Prestigious Labs

Description
The politicians who are funding your agency's efforts will likely be very pleased with you for getting these prestige-boosting boondoggles up and running - and don't forget, prestige is the only way your team can actually win.

Cost
?? - You can only research this upgrade ONCE, but you can use any research at all to do it

Impact
You can put as much research as you want towards Prestigious Labs. Your lab gains prestige equal to the prestige you would have got for publishing the research (but note that you don't ACTUALLY publish the research, so the field activity counter doesn't increment and you don't get a bonus for being the first person to use research in this way). At the end of the game or once all Prestigious Labs are built (whichever is earlier) the agency who owns the most Prestigious Lab receives 100 prestige.

Future Research
Naturally, certain research cannot be done without a fancy lab to do attract the top talent. Prestigious Labs unlocks the following research:


 * Research Secondment
 * Sponsor Conference
 * Blue-Sky Research
 * Energy Banking