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Read our latest challenge prize news, along with thought leadership articles and blogs from our team and partners.

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Young entrepreneurs transform the future of plastics in Kenya

Ronald Holland an eldery man helps CareCity test a prototype of the Dorothy App|A group of elderly people burning sparklers.|An elderly man using a tablet with features installed to assist him.|A middle-aged women holding the wrists of a elderly man assisting him.|A middle-aged women holding the wrists of a elderly man assisting him.

Longitude Prize on Dementia semi-finalists win £1.9m to co-create dementia tech

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Workshop: How can we use AI for social good?

Home | Challenge Works | Finalists of the Afri-Plastics prize celebrate their win|Baus Taka|The image shows a woman wearing a virtual reality headset and holding VR controllers in both hands

£4.1m goes to nine innovative winners on our Afri-Plastics Challenge

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Challenge prizes can make Britain into Sunak’s scientific superpower

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Harnessing innovation for 3D printed organs

A member of staff at Surrey Satellite Technology works on a satellite at the company's Surrey Research Park base

What are the most promising areas of technological opportunity for innovation funders?

A grey haired woman looks at a phone|The prize received entries from innovators on every continent. Of the applications entered

From smart gloves to games: 175 brilliant ideas enter the Longitude Prize on Dementia

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Why focus on technology frontiers?