Brown’s cutting-edge facilities and strategic partnerships provide the perfect ecosystem for innovation to thrive. With the critical support of donors, the University is accelerating breakthroughs that address global challenges and expand the boundaries of our understanding.
Research & Faculty Impact Report 2025–26
See how philanthropic support is driving discoveries to solve pressing global issues and redefine the boundaries of what’s possible.
Our Impact: By the Numbers
6,000+
faculty, scientists, staff, postdocs, and graduate students conducting research
30+
new faculty members in academic year 2025-26
950+
undergraduate students collaborating with faculty on research and teaching
- Brown University ranks among the top 100 universities granted U.S. utility patents.
- Eleven faculty members at The Warren Alpert Medical School have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
- On average, peer-reviewed articles published by faculty within the Division of Biology and Medicine received 77% more citations compared to similar research worldwide within the same discipline and timeframe.
Stories of Impact
There’s not a problem in the world today that is solved from a single discipline or perspective. Progress is made by empowering people with different experiences to collaborate on new ventures.
Sorensen Family Dean of Engineering
News from SPH
Ten ways Brown pushed public health forward in 2025
2025 tested the Brown University School of Public Health community in profound ways. But despite the challenges, our faculty, students, staff and alumni remained committed to pushing public health forward and advancing the wellbeing of people across our city, and across the globe.
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ARIA, a Brown-based research consortium supported by a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation, welcomed scientists from across the U.S. to kick off its five-year program with a launch event in Providence.
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Data from flood sensors that track coastal and roadway flooding, along with air-quality readings and weather information, are freely available to the public through a new dashboard.
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The findings could help clinicians use neuropsychiatric symptoms to prepare patients and families for a type of dementia previously only diagnosed via autopsy.
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With support from the National Institutes of Health, the COBRE Center for RNA Biology in Health and Disease will create a critical mass of trained RNA researchers and fund cutting-edge RNA technology for scientific use.
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Instead of individual diseases, a new clinical trial will target the aging process itself.
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Brown University scholars work to turn breakthroughs and discoveries into technologies that enhance lives, placing the University among the nation’s top utility patent holders in 2024.
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The longtime professor at Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School and School of Public Health received the honor in recognition of her leadership in advancing reproductive and maternal health.
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Representing a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds, the faculty members join the Brown community to guide student-centered learning and engage in high-impact research.
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Created in the waning years of the Cold War, the new Watson School of International and Public Affairs continues its history as a hub for scholarship on pressing economic, political, social and policy challenges.
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Support from the Lassonde Family Foundation will enable a reimagined campus hub in the School of Engineering complex for Brown makers, engineers, entrepreneurs and artists to innovate and create.
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Through an eight-week summer accelerator focused on personal and commercial development, the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship’s Breakthrough Lab is supporting 13 student-led ventures.
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