CT Finals Event FAQs

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The 2025 State Finals will be held at the University of Connecticut Gampel Pavilion on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 from approximately 9am - 3:30 pm. 

To accommodate all our amazing inventors, attendance at the in-person Connecticut Invention Convention State Finals 2025 will be by invitation only. Inventor family members and educators are welcome to attend. 

We anticipate inviting approximately 500 finalists, which is 30% larger than last year and the largest event we can safely host on campus this year. Our program is growing, and in the future, so will our events! We recognize how important in-person experiences are for young inventors, and we are working to build capacity to offer them to as many inventors as possible moving forward. 

This year's inventor participant fee will be $60. The event fee can be paid by either the inventor's school, or, by the inventor's parent/guardian. We are committed to making sure that every finalist can participate, and will work with families in need to ensure this is the case.

Each finalist must be accompanied by a chaperone, typically a parent or guardian. Teachers are of course welcome to attend the event. If you are interesting in helping out as a volunteer, please email Kerry at kerry@ctinventionconvention.org

Finalists will check-in and set up their project display in their designated space. After some welcome remarks, each project group will be visited by a small team of judges who will talk with each inventor and evaluate their projects. After judging, there will be time for inventors to visit other projects, have a lunch break, enjoy the event, and maybe even win an award at the concluding awards ceremony.

Inventors should bring their project display (e.g. tri-fold board), logbook and prototype. 

Lunch is not provided to finalists, however dining options are available and families are welcome to bring their own food.