Brown University has begun allocating $3 million in workforce-development grants in Rhode Island as part of its voluntary settlement with the federal government to restore previously frozen research funds. The awards—$1.5 million to Community College of Rhode Island for early-childhood educator training and $1.5 million to apprenticeship nonprofit Building Futures for construction jobs—are the first tranche of a decade-long $50 million commitment tied to the resolution. The settlement followed federal probes that had paused more than $500 million in Brown research funding. As part of the agreement, Brown also released a campus climate student survey and outlined steps to expand equity compliance and anti-discrimination education, signaling how federal entanglements can lead to targeted local investments and institutional reform.