Division of Research

Research Funding Within Brown

The Division of Research manages Brown’s institutional-level internal funding streams.

These funding opportunities include Research Seed Awards, the Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Awards, Humanities Research Fund, Core Research Facility Infrastructure Program and Research Achievement Awards.

Funds Awarded by the Division

The Division of Research's 2026 Research Seed Program is intended to support activities necessary to advance competitive research proposals, such as performing preliminary work and facilitating collaboration.
The Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Awards are competitively awarded and support excellence in scholarly work by providing funding for selected faculty research projects deemed to be of exceptional merit.
Humanities Research Funds help support faculty research in departments and fields in the arts, humanities and social sciences with limited external funding opportunities.