Compare the Challenge to the Project

Comparison of the 2009 Buckminster Fuller Challenge to Google's Project 10^100.

item	challenge	project
goal	Idea and implementation to save the world and people in it	Idea benefitting the most people
final entry date	Nov 7	Oct 20
entry fee	$60 ($50 special groups)	none
how enter	Web user account application	Web form
presentation	text and 6 images	text and video
prize	$100 thousand to winning entrant	$10 million to up to five implementations
publicity reward	inclusion in the web Idea Index plus other unspecified publicity	100 ideas posted on Google site plus possible contacts and good karma
text	~1000 words (including purpose, three-year plan, entry criteria, and qualifications)	~ 800 words (including idea, issue address, steps to implement, optimal outcome
judging	Judges	Google screens 100, public chooses 20, judges finalize up to five winners
references	Extensive, both what you have done and who recommends you	none
intellectual property	Protection is up to you. Challenge has unlimited rights with your submission.	Google has unlimited rights with your idea.
winner announced	May, 2009
categories	communication and media community and social systems economy and livelihood education energy environmental health food systems human health human rights materials and resources shelter and built environment transportation water or your own	community, opportunity, energy, environment, health, education, shelter, everything else
criteria	comprehensive, anticipatory, ecologically responsible, feasible, verifiable, replicable	reach, depth, attainability, efficiency, longevity
# entries	one	unlimited
Wholeo Online entries	Studies	Study

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