The Lemelson-MIT Prize, endowed in 1994 by Jerome Lemelson is awarded to inventors from the United States for outstanding achievement. The winner receives $500,000, making it the largest invention prize.

Past winners: 2003

  • Leroy Hood (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
  • (Lifetime Achievement Award)
  • (Student Prize)
  • (Invention Apprentice)

2002
  • Dean Kamen (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
  • Ruth R. Benerito (Lifetime Achievement Award)
  • Andrew Heafitz (Student Prize)
  • Kavita Shukla (Invention Apprentice)

2001
  • Raymond Kurzweil (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
  • Raymond Damadian (Lifetime Achievement Award)
  • Brian Hubert (Student Prize)
  • Jordan Sand (Invention Apprentice)

2000
  • Thomas Fogarty (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
  • Al Gross (Lifetime Achievement Award)
  • Amy Smith (Student Prize)
  • Charles Johnson (Invention Apprentice)
  • Michael Lim, Jalal Khan, and Thomas Murphy received a one-time student team prize

1999
  • Carver Mead (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
  • Stephanie Kwolek (Lifetime Achievement Award)
  • Daniel DiLorenzo (Student Prize)
  • Krysta Morlan (Invention Apprentice)

1998
  • Robert Langer (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
  • Jacob Rabinow (Lifetime Achievement Award)
  • Akhil Madhani (Student Prize)

1997 1996
  • Stanley Cohen (Co-recipient of the Lemelson-MIT Prize)
  • Herbert Boyer (Co-recipient of the Lemelson-MIT Prize)
  • Wilson Greatbatch (Lifetime Achievement Award)
  • David Levy (Student Prize)

1995
  • William Bolander (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
  • William Hewlett (Co-recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award)
  • David Packard (Co-recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award)
  • Thomas Massie (Student Prize)

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