Invention Convention · The Henry Ford

Affiliates and U.S. Nationals, on separate sites.

Coordinators promote qualifiers. Students then complete nationals registration on the national site. We do not claim exclusive. The Independent Inventor Program tells invited students to register on its zFairs site.

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Affiliate or IIP site

Inventors, teachers, judges. Video, logbook, poster. K–12. Some states run regionals on one site. School feeders are extra licenses, not assumed.

2
Circles and student review

Pitch-style scoring. Judging circles. Students can review other students.

3
Promote to nationals

No re-keying. Separate nationals site at The Henry Ford.

4
Finish nationals registration

Students log into the national site and complete paperwork and fees there.

The challenge

Pitch plus prototype plus logbook — not a science paper. Circles instead of category panels. Two-step nationals. A parallel IIP on-ramp for students with no local affiliate.

What we use here

Judging circles, peer review, file uploads, linked promote, Flex Flows, payments. Judging catalog