An open data challenge on the theme of Heritage & Culture has been launched by the independent charity Nesta (formerly the NDPB the ‘National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts’) with up to £50,000 equity-free funding to further develop their product and applications closing on 8 February.
NESTA writes:
The Heritage + Culture Open Data Challenge, run by Nesta and the Open Data Institute, invites teams to use ‘open data’ to build products and services that create social impact. The challenge question is: ‘How can we use open data to engage more people, and more diverse people, in UK heritage and culture?’
The winner of the Challenge will receive £50,000 equity-free funding to further develop their product. The project forms part of a series of seven challenge prizes to invite businesses, startups and individuals to develop innovative solutions to social issues using open data. For each challenge, teams will be invited to build and test their ideas at a creation weekend where three team of finalist will be chosen to win £5000 each.
Applications are open from 4th November 2014 until midday 8th February 2015.
View more information on the challenge on the website
