Global Change Program - Incite at Columbia University

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Global Change Program

  • Grant Value $25,000 USD
  • Grantees to Date 5
  • Eligible Region Global
  • Contact Evan McCormick

Communities around the world are confronting critical challenges in a number of areas, including climate change, education access, interstate conflict, public health crises, and data transparency.

Incite Institute's Global Change Program (GCP) supports activists, scholars, organizers, artists, and others working with communities most directly challenged by these issues and many others. Through the Global Change Program, Incite provides grants ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 to leaders of projects, initiatives, or campaigns that tackle some of the world's most pressing problems. Global Change Program grantees remain in the field during the award year while receiving intellectual support from Incite and other institutions at Columbia University.

Since launching with a pilot in 2024, this program has supported several projects around the world. Projects have included mapping and strengthening Latin American civil society networks, bolstering the strategic planning capabilities of civil society organizations in Hungary, and fostering a regional dialogue about inequality in Colombia.

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Incubated Projects

  • go to A Latin American Civil Society Hub
    A Latin American Civil Society Hub
    Strengthening Latin American civil society organizations through regional collaborations. Part of the Global Change Program
  • go to Centering Indigenous Health Equity
    Centering Indigenous Health Equity
    Hosting Indigenous-led conversations about health equity and access across the Philippines. Part of the Global Change Program
  • go to Climate Dialogues at Scale
    Climate Dialogues at Scale
    Producing an inclusive dialogue about climate change in Montreal by combining community engagement and natural language processing. Part of the Global Change Program
  • go to Cross-Regional Dialogues On Inequality
    Cross-Regional Dialogues On Inequality
    Fostering regional dialogues on inequality across Colombia. Part of the Global Change Program
  • go to Landscapes of Ruination: Participatory and Community Stewardship of Industrial Heritage
    Landscapes of Ruination: Participatory and Community Stewardship of Industrial Heritage
    Working with former miners, local leaders, women's organizations, academics, and city officials, the project builds a model for heritage management that can be replicated anywhere. Part of the Global Change Program
  • go to Murals of Memory and Dialogue
    Murals of Memory and Dialogue
    Under Taliban rule, Afghan cultural expression is being systematically erased. Yet stories, memories, and traditions persist. Murals of Memory & Dialogue creates space for those stories to be seen and heard. Part of the Global Change Program
  • go to People, Power, and Planning
    People, Power, and Planning
    Building the capacities of Hungarian civil society organizations through tailored strategic planning and mentorship programs. Part of the Global Change Program
  • go to Rebellious Neighborhoods
    Rebellious Neighborhoods
    Serbia is experiencing growing democratic erosion. In response, the Ministry of Space Collective has launched Rebellious Neighborhoods, an initiative that reclaims urban space, amplifies community struggles, and rebuilds civic participation from the ground up. Part of the Global Change Program

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  • go to Assembling Voices
    Assembling Voices
    Supporting US-based artists, writers, scholars, journalists, performers, activists, workers, and others with compelling ideas for public initiatives. Funded by Incite Institute
  • go to Don Quixote Award
    Don Quixote Award
    Supporting idealistic, romantic, creative, impractical, adventurous projects born of teachers’ passions with awards up to $5,000. In Partnership with Academy for Teachers
  • go to Hard Questions Grant
    Hard Questions Grant
    Up to $75,000 for research that tackles hard questions with innovative approaches too risky for traditional funding mechanisms. Funded by Incite Institute
  • go to Incite Institute Dissertation Fellowship
    Incite Institute Dissertation Fellowship
    $6,000 grants for Columbia Arts & Sciences PhD students. Funded by Incite Institute