Are you America's next great inventor? The Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS), The Akron Global Polymer Academy, and The University of Akron are hosting the 2010 Rubber Band Contest for Young Inventors to encourage students in grades 5-8 to demonstrate their creativity and ingenuity by creating an invention that incorporates the use of rubber bands. This year there will be two separate divisions of competition - Arts & Leisure and Science & Engineering. Four finalists will be brought to Akron, Ohio, where the first place winner and runner-up in each division, will be announced at an Awards Ceremony on May 1, 2010. The first place winner in each division will receive a $5,000 savings bond, while the runner-up in each division will receive a $2,500 savings bonds respectively. The top 8 semi-finalists who are not chosen as finalists will each receive a $50 gift card. The teacher/mentor of each first place winner will receive a $400 gift card, and the teacher/mentor of each runner-up will receive a $200 gift card.