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Who is the target audience for this? Seems like you should solicit research proposals and provide grant funding to academic or industrial research groups to act
by s0rce 8y ago
Who is the target audience for this? Seems like you should solicit research proposals and provide grant funding to academic or industrial research groups to actually do the work. They can't just work for free in hopes they get 250k or 1M...
- LeifCarrotson 8y agoThere are already grants and proposals for similar research. This competition targets two groups that aren't well-represented by that process: 1. Individuals (hobbyists) who will work for free in hopes of winning. 2. Well-funded academics and industry R&D who will bill their costs against their employers, who hope to profit from the publicity generated by the public contest.
- JorgeGT 8y agoSpot on with nº2, look at the winners of the similar "Horizon Prizes" that the EU offers: https://ec.europa.eu/research/horizonprize/index.cfm?pg=prizes https://ec.europa.eu/research/horizonprize/index.cfm?pg=priz...
- gammateam 8y agopublicity with a nice paycheck too