On April 25, 2020 over 100 students from across Chicago and its suburbs were honored for their problem-solving inventions during the 8th annual Chicago Student Invention Convention. The event was scheduled to take place at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois, but was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision allowed

We are so proud of the generosity of our sponsor during this time of crisis– Horizon Therapeutics has announced a $1.5 million donation in response to COVID-19 . The Chicago Student Invention Convention is proud to be supported by Horizon Therapeutics.

https://abc.com/shows/gma-day/episode-guide/season-02/89-fri-feb-14-2020   Kidventors segment begins at at 25:48

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Kindergarten through 8th grade student inventors honored at the 7th annual Chicago Student Invention Convention, out of 3,500 students who took part in 2019 program   CHICAGO – April 6, 2019 – Student inventors from across the Chicago region in grades K-8 competed for top honors at the 7th annual Chicago Student Invention Convention.  The

Chicago Students’ Innovations Shine At Invention Convention

Kindergarten through 8th grade young inventors honored at the 6th annual Chicago Student Invention Convention, out of 3,000 students who took part in 2018 program   CHICAGO – April 7, 2018 – Student inventors from across the city in grades K-8 competed for top honors at the 6th annual Chicago Student Invention Convention.  The event

Check out this great video from the New Yorker! Special shout out to Anya Matthews and Zoriah Larkin who represented Chicago at the National Invention Convention & Entrepreneurship Expo last year, congratulations!

On Thursday, June 1st, 25 Chicago student inventors grades 3-7 will travel to Washington, D.C. to compete in the 2nd Annual National Invention Convention & Entrepreneurship Expo on Saturday, June 3rd. Two student inventors grades K-2 participated in the NICEE virtual competition. Thank you to everyone that helped them get here! As our young inventors

The first place grade category winners from the Chicago Student Invention Convention were awarded a 3D printing and video game design workshop from Digital Adventures. Charlotte built a first-person explorer video game using the Unity game development platform and created a 3D turtle in Tinkered. Deborah, Yolanda and Chris built a obstacle course video game