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Jill Stratton, assistant provost for residential education, associate dean for residential colleges and professor of human and organizational development, discusses the scientific difference between positive psychology and toxic positivity. Read More

Health Plus offers Babies and You, a worksite prenatal health promotion program for faculty and staff, their spouses and their dependent children who become pregnant. Read More

Vanderbilt may select one nominee for the Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics. These three-year career development awards enable junior faculty members to carry out innovative bioethics research that goes beyond current work in bioethics and will have an impact on public policy, biomedical research or clinical practice. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may nominate one candidate for the 2023 Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholars Fellowship Award. This program supports individual scientists of exceptional creativity who have an M.D. or Ph.D. degree and who have completed by July 1, 2023, a minimum of three years of a postdoctoral fellowship in the field of basic or clinical neuroscience at a medical school. Read More

Sponsored Programs Administration, within the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, continues to support the Vanderbilt research community’s transition to the Vanderbilt Electronic Research Administration system through the VERA training page, FAQs page, the dissemination of training materials and regularly scheduled training sessions. Read More

International Student and Scholar Services is recruiting hosts for the First Friends program. Hosts are matched with incoming international students and connect with them throughout the student’s first year. Read More

The John Templeton Foundation invites submissions to the $2.2 million Spiritual Yearning Research Initiative, which aims to address the spiritual yearnings, existential concerns and search for meaning of spiritually curious but nonreligious individuals and communities. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit only one application to Healing Starts Here: Local Solutions to America’s Divisions, sponsored by New Pluralists. New Pluralists seeks to invest $10 million in organizations and networks of, by and for local communities that are acting together to address divisive forces in a way that reflects the cultures, values and desires of the people who live there. Read More

Vanderbilt commuters will have additional options to travel to and from campus starting Tuesday, July 5. Read More

Hourly paid parking is available in select parking lots and garages across campus visitors to campus and Vanderbilt community members seeking flexible parking options. Read More

Sponsored Programs Administration, within the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, continues to support the Vanderbilt research community’s transition to the Vanderbilt Electronic Research Administration system through the VERA training page, FAQs page, the dissemination of training materials and regularly scheduled training sessions. Read More

Health Plus offers Mindful Stretch Breaks, where faculty and staff can join in guided stretching and breathing to feel relaxed, rejuvenated and renewed. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one application to The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee's 2022 Discretionary Grant Program. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee is positioned to assess community needs and opportunities and support quality programs providing solutions. Read More

Vanderbilt's three-step Go for the Gold program can help you achieve a healthier and more productive life by identifying health risks and taking actions to reduce those risks. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Gabrielle Lopiano discusses how managers can create an LGBTQ+ inclusive and accepting work environment. Read More

Vanderbilt is ranked among the nation’s top colleges and universities for experiential learning in Forage’s inaugural Experiential Learning Awards. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit only one application per calendar year to the ALDI Cares Community Grants program, in which ALDI partners with local organizations in communities where they have stores, warehouses, offices and conduct business, with a primary focus on improving children’s health and wellness and food insecurity while supporting diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit two applications from each school for the Procter & Gamble Higher Education Grant Program. The program provides support for efforts that will better prepare students for success in business. Read More

The application deadline for the third cycle of the Scaling Success Grant program is Wednesday, July 6, at 11:59 p.m. The Scaling Success Grant supports faculty who are ready to scale up their work to increasingly impactful team research, scholarship and creative works, particularly in the form of larger awards from external sponsors. Read More

Jacob Schroeder, a member of Vanderbilt University’s Class of 2022, has been recognized by the American Enterprise Institute with an honorable mention in its Academic Awards Programs for Civil Discourse in Public Policy. Read More