Mentoring Tomorrow's IP Licensing Leaders

As the world’s reliance on innovation escalates, the LES Foundation is helping to ready the next generation of industry professionals through mentorship and educational programs that build intellectual property (IP) and licensing know how.

2009 LES Foundation Graduate Student Business Plan Competition Grand Prize Winning Team Chris Shoemaker, ME, MBA, Aben Cooper, MPT, MBA and David Miller, MBA of Pax Neuroscience, Inc., from the University of Illinois, Chicago
2009 Grand Prize Winner Pax Neuroscience

Peter Bares representing the 2009 Global Award Recipient, Poppet International, Pty Ltd., of Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
2009 Global Award Recipient Poppet International

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Get Involved! International Graduate Student Business Plan Competition

LES Foundation Graduate Student Business Plan CompetitionThe LES Foundation invites MS/MBA/JD/PhD/MD students from around the world to participate in the 2010 LES Foundation Graduate Student Business Plan Competition! Finalists receive cash prizes, all-expenses paid trips to the Spring Meeting in Boston, world-class mentorship, and networking opportunities!

Get involved by making an individual or corporate donation, volunteering to judge, recruit a team, or be a mentor. Read about past participants: where are they now?

Frank Barnes Mentor Award

The Frank Barnes Mentor Award is an annual award given to a deserving executive, who has, like Frank Barnes, mentored many licensing executives. This award will be presented each year at the LES (USA & Canada) Annual Meeting.