These are some of the “greatest issues of our time” which students are being asked to investigate as part of the £10 million Longitude Prize 2014.
The challenge commemorates the 300th anniversary of the original Longitude Prize, which was set up to find a way of pinpointing a ship’s longitude at sea.
The modern version of the challenge is run by innovation charity Nesta and will see the public vote on which issue should form the focus of the final challenge. The six issues are:
Tackling superbugs.
Dealing with dementia.
Providing safe water for all.
Providing a healthy diet for all.
Restoring movement after paralysis.
Environmentally-friendly air travel.
The schools part of the programme is inviting students aged 10 to 14 to explore and champion some of these challenges by forming up to six groups and running their own voting campaign to help “identify and understand the issues better”.
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