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Get Involved

There's a place for you in the ecosystem.

Institutions, funders, researchers, builders, and volunteers — pick your pathway.

Institutions

Become a Partner

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

Or write directly: info@gpsouth.org

Individuals & institutions

Join the Network

Researchers, practitioners, founders, artists, students, diaspora professionals — join to receive the Dialogues invitations, opportunity alerts, and the Outlook at launch.

Structured belonging

Membership

Formal membership categories — designed now, activated when the Board opens enrollment (expected with the 2027 launch cycle).

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Institutional members

Universities, institutes, and organizations — governance participation, program access, and network standing.

If activated · 2027
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Professional members

Individual researchers and practitioners — directory listing, convening access, and community.

If activated · 2027
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Young leader members

Students and early-career — mentorship, mobility, and the cohort experience.

If activated · 2027

Interested? Join the network and you'll be first to know when membership opens.

Time & talent

Volunteer

Translation, event support for the Dialogues and Kigali 2027, research assistance, design, and community moderation — the founding phase runs on generous people.

Targeted giving

Support a Program

Fund the specific thing you believe in — each program is a discrete, reportable unit.

Program

GPS Dialogues

Keep the 2026 dialogue series open and multilingual.

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Kigali 2027 access fund

Travel support for young leaders and under-resourced delegations.

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Fellowships

Back a researcher, artist, or policymaker for a year.

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Innovation labs

Seed a pilot lab — AI & education first.

Or simply — give.

Unrestricted support is what lets a founding-phase institution move.