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Longitude Prize 2014 goes to antibiotics research

Howard Lake | 6 July 2014 | News

The Longitude Prize 2014 has been awarded to projects that prevent the rise of resistance to antibiotics.

The £10 million Prize marks the 300th anniversary year of the Longitude Act, when the British government offered a cash prize to whoever could solve one of the most important challenges of the time – how to pinpoint a ship’s location at sea by knowing its longitude.

For the 2014 Longitude Prize, the public were invited to vote for the most pressing problem from six issues:

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The winner: antibiotics resistance

At the end of last month the public voted for research into preventing the rise of resistance to antibiotics. The Longitude Committee will now develop criteria and a specific goal that will set out what people and organisations will need to do to win the prize. You can register your idea and project now though.

The Committee is setting a five year deadline in which to reach the goal.

The Longitude Prize 2014 is being run by Nesta, with the Technology Strategy Board as launch funding partner.

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