Concerning federally sponsored inducement prizes in engineering and science :
[Book]
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.
[Washington] :
National Academy of Engineering,
1999.
1 online resource
""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""
""2.1.3 FCC Pioneer's Preference Program""""2.1.4 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""
""A Taxonomy of Technology Prizes and Contests""""1.0 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""
""Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation""""Privately 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""
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Science-- Awards-- United States.
Technology-- Awards-- United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Development-- Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Development-- Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Development-- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Structural Adjustment.
Incentive awards.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Economic Policy.
Science-- Awards.
Technology-- Awards.
United States.
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National Academy of Engineering., Steering Committee for the Workshop to Assess the Potential for Promoting Technological Advance Through Government-Sponsored Prizes and Contests.