Brown Institute skip to main content POC POC SAB SAB Brown Institute for Basic Sciences About Awardees Contact News SearchSearch Menu Close About Awardees Contact News POC POC SAB SAB SearchSearch Caltech Announces Eight Recipients of the 2026 National Brown Investigator Award Caltech Announces Eight Recipients of the 2026 National Brown Investigator Award Brown Institute 2024 Annual Meeting Caltech President Thomas Rosenbaum, Ross Brown, and Caltech Provost David Tirrell Brown Institute 2024 Annual Meeting Brown Institute 2024 Annual Meeting Brown Institute 2024 Annual Meeting Brown Institute 2024 Annual Meeting Brown Institute 2024 Annual Meeting Brown Institute Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7 Slide 8 Autoplay Carousel Previous Next Image Lightbox Download Full Image The Brown Institute for Basic Sciences at Caltech was established in 2023 through a $400-million gift to the Institute from entrepreneur, philanthropist, and alumnus Ross M. Brown (BS '56, MS '57). The Brown Institute continues to manage the Brown Investigator Awards that were established by the Brown Science Foundation in 2020. Caltech and Brown share a common purpose: advancing fundamental science discoveries with the potential to seed breakthroughs that benefit society. "My hope is the support provided by the Brown Investigator Awards will help to spark and encourage the researchers' creativity and enable them to pursue riskier innovative ideas that extend beyond their existing research efforts and align with new or developing passions," Brown says. "By supporting mid-career faculty, we can provide funding at a time when they are poised and prepared to make profound contributions to their fields." California Institute of Technology 1200 East California Boulevard Pasadena, California 91125 Digital Accessibility | Privacy Notice | Site Content Copyright © 2026 | Log In