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GRI is a cutting-edge applied research hub that multigenerational teams of students, faculty, and professional researchers to tackle the world's most pressing issues. We have impact on policy and professional careers - cultivating world-leading research and future world leaders.

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Each year, we support more than 50 student-faculty research teams. We give over 200 students hands-on research experience as paid staff members and facilitate around 1500 touchpoints with students across campus, fostering community, building career-readiness, and knowledge-exchange.

And we make an impact, delivering more than 100 briefings to policy makers annually, and thousands of media hits for our research findings. What happens here has ripple effects that propagate from Williamsburg to the world, and we are excited to make our mark on the future. Grounded in 20 years of achievement, we are ready to accelerate to meet the next decade of global transformations.

GRI Announces $10 Million Accelerate Initiative

The institute has launched the GRI Accelerate Initiative, an effort to raise $10 million that will provide long-term support for its operations and allow for the development and expansion of projects. The effort received a head start with two leadership gifts of $1 million each from Tom McInerney P ’07, chair of the GRI Advisory Board’s Development Committee; and from Jennifer Tepper Mackesy ’91, who recently stepped off the GRI board to join the W&M Board of Visitors, and D. Scott Mackesy ’91.

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The Advisory Board brings incredible experience across different sectors and disciplines, and their support enables more opportunities for students to participate in life-changing research with real-world impact.

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