Conrad Foundation and NanoRacks Team to Fly Student Experiments in Space using American Express Points “Nancy Conrad, founder and chairman of the Conrad Foundation, today announced the Foundation has joined forces with NanoRacks LLC, the leading company for low-earth orbit utilization, to launch a new program called DreamUp. The program will assist students in raising money to participate in a unique educational experience – conducting experiments in the microgravity of […]

“This year, we are giving everyone the chance to attend the Innovation Summit – virtually. We’ll stream live footage of the Summit’s opening remarks, daily fireside chats, interactive student workshops, and opening and closing ceremonies.” Live webcast Link Today, in a message from the International Space Station, Astronauts Don Pettit and Dan Burbank welcomed students to the Conrad Foundation Innovation Summit at NASA Ames Research Center. Burbank refered to a […]

Conrad Foundation: Cast Your Vote for Prestigious Student Award “It is the power of the people that will select the 2012 winner of the People’s Choice Award which is bestowed on the student team with the most innovative new product in the Conrad Foundation’s annual Spirit of Innovation Challenge (Conrad Challenge). Through March 23, the public is invited to review the profiles of the 15 finalist teams, view their product […]

Conrad Foundation: Best-of-the-best High School Teams advance to Finals of Global Product Challenge “Officials with the Conrad Foundation today announced the names of 15 high school teams from across the country and the Isle of Man that will compete in the final round of the 2011-2012 Spirit of Innovation Challenge. The annual competition, presented by Lockheed Martin Corporation and PepsiCo, challenges high school student teams around the globe to combine […]

Conrad Foundation 2011-2012 Spirit of Innovation Challenge Semi-Finalists Announced “We are thrilled to announce the 2011-2012 Spirit of Innovation Challenge Semi-Finalists. This year, student teams exceeded our expectations in regards to innovation and creativity when applying STEM principles to their product concepts. These 80 teams will be competing to earn one of 15 spots to attend the annual Innovation Summit at NASA Ames Research Center in California from March 29-31, […]

Fifth Annual Conrad Foundation Spirit of Innovation Challenge “Today, Nancy Conrad, founder and chairman of the Conrad Foundation, officially launched the 2011-2012 Spirit of Innovation Challenge to encourage students to create technologies and products that solve global issues. For the past four years, the Innovation competition has helped transform the way science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) is being embraced by high school students.” Lockheed Martin renews support for the […]

Written Testimony by Nancy Conrad, Founder and Chairman, Conrad Foundation “The Conrad Foundation’s Spirit of Innovation Awards (SOIA) presents high school student participants with a very broad challenge: create an innovative product that can be used to address a real-world problem with a real-world solution which can ultimately be viable in the commercial marketplace. The competition is free of charge to students in the United States and is also open […]

Students Win Conrad Foundation Innovation Award And Send Nutrition Bar on Endeavour’s Last Flight (Update) “Update: Photos of several STS-134 astronauts eating a STEM bar aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour have been released.”

Conrad Foundation: Student-developed ‘STEM Bar’ to fly aboard Endeavour on STS-134 “High school entrepreneurs Mikayla and Shannon Diesch, winners of the 2010 Conrad Foundation Spirit of Innovation Awards, will be at the launch of STS-134 as they watch Endeavour journey to the International Space Station with their newly developed STEM Bar aboard. Since winning the 2010 competition, the Diesch sisters have continued to develop the nutrition bar concept for use […]

Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Awards: Teens Invent One-of-a-kind Products, Address Tech Challenges “Demonstrating they had the most unique approaches to solving real-world challenges in aerospace, clean energy and cyber security the winners of the Conrad Foundation’s 2011 Innovation Summit were announced today at the conclusion of the four-day event held at NASA-Ames Research Center. The annual innovation program encourages high-school students from across the country to solve the challenges […]