# Award Track and Governance Specification

## Award Track Principle
Awards share the same orchestration engine as the main competition; they are tracks, not detached side workflows.

## Routing Modes

- `PARALLEL`: award path runs while main path continues
- `EXCLUSIVE`: project exits main continuation path and runs award-only
- `POST_MAIN`: award route starts after configured main gate

## Governance Modes

- `JURY_VOTE`: assigned award jurors vote
- `AWARD_MASTER`: designated award owner decides within scope
- `ADMIN`: program/super admin decides

## Decision Requirements

- every winner/finalist decision emits audit entry
- manual overrides require reason code and text
- tie-break policy explicit and deterministic

## Permission Enforcement

- governance mode checked server-side on every decision mutation
- unauthorized attempts return `FORBIDDEN`

## Representative Decision Payload

```json
{
  "awardId": "award_123",
  "decisionMode": "AWARD_MASTER",
  "winnerProjectId": "project_789",
  "reasonCode": "SPONSOR_DECISION",
  "reasonText": "Award sponsor selected based on category fit"
}
```