National Cade Prize for Innovation Names 21 Finalists

Judges for 2023's National Cade Prize for Innovation named this year's 21 Fibonacci Finalists. Finalists will compete to win $10,000 in their respective category group?Agriculture and Environmental, Healthcare/Biomedical, IT/Tech, Energy, and Wildcard. One of the five category winners will be selected as the Inventivitytm Grand Prize winner and take home an additional $50,000 prize.

For the first time, this year's 14th Annual Cade Prize for Innovation accepted applications from inventors and entrepreneurs based anywhere in the United States. Almost half of this year's 21 Finalists are from outside of Florida. Prize applicants from 15 states, affiliated with research universities, the private sector, and technology transfer organizations submitted early-stage inventions.

"We were very pleased to see strong interest in the Cade Prize from leading research institutions across the country," said Cade co-founder Richard Miles.

The finalist teams not only have an innovative idea, but one that also has significant market promise and the potential to make a big impact in its field.

The Cade Prize, a capstone initiative of the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention, is named after Dr. James Robert Cade, Gatorade's lead inventor. This year's 21 Fibonacci Finalists are:

Final judging will take place at the Cade Prize Awards Ceremony at the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention in Gainesville, Florida on September 28. $100,000 in cash prizes will be awarded: $10,000 to the winner of each category and an additional $50,000 for the Inventivitytm Grand Prize Winner selected from the five category winners. Each award recipient also receives $2,000 of in-kind legal services.

This year's Cade Prize is sponsored by Scott R. MacKenzie, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), Exactech Inc., Infotech, Florida Farm Bureau, OneSixOne Ventures, Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Eisenschenk law firm, Florida Trend, James Moore Certified Public Accountants and Consultants, and Aloft Gainesville University Area Hotel. Learn more at https://cademuseum.org/inventivity/cade-prize/.

About the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention

The mission of the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention in Gainesville, Florida, is to transform communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. Named after Mary Cade and her husband, Dr. James Robert Cade, the lead inventor of Gatorade, the project since 2006 has been spearheaded by their daughter, Phoebe Cade Miles, and her husband, Richard Miles. The Cade encourages the development of innovation ecosystems through the Cade Prize for Innovation, the Cade's proprietary Innovation Education learning framework, and the 21,000-square-foot hands-on learning museum that promotes the development of an inventive mindset which the Cade calls Inventivitytm. The Cade believes every person should have access to the right to invent and innovate and works to bring this understanding to all, with an emphasis on the underserved. To learn more, visit cademuseum.org.