We are thrilled to announce Lemelson Foundation support for the scale up of the JaipurKnee project from D-Rev, as well as to help them to build a future pipeline of innovations and design services.

Congratulations to three National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) teams who won a combined $200,000 in funding from the second annual MassChallenge. The world's largest startup competition – designed to catalyze the launch and success of high-growth, high-impact new businesses – MassChallenge provided $1 million in awards for 17 teams, including three $100K Diamond Prize Winners and fourteen $50K Gold Prize Winners.

NCIIA teams winning this year were:

In the September 26 issue of the New York Times, several projects supported through the our partners at the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators’ Alliance (NCIIA) were highlighted in a special section on low-cost innovations that can save thousands of lives. Two were featured in the print edition of the newspaper, with three additional projects featured.

NCIIA projects that highlighted were:

Portland-area friends of the Foundation, we're happy to announce we're hosting a special lecture by Harish Hande, recent recipient of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award – often considered “The Asian Nobel Prize.”