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 conversationJoin 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
Three membership categories. Universities and higher-education institutions can apply now; professional and young-leader enrolment opens with the 2027 launch cycle.
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.
Apply for institutional membership
Membership is granted in two steps. Step 1 is the Membership Application. Step 2 is the Partnership Information Questionnaire, which provides the basis for an action plan and, where appropriate, an institution-specific Memorandum of Understanding.
University Membership Application
Institutional profile, areas of interest, GPS pillars, proposed contribution, institutional focal point, and declaration.
Start the applicationPartnership Information Questionnaire
Institutional capacity, cooperation interests, an initial action plan, and MoU preparation details. Completed following the application.
Open the questionnaireCompleted forms may also be submitted by email to info@gpsouth.org. GPS responds to all applications within two weeks.
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.