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This could be your opportunity to help solve some of the world’s biggest problems.
Challenge Works supports smart ideas and ingenious solutions, wherever they come from. We believe inventors can come from any background or sector, so we work to break down barriers, support long-term success and nurture innovation talent every step of the way.
We have worked with thousands of innovator teams and dozens of funders to find solutions to problems, draw attention to societal issues, and bring about real change.
Read on to find out more about our current and past portfolio of challenge prizes.
Longitude Explorer Prize 2015
Encouraged young people to develop a new generation of satellite applications for social good.
Amazon Longitude Explorer Prize
Challenging young people to use technology to create an app, product or service to improve the world
Open Up 2018
Testing the robustness and growth potential of the open banking solutions created in stage 1 of the Open Up Challenge.
Open Up 2020
Unlocking the power of open banking for UK consumers.
Gig Economy Challenge
Create a digital service for gig economy workers that analyses data to provide insights that help them understand their take-home pay and if they are paid the London Living Wage.
Longitude Explorer Prize 2017
Challenged young people to develop innovative, practical solutions that use the Internet of Things to improve health and wellbeing of people.
CareerTech Challenge Prize
The CareerTech Challenge Prize was a programme to develop data-driven solutions which help people understand the labour market and plan their future careers.
Longitude Explorer Prize 2020
Supported young entrepreneurs to change the world with AI enabled tech.
Inventor Prize
Supporting small, at-home inventors to overcome barriers to funding and non-financial support.
Legal Access Challenge
The Legal Access Challenge called for legal tech start-ups, law firms, alternative legal providers, advice organisations and law schools to develop ambitious direct-to-user products, services and platforms in order to make legal services more accessible and affordable for individuals, families and small businesses.
Challenge prizes
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