A.H. Nickless Innovation Award

Competition for high school students in Bay, Midland, Saginaw and Tuscola counties. Up to $77,500 in scholarships & STEM education grants awarded annually.

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Congrats to the 3 teams from H.H. Dow HS (@MidlandPS) & @SASA_Spsd (@SaginawPublic) that took home a combined total of $53,000 in scholarships & STEM education grants in our 2025-26 competition! Learn more about the winning teams & their projects: https://t.co/LuKxBDhSpF

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NEW for 2026-27: Phase One is starting (& ending) earlier than EVER to better match school calendars & to give the teams that advance to Phase Two more time to work on their projects. Phase One begins Monday, 8/17, & ends Friday, 10/9. Learn more: https://t.co/hOhIwt68M5

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Thank you to the @MidlandPS for this article celebrating Amped Innovators and The Algineers – both representing Herbert Henry Dow High School – for taking first place and second place, respectively, in our 2025-26 competition: https://t.co/MXDaOpzHkF

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Thank you to the @saginawcc for this article about our 3 winning teams for 2025-26: https://t.co/ud3IgtECJP

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Thank you to @SaginawPublic for this article celebrating MicroGuard from @SASA_Spsd, our third-place team for 2025-26: https://t.co/uJAe66BgVW

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Thank you to @MLive (@saginawnews & @baycitytimes) for this article about our 3 winning teams for 2025-26: https://t.co/IowLzetzuy

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Congratulations to MicroGuard from @SASA_Spsd in Saginaw (@SaginawPublic) on taking 3rd place in the 2025-26 competition! Each team member gets a $1K scholarship, and their school gets a $5K STEM grant! Learn more: https://t.co/LuKxBDhSpF

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Congratulations to The Algineers from Herbert Henry Dow HS in Midland (@MidlandPS) on taking 2nd place in the 2025-26 competition! Each team member gets a $2,500 scholarship, and their school gets a $10K STEM grant! Learn more: https://t.co/LuKxBDhSpF

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Congratulations to Amped Innovators from Herbert Henry Dow HS in Midland (@MidlandPS) on winning the 2025-26 competition! Each team member gets a $5K scholarship, and their school gets a $20K STEM grant! Learn more about their winning project: https://t.co/LuKxBDhSpF

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Thank you to Abigail VanderMolen of @MDN for attending and covering Saturday’s Competition Day event at SVSU! Check out Abby’s article here (subscription required): https://t.co/zHC2mI1BWj

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Saturday (4/25) is the day: Our 2025-26 Competition Day! Curious about what you’ll get to see on Saturday at @SVSU? Here’s a rundown of the 20 projects to be presented: https://t.co/GyYazBT2y0

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Thanks to @MLive (@saginawnews & @baycitytimes) for this article previewing Saturday’s (4/25) Competition Day at @SVSU: https://t.co/PbauRINIDd. And congrats again to the Bangor Twp. Schools, @FCSD, @MidlandPS & @SaginawPublic on having teams in the Top 20!

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Saturday (April 25) is the big day – Competition Day for our 2025-26 teams! Join us at @SVSU to see what the teams have been working on since the fall and to find out which 3 teams will emerge victorious. Read our news release to learn more: https://t.co/GyYazBTAny

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Mark your calendar! The 2025-26 A.H. Nickless Innovation Award Competition Day is Sat., 4/25, at @SVSU. The public is welcome to attend & see the fascinating projects our teams have been working on since the fall. Get the details in our news release: https://t.co/GyYazBT2y0

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Attention, Phase Two teams! The deadline to upload your team’s Phase Two Project Report – which must be submitted as a PDF – is Tuesday, March 31 (1 week from today), @ 4 p.m. EDT. See today’s (March 24) email from Kathy Anderson for more info.

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Thanks to Confluence Great Lakes Bay for this article about our competition & the impressive work of our teams every year: https://t.co/BV8AZBmVMY. Don’t forget: Our teams from the Bangor Twp. Schools, @FCSD, @MidlandPS & @SaginawPublic will present their projects 4/25 at @SVSU!

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Teams, don’t forget: As of 2025-26, there’s a page count limit for your Phase Two Project Report. See the emails you received from STEM@SVSU’s Kathy Anderson in November & January for details. You can review all official Rules and Regulations at https://t.co/9raCJ0j8cz.

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Curious what our teams from the Bangor Twp. Schools, @FCSD, @MidlandPS & @SaginawPublic have been working on? Here’s some info on their projects, which are focused on a wide range of topics affecting the nation & world: https://t.co/xGxTxtoy3M

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Thanks to @WSGW for this coverage of the teams & projects in Phase Two of our 2025-26 competition: https://t.co/W8S6EUNHSk. Best wishes to our 20 teams from H.H. Dow HS, Freeland HS, @JGHS_Bangor, @midlandchemics & @SASA_Spsd as the Phase Two project report deadline approaches!

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Thank you to 94.5 The Moose radio for this coverage of our Phase Two teams & projects for 2025-26: https://t.co/eZlNSSxUQT. Big congrats to the 4 school districts with teams in the top 20: Bangor Twp. Schools, @FCSD, @MidlandPS & @SaginawPublic!