Introducing our latest cohort of Frontier Technologies Pioneers
The seventh call of Frontier Technology Livestreaming has come to a close and the latest cohort of ideas and FCDO Pioneers has been chosen.
We received a massive 82 applications spanning 35 different countries across all six major continents. Thank you to all the staff across FCDO who chose to take part in the process. You can read more about those ideas in our next post: Could white paint be considered ‘frontier tech’?
After much deliberation, the panel selected 13 innovative proposals to take forward 🚀
Pilot teams will receive an initial £75,000 and discovery fund teams up to £30,000 in funding, access to matchmaking opportunities with specialised technologists, be supported to work in lean and agile ways and livestream what they learn along the way.
You can see the map of new pilot ideas below:
Introducing the Discovery Fund ðŸ§
This year, in addition to a new cohort of pilots we’ve selected an additional 8 ideas for support under our Discovery Fund. This fund is designed to support early stage ideas to enable Pioneers to test their seedling of an idea, before it potentially becomes a pilot. Discovery Fund pilots will receive similar support and smaller grants to test their concepts.
You can see the map of Discovery Fund pilot ideas below:
Read on for the the full list of pilots
Livestreaming Pilots 🚀
Beyond relief - Using digital remittances technology for informal enterprises
Democratising Deep-Sea Discovery for Developing Nations (D4N)
Digital mapping to protect Freedom of Religion or Belief
EmpatIA: AI to enhance healthcare in Peruvian remote areas
eTriage for Social Inclusion: Navigating Out of Vulnerability Situations (eTSI NOVuS)
Harnessing sensor technologies to improve beekeeping productivity in South Africa
Integrating satellite and ground bigdata to improve cocoa production.
Localised distributed production techniques in the Pacific
Pnyx – The digital public assembly, Redefining Representation.
Project SAPLING: Drone-based remote sensing for reforestation investment
Using Artificial Intelligence to Scale Access to Forest Carbon Markets
Using climate change scenarios to inform community based adaptation
VR/AR in prevention and response to CRSV
Discovery Fund Pilots ðŸ§
Integrating AI in asset management of the rural water supply schemes
Digital mapping to protect Freedom of Religion or Belief
DNA forensics to tackle illegal wildlife trade with MinION technology
Quantifying GHG offset potential of green roofs in Southern Africa towards developing investible project models
Responsible tech and policy approaches to the Metaverse for education
Solar Home Electrolyser (SHE) Proof of Concept and Piloting
Protecting land rights and forests in Ghana with blockchain
Harnessing Geo-Data Technologies to Support Peace Positive Investment
We congratulate the newest cohort of Frontier Tech Pioneers on their outstanding ideas and wish them success with their pilots. Please join us in giving a very warm welcome to the programme to these new teams! 🥳