Focused on the Inland Communities that Rep. George Brown Loved and Served. Also Honoring His Late Wife Marta M. Brown, a Community Leader in Her Own Right

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Announced in March 2022 and starting Summer 2022
 

Through its Leadership Circle, the George Brown Legacy Project will make an annual award of $1,000 each to a continuing undergraduate (sophomore, junior, or senior) or graduate (MA/MS or PhD) student at UC Riverside and CSU-San Bernardino.

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This award will be known at the George E. and Marta M. Brown Research Grant.

The award will support nonpartisan research, analysis, reporting, or publishing that addresses 3 areas of public policy of particular interest to Congressman George Brown (1920–1999): Diversity, economic equity, and the environment in the Inland Region of Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

Topics may include access to science and technology by under-represented communities, public representation by women, people of color, and LGBT, religious minority, and native people; changes in the labor force and integration of immigrants and immigrant families; and wildlife protection, water, and waste policies.

Two other goals of the award are:

Retention in the region of students and young people from diverse and long-ignored populations and on-ramps for these scholars to civic and professional opportunities.

Recognition of contributions to the economy, innovation, sustainability, and overall community life of the Inland Region by long-ignored populations.

Criteria for selection of finalists include:

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• Completed letter of application for the award;

• Demonstrated work on nonpartisan research, analysis, reporting, or publishing in at least 1 of the 3 areas of public policy that were among the priorities of Rep. George Brown: Diversity, economic equity, and the environment in the Inland Region of Riverside and San Bernardino Counties;

• Continued presence in San Bernardino or Riverside counties;

• Awareness of the lives, values, public and community service, and impacts of Congressman George Brown and his wife Marta M. Brown (1944–2021); and

• Financial need for support to continue or fulfill a current or planned project.

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To apply or for more information, please call (202) 329-7202 or send an email to HansJ@progressivevictory.com with email subject "George and Marta Brown research grant."