Grant Opportunities

This fellowship makes it possible for students to accept an unpaid summer internship in the area of public interest law broadly defined. Public interest law includes helping those who may lack resources to retain attorneys or engaging in advocacy work or participating in shaping public policy.

The Brazil Initiative invites faculty and researchers to submit proposals for the Brazil Initiative Collaboration Grant. This grant supports partnerships between the University and Brazilian academic institutions to promote research and teaching related to Brazil in the areas of mathematics, environmental sciences, public health, medicine, and engineering. The grant also supports research on the Atlantic Rainforest in the south of Bahia, particularly interdisciplinary topics related to biodiversity studies, species surveys, sustainable development, social entrepreneurship, and fair trade. Research proposals should comply with the human subject regulations of each investigator's respective institution.

The Brown LINK and SEW Awards provide financial assistance to students pursuing unpaid or low-paying summer internships. These awards allow students to explore career options and engage in experiential learning activities outside the classroom.

Rising sophomores, seniors, and juniors, who are returning to Brown in September 2016, are eligible to apply.

Graduate funding can be used for three purposes: research, internships, and language training. Proposals for either exploratory or advanced dissertation research will be considered. The first will cover the early years of graduate program; the second will facilitate completion of the dissertation. Language training will be for accelerated programs of language instruction. 

CSSJ Faculty Associate Grants are designed to support the synergistic development of intellectual community and research on campus. We invite Brown University faculty and researchers to submit proposals that focus on broad issues to do with slavery, justice, freedom, and contemporary forms of human bondage.

The China Initiative invites Brown University faculty and researchers to submit proposals to support projects and events aimed at expanding our understanding of Greater China. The China Initiative, housed at the Watson Institute for International Studies, seeks to foster academic activities that at once deepen our knowledge about Greater China (Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong), and use that knowledge to challenge and expand our understanding of the wider world. Proposals will be welcomed from all parts of the university, including the social sciences and humanities, engineering, the sciences, public health, and medicine. Proposals may involve collaborations with partners in Greater China. The China Initiative is particularly interested in proposals that span multiple academic disciplines.

The Explore Grants provide seed money (up to $500) for new, promising ventures at the earliest stages when funding is so difficult to secure from investors. They also offer these ventures the opportunity to apply for three levels of progressively increasing funding using a gated award system. 

The Faculty Development Fund is aimed at supporting development, especially among junior faculty, by providing incremental assistance towards research travel, research supplies, publication fees, and other related expenses.

The FTF is designated to support professional travel, including trips to attend conferences and to conduct scholarly research or field work, during any fiscal year, July 1-June 30. Faculty may apply for reimbursement for more than one trip per academic year, with a total reimbursement cap of $1,500. Faculty are also eligible for a one-time extra supplement of up to $600 for a single trip to present a paper at an international conference.

The Dean of the College office is pleased to announce the 2016 Global Experiential Learning &
Teaching (GELT) grant program. The GELT program provides funds for advanced undergraduate seminars or capstone courses that embed an international travel component prior to, during, or at the end of the course and for destination courses during Brown's Winter Session.

The Graduate Council Conference Fund provides financial support to graduate students that have been invited to present research and are ineligible for financial assistance from other sources (Graduate School, home department, or external sources).

The Graduate International Colloquium Fund supports collaborative campus-based activity that will strengthen or expand Brown University’s connection with the wider world of academic knowledge production, or that will provide new international perspectives on graduate students’ ongoing work.

The Harvey A. Baker Fellowships are awarded annually to outstanding members of the graduating class to aid them in undertaking graduate or professional study at a university of their choice either in the U.S. or abroad.

Only undergraduate seniors are eligible for this grant.

The ITF provides the opportunity to teach in Spain at IE University in Segovia, Spain as a fellow of the School of Arts and Humanities. The fellow will also be affiliated with the Cogut Center for the Humanities at Brown University. The fellowship offers the opportunity to develop and implement innovative curricula in one of Europe’s foremost professional degree-granting institutions while also providing time for research and career development.

The Jack Ringer Summer in Southeast Asia Fellowship is made possible through the generosity of Jack Ringer '52, who served in Burma after graduating from Brown. The award provides Brown students with up to $4,000 to support summer travel to Southeast Asia to conduct research or work in an internship.

The Program in Judaic Studies aims to promote and support the study of Jews and Judaism across Brown. Research grants are available for Brown undergraduate and graduate students working in related fields. 

Funds may be used in a wide variety of ways, including acquisition of research materials, traveling to research sites, etc. Preference will be given to those who have taken courses in or who plan to work with an adviser in the Program in Judaic Studies. Grant proposals can be for as little as $250 but should not exceed $1000.

The Lectureship Fund supports proposals to bring to the campus outstanding individuals from outside the Brown community. These individuals should present lectures of a broad and interdisciplinary nature or of current interest in a special area not ordinarily available at Brown University. The intent is to introduce people and topics that stimulate thought and discussion. The proposals can be for a single lecture or for a series of lectures that follow a coherent theme.

The Fund underwrites field work, study abroad, or thesis research by International Relations concentrators working on peace-keeping and conflict studies.

Limited to Undergraduate Students Concentrating in International Relations.

The Pembroke Center's competitive seed grant program supports collaborative research initiatives that involve Brown faculty from the humanities, social sciences, creative arts, and health sciences. In keeping with the Pembroke Center's intellectual mission, these research initiatives will examine intersecting dimensions of difference such as gender, sexuality, generation, work, class, race, ethnicity, language, citizenship, and religion. 

The Research Mobility Fellowship supports Brown University doctoral students who seek to conduct pre-dissertation or dissertation research abroad during one summer or academic semester. Expanding Brown’s global reach, award recipients will contribute to the institution’s mission of discovering, communicating, and preserving knowledge. To be competitive, research projects must build upon the University’s integrative themes and yield tangible outcomes. In addition, as part of its strategic mission, Brown wishes to support sustainable links with current institutional partners and develop potential new institutional partners, and as such, it is expected that grantees will serve as Global Brown Ambassadors by contributing to Brown’s visibility abroad.

The Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Awards were established to support excellence in scholarly work by providing funding for selected faculty research projects deemed to be of exceptional merit. Investigators may propose projects with budgets up to $15,000.

Salomon Grants support the integration of innovative learning activities into an existing undergraduate course. Funds may be used to bring guest speakers to class, to finance class field trips, and to purchase demonstration materials for a course. Eligible courses enroll at least ten students. Faculty members are encouraged to apply for course support early in the term; funds are limited.

The Social Innovation Fellowship aims to support students growing a social venture over the summer, supported by a year of intensive skills training, complementary coursework, and a community of social entrepreneurs on campus offering mentorship and critique.

The Marla Ruzicka International Public Service Fellowship provides $3,500 to support the summer plans of one Brown undergraduate who displays the characteristics of compassion, determination, and selflessness in the pursuit of international human rights, post-conflict rehabilitation, or international public service in its most noble spirit, and whose summer plans reflect those traits.

UTRAs provide support to Brown students collaborating with Brown faculty on research and teaching projects during the summer or the academic year.

The program provides opportunities for fellows to present their own work, and respond to that of their peers, through regular seminar series; to forge constructive relationships with senior colleagues, through a semi-formal mentoring program; to advance a major individual or collaborative research project, drawing on the Institute’s administrative and financial resources; and to teach and mentor undergraduates, especially those with interests in the Institute’s core areas of security, development and governance.