Thanks to everyone who entered the CSPI Essay Contest, Policy Reform for Progress. The winners are:

FIRST PLACE ($5,000):

Gathering Steam: Unlocking Geothermal Potential in the United States, by Andrew Kenneson

Andrew works for a public housing authority in Kodiak, Alaska. Before that, he was a reporter at local newspapers in Kodiak and in Monroe, Georgia. His email is akenneson21@gmail.com.

SECOND PLACE ($2,500):

Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems: A Proposal For Science Funding Reform, by Maxwell Tabarrok

Maxwell is an Econ and Math student at the University of Virginia. He blogs at maximumprogress.substack.com. Follow him on Twitter @MTabarrok.

THIRD PLACE ($1,000):

Drone Airspace: A New Global Asset Class, by Brent Skorup

Brent is a senior research fellow at George Mason University's Mercatus Center and a visiting faculty fellow at the Nebraska Governance and Technology Center at the Nebraska College of Law. Follow him on Twitter @bskorup.

HONORABLE MENTIONS ($500):

The University-Government (U-G) Complex, by William L. Krayer

William is a 92 year-old semi-retired intellectual property lawyer and past president of the Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association.

It’s Time to Review the Institutional Review Boards, by Willy Chertman

Willy is a graduate of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and PGY-1 internal medicine physician at Holy Cross Health Hospital Fort Lauderdale. He writes about medical innovation, regulation, and the history of science at willyreads.substack.com. Follow him on Twitter @Willyintheworld.

Congratulations to the winners. We will be publishing their essays over the next weeks and months.