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Vanderbilt celebrates Generative AI Seed Grant awardees
Generative AI Seed Grants support innovative research across five schools, highlighting groundbreaking projects in emergency response, enzymology, early literacy, nursing education, historical analysis and AI law. The grant program embodies Vanderbilt’s leadership in generative AI research and application. Read MoreMar 18, 2024
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New Global Engagement funds for research, travel and large-scale programming
The Vice Provost Office for Arts, Libraries & Global Engagement is opening three new funds to support faculty who are engaging in global research, travel and large-scale programming. These opportunities build upon the Global Scholars in Residence program by expanding Vanderbilt’s footprint, international collaborations and reputation. Read MoreFeb 26, 2024
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M-TRAIN launches first workshop to boost regional research administration and innovation
The inaugural Middle Tennessee Research Administration and Innovation Network (M-TRAIN) workshop, held at Vanderbilt University and funded by a $100,000 NSF grant, brings Middle Tennessee’s universities together to enhance research administration and foster regional collaboration. Read MoreDec 14, 2023
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HRSA awards $4 million to VUSN to address need for nurse-midwives and access to care
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has received a $4 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to increase and diversify the nurse-midwife workforce as a means of improving maternal health and increase access to care. The school will use the Maternity Care Nursing Workforce Expansion grant to educate nurse-midwifery students with a specialized curriculum and community-based clinical experiences focused on providing care in rural and underserved communities. Read MoreNov 30, 2023
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School of Nursing secures Moore Foundation grant for leadership academy
Boosting its commitment to underrepresented nursing leaders, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has secured a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for its innovative leadership program, Academy for Diverse Emerging Nurse Leaders. The academy is a groundbreaking, five-day immersive fellowship specially designed to train nurses from backgrounds that are underrepresented in nursing leadership... Read MoreNov 29, 2023
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From Scaling Success to NSF: Vanderbilt, Fisk create winning formula in multi-messenger astronomy
The Fisk-Vanderbilt Master’s-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program, emphasizing multi-messenger astronomy, utilized strategic funding from a Scaling Success Internal Award to secure a $1.7 million NSF grant. This collaborative journey, focusing on inclusive STEM education and innovative training approaches, highlights the power of adaptability and vision in research endeavors. Read MoreOct 12, 2023
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A $3M NSF grant to advance biomanufacturing could help establish an innovative method to deliver medicines to cells
“Biomanufacturing is a growing but critical field that is reshaping how we diagnose and treat some of the most devastating diseases known to humanity,” said Jamey Young, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and principal investigator on the four-year grant. “Vanderbilt is uniquely well-suited to help advance the future of biomanufacturing, given our... Read MoreSep 29, 2023
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Vanderbilt introduces Generative AI Seed Grant
New Generative AI Seed Grant, sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Innovation, to promote research in large language models like ChatGPT, will offer faculty up to $20,000 in funding for innovative projects. Applications are open until Nov. 8; an interdisciplinary board will review submissions and provide funding recommendations by fall 2023’s end. Read MoreSep 28, 2023
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Success Story: From Vanderbilt’s Seeding Success Grant to National Science Foundation recognition
The Seeding Success Grant at Vanderbilt University has helped propel ADVISER, an innovative software platform created by David Hyde, assistant professor of computer science, to earning National Science Foundation funding. ADVISER is designed to democratize access to high-end cloud computing, and the new NSF grant applies it to climate change research. Read MoreAug 15, 2023
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Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences training program receives funding for innovative lab safety initiative
Vanderbilt University's CBMS training program has received a grant supplement to support an exciting new initiative aimed at enhancing laboratory safety practices and cultivating a safety mindset among graduate students and lab leaders. Read MoreJul 7, 2023
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Vanderbilt, VUMC investigators garner $1.2M Keck Foundation grant for groundbreaking genetic research
In a collaborative effort between Vanderbilt University and VUMC, Chuck Sanders and Roy Zent have secured a $1.2 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation for their innovative project, "Genetic Intolerance Patterns as a Treasure Map to Genes that Define Us as Human." The funding will bolster their study of little-known yet crucial proteins, potentially revolutionizing our understanding of human biology and disease. Read MoreJun 26, 2023
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NEH awards stipend to Vanderbilt’s Meng Zhang for innovative edible bird’s nest research
Vanderbilt's Assistant Professor of History, Meng Zhang, has been awarded a stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities for her intriguing research into the historical and societal implications of the edible bird's nest trade between China and maritime Asia. Read MoreMay 22, 2023
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NEH grant to help uncover history of lost historic Nashville neighborhood
A National Endowment for the Humanities grant awarded to Vanderbilt’s Angela Sutton, assistant dean for graduate education and strategic initiatives in the College of Arts and Science, will help fund the excavation of a historic Nashville neighborhood and a collection of the oral histories of the neighborhood’s descendants. Read MoreMay 16, 2023
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Vanderbilt computer scientist wins $3M grant to expand toolkit that tracks fetal growth during pregnancy
One way to monitor a healthy pregnancy is tracking placental growth because a healthy placenta is crucial for a healthy baby. However, there are no practical tools to monitor placental development—to ensure proper fetal growth—into clinical care. Vanderbilt University computer scientist and grant PI Ipek Oguz aims to expand a medical image analysis tool she... Read MoreMar 13, 2023
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Nursing faculty hope to diversify graduate health science programs with Sesquicentennial Grant
Assistant Professors Julia Steed and LeTizia Smith were selected for a Vanderbilt University Sesquicentennial Grant for “Project SHARE: Sharing Strategies for Academic Faculty and Student Recruitment.” The project will evaluate new ways to recruit and retain faculty and students of color in Vanderbilt’s graduate health science programs. Read MoreFeb 9, 2023
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Vanderbilt and University of Tennessee-Knoxville win NSF Sustainable Regional Systems Research Network grant
Jonathan Gilligan, associate professor of Earth and environmental sciences, and Janey Camp, research associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, have won a Sustainable Regional Systems Research Network grant from the National Science Foundation. Jonathan M. Gilligan (Vanderbilt University) Janey Camp (Vanderbilt University) With a grant of nearly $150,000, they and researchers from the University... Read MoreSep 30, 2021
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NSF seed grant supports biomanufacturing of new drug delivery technologies
Vanderbilt researchers awarded one of NSF’s 24 new projects to drive future manufacturing One of the challenges of drug delivery systems is to optimize their targeting properties so therapeutic compounds used in smaller amounts reach only a specific area of the body and result in little or no side effects. The ability to engineer the... Read MoreOct 2, 2020
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Grant funds study of social media’s role in spreading political misinformation
Elizabeth Zechmeister and Noam Lupu will study the role that messaging app WhatsApp plays in the spread of political misinformation and public opinion in Latin America. Read MoreNov 14, 2018
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School of Nursing receives $1.28 million HRSA grant for future faculty
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has received a $1.28 million grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to increase the number of qualified nursing faculty in U.S. colleges and universities. Read MoreJul 11, 2018
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School of Nursing receives HRSA grant for Clinic at Mercury Courts mental health providers
The two-year Title VIII grant from the Health and Human Services Administration allows the Clinic at Mercury Courts, a nurse-managed primary care clinic located in one of Nashville’s most economically depressed areas, to add a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, social worker and psychiatrist to its existing primary care team. Read MoreOct 26, 2017