Open Science Prize Demonstrates Power of Open Research - SPARC

"Funders of the prize believe the competition is a huge boost for science.  'It’s really bringing to light the nascent ideas that researchers are thinking about, but not necessarily put out there yet,' says MacFarlane of Wellcome. 'We’ve managed to bring some awareness to lots of things going on that we as funders and public were not aware of — which is great.'"