Opportunities at Annenberg

The Annenberg Institute is Brown University’s education research institute. Our vibrant community includes Brown University faculty, postdoctoral research associates, staff, students, and multiple partners in Rhode Island and across the US. We partner with education leaders and global scholars to connect people, evidence, and practices to build toward a more effective and equitable education system that enables all students to thrive. Through programs, fellowships, and learning opportunities, Annenberg provides a hub at Brown University for conducting and engaging with education research for impact.



Research Funding Opportunities for Education Research at Brown University

We offer funding support for doctoral students and faculty at Brown University for research that helps equalize and improve educational opportunities for students across the country. We support cutting-edge research projects, efforts to bring researchers together to address pressing challenges, and direct engagement between researchers and practitioners to advance educational opportunity and equity. We are particularly interested in supporting projects that will seed or launch future efforts. We define education broadly and invite proposals from faculty and students across a range of disciplines and methodological approaches.

Current Employment Opportunities

The Project Manager works with the Annenberg - Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Literacy Launch Partnership team. The Project Manager supports the overall direction and execution of the team’s evaluation and research projects. In addition to the Annenberg team, this position establishes and stewards relationships with external research partners as well as district and state-level education agency stakeholders.

The Annenberg Institute at Brown University (AIB) is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for a one-year appointment, with the possibility of renewal for a second year, to join a diverse community of scholars committed to educational equity and improvement. The postdoctoral research associate will participate in collaborative research activities with at least one of our affiliated faculty on issues related to US PK-16 education policy.





Current Funding Opportunities

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.

Recently Closed Opportunities

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.