Research Blog

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

Vanderbilt University may submit one LOI per department to the RRF Foundation for Aging November 2026 cycle. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU + VUMC, collaboratively) may submit one nomination per category for the 2027 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit up to three proposals for the W.M. Keck Foundation Research Program. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one application to the January 2027 cycle of the Conservation, Food and Health Foundation (CFH) Grants program.  Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may nominate one candidate for the 2027 Brain Research Foundation Seed Grant Program. Read More

A new pilot program between Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries and Cambridge University Press will expand Vanderbilt’s Evidence-Based Acquisitions (EBA) ebook agreement with Cambridge to include book publishing opportunities for Vanderbilt authors. Read More

Dewey Data, an academic research platform that provides access to commercial, third-party datasets, is now available to Vanderbilt users, courtesy of the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. Dewey Data acts as a central hub where students, faculty and researchers can license and combine premium data from various industry-leading providers through a single, centralized portal. Read More

The day 14-year-old Christos Constantinidis finished reading Asimov’s New Guide to Science, he knew he was going to be a scientist. Today, he studies what’s actually happening in our brains when we’re thinking. Read More

Vanderbilt University may nominate up to three tenure-track faculty per department for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's 2027 Sloan Research Fellowships. Read More

Vanderbilt University may nominate two candidates for the 2027 Searle Scholars Program, which supports the independent research of outstanding early-career scientists who have recently been appointed as assistant professors on a tenure-track appointment. Read More

Gentle caress, searing burn, jolting shock. All these are possible with the elemental power of touch. Read how Shan Meltzer studies touch from the cellular level through the nervous system to the brain, to find better ways to treat pain and physical injuries. Read More

Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center rank 24th nationally in the National Science Foundation’s 2024 Higher Education Research and Development Survey, with combined research and development expenditures of $1.33 billion. The ranking places Vanderbilt 10th among private research universities. Read More

The VCL Scholars serve as an integral part of the Vanderbilt Center for Languages' mission of fostering interdisciplinary work. Applicants may propose a program of research for publication, conference presentation, or the creation of a new academic initiative. The Vanderbilt Center for Languages (VCL) is particularly interested in funding proposals that generate knowledge that benefits a broad constituency. A $3500 salary supplement is provided to all Scholars.  Read More

Vanderbilt investigators are invited to submit pre-proposals for the 2026 NIH S10 Shared and High-End Instrumentation Grant programs, which support the purchase of state-of-the-art shared research equipment for NIH-funded research. Pre-proposals are required for institutional review and approval before submission to the NIH, with a university deadline of April 1 ahead of the NIH’s June 1 deadline. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU + VUMC, combined) may nominate two candidates to submit an LOI to the Ono Pharma Foundation’s Breakthrough Science Initiative Awards Program. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU + VUMC, collaboratively) may nominate one candidate for the Mary Kay Foundation Innovative/Translational Cancer Research Grant program for 2026. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit up to three concept papers to the Mellon Foundation Higher Learning Program: 2026 Call for Concepts. 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 one application in either the Institutional Impact or Capacity-Building category to The Educating Character Initiative. Read More