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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 Spring 2025 grant cycles.
DEADLINES IN MARCH AND APRIL 2025
CGII To Provide Stopgap/Bridge Funds for Humanitarian Projects Interrupted by Government Cuts
CGII will be offering stopgap/bridge funds for projects on humanitarian crises, migration, refugees, asylum-seekers, and related topics that have been interrupted by the government’s withholding of previously awarded funds or contracts. Amounts up to $10,000 will be considered. The source will be the Ruth-Young-Forbes Fund for the study of humanitarianism in global context. If you have been affected, please email CGII director Brian Owensby (bpo3a@virginia.edu) to discuss possible funding.
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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Bitcoin: Borderless Money that Cannot Be Stopped by Oppressive Regimes
Anna Chekhovich of Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation discusses the use of cryptocurrency as a tool to fund global activist movements with Professor Ian Appel of the Darden School of Business. Chekhovich came to the University of Virginia as a visiting guest through UVA's Democratic Futures Project.
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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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CGII Retrospective
The Center for Global Inquiry + Innovation (CGII) was founded in the fall of 2013 to support global, interdisciplinary, and collaborative research. The center awarded its first grants that winter. Now, over a decade later, UVA Global reflects on CGII’s impact.
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Faculty Receive Awards for Global Program Excellence
Elizabeth Wittner (CAELC), Bonnie Gordon (Music), Fern Hauck (Family Medicine) have received an award for Collaborative Excellence in Public Service for work with local refugee communities.
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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.