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For the inducement prizes established in 1714, see Longitude rewards.
Award
Longitude Prize
Sponsored by
NESTA
Technology Strategy Board
BBC
Reward(s)
£10 million
Website
www.longitudeprize.org
The Longitude Prize is an inducement prize contest offered by Challenge Works, a social enterprise which was historically part of Nesta, a British lottery funded charity, in the spirit of the 18th-century Longitude rewards.[1] It runs a £10 million prize fund, offering an £8 million payout to the team of researchers that develops an affordable, accurate, and fast point of care test for bacterial infection that is easy to use anywhere in the world. Such a test will allow the conservation of antibiotics for future generations and help solve the global problem of antimicrobial resistance.[2][3]
The prize was announced by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron in 2013,[4] and a shortlist of six challenges to be put to a public vote was announced at the BBC's Broadcasting House in May 2014.[5][6]
^"Longitude Prize 2014: six great challenges of our time – as it happened". The Guardian. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^"Longitude Prize". Nesta. 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
^"Challenge". Longitude Prize. Nesta. 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
^"David Cameron promises £1m 'Longitude Prize' for big ideas". BBC News. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^"BBC to kick off poll for £10m Longitude research prize". The Guardian. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^Should we give the Longitude Prize some latitude?, Stephen Curry, The Guardian, 23 May 2014
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