Research Blog

The fall 2022 Sesquicentennial grant cycle has funded 15 proposals, with awards being made to projects led by individuals and teams of faculty, staff, postdoctoral scholars and students. Read More

Vanderbilt University can select two candidates for the 2023 SebastianStrong Foundation Discovery Science Award. The SebastianStrong Foundation is committed to raising awareness about and finding less toxic cures for pediatric cancers. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC combined) can nominate up to two assistant professors for the 2023 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards, sponsored by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU). Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may nominate one candidate for the Brain Research Foundation Seed Grant Program for 2023. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC combined) may submit Research Grant and Scholar (Career Development) Award proposals for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation spring grant cycle. Read More

Vanderbilt University may nominate one faculty member in the chemical sciences for the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit only one application to the Tennessee Arts Commission Arts Project Support (APS) OR the Rural Arts Project Support (RAPS) program. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one application to the Tennessee Arts Commission Arts Access (AA) Annual Grant program for the 2024 fiscal year. Read More

Vanderbilt University welcomes 74 new faculty across its nine schools and colleges for the 2022–23 academic year. Here, some of the university’s new faculty share their academic collaborations. Read More

Vanderbilt may nominate up to two candidates for the Moore Inventor Fellows competition. The Moore Foundation aims to support scientist-inventors who create new tools and technologies with a high potential to accelerate progress in the foundation’s areas of interest. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one application to the January 2023 cycle of the Conservation, Food and Health Foundation (CFH) Grants program. The CFH seeks to protect natural resources, improve the production and distribution of food, and promote public health in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Read More

Vanderbilt University welcomes 74 new faculty across its nine schools and colleges for the 2022–23 academic year. Here, some of the professors share what inspires them in their journey of learning, discovery, problem-solving and teaching. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may submit one nomination per category for the 2023 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. The three award categories are: Chemistry, Physical Sciences and Engineering, and Life Sciences. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit only one proposal to the fall 2022 VentureWell Course & Program Grants. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit up to four letters of intent for the winter 2022–23 cycle of the Mathers Foundation grant program. The mission of The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation is to advance knowledge in the life sciences by sponsoring scientific research that will benefit mankind. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) has been invited to participate in the 2022 V Foundation Pediatric Cancer Special Grant Opportunity. Read More

The Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Program aims to fuel the development of female STEM²D leaders and feed the STEM²D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their research careers in each of the STEM²D disciplines. Read More

Vanderbilt may nominate one candidate for the Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award program. The foundation supports early-career biomedical scholars doing pioneering research. 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