Showcase Your Invention
The Young Inventors’ Program celebrates all inventors wherever they are inventing. In Northern New England, we offer opportunities for students to showcase their projects, meet other young inventors, and celebrate each other’s accomplishments. These local, regional, and national events allow students to progress to higher levels of competition. Students must be nominated by a YIP educator to be eligible to participate in the regional and national competitions.
Levels of Competition:
- School/Local Invention Fairs
School/Local Invention Fairs are held at YIP schools and sites throughout New Hampshire, northern Massachusetts, and Vermont. If you are enrolled in a Young Inventors’ Program through your school or other organization, you must participate in your site’s invention fair to qualify for the state/regional event. Invention fairs may be in-person or virtual as determined by the site. - Independent Students’ Invention Fair
Students who are not enrolled at a formal YIP site (typically schools and community organizations) may participate in this virtual competition in order to be eligible for state/regional and national competition.
Learn more here - Northern New England Invention Convention
For students in New Hampshire and Northern Massachusetts. YIP leaders nominate students enrolled in their programs for the regional competition. Students are also selected from the Independent Students’ Invention Fair. Learn more on the NNE-IC page. - Vermont Invention Fair
For students in Vermont. YIP leaders nominate students enrolled in their programs for the state competition. Students are also selected from the Independent Students’ Invention Fair. Learn more on the VT Invention Fair page. - Invention Convention U.S. Nationals
Selected winners from the Northern New England Invention Convention, Vermont Invention Fair and regional events across the country will be invited to participate in the national competition organized by Invention Convention Worldwide in partnership with The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan.
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Rube Goldberg Machine Contest WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Selected winners from the Northern New England Invention Convention, Vermont Invention Fair and events across the country will be invited to participate in the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest organized by the Rube Goldberg Institute for Innovation and Creativity.
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