Applications are now open for our Fall 2024 Grant Round. During this round, we are offering top-up research grants (for Fall 24 / Spring 25) of up to $500 to Brown graduate students working on any topic related to early cultures, and larger-scale funding for Brown faculty, postdocs, and graduate students planning research-focused events or course development (for Spring 2025, Academic Year 2025-26 and beyond); funding for small workshops is often in the $1,000-2,000 range, and we have made grants for major conferences of $5,000-$10,000. We are particularly keen to hear from people planning events in future academic years; for large conferences we suggest applying at least a year in advance. 

While event applications for Spring 2025 are welcome, please note that PEC is already supporting several large-scale events next semester, and thus, will have limited capacity to take on additional conferences and symposia, unless another department will be spearheading the planning and organization of the event. In this case, please make note of the Department and Administrative Staff that will be assisting in planning the event in your application. 

 For more information, please visit our grants page and the application form. You are welcome to contact the interim director, Jonathan_Conant@brown.edu, to discuss a potential application.