Title Concerning federally sponsored inducement prizes in engineering and science : report of the Steering Committee for the Workshop to Assess the Potential for Promoting Technological Advance Through Government-Sponsored Prizes and Contests, 30 April 1999, Washington, D.C

Published [Washington] : National Academy of Engineering, 1999

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Description 1 online resource Contents Concerning Federally Sponsored Inducement Prizes in Engineering and Science -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- A Taxonomy of Prize Contests -- Inducement Prizes and Existing Public Policy Instruments -- Potential Objectives of Inducement Prize Contests -- Design and Administration of Inducement Prize Contests -- Some Areas for Caution -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- References -- Notes -- Appendix A A Taxonomy of Technology Prizes and Contests A Taxonomy of Technology Prizes and Contests1.0 TYPES OF PRIZES AND CONTESTS -- 1.1 PRIZES -- 1.1.1 Inducement Prizes -- 1.1.2 Recognition Prizes -- 1.2 CONTESTS -- 1.2.1 Best-Entry Contests -- 1.2.2 Goal-Oriented Contests -- 1.3 OBJECTIVES OF INDUCEMENT PRIZES AND CONTESTS -- 1.3.1 New or Best Inventions -- 1.3.2 New Applications -- 1.3.4 Performance Improvements -- 1.3.4 Technology Diffusion -- 2.0 EXAMPLES OF INDUCEMENT AND RECOGNITION PRIZES -- 2.1 INDUCEMENT PRIZES -- 2.1.1 Longitude Prize -- 2.1.2 Aviation Prizes 2.1.3 FCC Pioneer's Preference Program2.1.4 Energy-efficient Appliances -- 2.1.5 Malcolm Baldrige Quality Awards -- 2.1.6 X PRIZE -- 2.1.7 CATS Prize -- 2.1.8 International Computer Go Championship -- 2.1.9 Loebner Prize -- 2.1.10 EFF Cooperative Computing Challenge -- 2.1.11 Feynman Prizes -- 2.1.12 EU Information Technology Prize -- 2.1.13 Wolfskehl Prize for Proving Fermat's Last Theorem -- 2.2 RECOGNITION PRIZES -- 2.2.1 Typical Recognition Prizes -- 2.2.2 Combination Recognition Prizes/Grant Awards -- Alan T. Waterman Award Christopher Columbus Fellowship FoundationPrivately Funded Awards -- NOTES -- Appendix B Participants, Prospectus, and Agenda -- PARTICIPANTS -- PROSPECTUS -- Summary -- Background -- Proposed Plan of Action -- Anticipated Results -- Federal Advisory Committee Act -- AGENDA -- Thursday, April 29, Members Room -- Friday, April 30, Lecture Room -- PANEL FOCUS QUESTIONS Subject Technology -- Awards -- United States Science -- Awards -- United States. Incentive awards -- United States POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General. Incentive awards Science -- Awards Technology -- Awards United States Form Electronic book Author National Academy of Engineering. Steering Committee for the Workshop to Assess the Potential for Promoting Technological Advance Through Government-Sponsored Prizes and Contests ISBN 0309575346 9780309575348

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