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STUDENT AWARDS, Special award descriptions below

Special Awards  (subject to change without notice)
AWARD PROVIDER	AWARD NAME	DESCRIPTION
Angel Investor Forum	AIF Young Entrepreneur Award	This Award Recognizes a Middle School Student who Displays a Concept -- Either an Invention or an Idea -- That is Creative, Innovative, Resourceful, and Revolutionary and that has the Potential to Grow into a Promising Business Opportunity. - 3 Awards of $100 US Savings Bonds
ASM International - CT Chapter	ASM International Award	Best Inventions Involving Innovative Use of Metals, Metallurgical or Materials Science. - 3 Awards of $100 US Savings Bonds
Greater Hartford Postal Customer Council	Ben Franklin Postal Award	Most Innovative Postal Invention - 3 Awards of $100 US Savings Bonds
CT Academy of Science and Engineering	CASE Awards	Outstanding 7th and 8th Grade Students. Students will be honored at CASE's Annual Awards Banquet in May. - 15 Awards of $100 US Savings Bonds
CT Light & Power	CL&P Energy Award	Best Invention Related to Energy - 6 Awards of $100 US Savings Bonds
CT CAREER CHOICES	CT Career Choices Award	Best Invention Displaying Innovation - 1 Award of $100 US Savings Bond
CT Environmental Forum	CT Environmental Forum Award	Best Environmentally Friendly Awards - 3 Awards of $100 US Savings Bonds
CT Safety Society	CT Safety Society Award	Most Innovative Safety Related Inventions - 8 Awards of $100 US Savings Bonds
CT Science Fair	CT Science Fair Award	Invention that Best Demonstrates Innovation and Application of Technology - 4 AWARDs consisting of aTrophy, and an 2 Annual Subscriptions to the the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford.
Education Connection	EDUCATION CONNECTION AWARD	Best Invention Displaying Use of New Skills Learned During the Invention Process - 1 $100 US Savings Bond.
Connecticut Fire Marshalls Association	Fire Prevention Award	This is a special award conferred by the Connecticut Fire Marshal's Association to the invention(s) they deem winners. - 4 Awards of $50 Savings Bonds and Award Plaque presented at Fire Marshal's Annual Breakfast at the Aquaturf Club
Lincoln Financial Foundation	Lincoln Financial Presidential Award	Best Invention Benefiting Community and Society - 3 Awards of $100 US Savings Bonds
McCormick, Paulding & Huber	McCormick, Paulding, & Huber Patent Award	Most Innovative Invention Showing Best Potential for Patent and Marketability. - 1 Award is a free patent search, and if invention is patentable, a free patent application on behalf of the winning student.
Microsoft	Microsoft Accessibility Award	Best Invention Enabling Improved Lifestyles, Living, or Access to Anything by the Disabled - 6 MS Software
Pitney Bowes Inc	Pitney Bowes Innovation Award	Best Inventions to Improve Relationships or Interactions with People - 3 Awards of $100 US Savings Bonds
Stanley Black& Decker	Stanley Black & Decker Award	Invention Showing Best Tool Innovation Benefiting Society - 6 Awards of $100 US Savings Bonds
Talcott Mountain Science Center	Talcott Mountain Science Center Award	Inventions showing innovative use of Technology - 1 Award of a Scholarship for ONE Week of TMSC Summer Program.