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Global Programs of Distinction
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 Fall 2025 grant cycles.
DEADLINES IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 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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STAR Global Autism Initiative Helps Kids With Autism Soar
Funded by a Global Programs of Distinction grant, the STAR Global Autism Initiative connects UVA researchers with partners in Kenya and Bolivia to co-create autism interventions. Professors Mandy Rispoli and Michaela DuBay reflect on the program's first year, the promise of reciprocal innovation, and the future of global autism research.
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The Economics of Justice: Property Rights in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Economist Jessica Montgomery's CGII-funded research focused on the economic impact of property rights in post-apartheid South Africa.
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Artivism for Afghanistan
Afghan artivist Omaid Sharifi and UVA student Samman Akbarzada discuss how they use art to advocate for and with the people of Afghanistan, in the U.S. and abroad.
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CGII Fall 2025 Grant Wrap-Up
CGII’s fall 2025 grant cycle was a successful one, if challenging.
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Democratic Futures Hosts Gathering of Civil Society Groups Fighting Arbitrary Detention
The Democratic Futures Project hosted the Resisting Illegal Government Detentions and Hostage-Taking (RIGHT) Coalition meeting at UVA’s Fairfax campus on September 17th, 2025. The DFP’s involvement in this project emerged from DFP fellow and Global Studies faculty member Felix Maradiaga’s efforts to promote international advocacy and cooperation to prevent and deter the use of arbitrary detention against democratic advocates working in authoritarian regimes.
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Reflections on a Repatriation Project (El Látigo Nacional, 1893)
PhD candidate Robert Sanchis-Álvarez (Spanish, Italian & Portuguese) describes his discovery of a Spanish colonial-era newspaper from the Philippines at a flea market. With CGII funding, Sanchis was able to start a two-year process of preservation and repatriation.