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Concerning Federally Sponsored Inducement Prizes in Engineering and Science

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Publication Year:1999

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Report of the Steering Committee for the Workshop to Assess the Potential for Promoting Technological Advance through Government-Sponsored Prizes and Contests, National Academy of Engineering
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Front Matter	i-viii
Executive Summary	1-2	(skim)
Introduction	3-3	(skim)
A Taxonomy of Prize Contests	4-4	(skim)
Inducement Prizes and Existing Public Policy Instruments	5-7	(skim)
Potential Objectives of Inducement Prize Contests	8-9	(skim)
Design and Administration of Inducement Prize Contests	10-12	(skim)
Some Areas for Caution	13-13	(skim)
Conclusions and Recommendations	14-20	(skim)
Appendix A: A Taxonomy of Technology Prizes and Contests	21-34	(skim)
Appendix B: Workshop Participants, Prospectus, and Agenda	35-48	(skim)

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