March 3, 2021 A new cycle of grants from the Migrations initiative seeks to support work in migrations-related research, pedagogy and engagement with a specific focus on racism and dispossession. The Migrations initiative, part of Global Cornell, studies how all living things – humans, animals, insects, microorganisms, plant life – move, and the context in which they move. The initiative cultivates collaborations that advance science, scholarship, teaching, outreach and engagement in ways that generate new insights into critical world problems. In this round of funding, the Mellon Foundation Just Futures award supports projects centered around the connections between racism, dispossession and migration in interdisciplinary, innovative, and impactful ways. The Migrations initiative will also support work that highlights multispecies migrations and the natural and built environments through which they pass. These funding focus areas are reflected in four opportunities: