Lemelson Foundation

Grant Name:

Recognition and Mentoring Programs (RAMPs); Technology Dissemination Projects; Ashoka-Lemelson Fellowship Program

Awarding Organisation:

Lemelson Foundation

Type of Grant:

Monetary

Technology Granted:

Encourages innovation

Eligible Conservation/Development Objectives

Communication; Data Management and Information Sharing; Remote Power; Tracking

Eligible Country/Region:

Global (but RAMPs only India, Indonesia, Peru)

Deadline:

Conservation/Development Focus:

Sustainable development; economic empowerment

Grant Details:

No unsolicited applications accepted. Grants only awarded to initiatives of the Foundation.

RAMPs: to provide support systems for student and grassroots inventors who are working to advance the broad objectives of sustainable development.
TDPs: enable inventors and entrepreneurs to test the feasibility of models for distributing innovations, support scaling and replication activities, fund successful entrepreneurs and organizations to import and adapt proven innovations, and finally, support the development and testing of sustainable business models.
Fellowship: global effort to build a critical mass of 100 inventor-entrepreneurs and catalyze their growth and impact.

Contact Name:

Telephone/Fax:

Postal Address:

The Lemelson Foundation
721 NW Ninth Ave. Suite 225
Portland, OR 97209
USA

Email:

webmaster@lemelson.org

Website:

http://www.lemelson.org/programs2/index.php

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