This would be good, but the proposal seems ambiguous at best: > NO AWARDS TO COMPETITORS LIKELY TO REAP FINANCIAL BENEFIT FROM INNOVATION.—The Director of NIH

This would be good, but the proposal seems ambiguous at best: > NO AWARDS TO COMPETITORS LIKELY TO REAP FINANCIAL BENEFIT FROM INNOVATION.—The Director of NIH may not, with respect to an innovation, award a prize under this section to any individual or entity that has a vested financial interest in any product or procedure that is likely to be developed or marketed because of such innovation. One way to ensure that would be to require that any winning or better submitted innovations come with a royalty-free patent license. But > (i) Intellectual Property.— “(1) PROHIBITION ON THE GOVERNMENT ACQUIRING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.—The Federal Government may not gain an interest in intellectual property developed by a participant in a prize competition under this section without the written consent of the participant. “(2) LICENSES.—The Federal Government may negotiate a license for the use of intellectual property developed by a participant in a prize competition under this section.”. Clearly no such thing is mandated.