Research Blog

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may submit one proposal for the Edward Mallinckrodt Foundation Grant Program. The foundation supports early stage investigators engaged in basic biomedical research that has the potential to significantly advance the understanding, diagnosis or treatment of disease. Read More

Tracy Sharpley-Whiting, a renowned scholar on race, gender and culture and chair of African American and Diaspora Studies, has won a Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award. Read More

Nine engineering doctoral students have been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Three engineering undergraduate students also have received NSF fellowships. Read More

Applications are being solicited for support by the American Cancer Society‐Institutional Research Grant. These funds are designed to provide seed money to support junior faculty members with an interest in cancer research who do not have external grant support. Read More

This is a joint competition for Vanderbilt University (VU) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) investigators. All investigators should follow these instructions.  Vanderbilt may submit four applications (two VU and two VUMC) for the Breast Cancer Alliance (BCA) Young Investigator Grants. The mission of the BCA is to improve survival rates and… Read More

With support from the Heising-Simons Foundation, Vanderbilt will help advance underrepresented minority astrophysics scholars to secure faculty appointments with elite postdoctoral fellowships. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one application to 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 (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may nominate one associate or full professor to submit a letter of intent for the 2021 Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award. The SIA program provides $150,000 over two years for innovative science in both basic and clinical neuroscience. Read More

Nine Vanderbilt faculty members who have been awarded endowed chairs were recently honored by Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente, deans, colleagues and family members. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may choose one nominee for the V Foundation 2020 Translational Cancer Research Grant Program. The Translational Research Award is a $600,000 grant awarded in three annual installments of $200,000. Read More

Vanderbilt University may nominate one humanities professor to each of the Whiting Foundation programs: the Public Engagement Fellowship and the Public Engagement Seed Grant. Read More

Erin Calipari, Kelly Haws and Marybeth Shinn have been selected as Global Voices Fellows for the fall 2020 semester. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit 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. Read More

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center may nominate one candidate for the Pew Charitable Trusts' 2021 Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research Program. This program supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of a cure for cancer. Read More

Vanderbilt University may nominate one candidate for the Pew Charitable Trusts' 2021 Pew Biomedical Scholars Award. The award supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to human health. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit two letters of intent for the Breast Cancer Alliance Exceptional Project Grant. The mission of the Breast Cancer Alliance is to improve survival rates and quality of life for those impacted by breast cancer through better prevention, early detection, treatment and cure. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may choose one nominee for the new V Clinical Scholar Program from the V Foundation. To accelerate cancer treatment and cures, the V Foundation proposes to develop the careers of clinicians who will become leaders in developing programs of cancer clinical trials that are sequential and based on hypothesis-driven research. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may choose up to two nominees for the V Foundation V Scholar Award program, which is open to research in all adult cancer types. The foundation especially encourages applications from minority ethnic groups underrepresented in science. Read More

Two Vanderbilt University pharmacologists have won prestigious awards from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). Read More