Teenagers Worldwide Invited to Innovate Commercially-Viable Products, Services

Teenagers Worldwide Invited to Innovate Commercially-Viable Products, Services PR Newswire HOUSTON, Aug. 29, 2012 - 6th annual Spirit of Innovation Challenge continues its quest to transform STEM education HOUSTON, Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Nancy Conrad, founder and chairman of the Conrad Foundation, officially launched the 2012-2013 Spirit of Innovation Challenge. This program encourages students from around the world, ages 13 - 18 to create products to solve global challenges for the benefit of humanity. For the last five years, the Conrad Challenge has given context to content and helped transform the way science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills are being used and understood by students. Beginning Aug. 29 through Oct. 24, student teams are invited to submit one-page abstracts detailing their innovations. The competition encompasses four challenge categories: Aerospace and Aviation, Cybertechnology and Security, Energy and Environment, and Health and Nutrition. "We believe young people have the skills and the desire to develop solutions to benefit humanity," Conrad said. "By giving them a way to demonstrate their knowledge and access to mentors who can explain the application of that knowledge, we provide context to the content they learn in the classroom. This is the only competition of its kind to combine education, innovation and entrepreneurship, to give students the tools they need to succeed and sustain our knowledge-based economy.