Opportunity for Prize Competitions at EPA Webinar Archive
This webinar, recorded on January 19, 2022, showcased examples from EPA Prize Competitions. EPA's Challenges and Prizes program uses the power of the public to develop tools and find solutions to pressing environmental problems. Prize Competitions are a powerful tool that can spur and democratize innovation and identify cost-effective solutions faster than traditional approaches.
Since the passage of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-358), EPA has conducted over 40 prize competitions that benefit the federal government by allowing agencies to, (a) pay only for success, (b) shift technological and other risks to prize participants, (c) increase the number and diversity of participants, (d) stimulate private-sector investment and maximize the return on taxpayer dollars, and (e) inspire the public to help tackle scientific, technical, and societal problems.
This webinar showcases three successful EPA Prize Competitions: the Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizer Challenges, the Wildfire Sensor Challenge, and the Septic Sensor Challenge.
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