The Watson Institute
- Multidisciplinary research, teaching, and public education on international affairs. Promotes the work of students, faculty, visiting scholars, and policy practitioners who analyze and develop initiatives to address contemporary global problems.
- http://www.watsoninstitute.org/

Institute For Brain and Neural Systems
- Research in brain function and neural systems which traverses the boundaries of the traditional sciences, drawing on the worlds of biology, psychology, mathematics, engineering, physics, linguistics, and computer science.
- http://www.physics.brown.edu/research/detail.asp?id=2

Chemical Physics Preprint Database
- A fully automated electronic archive and distribution server for the international theoretical chemistry community.
- http://www.chem.brown.edu/chem-ph.html

Scholarly Technology Group
- Part of university computing and information services. Develops web-based educational resources in conjunction with university research projects.
- http://www.stg.brown.edu/

The Education Alliance
- Runs a number of regional programs focusing on improvement of public school education.
- http://www.alliance.brown.edu/

The Choices Program
- Program teaches public policy issues to high school students. Offers workshops, institutes and in-service programs for classroom teachers.
- http://www.choices.edu/

Brown Center for Alcohol and Addictions Studies
- Provides post-doctoral research training for behavioral, medical, and social scientists and health care professionals who wish to pursue a career in alcohol abuse and alcoholism research.
- http://www.caas.brown.edu/

Annenberg Institute for School Reform
- Located at Brown University and promotes and advocates the serious redesign of American schooling. It is involved in projects relating to school accountability and standards, professional development and public engagement.
- http://www.annenberginstitute.org/

Center for Materials Research Science
- Provides an introduction, contacts, faculty, application details, and facilities.
- http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Advanced_Materials_Research/

TB/HIV Research Laboratory
- Researches vaccine development for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB). Also engaged in developing vaccines for Hepatitis C, Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and cancer.
- http://www.brown.edu/Research/TB-HIV_Lab/

Observational Cosmology and Astrophysics Group
- Current research in collaboration with NASA's WMAP project, a mission measuring the temperature of cosmic background radiation over the full sky.
- http://cmbr.physics.brown.edu/

Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
- Interdisciplinary organization which develops and promotes research and programs on race and ethnicity. Offers an undergraduate concentration program through several departments.
- http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Race_Ethnicity/

Laboratory for Engineering Man/Machine Systems
- Collaborative research on the design and analysis of intelligent computer systems.
- http://www.lems.brown.edu/

Center for the Study of Human Development
- Interdisciplinary study of child and adolescent development.
- http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Human_Development_Center/

Brown High Energy Physics Group
- Research group in elementary particle physics.
- http://www.het.brown.edu/

Center for Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence and Computation
- Promotes research and seminars in fluid mechanics. Comprised primarily of applied mathematics and engineering faculty with some representation of other disciplines.
- http://www.cfm.brown.edu/

Population Studies and Training Center
- News and information about demography research activities, interdisciplinary graduate training, faculty publications, and related topics.
- http://www.pstc.brown.edu/

Catskills Institute
- Research group focusing on the significance of the Catskill Mountains for American Jewish life.
- http://www.brown.edu/Research/Catskills_Institute/