Opportunities at Annenberg

The Senior Research Associate takes the lead in developing and leading key research analysis projects for the Annenberg Institute’s Higher Education, Rhode Island Education Research Initiatives, and Research Partnership for Professional Learning (RPPL) research teams, led by Annenberg faculty including Drs. Lindsay Page, John Papay, and Nathaniel Schwartz.

The Annenberg Institute’s research teams bring together education leaders and researchers to solve pressing educational challenges, with a specific focus on the educator workforce, professional learning, student learning acceleration, higher education, and student engagement. Drawing on the complementary expertise and earned trust of partners, we seek to improve student and school experiences through stronger use of data and evidence while producing research that has impact on a national scale.

The Annenberg Institute Community Engaged Education Research Funds promote and accelerate collaborations between Brown University researchers and education partners in Providence and Rhode Island. These funds provide opportunities for researchers at Brown to deepen their engagement with communities to build knowledge and bring evidence to bear to advance educational opportunity and equity. We define education and community broadly and invite proposals that support the learning and development of students at all levels. This funding opportunity intends to support ongoing engagement between researchers at Brown and local education policymakers, practitioners, or community-based organizations. The Institute will consider awards up to $30,000, although awards are expected to average $15,000 to $20,000. Proposals are due April 15, 2025.

The Annenberg Institute supports Seed and Acceleration Funds to launch, support, and accelerate education research on campus. These funds provide opportunities for researchers at Brown to support Annenberg’s broad mission of equalizing and improving educational opportunities for students across the country, particularly those from historically marginalized groups. This funding can support a range of efforts, including cutting-edge individual research projects, opportunities for scholars to collaborate to address pressing challenges, and direct engagement between researchers and practitioners. Awards vary in size from small amounts to support a faculty reading group to larger acceleration grants up to $75,000 per year. Proposals are due April 15, 2025, although we will accept off-cycle awards for smaller amounts in rare cases.

Annenberg provides small grants to doctoral students from across the University whose work centrally engages with education (writ large). Grants are typically up to $5,000 but can be larger in exceptional cases. Seed funding can support research, partnership, or dissemination efforts (e.g., conduct fieldwork, collect or purchase data, conduct exploratory research, travel for partnership work, summer funding, etc.). The goal is to seed and support empirical research in education. Applications will be accepted at three deadlines: April 1, September 1, and January 1, although we will accept off-cycle applications in rare cases.