UK SPACE AGENCY
The UK Space Agency plays a major role in delivering the government’s National Space Strategy. We support a thriving space sector in the UK, which generates an annual income of £16.5 billion and employs 47,000 people across the country.
We are an executive agency of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). The Aqualunar Challenge is supported by funding from the International Bilateral Fund, UKSA’s dedicated fund for building and strengthening international partnerships.
CHALLENGE WORKS
Challenge Works is a global leader in design and delivery of open innovation challenges that mobilise diverse, innovative thinkers to solve pressing problems and unlock change. Challenge prizes are a unique approach to funding innovation, offering a series of incentives, with a final prize given to whoever can first or most effectively meet a defined goal.
They are public, open competitions which lower barriers to entry to attract the broadest possible community of innovators. Founded by Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation for social good, we are a social enterprise that has delivered 86 challenges to date and distributed more than £124 million to winning innovators.