Interested in a study abroad program that offers hands-on, project-based learning about Grand Challenges and social innovation that will also count as your capstone and technical elective classes. Grand Challenges Impact Lab (GCIL), a UW study abroad program in Bangalore, India, is recruiting junior and senior undergraduates as well as graduate students for their Winter 2021 program!
Grand Challenges (GCs) are the big problems facing humanity – things like food security, clean water, climate change, low-income housing, education in disadvantaged communities, and access to health care. GCIL empowers students to address GCs. Through GCIL, interdisciplinary teams of 4 students are placed in a local organization with experience with a GC and are challenged to propose, test, and prototype solutions using tools of entrepreneurship and social innovation.
Watch examples of past student projects here:
Dates
GCIL study abroad includes a 1 credit Autumn-quarter course at UW Seattle, and a 15 credit Winter-quarter course (approximately January 3, 2021 – March 15, 2021) in Bangalore, India.
Learn more about the program and view the application here. Applications will open at the beginning of Spring quarter with a priority application deadline of May 15th.
Interested?
Join GCIL’s virtual info sessions on Zoom here.
- Wednesday, April 8 from 1:00pm – 2:00 pm.
- Tuesday, April 14 from 11:00am – 12:00 pm
- Thursday, April 23 from 2:00pm – 3:00 pm
- Wednesday, April 29 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm
- Thursday, May 7 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- Tuesday, May 12 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm
- Wednesday, May 20 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm
If you are unavailable to join one of our info sessions, check out this informational session video that one of our alumni made here.
You can also email questions to gcil@uw.edu