15. The Longitude Prize launched an important study about antibiotic resistance and cancer
The study shines a light on UK oncologists’ worries about the rise of antibiotic resistance and what it means, in their eyes, for the effective care of their patients.
14. The Affordable Credit Challenge winners were awarded
Three partnerships between community lenders and fintechs have secured a cash prize of £200,000 each for developing innovative solutions that make credit more accessible and affordable.
13. System of support for isolated sexual assault survivors wins Tech to Connect Challenge
This challenge was launched to help civil society develop their early stage ideas for projects that combat social isolation by utilising technology to foster more or better interactions between people.
12. Tech for domestic abuse survivors and those with social care needs awarded as winners
The Legal Access Challenge sought innovative digital tech solutions that directly help individuals and SMEs to better understand and resolve their legal problems.
11. Launch of the Global Surgical Training Challenge
This global challenge calls on innovators to develop surgical training modules that can be used in low-resource settings to help teach practitioners surgical procedures and techniques.
10. An app designed by young people to help the elderly wins the Longitude Explorer Prize
The third Longitude Explorer Prize challenged young people (aged 11-16) to develop innovative, practical solutions using artificial intelligence. A smart watch app, a therapy dog, ocean clean-up tech were all runners up.
9. 14 semi-finalists announced in online event for the Rapid Recovery Challenge
This £3m challenge seeks scaleable ways of giving vulnerable workers better access to jobs and financial help in the wake of COVID-19. We just announced who is going onto the next stage.
8. Four money management apps crowned winners of Open Up 2020
Open Up 2020 was designed to encourage innovation to address some of the longstanding financial issues faced by society. The apps have secured £150,000 grants to help reach more customers.
7. Innovative idea bringing young and older people together won the Smart Aging Prize
Three innovative ideas were identified as having the most potential to support older adults looking to re-engage with the world of work, particularly during the current uncertain economy.
6. The Amazon Longitude Explorer Prize was launched
We are inviting young people across the UK to test, create and develop new technological solutions to the biggest issues of our time!
5. Climate Smart Cities Challenge is looking for ideas from cities
We hope to find the most important challenges to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and implement promising solutions in cities globally. Open call for ideas from cities closes 22 January 2021.
4. The 2020 European Social Innovation Competition winners were announced
The challenge sought to reward the most innovative approaches to reduce the overall environmental footprint and improve the societal impact of the fashion market.
3. Launched the Mayor’s Resilience Fund to support innovation in London
We are working with the Mayor of London to develop a series of open innovation competitions based around specific challenges in London. Applications open in Feb 2021.
2. Planning water innovation for 2021
Challenge Works is working with Ofwat to deliver a series of water innovation competitions that aim to make sure that we can continue to take for granted high quality, clean water
1. £4m winner of assistive technology prize announced
After this three year challenge, announced the winner of the Mobility Unlimited Challenge. This Challenge supported radical improvements in mobility and independence of people with lower-limb paralysis through smarter assistive tech.
