A new model to inspire change
Housed at TED, The Audacious Project is a collaborative funding initiative that is unlocking social impact on a grand scale. Every year we select and nurture a group of big, bold solutions to the world’s most urgent challenges, and with the support of an inspiring group of donors and supporters come together to get them launched.
A bold plan to accelerate the transition to 100% clean road transport
We're proud to reveal the first project in our 2021-22 cohort! Drive Electric is the new name of a global campaign to retire the polluting internal combustion engine and accelerate the transition to emissions-free vehicles by up to 20 years. Learn more
The Big Ideas
Each year, The Audacious Project identifies jaw-dropping ideas for global change. Learn more about our latest projects or view all Audacious Projects.
What if we built a global surveillance network to stop the next pandemic before it starts?
ACEGID + Broad Institute
In 2018 and 2019, 42% of all deaths from outbreaks reported by the WHO were in West and Central Africa. Sentinel, an early-warning outbreak system, will save thousands of lives each year—and help us to avert future pandemics.
What if we could lift millions of the world’s poorest people out of ultra-poverty?
BRAC
Nearly half of the world’s poorest people live in the most extreme form of poverty. BRAC developed the Graduation approach to tackle the multidimensional needs of the ultra-poor, helping them to build sustainable livelihoods.
What if we could deliver mental health support to anyone, anywhere via text message?
Crisis Text Line
1-in-4 people will be affected by mental disorders at one point in their lives and 300M+ are currently living with depression. Crisis Text Line is using technology to help people in crisis via text anywhere.
What if we could map one billion people currently missing from the world’s maps?
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
There are currently one billion people who live in places that are not on the map. HOT will engage one million volunteers to map places home to one billion people living in poverty or at high risk of disaster.
What if we could have meaningful communication with another species and reshape our relationship with life on Earth?
Project CETI
Humanity is at a critical turning point. To survive, we must reshape our relationship with nature. Project CETI aims to deepen our ties to animals by seeking to understand sperm whale communication – and eventually talk back
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