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

A cityscape view of Bristol

What's next for the Smart Cities Challenge finalists?

Girl sitting at a table by a window with a laptop|A younger woman on the left and an older man on the right have tea and enjoy a chat.

Access Social Care: A year on from winning the Legal Access Challenge

A collection of red matchsticks with one yellow peeping out|Four graphs showing the impact of evaluator gender on applicant scores

“Challenge everything”: Embracing experimentation from the Innovation Growth Lab

Shaping a green and digital future: Announcing the 2021 winners of the European Social Inclusion Competition

A table is scattered with plastic cutlery and plastic straws spell out the word 'STOP'|An infographic shows how we can promote changes in plastic use in the community

Turning awareness into action: Afri-Plastics Challenge seeks ways to reduce plastic waste

A shot looking up at a number of lightbulbs hanging from the ceiling. Because of the angle

How prizes help innovators to attract new investors

Bank notes from various countries|Graph showing the stimulating effect of three Open UP challenges from 2017 to 2020

Attracting investment with challenge prizes

Four engineers standing in white coats in a lab

An open Letter to George Freeman, Science Minister: A new approach to funding science and technology R&D is essential

How Dynamic Demand finalists KrakenFlex are lighting the way for renewables

KrakenFlex, used the momentum from the Dynamic Demand Challenge to tap into an underused infrastructure in the energy sector.