Application Guidelines
Please carefully review the following application instructions and deadlines.
IMPORTANT DATES
Application Deadline: The next application deadline is March 21, 2025.
Award Selections: Awards will be announced by May 2, 2025.
Grant Funding Allocated: The Brown Fund project period corresponds to the Baylor fiscal year, June 1 through May 31.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURES
Please compile the below application components and email them to Washington@baylor.edu:*
Application Checklist
❑ Complete application form (see below)
❑ Brief non-technical abstract of proposal (1 paragraph); see below for more details
❑ Project proposal (limit 3 pages, not including bibliography); see below for more details
❑ Short biographical sketch for each investigator (1 paragraph each)
❑ Current cv for each investigator
❑ Any supporting materials described in application/proposal
❑ Project budget form completed by your OSP coordinator
*Only applications submitted electronically to Baylor in Washington email will be considered. Paper applications are not accepted.
Official Application Form
Project Proposal Guidelines
The project proposal is limited to three single-spaced pages (1500 words) and should address the following points.
Rationale
Specific objectives
Potential significance
Plan of work (procedures and methods). Attach a brief project timeline as “supporting material”
Plans for project results
Non-technical Abstract
All proposals must include an abstract of no more than one to two paragraphs in length, written in non-technical language appropriate for a lay audience. Acronyms may be used if they are adequately explained. Abstracts of funded proposals will be published on the Baylor in Washington website.
More Information
Learn more about the award guidelines here.
Questions? Email Washington@Baylor.edu