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Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies
Application Due March 3, 2025
Email chrhs@brown.edu

Research Seed Grants - Spring 2025

Research Seed Grants

The Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies funds annual pilot research studies through our seed grant program. This program is designed to stimulate original, innovation-driven research addressing human rights and humanitarian topics. Support may be given to groups launching a new research project or towards evolving the scale of an existing project. To read about our previously funded projects, visit: CHRHS Research Seed Grants.

Request for Applications - Spring 2025 

The Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs is now accepting applications for human rights and humanitarian research seed grants. We strongly encourage proposals that demonstrate interdisciplinary or interprofessional collaborations between Brown faculty, students, and fellows, and that include local academics or professionals as research team members. We are especially looking to fund projects that will result in scholarly outputs, such as a published manuscript or other academic work. Although not required, Brown faculty and students are encouraged to partner with one of our CHRHS Global Fellows. 

Funding Amount: Up to $3,000 

Eligibility: 

The following individuals are eligible to apply:

  1. Brown University Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellows 
  2. Brown University Faculty 
  3. Brown University Undergraduate Students (Must list a Brown faculty or CHRHS Affiliated Fellow or Global Fellow as a mentor) 
  4. CHRHSGlobal Fellows (Must be collaborating with a Brown faculty member or student as a Co-PI) 

Duration: 1 year from date of received funding 

Application Requirements 

  1. Name, affiliation, & contact info of all applicants 
  2. Summary of proposed research (no more than 300 words) 
  3. Total amount requested 
  4. Full description of proposed research protocol (rationale, goals and objectives, methodology, collaborations, ethical considerations) 
  5. Dissemination plan (brief description of expected scholarly output) 
  6. Detailed budget (please include other sources of received or anticipated funding) 
  7. Timeline for proposed research 
  8. CVs/Resumes of all research team members 

Application Deadline: Sunday, March 2, 2025. 

Please submit applications in a single pdf document via email to chrhs@brown.edu.

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