Deadline: 31 January 2017
Apply for the Longitude Prize, a challenge with a £10 million prize fund to reward a diagnostic test that helps solve the problem of global antibiotic resistance. It is being run by Nesta and supported by Innovate UK as funding partner.
In order to tackle growing levels of antimicrobial resistance, the challenge set for the Longitude Prize is to create a cost-effective, accurate, rapid and easy-to-use test for bacterial infections that will allow health professionals worldwide to administer the right antibiotics at the right time.
The Longitude Prize aims to incentivise the development and production of a transformational diagnostic test that will revolutionise the way that people around the world make choices about the use of antibiotics, as one element of a global, interdisciplinary effort to address the problem of antibiotic resistance.
Eligibility Criteria
Anyone of any age and any organisation may enter the competition as long as you meet the Eligibility Criteria below:
The team is able to demonstrate that in winning the Longitude Prize it would deliver direct economic growth or benefit or social benefit in the UK. To demonstrate such benefit the team must:
- Include a member which has a presence in the United Kingdom, meaning an office in the UK, affiliation with a UK Company or partnership with a UK organisation or institution, and meet one of the following requirements:
- carry out manufacturing and/or design of the winning solution in the UK, or
- lab test or showcase the winning solutions in the UK, or
- use some other means agreed in writing with Nesta and Innovate UK before participating in the Longitude Prize.
How to Apply
Eligible applicants must apply online via given website.
Eligible Country: UK
For more information, please visit Longitude Prize.