Sears think[box] is accepting funding applications for its Student Project Fund, which can be used for personal projects, team projects, design competitions, entrepreneurial activities and more.
Past funded projects include:
- A specialized backpack to carry vaccines in Uganda;
- An underwater robot for a national competition;
- 3-D printed cadaver bones for surgical simulation
- A Raspberry Pi Beowulf cluster; and
- A concrete 3-D printer.
Awards up to $1,000 are available for undergraduate and graduate students. Project topics can include engineering, art, science, humanities or any other topic.
The application deadline is Dec. 31.