Geospatial Perspectives on Land Financialization
Geospatial Perspectives on Land Financialization supports research teams using parcel-level ownership data to study financialized landownership and inform decisions about housing, farmland, and land policy.
Funder: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Due Dates: November 15, 2026 (application) | March 31, 2027 (methodology) | June 30, 2027 (progress report) | September 30, 2027 (rough draft) | December 31, 2027 (final draft)
Funding Amounts: $30,000 per project for a yearlong project; one to two teams will be selected
Summary: Supports research using parcel-level ownership data to examine land financialization and its implications for land policy.
Key Information: Projects must use Who Owns America®; practitioners may participate but cannot serve as principal investigators.
Description
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy invites applied research using the Center for Geospatial Solutions’ Who Owns America® (WHOA) parcel-level ownership dataset. Selected teams will work with the institute and the Center for Geospatial Solutions throughout 2027 to investigate how corporate and institutional ownership affects housing, farmland, natural landscapes, and land policy.
The program has two connected goals: build evidence about the effects of financialized landownership and test how well WHOA’s ownership classifications support that research. Proposals should define and justify what they mean by financialization and institutional ownership, explain how those definitions map to WHOA’s categories, and identify the policy decisions their findings could inform.
