Innovation Archives

Jan 13 2021

Press Releases

Lacuna Fund Announces its First Round of Funding that will Unlock the Power of AI to Accelerate Pioneering Agricultural Solutions in African Countries

Agricultural AI projects across Africa receive funding to produce labeled training datasets for machine learning that will help alleviate food security challenges, spur economic opportunities, and give researchers, farmers, communities, …

Dec 28 2020

#RFBreakthrough

Accessing the Safety Net in the United States: Lessons from Covid-19, Looking Toward the Future

The social safety net is only effective if people can access it easily and when they need it. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, an estimated $65 billion in safety net …

Dec 17 2020

Perspective

Lead Poisoning Can Be Eradicated ー If We Invest in Better Data-driven Decision Making

For over a century, The Rockefeller Foundation has worked on initiatives promoting greater social equity in the United States and around the world. As part of this commitment, we collaborate …

Dec 16 2020

The Coded Gaze: Unpacking Biases in Algorithms That Perpetuate Inequity

The software Williams installed couldn't "see" her face. "This shattered any notion I might have about machine neutrality," she recalled.

Awarded Dec 10-2020

Mahila SEWA Trust 2020

in support of efforts to improve use of agricultural analytics by small and marginalized farmers across India

$100,000

Nov 30 2020

Great Transitions: Doubling Down on the Sustainable Development Goals

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the world’s extraordinary fragility and highlighted trenchant societal inequalities. Managing the pandemic has been hard enough and doing so while addressing other urgent stresses – …

Sustainable Development Technology & Innovation Global

Nov 30 2020

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Great Transitions: Doubling Down on the Sustainable Development Goals

Nov 04 2020

Perspective

Harnessing AI To Reset The Future: How To Channel AI For Social Good?

As the Fourth Industrial Revolution evolves, frontier technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping our economies, societies and the environment. AI is opening up economic opportunities with companies large …

Awarded Nov 09-2020

Harvard University 2020

in support of research on organizational and business models to develop digital public goods for government services and international development

$100,000

Oct 29 2020

Perspective

$1 Billion for a Green and Equitable Recovery

As a doctor, every time I read the statistics, I know that this pandemic doesn’t need to be this bad for so many people. The grocery store worker who stocks …

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