Division of Research

Research Funding Within Brown

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

Brown University’s Research Seed Awards help faculty develop more competitive research proposals by supporting the generation of preliminary data, pursuing new directions or collaborations in research, and other endeavors.
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.
Brown's Core Research Facility (CRF) Fund supports the development of specialized core research facilities and the maintenance of their equipment.