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Eyes On The Prize, Head In The Sand: Filling The Due Process Vacuum In Federally Administered Contests, Steven L. Schooner, Nathaniel E. Castellano
Eyes On The Prize, Head In The Sand: Filling The Due Process Vacuum In Federally Administered Contests, Steven L. Schooner, Nathaniel E. Castellano
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The article introduces readers to the recent proliferation of federal prize contests, which sovereigns have employed, albeit sporadically, since the mid-sixteenth century to incentivize breakthrough innovation. In the past decade, the federal government’s use of prize contests has skyrocketed, which makes sense in an era of constrained government resources. Prize contests offer seemingly unlimited potential to break through existing technological barriers at less expense than traditional innovation incentivizing tools such as contracts, grants, and patents. But that upside potential comes at a cost.
For every ebullient prizewinner, there are potentially innumerable “losers,” many of whom feel wronged, exploited, or, at …