Research Seed Funds and Salomon Awards are competitive grants distributed directly to faculty researchers and administered by the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR). OVPR distributes the Humanities Research Funds to department chairs, who then make allocations to individual faculty within their departments. Detailed guidelines are available in the document OVPR Research Funds and Application Guidelines 2013. For questions on the internal funding opportunities listed here, please contact Margaret_Manning@brown.edu, Research Opportunities Coordinator, at (401) 863-5145.
Research Seed Funding was created to help faculty compete more successfully for large-scale, interdisciplinary, multi-investigator grants. Investigators may propose projects with budgets up to $100,000.
Application deadline: TBA for 2013
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.
Application deadline: TBA for 2013
Humanities Research Funds help support faculty research in departments and fields in the arts, humanities and social sciences with limited external funding opportunities. Faculty apply directly to their chairs for support; full-time faculty may request up to $1,800.
Application deadline: Wednesday, November 16, 2012.
Cost-Sharing Funds are available to help meet sponsor requirements and to increase competitiveness on certain external funding opportunities. For questions on OVPR cost-sharing, or to request cost sharing funds, please email Beth Hurt, Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the Vice President for Research. Please include the opportunity requirements, details of your request including the total cost sharing required and your plan for meeting that requirement. Requests should be made well in advance of proposal submission due date.
- University cost sharing policy (revised 1-5-2012)
- Cost Sharing Commitment Form
Other Internal Funding Opportunities at Brown
The following is a partial list of additional internal funding sources administered by other offices in support of research at Brown:
India Initiative Summer Funding Faculty Research or Language Training Applications will be considered from Brown regular faculty from any field to support research on modern India or accelerated language training that is relevant to India. Proposals will be evaluated based on the quality of the proposed research or training and the potential for the activity to lead to a long-term successful program of research on modern India. Special consideration will be given to applications from junior faculty, especially those for whom India is a new area of research. Investigators may propose budgets up to $10,000.
Application deadline: March 15, 2013
Pembroke Center Seeds support transnational, interdisciplinary research initiatives that involve faculty from the humanities, social sciences, creative arts, health sciences, and science and technology studies. Investigators may propose budgets up to $10,000.
Application deadline: April 1, 2013
Humanities Research and Teaching Fund, overseen by the Dean of the Faculty. All projects must have humanists and humanistic objectives at their core, but there is no limit on collaborations that reach beyond the humanities to the arts, social sciences, natural sciences, medicine, policy, and other fields and in fact such collaborations are encouraged. Proposed activities can involve working with colleagues either from Brown or from other institutions, but the benefit to the Brown community must be clearly demonstrated. Investigators may propose budgets up to $5,000.
Application deadline: April 1, 2013
Brown Institute for Brain Science
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Center for Aids Research (CFAR) Developmental Grants Program
Application deadline: October 1st and April 1st
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Cogut Center for the Humanities
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Creative Arts Council
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C.V. Starr Program in Business, Entrepreneurship and Organizations - BEO Research Funds
Application Deadline: May 20, 2013
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Environmental Change Initiative
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Global Health Initiative - The Framework in Global Health provides funding to support global health scholarships for undergraduate students, medical students, residents, and fellows, and MPH and PhD graduate students. Successful applicants receive up to $3,500 to support global health research, service, and advocacy activities directly linked to Brown University faculty scholarly projects.
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Office of International Affairs
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UFunds coordinates applications for funding from the Dean of the College, the President's Office, the Office of International Affairs, and Campus Life.
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UTRAs support Brown students collaborating with Brown faculty on research and teaching projects during the summer or the academic year.
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