Innovation inducement prizes : at the National Science Foundation / Committee on the Design of an NSF Innovation Prize, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Design of an NSF Innovation Prize.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Science Foundation (U.S.)--Awards.

National Science Foundation (U.S.).

Research--Awards--United States.

Research.

Performance awards--United States.

Performance awards.

Incentive awards--United States.

Incentive awards.

Incentives in industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (72 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Following a congressional directive in its FY 2006 Appropriations Act, the National Science Foundation asked the STEP Board to "propose a plan for administering prizes to individuals or teams that achieve novel solutions to specified social or research needs or capitalize on recognized research opportunities." A committee under the STEP Board concluded that an ambitious program of innovation inducement prize contests would be a sound investment in strengthening the infrastructure for U.S. innovation and that NSF, although inexperienced, is well suited to designing an experimental program that could add substantially to understanding regarding the appropriate goals of such contests, the motivations of participants and sponsors, and the rules and conditions that contribute to successful contests. The committee recommends that NSF start off with a series of small-scale prizes ($200K - $2M) in diverse areas while beginning to plan for much more ambitious contests ($3M-$30M) that would address significant economic or social challenges and be conducted over several years. The report addresses many of the generic issues that arise in administering innovation prize contests (types of contests, eligibility to participate, disposition of intellectual property rights, and decisions regarding awards) and explores 7 research and technology fields that might lend themselves to prize contests.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Prizes in the National Innovation System""; ""2 An Experimental Innovation Inducement Prize Program at NSF""; ""3 Selecting Prize Topics and Implementing Early Prize Contests""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Comparison of Recent Prize Competitions""; ""Appendix B: Committee and Staff Biographies""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610844500

9780309179928

0309179920

9781280844508

1280844507

9780309668347

0309668344

OCLC:

923277781