IBES Core and Affiliate Faculty are encouraged to apply for funding to support intellectually rigorous, solutions-driven research that advances IBES’s 2023-2038 Strategic Plan. Specifically, we seek proposals that cross disciplinary boundaries, focus on environmental themes, and show potential for societal impacts including but not limited to network building, policy development, durable and equitable community partnerships, and pedagogical innovations in undergraduate education. 

New for 2026: A separate pool of funding is available from the STEP program for projects that include meaningful participation of undergraduate students in climate, sustainability, and environmental research and/or focus on undergraduate-targeted environmental educational and training opportunities.

Learn more and submit your proposal

In this new program, undergraduates are paired with faculty mentors to pursue paid multi-semester research opportunities, combining hands-on experience and professional development to prepare students for careers in climate, sustainability, and the environment. IBES Core and Affiliate Faculty mentors are eligible to receive grants of $5,000 after the first semester to support undergraduate participation in research.

• Faculty applications through UTRA faculty portal: March 24 – April 22
• Student applications through UTRA student portal: April 28 – May 12
• Matches announced: June 11

Explore program details and the application timeline

Brown faculty who are engaged in environmentally-related research and teaching are invited to fill out the linked form to become affiliated with IBES! In becoming an IBES Affiliate, faculty will be featured on the IBES website and other communications efforts, be invited to participate in IBES events and programming, and gain visibility for any climate, sustainability, and environment-related courses that you teach.

Learn more and apply