Development of a National Science Foundation Innovation Inducement Prize

国家科学院科学、技术和经济政策委员会（STEP）应国会的要求，将协助国家科学基金会设计一个奖励奖，以支持科学和工程研究的进步。 该奖项将强调创新，重点关注具有高风险和高回报潜力的研究活动，并在传统支持机制之外促进科学和工程目标。STEP委员会将召集一个高度跨学科的专家志愿者委员会，为一般奖项设计标准提出建议和理由。 打造一个享有盛誉的奖项，以补充NSF的研究投资，有可能满足未满足的社会需求，并在科学研究的转型领域建立新的伙伴关系和合作。 该奖项应该让公众参与并了解对NSF和联邦政府重要的科学和工程研究。

The National Academies' Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP), at the request of Congress, will assist the National Science Foundation in the design of an inducement prize to support the advancement of scientific and engineering research. The prize will emphasis innovation, focus on research activities with high risk and reward potential, and promote science and engineering objectives outside of traditional support mechanisms. The STEP Board will convene a highly interdisciplinary committee of expert volunteers to develop recommendations and rationale for general prize design criteria. Crafting a prestigious prize, to complement NSF research investments, has the potential to fulfill unmet societal needs, and create new partnerships and collaborations in a transformational area of scientific research. The prize should engage and inform the public about science and engineering research important to the NSF and the Federal government.