Georgetown Americas Institute

Collaborative research grants bring Georgetown faculty and outside experts together around topics related to the institute’s themes: governance and the rule of law, economic growth and innovation, social and cultural inclusion, and the environment and sustainability. The institute also supports a student fellows program for talented undergraduate and graduate students to work with faculty members on research projects.

Proposals are solicited through an open competition and evaluated by a faculty committee. The next call for proposals will be announced in early 2022.

Collaborative Research Grant Awards​

• Angelo Rivero-Santos (Center for Latin American Studies), “The Latin American and the Caribbean COVID-19 Digital Map”
• Bryan McCann (History), “Legacies of the Kiss Nightclub Fire: Trauma and Memory in Recent Brazil”
• Diana Kapiszewski (Government) and Alvaro Santos (Law), “Strengthening the Institutional Capacity of Latin American and Caribbean States to Address Foreign Investors’ Claims”
• Katharine Donato and Elizabeth Ferris (Institute for the Study of International Migration), “Internal vs. Cross-Border Environmental Displacement in Central America and Mexico”
• Anna Deeny Morales (Center for Latin American Studies) and Angel Gil-Ordoñez (Performing Arts), “From Law to Opera and Back Again” 

Student Fellow Awards

• Cristina Cuervo Rengifo ​​(SFS), Alexis Gorfine (SFS), and Felipe Lobo Koerich (SFS), “States and Institutions of Governance in Latin America (SIGLA)”
• Kelly Looman (Data Science and Analytics), “Converting Digital Records of Historical Census in Latin America into a Usable Dataset for Statistical Analysis”
• Bryan Ricciardi (Center for Latin American Studies), “Literature Review on Understanding the Legacies of Colonialism”
• João Gabriel Rabello Sodré (History), “Legacies of the Kiss Nightclub Fire: Trauma and Memory in Recent Brazil”
• Raquel Rosenbloom (McCourt), “Legislative Speech in Latin America Research and Database Project”