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Reginald Fessenden Prizes in Innovation
Published: 17 February 2011
Three annual prizes shall recognize novel research with commercialization potential and commemorate Reginald Fessenden's numerous innovations.
The prizes are:
| Undergraduate student: | $2,500 |
| Graduate student: | $3,500 |
| Professor: | $4,000 |
Apply now! Candidacies must be submitted on or before March 21, 2011.
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden was a larger than life Canadian inventor and pioneer of radio communication. The holder of over 500 patents, Fessenden was first to transmit wireless speech in 1900 - preceding by one year Marconi's famed transatlantic broadcast of Morse code. Microphotography, a paging device and a turbo electric drive for ships are among his numerous other inventions.