On March 20, 2008, KEI published "Selected Innovation Prizes and Reward Programs" (cite as KEI Research Note 2008:1). The paper, which is available on the Internet here: https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/research_notes/kei_rn_2008_1.pdf, provides the most comprehensive account of historical uses of prizes to induce innovation now available. The introduction to the 51 page report follows:
The following are comments by experts on innovation and public health, beginning with consumer and public health groups, followed by academic experts and others.