Meet the 2024 TED Fellows cohort, a dynamic group of visionaries tackling the world’s most pressing challenges — from reimagining healthcare in conflict zones and advancing safer AI technologies, to navigating oceans by canoe and medical mythbusting using social media. We invite you to dive into the inspiring and innovative world of TED Fellows....

Welcome to "Shape Your Future," a groundbreaking selection of new talks from the TED Fellows. These talks are snapshots of influential, new ideas from leading voices in medicine, human rights, conservation, astrophysics, education and beyond. Dive in to discover what (and who) is shaping your future -- and apply to become a TED Fellow at go.ted....

Brain frozen? Thaw it out with this fun, unexpected blend of talks and performances by TED Fellows -- updated regularly. It's sure to get your brain moving (and dancing) again.

The TED Fellows are an extraordinary group of 350+ artists, scientists, entrepreneurs and more — each at the beginning of a landmark career. Below, watch the most-viewed talks from these unusual trailblazers, each with a unique idea to share.

TED Fellow Mei Lin Neo is helping giant clams step out of their shells and show the world that they can be the heroes of the oceans, too.

TED Fellow Christopher Ategeka is on a mission to ensure a sustainable future for humanity and the planet.

The TED Fellows Program recognizes people at work on future-shaping ideas, offering them tools to amplify the power of their vision. Each year, a new group of TED Fellows from around the world, and from every discipline, are welcomed into this international community of remarkable thinkers and doers who have shown unusual accomplishment, excepti...

Anastasia Taylor-Lind is a documentary photographer who works around the world on issues relating to women, birth rights, depopulation and post-conflict regions.

The TED Fellows program is made possible by our supporters – extraordinary individuals and families who are passionate about the world-changing work the TED Fellows do every day. Our supporters are extremely involved in the tightly knit Fellows community, and we consider them part of our family. They play an active role at the TED conference and...

The TED Fellows program provides transformational support to a global community of over 500 remarkable individuals who are collaborating across disciplines to spark future-shaping change around the world.

The TED Fellows Program recognizes people at work on future-shaping ideas, offering them tools to amplify the power of their vision. Each year, a new group of TED Fellows from around the world, and from every discipline, are welcomed into this international community of remarkable thinkers and doers who have shown unusual accomplishment, excepti...

TED Fellow Miho Janvier studies the the Sun -- in particular the origin of phenomena called "solar storms" which can impact planets in the solar system.

TED Fellow Soyapi Mumba creates technology solutions for low-resource environments.

We would like to thank our major donors, the Bezos family, the Harnisch Foundation, and Sherpalo Ventures for their visionary support of the TED Fellows program. Learn more about the TED Fellows supporters Donating to support the program Supporting the TED Fellows program will help outstanding individuals increase the impact of their world-chang...

Like a modern-day Indiana Jones, Sarah Parcak uses satellite images to locate lost ancient sites. The winner of the 2016 TED Prize, her wish is to protect the world’s shared cultural heritage.

Questions about the TED Fellows program? Take a look at our FAQ. Topics: About the program Application requirements Selection process Technical help About the program What are you looking for in a TED Fellow? We are looking for the people working on-the-ground on world-changing ideas -- the doers, makers, inventors, advocates, filmmakers and pho...

TED Senior Fellow Jae Rhim Lee develops new rituals and objects around death to point us toward a more sustainable future, including a mushroom burial suit that converts our unused bodies efficiently into clean compost.

Jennifer Brea was a PhD student at Harvard when, one night, she found she couldn't write her own name.

The 500+ TED Fellows are making headlines in over 100 countries for their incredible work in all fields. This year's TED Fellows cohort represents 14 countries across five continents -- including, for the first time, Angola, Ethiopia, and South Sudan. Each TED Fellow was selected for their remarkable achievements, the potential impact of their w...

Trevor Timm is the co-founder and executive director of Freedom of the Press Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports and defends journalism dedicated to transparency and accountability.

An artist, hacker and interaction designer, Salvatore Iaconesi embarked on a bold open-source project in 2012. Subject: his own brain cancer

TED Fellow Kayla Briët explores themes of identity and self-discovery in multiple mediums of storytelling: film, multi-media arts and music.

It's a master class in collaboration as violinist Robert Gupta and cellist Joshua Roman perform Halvorsen's "Passacaglia" for violin and viola. Roman takes the viola part on his Stradivarius cello. It's powerful to watch the two musicians connect moment to moment (and recover from a mid-performance hiccup). The two are both TED Fellows, and thei...

From a plant that lives or dies based on stock prices to an oilcan that flows backward, Matt Kenyon creates art that startles, amuses and challenges assumptions.

Wanuri Kahiu wants to curate, commission and create art that celebrates fun, fierce and frivolous Africa.

Inventor Manu Prakash turns everyday materials into powerful scientific devices, from paper microscopes to a clever new mosquito tracker. From the TED Fellows stage, he demos Paperfuge, a hand-powered centrifuge inspired by a spinning toy that costs 20 cents to make and can do the work of a $1,000 machine, no electricity required.

Francis de los Reyes works with cutting-edge microbiological techniques in environmental biotech. But his passion, both professionally and personally, is helping to improve the plight of the world’s 2.5 billion people living without adequate sanitation. Reyes is a TED Fellow.

Legendary dance choreographer Bill T. Jones and TED Fellows Joshua Roman and Somi didn't know exactly what was going to happen when they took the stage at TED2015. They just knew they wanted to offer the audience an opportunity to witness creative collaboration in action. The result: An improvised piece they call "The Red Circle and the Blue Cur...

Juliana Rotich is the co-founder of Ushahidi, open-source software for collecting and mapping information -- and of iHub, a collective tech space in Nairobi, Kenya. She is a TED Senior Fellow.

To help him come to terms with the tragedy of his own homeland, Bosnian photographer Ziyah Gafić turns his camera on the aftermath of conflict, showing his images in galleries, in books and on Instagram.