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Nice prize Mr Cameron, but what's it for exactly? | Jack Stilgoe The first challenge will be to find a world-changing challenge – preferably something that won't cost much to solveThe world of science policy is currently getting excited about prizes. A piece in Thursday's Nature, for which I provided some grumpy quotes, discusses the recent wave of science prizes that are trying to take their place beside the Nobels. And David Cameron on Friday announced a new set of prizes for solutions to "some of society's most pressing problems".Broadly speaking, prizes fall into two types – recognition and inducement. The first aims to draw attention to people doing good things. The second aims to get people doing certain things better. My criticism of the new science prizes, which I rehearsed on the blog a few weeks ago, is that they reinforce conventions of scientific meritocracy that are already pretty well-served prizewise.Cameron's new thing, which will be run by Nesta's new Centre for Challenge Prizes, has left me a little confused. (Loyalty to my fel
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