Over the past three years, the Brown International Advanced Research Institutes, a collaboration between Brown University and Santander Universities overseen by Brown's Office of International Affairs, have hosted participants and visiting speakers from over seventy countries.

Inaugurated in 2009, this major faculty development initiative convenes high-level academic Institutes on Brown's campus each summer. Organized by discipline and designed and run by recognized scholars, each Institute addresses the canonical and cutting-edge questions of the field, and contributes to building the next generation of transnational academic community.

"To be at the forefront of research today means being in conversation with global peers. The Brown Institutes provide exciting opportunities to encounter new ideas, build collegial relationships and enrich faculty development for young scholars and teachers from around the world." President Ruth J. Simmons, Brown University

The objective of the BIARI program is to provide a platform for promising young faculty from the global South and emerging economies to engage in a high-level and sustained intellectual and policy dialogue with leading scholars in their fields and each other. Institutes foster scholarly networks among young faculty, while providing them with an opportunity to develop their scholarship agendas.

"The BIARI community is an unparalleled example of the global academic conversation made manifest. It is also an example of what it means to globalize Brown: bringing together emerging intellectual leaders to learn and to teach at the same time. Through BIARI we are creating a rich and growing network of young educators and collaborators from around the world." Matthew Gutmann, Vice President for International Affairs

This ambitious program is designed to provide needed professional development opportunities for young scholars embarking on lives in research and teaching. The Brown International Advanced Research Institutes are a fundamental plank in President Ruth Simmons' vision for Brown's continuing internationalization. The BIARI program aims to make a significant contribution to global research through transnational academic collaboration, promoting Brown University's vision of the global university.

Each Institute is organized as a mix of lectures, round table discussions, group work, field trips, cultural events and social interactions. Each is led by a team of distinguished Brown faculty who have invited world-renowned lecturers and speakers to join and participate in the Institute's formal and informal activities. Institutes are residential, with accommodations and meals provided.

The Institutes are academically rigorous and admission is highly competitive. Financial support is available for international participants.