The Longitude Committee
About the Longitude Committee
The Longitude Committee is a group of experts from across the scientific, clinical and industrial world who support the Longitude Prize.
What does the Longitude Committee do?
Along with the Longitude Prize’s Advisory Panel the Longitude Committee is responsible for on-going prize consultation and will, ultimately, judge and decide which entry should win.
What is the Longitude Prize?
The Longitude Prize has a rich history and may be the first challenge prize to exist. The Longitude Act, issued on July 8, 1714, offered up £20,000 prize (about £1.5m today) for a practical and useful method to determine longitude to an accuracy of half a degree.
It has since evolved to tackle more of the world’s greatest problems.
Find out more about the Longitude Prize and how to get involved.
How is Challenge Works involved with the Longitude Prize?
The Longitude Prize is delivered by Challenge Works day-today, co-funded by Innovate UK and supported by BIRAC in India, other supporters of the Prize since 2014 include: GSK, BBC, Amazon, M&C and Science Museum.
Longitude Committee
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![Fiona Carragher]()
Fiona Carragher
Director of Research & Influencing Alzheimer's Society
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![Indro Mukerjee]()
Indro Mukerjee
CEO of Innovate UK
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![Dame Angela McLean]()
Dame Angela McLean
Government Chief Scientific Adviser
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![Ravi Gurumurthy]()
Ravi Gurumurthy
Chief Executive Officer, Nesta
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![Gisela Abbam]()
Gisela Abbam
Chair, British Science Association, Global Goodwill Ambassador & Freelance Consultant
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![Penny Wilson]()
Dr Penny Wilson
Senior Specialist, AMR, Vaccines and Global Health
