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title: ""I therefore am grateful that I have been able to raise a new chunk…"
date: 2020-03-15
source: facebook
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# "I therefore am grateful that I have been able to raise a new chunk…

*March 15, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/03/1-million-plus-in-emergent-ventures-prizes-for-coronavirus-work.html](https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/03/1-million-plus-in-emergent-ventures-prizes-for-coronavirus-work.html){target="_blank"}
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\"I therefore am grateful that I have been able to raise a new chunk of money for Emergent Ventures --- a project of the Mercatus Center --- for ex post prizes (not grants) for those who make progress in coronavirus problems.\
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Here are the newly established prizes on offer:\
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1. Best investigative journalism on coronavirus --- 50k\
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2. Best blog or social media tracking/analysis of the virus --- 100k\
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3. Best (justified) coronavirus policy writing --- 50k\
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4. Best effort to find a good treatment rapidly --- 500k, second prize 200k\
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5. Best innovation in social distancing --- 100k\
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6. Most important innovation or improvement for India --- 100k\
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What might be an example of a winning project? What if this attempt to build scalable respirators succeeded? That would be a natural winner. Or a social distancing innovation might be the roll out of more meals on wheels, little libraries, online worship, easier ways to work from home, and so on.\"
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