Applications due April 7
These instructions are for VU investigators. VUMC investigators should visit the OOR funding opportunity site.
Vanderbilt University may select one nominee per major school/division for the William T. Grant Foundation Scholars Program.
The award amount is $350,000 distributed over five years, and the goal of the program is to support career development for promising early career researchers in one of two focus areas:
- Programs, policies and practices that reduce inequality in youth (ages 5-25) outcomes; and
- Strategies to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth.
The program funds research and mentoring plans that significantly expand junior researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods and content areas. The foundation recognizes that early career researchers are rarely given incentives or support to take such risks, so this award includes a mentoring component as well as an emphasis on community and collaboration.
The William T. Grant Foundation provides a list of previous awardees.
Eligibility criteria
- Applicants must have received their terminal degree within seven years of submitting their application. This is calculated by adding seven years to the date the doctoral degree was conferred. In medicine, the seven-year maximum is dated from the completion of the first residency.
- Applicants must hold a tenure-track position.
- Applicants should have a track record of conducting high-quality research and an interest in pursuing a significant shift in their trajectories as researchers.
The program website and the 2022 guidelines provide more information, including recommended components of the research plan and mentoring plan.
Internal application instructions
Interested faculty should visit https://vanderbilt.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1866251 to apply for the internal LSO competition and to find additional information about the opportunity. The deadline for the internal competition is April 7, 2022.
Any questions about these opportunities may be directed to VU-LSO@vanderbilt.edu.