Local innovation contest offers rewards | Cincinnati Enquirer | Cincinnati.Com

Local innovation contest offers rewards | Cincinnati Enquirer | Cincinnati.Com

Wanted: Innovators and inventors with good ideas. The reward? Up to $20,000.

Several organizations, including CincyTech, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Neyer Holdings, are sponsoring Cincinnati Innovates, a competition that is simply looking for bright technological, artistic or creative ideas.

Three awards for ideas that can be commercialized are sponsored by CincyTech in the amount of $20,000, $10,000 and $5,000. Three patent awards of $10,000, $2,500, and $1,000 are sponsored by the downtown law firm of Taft Stettinius & Hollister. A $2,000 Community Choice Award will be determined by voters.

All levels of technical expertise are welcome. The competition runs today through Sept. 1.

For more information or to enter, visit www.cincinnatiinnovates.com.

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