The Invent Iowa State Invention Convention takes place on April 19, 2021. If you plan to participate, be sure to mark your calendars for these important dates.
State Invention Convention:
- January 20, 2021: Registration opens
- February 22, 2021: Competition materials are due
- March 22, 2021: Students are notified of their qualification status
- March 29, 2021: Qualifying students must commit to State Convention
- April 19, 2021: State Invention Convention
National Invention Convention:
- June 24, 2021: National Invention Convention
Congratulations to all the inventors involved in the 2020 state convention, and a big thank you to all the teachers and parents who support the students and their inventiveness!
Even though we aren't able to hold the Invention Convention in person this year, it's still cause for celebration! We encourage all who entered Invent Iowa to show their inventing pride with this free Inventor window sign.
2020 State Invention Convention Winners
This year's Invention Convention goes virtual! View the winning inventions with the Invent Iowa 2020 Award Tour on Google Earth. Fly through the sky to each winning inventor's school. To view more details about each invention, click on "Present" or a particular invention.
You can access a list of all inventors and their inventions in our 2020 State Invention Convention Program.
Winning inventions will advance to the National Invention Convention, brought to you and hosted virtually by the Henry Ford Museum. A force for sparking curiosity and inspiring tomorrow's innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs, The Henry Ford fosters learning from hands-on encounters with authentic artifacts. The Henry Ford leads the Invention Convention Worldwide community and works to make STEM + Invention + Entrepreneurship (STEMIE) learning accessible to educators and students worldwide. Awards are supported by Invent Iowa and our sponsor, McKee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC - we thank them for their generosity and support of inventiveness.
2020 National Convention Winners
A huge congratulations to our Invent Iowa finalists who won awards at the 2020 National Invention Convention! This marks the 4th year in a row that Invent Iowa finalists have won at the national competition.
Charles Smith (1st grade, Ottumwa Community School District) won 1st place in the 1st grade division for the H.E.R.B. (Home Emergency Responder Beacon), an exterior light that can be placed on a house or mailbox that creates a beacon for emergency workers, activated by a wireless signal from a smoke detector, dispatch or LifeLine. Sujan Vijayraj Shadrak (7th grade, Linn-Mar Community Schools) won the Energy Industry Innovation Award for the Cool on the Go, a portable thermoelectric cooling system.