Workshop to Assess the Potential for Promoting Technological Advance

9812672里德国家工程院应总统国家经济委员会的要求，提议举办一次为期11天半的研讨会，研究利用政府资助的奖项作为诱导和模拟具有重大社会影响的技术创新的一种方式是否可取。历史上有几个提供丰厚奖金的例子，导致了重要的和必要的技术进步。例如，对精确导航至关重要的天文计就是在18世纪以这种方式发展起来的。最近的例子也可以找到，当前的联邦采购规则不允许这种做法。讲习班的目的是审查这一做法的有用性以及在哪些条件下可以有效地利用这一做法。

9812672 Reid The National Academy of Engineering, responding to a request from the President's National Economic Council proposes holding a 11/2 day workshop to study the advisability of using government sponsored prizes as a way of inducing and simulating technological innovations of significant societal impact. History has several examples of the offering of a substantial prize leading to important and needed technological advances. For example, the chronometer, essential to accurate navigation was developed this way in the 18th century. More recent examples can also be found, Current Federal procurement rules do not allow this practice. The workshop is to examine the usefulness of this practice and the conditions under which it might be used effectively.