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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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Youth for Change
Polish youth activist Dominika Lasota discusses her journey from a shy teenager to a leading figure in transnational climate and social justice movements. Lasota highlights how climate justice, women's rights and democracy are interconnected. And she calls for reinvigorating democracy with a sense of global solidarity and community-focused climate action. Not recognizing our interdependence? As Lasota might say, “That’s delulu, honey.”
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Adiós, Maduro
Freddy Guevara joins us from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where he works as a research fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. Guevara is the former vice president of the Venezuelan Parliament, a freedom fighter, and is now a global democracy advocate. Before being forced into exile, he was a key figure in the opposition movement against the regime of Nicolás Maduro. Guevara responds to the recent US operation to depose Maduro, his ongoing trial in New York, and what this means for democracy movements worldwide.
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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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Closing the Surgical Data Gap: Inside the ACCESS Program
Dr. Bhiken Naik is an anesthesiologist and critical care specialist at the University of Virginia whose work sits at the intersection of surgery, data, and global health equity. Originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, he brings both clinical expertise and personal perspective to his research on improving surgical outcomes in resource-limited settings. He was recently awarded a research grant from the Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation which supported his efforts to create the ACCESS Program (African Collaborative on Surgical Data Equity and System Strengthening).
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Reciprocal Innovation in East Africa and the U.S.
Recently, supported by a grant from the Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation, Professor Glen Bull has been conducting a research project that aims to promote collaboration between students in the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Jr. chapter at Albemarle High School and the Winam Fabrication Laboratory (FabLab) in Kenya. High school students in Charlottesville are designing 3D-printed microscopes that are being replicated at the site in Kenya while Kenyan students are designing a 3D-printed microcentrifuge that is being replicated in Virginia.
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The World Between: Egypt and Nubia in Africa
Q&A with Anastasia Dakouri-Hild, Associate Professor of Aegean and Near Eastern Art and Archaeology and curator of the Fralin exhibit The World Between: Egypt and Nubia in Africa.