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Prizes

Mayor's Civic Innovation Challenge

Status

Usually opens in January and February and March

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
£20,000

Past challenges awarded about GBP 20,000 per selected company (e.g. FreightLab: six companies received GBP 20,000 each); GBP 300,000 awarded in total across 10 challenges.

Funder

Greater London Authority

public · city

Deadline: One call a year — Ran as annual challenge rounds against Mayoral policy priorities.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

For startups solving a defined London civic challenge; usually requires a London delivery footprint.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The Companies House number, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/arts-and-culture/mayor-londons-civic-innovation-challenge

"The Civic Innovation Challenge has run 10 challenges to date ... £300,000 in funding awarded"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.london.gov.uk

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