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Kelly D. Brownell

Robert L. Flowers Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
BOX90245, Durham, NC 27708
240A Sanford Building, Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Grants


World Policy Center Grant

Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Rudd Foundation · 2019 - 2025

Innovation For Liberation Food Justice Think Tank

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · 2021 - 2024

Rooted In Relationship Event Funding

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Community Services Unlimited · 2022 - 2023

Durham County funding for Student Intern

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham County Center of NC Cooperative Extension · 2022 - 2022

Launching a World Food Policy Center

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Duke Endowment · 2017 - 2022

External Financing Landscape for Agriculture Development

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by New Venture Fund · 2020 - 2021

Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on the North Carolina food system

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC Foundation · 2020 - 2021

Assessing the Viability and Forms of a Potential SDG2 Leaders Alliance

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by New Venture Fund · 2020 - 2020

World Food Policy Center Capacity & Rural NC Project

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust · 2017 - 2020

Black North Carolina Youth Pipeline to Food & Agriculture-Driven Health Improvement

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Agriculture · 2019 - 2020

Rural Child Hunger Faith Community Engagement Project

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Share Our Strength · 2019 - 2020

To fund a planning grant for a world food policy center

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Duke Endowment · 2015 - 2018