Congratulations to Laura López-Sanders, Poulami Roychowdhury, and Susan Short who were chosen as 2026 Brown University Division of Research Seed Awardees. These awards help support projects led by Brown researchers. The Research Seed Program is intended to support activities necessary to advance competitive research proposals, such as performing preliminary work and facilitating collaboration. The award receiving projects are listed below:

• Laura López-Sanders
  • Project Title: Temporal Governance under Algorithmic Control: Time Use, Caregiving, and Asset Formation in Immigrant Gig Households
• Poulami Roychowdhury
  • Project Title: WELFARE, SECURITY, REPRESENTATION: What drives women’s political preferences?
• Susan Short
  • Project Title: Social Contexts and Women's Life Course Health