Atlanta Global Research and Education Collaborative

The Atlanta Global Research and Education Collaborative (AGREC) seeks to build and strengthen collaborative networks of multi-institutional scholars and practitioners to support global research and education initiatives in the Greater Atlanta region.  Until 2026, this was in part accomplished through AGREC  "Global at Home" project funding. Housed within the Atlanta Global Studies Center (AGSC), the AGREC initiative launched in 2020 and is currently comprised of seven universities including Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University, Agnes Scott College, Spelman College, Kennesaw State University, and Clark Atlanta University.  

Through "Global at Home," AGREC invited scholars to submit collaborative project proposals across disciplines, institutions, and universities that addressed a need in our global and local communities. The focus was on impacting topics that have a global connection while being grounded locally. Scholars and practitioners examined and impacted a global problem on the local level through research, workshops, a forum, training programs, or they could suggest other approaches through their collaboration with an Atlanta organization or a population group that has a global dimension.  

"Global at Home" required a team of at least two faculty from two different AGREC member institutions, as well as at least one community partner. A community partner could be a non-profit organization, a governmental entity, a corporation, a public or private sector organization, or another entity in Atlanta or another part of the world.  Teams could include additional faculty members from any university/college in the Greater Atlanta region.  Funding preference was given to innovative, transformative, collaborative research and education projects in global engagement with significant emphasis on their (1) potential to develop new and strategic sustainable relationships among partners (e.g. universities, companies, NGOs, community organizations) and (2) impact on Atlanta communities.