Research Blog

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

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 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 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

Vanderbilt University may nominate two candidates for the 2023 Searle Scholars Program, which supports the independent research in chemistry and the biomedical sciences of outstanding individuals who have recently begun their first appointments as tenure-track assistant professors. Read More

Vanderbilt University may nominate up to three tenure-track faculty per department for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s 2023 Sloan Research Fellowships. The goal of the fellowships is to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. Read More

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver, Vice Provost for Research Padma Raghavan and Vice Provost for University Enrollment Affairs Douglas Christiansen joined others to celebrate the successful implementation of the Vanderbilt Electronic Research Administration system May 24 at the Student Life Center. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may submit one application to the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Events Sponsorship Program. Read More