The Longitude Prize

(Updated 25 Oct 2022) The Longitude Prize is a challenge with a £10 million prize fund to help solve the problem of global antibiotic resistance. It is being run by Nesta and supported by Innovate UK as funding partner.

APPLICATION WINDOW

CLOSED

DEADLINE

30 Sep 2022

PRIZES

£8,000,000 will be awarded to the winner of the Longitude Prize.
£2,000,000 will be awarded to support promising entries along the way.

OTHER KEY DATES

Applications can be submitted at any time, but they will only be reviewed and assessed every four months. The prize will close if and when a suitable winner is found, until this point the prize will remain open with assessments every four months.

HOST COUNTRY

United Kingdom

Note that while some organisers may accept applications from all around the world, you may still be required to travel to the host country in order to take part in the later stages of a competition for instance, or you may be required to live there for a period of time to take part in a funded programme (e.g. scholarship, incubator, accelerator).

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Credit: The Longitude Prize

Date Added: 13 Jun 2016