SPRING 2026 RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE PROPOSALS
OVERVIEW
BIMI invites UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and students engaged in the study of international migration to develop Research Collaboratives —working and reading groups — aimed at supporting collective learning and communities of practice. These groups, organized by graduate or undergraduate students but including faculty, staff, and postdoctoral scholars, can focus on any country, region, topic, or discipline related to international migration, immigrants, and diasporic life. BIMI provides funds and other support for group meetings, events, and other activities.
Working groups are workshop-style meetings, focused on sharing research for feedback from mentors and peers on works-in-progress. Reading groups are seminar-style meetings, focused on collective reading and discussions of select works. Groups will meet regularly throughout the semester.
Each group will generate at least one public-facing piece at the end of their funding term, which will be published on the BIMI website and featured in BIMI’s bi-weekly newsletter. Ideas for this include research reports, policy briefs, 101-reading lists, or fact sheets.
