Annenberg Institute for School Reform
Located at Brown University and promotes and advocates the serious redesign of American schooling. It is involved in projects relating to school accountability and standards, professional development and public engagement.
Brown Center for Alcohol and Addictions Studies
Provides post-doctoral research training for behavioral, medical, and social scientists and health care professionals who wish to pursue a career in alcohol abuse and alcoholism research.
Brown High Energy Physics Group
Research group in elementary particle physics.
Catskills Institute
Research group focusing on the significance of the Catskill Mountains for American Jewish life.
Center for Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence and Computa
Promotes research and seminars in fluid mechanics. Comprised primarily of applied mathematics and engineering faculty with some representation of other disciplines.
Center for Materials Research Science
Provides an introduction, contacts, faculty, application details, and facilities.
Center for the Study of Human Development
Interdisciplinary study of child and adolescent development.
Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
Interdisciplinary organization which develops and promotes research and programs on race and ethnicity. Offers an undergraduate concentration program through several departments.
Chemical Physics Preprint Database
A fully automated electronic archive and distribution server for the international theoretical chemistry community.
Earth System History Group
Research group working on regional and global data sets of marine plankton, stable isotopes, biomarkers, pollen, and lake levels, for use in studying past climates and ecosystems and for testing global climate models.
Institute For Brain and Neural Systems
Research in brain function and neural systems which traverses the boundaries of the traditional sciences, drawing on the worlds of biology, psychology, mathematics, engineering, physics, linguistics, and computer science.
Institute for Elementary and Secondary Education (
Offers professional development for teachers on issues ranging from school reform to community collaboration to technology application. Online resources and TeachLink newsletter.
Laboratory for Engineering Man/Machine Systems
Collaborative research on the design and analysis of intelligent computer systems.
Observational Cosmology and Astrophysics Group
Current research in collaboration with NASA's WMAP project, a mission measuring the temperature of cosmic background radiation over the full sky.
Planetary Geology Group
Research focuses on planetary geological processes, planetary crusts and interiors, and planetary comparison.
Population Studies and Training Center
News and information about demography research activities, interdisciplinary graduate training, faculty publications, and related topics.
Scholarly Technology Group
Part of university computing and information services. Develops web-based educational resources in conjunction with university research projects.
TB/HIV Research Laboratory
Researches vaccine development for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB). Also engaged in developing vaccines for Hepatitis C, Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and cancer.
The Choices Program
Program teaches public policy issues to high school students. Offers workshops, institutes and in-service programs for classroom teachers.
The Education Alliance
Runs a number of regional programs focusing on improvement of public school education.
The Watson Institute
Multidisciplinary research, teaching, and public education on international affairs. Promotes the work of students, faculty, visiting scholars, and policy practitioners who analyze and develop initiatives to address contemporary global problems.
Underwater Archaeology Project
Offers underwater and nautical archaeology at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.