The Brown-based Campus Compact is a national organization of college and university presidents dedicated to higher education's civic mission. Annual funding figures fluctuate based on the lengths of multiyear grants, which generally range from three to five years.
Faculty come here and want to teach but are also deeply committed to their fields.
One way it shows is by getting these awards without which it would be impossible for them to stay at the forefront of their fields. T he steady increase in funding reflects the general impression among university administrators nationwide that Congress has accepted the value of both basic and applied research. Given the trends, the numbers for Brown are not surprising, said Marisa Quinn, director of community and government relations. Industry has joined with major research institutions, like Brown, and the scientific community to emphasize the importance of, and to advocate for, increasing funding for university-based science research. About 84 percent of the funding went to faculty in the Division of Biology and Medicine.