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+date: 2024/10/10
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+permalink: /blog/2024-10-10-creative-ideas-for-non-monetary-prizes/
+title: Creative Ideas for Non-monetary Prizes
+tagline: What are some ideas and examples of successful non-monetary prizes and incentives?
+excerpt: A summary of September 2024 Challenge & Prize Community Office Hour discussion on non-monetary prizes.
+author: Quinn Slayton
+image: /assets/images/Challenge and Prize Community Office Hour Banner v2.png
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+image_alt_text: White text on blue background Challenge.gov Challenge and Prize Community Office Hours Learn. Share. Connect.
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+<p>At the Challenge and Prize Community Office Hours in September 2024, we held an Ask Me Anything (AMA) with representatives from the Department of Energy (DOE) American-Made Challenges program. The Challenge.gov team recently hosted a webinar on Federal Innovation Through Prize Competitions with our colleagues at the Department of Energy. We invited the speakers to Office Hours so members of the community could have a deeper discussion about important topics raised at the event.</p>
+
+<p>This conversation led to a great question from a community member from the Department of Justice (USDOJ): what are some ideas and examples of successful non-monetary prizes and incentives?</p> 
+<p>Here are some of the creative ideas we discussed: 
+<ul>
+<li>DOE provides vouchers to small businesses, technology companies, jurisdictions, and manufacturers with access to valuable support services and premier facilities across DOE National Laboratories.</li>
+<li>Some agencies set up Partnership Intermediary Agreements (PIA) with winners. PIAs are contracts between government agencies and non-profit, state, or local governments to facilitate technology transfers and commercialization.</li>
+</ul>
+</p>
+<p>And finally, our colleagues at NASA have lots of fun ideas for non-monetary incentives, including:
+  <ul>
+<li>Creating digital badges winners can display on social media.</li> 
+<li>Flying student artwork in space.</li>
+<li>In-person events with agency leadership.</li>
+<li>Inviting solvers to Johnson Space Center.</li>
+  </ul>
+  </p>
+
+<p><em>Office Hours are for Federal challenge managers, the Challenge & Prize Community of Practice, and other federal employees interested in learning more about prize competitions. They are held on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 12 pm ET via Zoom.gov. <a href="https://gsa.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIscOuurjkuGRsY2rziMZDcn5cGAVax8XM#/registration">Register here.</a></em></p>
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          <p class="card-text text-center"> <b>Discover How Federal Agencies are Using Prize Competitions to Drive Innovation and Solve Problems</b></p>
         <p class="card-text text-center"> Join Challenge.gov for a webinar series exploring how key federal agencies are using prize competitions to drive innovation, solve national challenges, and advance critical initiatives. Each session will highlight a different agency and their approaches to designing, delivering, and scaling prize competitions to advance their agency’s mission.
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-<p class="card-text text-center"><b>National Institutes of Health</b>, October 9, 3:00 - 4:00 pm ET<br/>
-<b>U.S. Agency for International Development</b>, November 7, 3:00 - 4:00 pm ET <br/>
+<p class="card-text text-center"><b>U.S. Agency for International Development</b>, November 7, 3:00 - 4:00 pm ET <br/>
 <b>National Aeronautics and Space Administration</b>, December 11, 3:00 - 4:00 pm ET</p>
 
 <p>Don't miss this chance to learn from federal innovation leaders. This series is ideal for federal employees or innovators interested in how prize competitions are advancing solutions from energy and health to global development and space exploration.</p>
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+        <h4>Federal Innovation Through Prize Competitions: <br/>
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+                <p class="card-text text-center">The second session of our Federal Innovation Through Prize Competitions webinar series featured the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This one-hour webinar explored how NIH is using prize competitions to develop innovations that address important problems. 
+</p>
+<p class="card-text text-center">Participants learned about the impact of prize competitions in NIH's innovation efforts, the factors that led to NIH’s growth in prize competitions, and ways the public can contribute to important health solutions. </p>
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                 <p class="card-text text-center">As the first in our series on Federal Innovation Through Prize Competitions, leaders from the <a href="https://americanmadechallenges.org/">U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) American-Made Program</a> and DOE Prize Competition Community of practice shared how they are revolutionizing problem-solving through prize competitions.  
 </p>
 <p class="card-text text-center">In this session, participants learned about the strategic role of prize competitions in DOE's innovation strategy, valuable lessons for other federal agencies, and how members of the public can be part of roundbreaking energy solutions. </p>
+ <p class="card-text text-center">Watch the <a href="https://youtu.be/2cY1zLHvQtU?si=c2vECR4WPmraRTdV">event recording</a>.       </p>
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