Innovation Library

A promise to buy or subsidize a future innovative product

A managed initiative that coordinates research efforts toward an ambitious goal

An investment in the talent, training, and institutions that help build a field

A research program done in a funder's own labs by its own staff

A subsidized or risk-sharing loan that eases innovators' financing constraints

A staged funding approach that releases payments as innovators hit predefined goals

A per-unit payment that lowers the cost of producing or adopting an innovative product

A competition that rewards teams for meeting a defined innovation target

A direct contract with a specific performer to develop or supply innovative products

A contract that pays a performer to conduct defined research and development

A tax credit that lowers the cost of private R&D

A grant supporting researcher-led work within a defined scope

Institutional partnerships that share research resources and priorities