There's a place for you in the ecosystem.
Five pathways, from a two-minute sign-up to a multi-year institutional partnership. Start wherever you are.
Partner with GPS
Universities, governments, companies, CSOs and funders — build a programme, a hub or a research consortium with us.
Start the conversation Primary pathwayJoin GPS
Researchers, practitioners, founders, artists, students and diaspora professionals — join the network in two minutes.
Join the networkCollaborate
Co-design research, host a dialogue, or volunteer your time and languages.
See howContribute Knowledge
Write for the Journal, respond to a call for papers, or join the Experts & Fellows directory.
ContributeSupport an Initiative
Fund a specific programme — the Dialogues, fellowships, labs, or the Kigali access fund.
SupportPartner with GPS
Universities, governments, companies, CSOs, and funders — partnership is the platform's core mechanic. Tell us who you are and what you want to build; the partnerships team responds within two weeks.
- → Research collaboration & academic mobility
- → Innovation, enterprise & investment partnerships
- → Policy advisory & institutional cooperation
- → Funding & development partnerships
Join GPS
Researchers, practitioners, founders, artists, students, diaspora professionals — join to receive the Dialogues invitations, opportunity alerts, and the Outlook at launch.
Membership
Beyond the free network, formal membership categories are designed and will open when the Board activates enrolment, expected with the 2027 launch cycle. Join the network now and you will be first to know.
Institutional members
Universities, institutes, and organizations — governance participation, program access, and network standing.
Professional members
Individual researchers and practitioners — directory listing, convening access, and community.
Young leader members
Students and early-career — mentorship, mobility, and the cohort experience.
Interested? Join the network and you'll be first to know when membership opens.
Collaborate
Co-design a research question, host or chair a GPS Dialogue, or volunteer your time — translation, event support for Kigali 2027, research assistance, design and community moderation.
The founding phase runs on generous people. Tell us what you can offer.
Contribute Knowledge
GPS is a knowledge producer. If you research, write, or hold expertise the network needs, there are three ways in.
Answer a call for papers
Two calls are open with published deadlines — the inaugural Journal issue and the Kigali Knowledge Crossroads Week conference.
Join Experts & Fellows
Add your expertise to the searchable directory of researchers and specialists across the four areas and every region.
Pitch to a GPS platform
Essays, analysis, film and sound for GPS Outlook and SouthPlus — commissioning for the 2027 launch issues.
Support an Initiative
Fund the specific thing you believe in — each program is a discrete, reportable unit.
Kigali 2027 access fund
Travel support for young leaders and under-resourced delegations.
Or simply — give.
Unrestricted support is what lets a founding-phase institution move.