Inducement Prize Contests are a new instrument introduced under Horizon 2020. They offer a reward for the completion of a set technological challenge that has not yet been achieved so far. The target is clearly defined and described in the Work Programme and further specified through award criteria, but without prescribing how it should be achieved. The person, team, organization or company that offers the best feasible solution is rewarded with a considerable financial prize.

The following contests for innovation prizes are announced in the Work Programmes 2014/2015:

Health, demographic change and wellbeing

• An innovative test to reduce the use of antibiotics in the management of upper respiratory tract infection - Inducement Prize (1.000.000 EUR) - Deadline: 17.08.2016
  https://ec.europa.eu/research/horizonprize/index.cfm?prize=better-use-antibiotics
• eHealth Inducement Prize: Food scanner (1.000.000 EUR) - Deadline: tba
  https://ec.europa.eu/research/horizonprize/index.cfm?prize=food-scanner

Information and Commication Technologies (ICT)

• Collaborative Sharing of Spectrum Inducement Prize (500.000 EUR) - Deadline: 17.12.2015
  https://ec.europa.eu/research/horizonprize/index.cfm?prize=spectrum-sharing
• Breaking the optical transmission barriers (500.000 EUR) - Deadline: 15.03.2016
  https://ec.europa.eu/research/horizonprize/index.cfm?prize=optical-transmission

Material Sciences 

• Design-driven innovative Material Solutions to reduce Particulate Matter Air Pollution in Urban Areas  - Inducement Prize (3.000.000 EUR), will be opened beginning of 2017 - Deadline: 23.01.2018
  https://ec.europa.eu/research/horizonprize/index.cfm?prize=clean-air

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