For example, the US Department of Education’s Race to the Top Fund, which offered $4 billion in grants to states that developed successful educational reforms, spurred innovations that hold promise for school systems across the country. More broadly, prize competitions to reward targeted innovation and crowd-source new ideas offer a highly cost-effective opportunity for government to leverage its scarce resources for important public goals.
比如，美国教育部的“争第一基金”（Race to the Top Fund）向开发成功的教育改革的州提供40亿美元资助，这刺激了让全美国学校系统都受益的创新。更广泛地看，奖励定向创新和众筹新思维的有奖竞赛为政府提供了撬动稀缺资源用于重要公共目标的高性价比机会。目前，联邦政府运营了一家叫做Challenge.gov的互联网平台以促进新竞争。自2011年以来，大约50家公共机构赞助了260多项挑战。