The Longitude Committee

Antique compass rests open on a wooden sill next to a window representing the history of the Longitude Committee

About

What is 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.

The Longitude Prize

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