Cases examined
| No. | Name | Nature | Website | Brief description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #EuvsVirus | Policy-driven | www.euvsvirus.org | European Commission's hackathon and innovation platform for solutions to fight coronavirus |
| 2 | Crowdspring | For-profit | www.crowdspring.com | Commercial platform for professionals’ and organisations’ design contests |
| 3 | DesignCrowd | For-profit | www.designcrowd.com | Commercial platform for professionals’ and organisations’ design contests |
| 4 | Digital Learning Challenge (XPrize) | Policy-driven | www.xprize.org/challenge/digitallearning | Not-for-profit Open Innovation competition to test the efficacy of educational interventions |
| 5 | Eupartnersearch | Policy-driven | www.eupartnersearch.com/Default.aspx | Platform to foster the exchange of ideas and partnership among European entities as well as the development of new practice for training and education |
| 6 | Homegrown Innovation Challenge | Policy-driven | homegrownchallenge.ca | Foundation-sponsored challenge to allow farmers to sustainably and competitively grow berries out of season in Canada |
| 7 | Horizon prize for better use of antibiotics | Policy-driven | research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/prizes/horizon-prizes/better-use-antibiotics_en | European Commission’s prize for developing a rapid test to identify respiratory tract infections |
| 8 | Hydropower Operations Optimisation (H2Os) Prize | Policy-driven | americanmadechallenges.org/challenges/h2os/ | US Government-sponsored prize to help clean energy transition by improving the grid’s reliability and resiliency |
| 9 | Longitude Prize on Dementia | Policy-driven | dementia.longitudeprize.org | Not-for-profit challenge for technological solutions to help people affected by dementia |
| 10 | L-Prize | Policy-driven | www.energy.gov/eere/ssl/l-prize-competition | US Government-sponsored technology competition to innovate common light bulb |
| 11 | Ninesigma | For-profit | www.ninesigma.com | Commercial service designing prize challenges for companies’ Open Innovation strategies |
| 12 | Open Innovation Call in Copenhagen targeting Air Quality and Urban Heat Island Effect | Policy-driven | accesscities.org/open-innovation-call-in-copenhagen-targeting-air-quality-and-urban-heat-island-effect/ | Call for ideas aims to reduce the negative impacts of urban air pollution and the heat island effect in Copenhagen |
| 13 | Open Innovation platform | Policy-driven | www.openinnovation.regione.lombardia.it/en/login | Platform created by Lombardy region (Italy) to strengthen governance capacity and to improve the competitiveness of the regional system of knowledge |
| 14 | Perovskite Start-up Prize | Policy-driven | www.herox.com/perovskiteprize | US Government’s prize to accelerate the growth of the domestic perovskite industry |
| 15 | Procura+ Awards | Policy-driven | procuraplus.org/awards/ | Award to highlight sustainable, circular and innovation procurements by innovative public authorities |
| 16 | Prometheus | Policy-driven | hei-prometheus.eu/entrepreneurship-acceleration-platform/the-competition/ | European Union-founded start-up competition for digital transformation and sustainable development |
| 17 | Qmarkets | For-profit | www.qmarkets.net/ | Private platform helping firms to improve intrapreneurship and open innovation initiatives |
| 18 | The Big Hack | Policy-driven | 2022.thebighack.makerfairerome.eu/about/ | Not-for-profit hackathon to develop prototypes for hardware and software projects |
| 19 | The Sunny Awards | Policy-driven | www.herox.com/sunnyawards | US Government’s award for community solar projects that increase equitable access to solar energy |
| 20 | Wazoku | For-profit | www.wazoku.com | Commercial service designing prize challenges for companies’ Open Innovation strategies |
| 21 | XPrize Carbon Removal | Policy-driven | www.xprize.org/prizes/elonmusk | Foundation-sponsored challenge to create and demonstrate solutions for carbon removal |
| 22 | Yet2.com | For-profit | www.yet2.com | Commercial service creating Open Innovation platforms for large organisations |
| 23 | Zillion Designs | For-profit | www.zilliondesigns.com | Commercial platform for professionals’ and organisations’ design contests |
| No. | Name | Nature | Website | Brief description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Policy-driven | European Commission's hackathon and innovation platform for solutions to fight coronavirus | ||
| 2 | For-profit | Commercial platform for professionals’ and organisations’ design contests | ||
| 3 | For-profit | Commercial platform for professionals’ and organisations’ design contests | ||
| 4 | Policy-driven | Not-for-profit Open Innovation competition to test the efficacy of educational interventions | ||
| 5 | Policy-driven | Platform to foster the exchange of ideas and partnership among European entities as well as the development of new practice for training and education | ||
| 6 | Policy-driven | homegrownchallenge.ca | Foundation-sponsored challenge to allow farmers to sustainably and competitively grow berries out of season in Canada | |
| 7 | Policy-driven | research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/prizes/horizon-prizes/better-use-antibiotics_en | European Commission’s prize for developing a rapid test to identify respiratory tract infections | |
| 8 | Policy-driven | americanmadechallenges.org/challenges/h2os/ | US Government-sponsored prize to help clean energy transition by improving the grid’s reliability and resiliency | |
| 9 | Policy-driven | dementia.longitudeprize.org | Not-for-profit challenge for technological solutions to help people affected by dementia | |
| 10 | Policy-driven | US Government-sponsored technology competition to innovate common light bulb | ||
| 11 | For-profit | Commercial service designing prize challenges for companies’ Open Innovation strategies | ||
| 12 | Policy-driven | accesscities.org/open-innovation-call-in-copenhagen-targeting-air-quality-and-urban-heat-island-effect/ | Call for ideas aims to reduce the negative impacts of urban air pollution and the heat island effect in Copenhagen | |
| 13 | Policy-driven | Platform created by Lombardy region (Italy) to strengthen governance capacity and to improve the competitiveness of the regional system of knowledge | ||
| 14 | Policy-driven | US Government’s prize to accelerate the growth of the domestic perovskite industry | ||
| 15 | Policy-driven | procuraplus.org/awards/ | Award to highlight sustainable, circular and innovation procurements by innovative public authorities | |
| 16 | Policy-driven | hei-prometheus.eu/entrepreneurship-acceleration-platform/the-competition/ | European Union-founded start-up competition for digital transformation and sustainable development | |
| 17 | For-profit | Private platform helping firms to improve intrapreneurship and open innovation initiatives | ||
| 18 | Policy-driven | 2022.thebighack.makerfairerome.eu/about/ | Not-for-profit hackathon to develop prototypes for hardware and software projects | |
| 19 | Policy-driven | US Government’s award for community solar projects that increase equitable access to solar energy | ||
| 20 | For-profit | Commercial service designing prize challenges for companies’ Open Innovation strategies | ||
| 21 | Policy-driven | Foundation-sponsored challenge to create and demonstrate solutions for carbon removal | ||
| 22 | For-profit | Commercial service creating Open Innovation platforms for large organisations | ||
| 23 | For-profit | Commercial platform for professionals’ and organisations’ design contests |
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