The Frontier Technologies Hub (FT Hub) is looking to conduct Discovery research to better understand what interventions can be put in place to incentivise people in urban India to reduce their use of single use plastic water bottles.

The FT Hub is looking for a partner to help us explore systemic approaches to unlocking the potential of technology to scale and localise climate finance and carbon markets in LMICs.

Click to read our open Invitation to Tender: ‘Research into using banana-fibre papers to protect white yams from nematodes’

The FT Hub is looking for partners to support two new exciting opportunities that will shape our future work. Applicants can apply to one or both opportunities. Read more here.

Each month we take one global critical challenge and explore what’s happening on the frontier of innovation, where FCDO colleagues are working with partners to test solutions in the real world. This month? We're on the Frontier of Sustainable Agriculture.

We’re looking for a partner to help us explore technology’s role in combating mis- and dis-information in Lower-and-Middle Income Countries. Click here to found out more.

Learn more about Zero Circular’s overarching goal: to introduce biodegradable plastics into the plastic ecosystem in Nepal

Read about Zero Circular’s retrofitting of existing plastics machines to manufacture bioplastics in Nepal

Read the report for our pilot 'Smart GeoSeals to track delivery of humanitarian aid' here

The FT Hub is looking for an Independent Technical Expert/s to conduct initial research as part of a project to incorporate generative AI in Malawi’s legal sector. Click to find out more.

Read the report for our pilot 'EmpatIA - enhancing healthcare access to remote areas in Peru' here

Click to read our tender: 'Invitation to tender: Design of Fund for Frontier Tech Innovations in Agriculture'

Read on to find out how the team on one of our current pilots, ‘Turning Drylands into Global Carbon Sinks’ are trying to mobilise carbon finance through the Voluntary Carbon Market, and the challenges that lay ahead.

Read more about our progress to date on providing assistive tech and digital mapping to help wheelchair users in Kenya.

We want to bring you the best stories from the frontlines of innovation around the world, so we’re excited to introduce Stories from the Frontier. Listen to the first 20 minute episode here.

Welcome to the September edition of On the Frontier, the Frontier Tech Hub’s regular monthly newsletter. In this edition we’re exploring innovation On the Frontier of humanitarian supply chains

The global demand for humanitarian aid is surging, with 308m+ people expected to need assistance by 2024. Traditional supply chains are struggling to keep up, and the pressure mounting to deliver aid faster, smarter, and more efficiently has never been greater.

This blog post by FCDO Pioneer Robert Phillips explores some of the results of user engagement surrounding the pilot 'Using LLMs as a tool for International Development professionals'.

Read the final installation of a three-part series about the journey and learnings from our pilot AI as a tool for International Development professionals. This article discusses the UI development for the tool and directions for further improvement and scaling.

Read the second installation of a three-part series about the journey and learnings from our pilot AI as a tool for International Development professionals. This part explores the building of effective retrieval systems and prompt engineering.