Encourage and support more advanced research in the sciences, the social sciences, and the arts and humanities that depend on – and contribute to - the international investigation of important questions and problems
Action Taken
- Developed a document outlining policy on international programs and on facilitating international collaboration
- Implemented ongoing process to support proposals for international collaborations and to address obstacles
- Enhanced international collaborations such as library’s capacity to host visiting scholars
- Awarded $100,000 in seed grants in fall 2008 for faculty undertaking international research and teaching collaborations
- Disbursed grants from fund to provide travel stipends for faculty and graduate students to attend international conferences and present original research
- Disbursed grants under new Graduate Colloquia initiative for graduate students to invite scholars to campus to catalyze discussion on international perspectives
- Assessed resources to identify and develop cross-regional themes for global-based study (e.g., public health, geographic information systems (GIS)/data center, environmental studies, entrepreneurship, slavery and justice, Francophone Caribbean, etc.)
- Disbursed seed grants to faculty of up to $5,000 per project for new initiatives in international research and teaching collaborations
- Joined with UNESCO, the Library of Congress, and 30 other partner institutions to launch the World Digital Library, a Web site that features unique cultural materials from libraries and archives around the world
- Launched, with combined support from the Vice President for International Affairs, the Vice President for Research, and the Directors of the Center for Environmental Studies and the Environmental Change Initiative, a targeted seed grant of up to $50,000 for an outstanding project in the field of international environmental research
- Launched, with combined support from the Vice President for International Affairs, the Vice President for Research and the Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences, a targeted seed grant of up to $50,000 for an outstanding project in the field of international global health research
- Established the Office of International Research Administration in OVPR to assist faculty with issues regarding export control in research
- Assisted American Studies department in re-orienting master’s program to attract international students
- Launched Brown Global Forums with 12 key partner institutions (in Brazil, China, France, Mexico, South Africa, and Turkey – India to follow). This initiative will promote short-term faculty exchanges of leading scholars and scientists and foster new research collaborations
- Launched the Brown-India Research Initiative launched to focus on contemporary issues of urbanization, the environment, and governance
- Expanded program to encompass the field of global humanities research
- Funded multidisciplinary faculty working groups carrying out research in the areas of Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East
Action Needed
- Review proposals for possible new international collaborations and address obstacles as they emerge.
- Continue to disburse seed grants for international research and teaching collaboration
- Continue to disburse travel stipends for faculty and graduate students to attend international conferences
- Continue to disburse graduate colloquia grants to enable new symposia, workshops, and conferences that bring international perspectives to Brown
- Continue to work proactively to develop new initiatives with key international partners
- Continue to refine policy on the creation of new collaborations in order to ensure an open but thorough process of review for all new proposals
- Continue to initiate new calls for targeted and seed grants, when relevant, in response to institutional priorities
- Continue to expend funding for ad hoc seed grants to faculty working on topics of international relevance
Responsible
- Dean of the College
- Dean of the Graduate School
- Vice President for International Affairs
- Vice President for Research
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