Cultivating algae at scale in an enclosed system for clean energy and carbon capture. One of our nine Underhyped Frontier Technologies for Development.

The climate data divide is a major barrier to adaptation in the Global South. We're exploring how climate intelligence could turn adaptation from a cost into an investment opportunity.

In session six of our Launchpad series: Ready to Launch, Frontier Tech Stories Lead Lil digs into the relationship between stories and narratives, and how to understand their connection with each pilot project.

Each month we take one global critical challenge and explore what’s happening on the frontier of innovation. This month we're On the Frontier of Robotics.

Robots are often imagined as sleek, futuristic machines—polished humanoid figures, precise robotic arms, or autonomous delivery bots. But what if the real future of robotics looks more like the Millennium Falcon—messy, modular, and built to withstand real-world conditions?

Have you ever tried a recipe box for cooking? We’ve developed a similar, recipe-based approach for using our LLM tool, to help users understand what’s possible when creating a knowledge product.

The Frontier Tech Hub is seeking technical support in land rights for smallholder farmers in Colombia. The consultant will use their deep expertise to help analyse challenges, explore root causes, and assess market and landscape factors affecting land tenure.

The Frontier Tech Hub is exploring AI-driven satellite-based water demand estimation tools in Ethiopia’s agricultural sector. We’re looking for a consultant to review a technical partner’s research into the needs and barrier to farmer adoption, and routes to sustainability and scaling.

As part of the FT Hub’s Helpdesk offer, we conducted a rapid desk review to explore how AI could support education outcomes in Tanzania and Sierra Leone, as well as in other LMICs. Read on to find out more or read the full report.

We are seeking an expert in grant funding models to support technology and innovation in the climate resilience and adaptation space.

We’re seeking a research partner to understand the potential of AI to enhance Learning & Development support within FCDO. Click to find out more and apply.

Raising funds to get your early-stage innovation off the ground can be challenging. Our blog contains practical guidance for giving investors confidence to buy into your vision.

We’re exploring how AR/VR tools could be integrated into the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) workflows and seek a consultant to model the requirements for scaling and sustaining AR/VR tools across the ICC.

Read on to find out how we’re exploring user needs through real-world testing of the digital MyDemokrasi platform - which gives Malaysian voters data and information on politics in real time.

Discover how the FT Hub, in collaboration with Drones Doing Good Alliance, has been bringing together Peer Action Groups for African Civil Aviation Authorities to promote the safe and sustainable use of drones.

Each month we take one global critical challenge and explore what’s happening on the frontier of innovation. This month we're On the Frontier of Local Manufacturing.

We're seeking a Technical Expert in the humanitarian space who can advise on how to enhance coordination efforts in emergencies using frontier technologies.

The FT Hub is seeking (a) technical expert/s with expertise in access to renewable energy by off-grid communities in Colombia, to support a demand-led study of renewable energy access challenges in Colombia.

The FT Hub is seeking (a) technical expert/s with knowledge of digitalised identification and registration systems, to support the demand-led study of identification and duplication challenges identified in Ethiopia.

The FT Hub is seeking (a) technical expert/s with experience in health in the humanitarian context to assist a study into demand-led health challenges in Ethiopia.