing best practices and growing a community of changemakers.
The Invention Convention Coalition affiliates share a vision of a world in which all K-12 learners have access to innovation, invention and entrepreneurial learning to gain the confidence and skills to control their own destiny and help shape a better future.
Growing our Impact
Connect your Organization with Invention Convention
When you join the Invention Convention Coalition, you are part of a community that helps advance invention education and impact students' potential. Our affiliates include for-profit and non-profit organizations in over 20 states and internationally, such as museums, universities and educational programs.
Advancing Invention Education
Student Inventors
Affiliates are helping students diiscover and develop their potential as innovators, inventors or entrepreneurs.
Parents
Affiliates team with parents to provide support, help and guidance.
Educators
Affiliates help educators introduce students to hands-on problem solving.
Sponsors
Affiliates foster support for Invention Convention programs.
COMPETITIONS
Where Winners Meet and Compete
Affiliates receive invitations to national competitions for student finalists to present their ideas for the chance to win prizes.
Inspiring and Motivating Students
The Experiential Learning Program for Young Inventors
Affiliates expose educators and their students to a world in which they will solve their own problems and gain the confidence and 21st-century skills to invent their own future.
Join Our Coalition
Become an Affiliate
We’re growing and looking for organizations that share our vision to advance invention education and impact the next generation of innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs.
Impact
55%
Female inventor participants at U.S. Nationals
35%
Underserved inventor participants at U.S. Nationals
135K+
Students participate annually
INVENTION CONVENTION
Bringing the Invention Process to Life
The seven-step invention process lives at the heart of the Invention Convention curriculum. Students complete step-by-step lessons to develop an invention that is original and well-constructed and that solves a real-world problem.
INVENTION CONVENTION
Bringing the Invention Process to Life
The seven-step invention process lives at the heart of the Invention Convention curriculum. Students complete step-by-step lessons to develop an invention that is original and well-constructed and that solves a real-world problem.
Identifying
Becoming aware of problems in one’s life or community.
Understanding
Conducting research to identify a unique solution.
Ideating
Developing a project plan for the invention.
Designing
Deciding how to make the invention.
Building
Constructing a prototype.
Testing
Seeing how the invention works and revising the design as needed.
Communicating
Writing about the invention and presenting it to others.
Put Invention Within Reach
For K-12 Learners Everywhere
Invention Convention programs happen at the school, local, regional and national levels in the United States and a growing number of countries worldwide.