Funding Opportunities
Fellowships
Simmons Visiting Fellow Program
This program provides supplementary funding to help faculty from other institutions come to the Rhodes Center for research leave. Applicant's research should have an interdisciplinary focus and have a clear rationale for why being based at the Rhodes Center is germane to that research. Applications are continuous and are examined by the Rhodes Center Board reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications should take the form of a short (no more than two pages) description of the sabbatical research project and a CV and should be sent to the Rhodes Center director at sebnem_kalemli-ozcan@brown.edu and the Rhodes Center assistant director at jenna_davis1@brown.edu.
Current Simmons Visiting Fellow
-
Muhammed Yildirim
Simmons Visiting Fellow
Past Simmons Visiting Fellows
-
Mariya Grinberg
Simmons Visiting Fellow, Fall 2024 -
Andrew Lawrence
Simmons Visiting Fellow, Fall 2025
Rhodes Center Fellowships
The Rhodes Center provides fellowships for Brown University undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty whose focus is on issues of, and related to, political economy, international economics, and finance across all disciplines.
2026 Fellowship Awardees
-
David Curtiss
PhD Student, Department of SociologyProject Title: Diaspora Brokerage: Black American Mobilities and the Political Economy of Return -
Nicholas Gandolfo-Lucia
PhD Student, Department of HistoryProject Title: Liquidity and Liquidation: Financial Power in the Early Modern World -
Aidong Li
PhD Student, Department of Political ScienceProject Title: The Politics of Public Debt in Autocracies: China’s Subnational Debt and International Lending -
Ang Li
PhD Student, Department of SociologyProject Title: The Financial Cage: State Incentives, Collective Knowledge Production, and Innovation Under Sanctions
Research Workshop Grants
Brown University faculty and researchers are invited to submit proposals for one-day workshops (or their online multi-day equivalent) aimed at expanding the interdisciplinary understanding of international economics and finance and the impacts thereof. Proposals are welcomed from all parts of the university, including the social sciences and humanities, engineering, the sciences, public health, and medicine. The William R. Rhodes Center is particularly interested in proposals that span multiple academic disciplines. For details contact the Rhodes Center director at sebnem_kalemli-ozcan@brown.edu and the Rhodes Center assistant director at jenna_davis1@brown.edu.
Institutional Collaboration Grants
Supports faculty who wish to build capacity at Brown in areas related to international economics and finance through collaborations with external institutions in the United States and abroad. Whether as a partner in a grant application, as a research partner on existing research, or along other similar lines, we stand ready to support Brown faculty who seek to set up and nurture such relationships. For details contact the Rhodes Center director at sebnem_kalemli-ozcan@brown.edu and the Rhodes Center assistant director at jenna_davis1@brown.edu.