My kids have all been through the CIC. It's a 30+ year old institution in CT, and a staple alongside the Science Fair. Kids are taught to invention a solution to a problem they have, and then go through prototyping, researching patents, creating marketing, etc. Winners of local invention conventions get to go to the State level at UCONN's Gambel Pavilion where you have almost 1000 kids showing off their inventions. Each year the CIC teaches about 15000 kids in 200 schools to be inventors, which I think is just awesome. Very efficient from a funding point of view too--they do all of this with just a few full time staffers and a boatload of volunteers. Very awesome program. I have been volunteering with them since my first of four kids went through the program.
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- EIN 22-3173317
- (860) 793-5299
- Po Box 230311 Hartford CT 06123-0311 USA
- www.ctinventionconvention.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Education, Educational Services, Elementary & Secondary Schools, Literacy, Science & Technology, Technology
Mission: To provide children of connecticut with opportunities to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills through invention and innovation, instilling the creative spirit in students today and for the rest of their lives.
Programs: The organization conducts a year-round stem program of k-8 classroom-based instruction in invention, innovation and entrepreneurship, culminating with an annual finals event, drawn from over 200 local events, to display, adjudicate, and recognize young inventors and entrepreneurs inventions, prototypes and products.