“…Still, one can make a distinction between these two. Although, awards are also referred to as grants, as is in the case of small business innovation research programs (Wessner, 2009a;Salles-Filho, Bonacelli, Carneiro, Castro & Santos, 2011), they do not necessarily include a monetary reward, whereas prizes are most often monetary in nature. Thus, the motivation for entering the award competition had to be derived from sources other than instant monetary gain.…”