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Addressing challenges of global scale, scope, concern, perspective, and impact.
Calling for 2025 Proposals
The Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation is calling for proposals for the Spring 2025 grant cycles.
DEADLINES IN MARCH AND APRIL 2025
Featured Projects
Deeply engaged in emerging global research
We support and fund research in all fields, expanding possibilities and promoting collaboration within and outside UVA.
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2024 • Global Programs of Distinction
Institution Building to Support Equitable Research between Communities and Universities
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Lithium Territories
By The Numbers
Collaborating across boundaries
By looking beyond traditional disciplinary divides, CGII encourages uncommon research partnerships around UVA, the nation, and the world.
$3M+
awarded in grants since 2014
449
research projects funded
100+
Countries represented in research
Podcasts
The latest from the Center
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Aging in Indonesia at the Margins of Care: Global Research Bytes with Sylvia Tidey
Professor Sylvia Tidey (Anthropology, Global Studies) discusses her research on aging transgender women in Indonesia, funded by a CGII center grant. She found that transgender women often fall into a care void as they age, lacking family support and state services. She compared care models in Jakarta, Java, and Bali, focusing on the evolving needs and possibilities for older LGBTQIIA individuals in Indonesia.
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Old Wine in New Bottles: The Art of Alcohol Across Antiquity- Global Research Bytes with Tyler Jo Smith
Join Professor Tyler Jo Smith, director of UVA's Interdisciplinary Archaeology Program, as she explores the fascinating intersections of art, religion, and culture in the production and consumption of alcohol across ancient civilizations on this episode of the Global Research Bytes podcast.
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Digitalizing the Popol Wuj
Discover how UVA professors Allison Bigelow and Rafael Alvarado are partnering with Mayan scholars and communities to preserve and revitalize K’iche and Yukatek languages.
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Global Democracy Brief: Care at the Core
The world seems increasingly attracted to authoritarian solutions for pressing political issues, such as climate change, ethnic violence, and economic turmoil. In the Philippines, however, the next generation is actively building the organizations, campaigns, and movements to rebuild a democratic civic sphere. Over the past year, UVA’s Democratic Futures Project (DFP) has enabled undergraduate students to support and document these efforts, most recently through the publication of Care at the Core: The Power of People in the Grassroots.
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Fall 2024 CGII Grant Winners
In Fall 2024, the Center for Global Inquiry + Innovation awarded its latest round of grants to support impactful global research endeavors led by faculty and graduate students.
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How Cville Tulips Helps Refugee Women and Children Bloom
Through art, English and health classes, the nonprofit builds community and empowers local refugee women and children.