FUNDING: Longitude Prize Discovery Awards

Longitude Prize is a five-year challenge with a £10 million prize fund. Launched in November 2014 it aims to conserve antibiotics for future generations, revolutionising global healthcare. It commemorates the 300th anniversary of the Longitude Act of 1714, the first British challenge prize, to determine longitude at sea. The prize is looking for a quick and easy diagnostic test that can rule out antibiotic use or help identify an effective antibiotic to treat a patient.

To help ensure as many teams as possible enter the prize, the Longitude Prize Discovery Awards have been launched. These are small seed grants to help individuals or teams to further develop their ideas to win the prize. Applications opened on 16 May and will close on 26 August at midnight BST. Winners will be announced on 21 November. Find out more about the Longitude Prize Discovery Awards at www.longitudeprize.org/DiscoveryAwards

If you have any additional questions, reach out to Tamar at tamar.ghosh@nesta.org.uk.

The Longitude Prize is supported by the UK Prime Minister and will be awarded by the Longitude Committee chaired by Lord Martin Rees and including Dame Sally Davies, Baron Peter Piot and Professor Jeremy Farrar.