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The phased “soft launch” of the new, single Vanderbilt Electronic Research Administration system from Huron that will replace Vanderbilt University’s current electronic research administration systems, Coeus and PEER, will begin in mid-September. Read More

The 17th annual Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology Symposium, hosted by the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology and the Chemical Biology Association of Students, is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. CT. The event is sponsored by Ancora Innovation, through Vanderbilt’s partnership with Deerfield Management, and will be broadcast remotely. Read More

Learn basic research programming at two upcoming Vanderbilt Software Carpentries events. Read More

George Hornberger, an established leader in the fields of water resources and sustainability and director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and the Environment, retired June 30. In preparation of his retirement, the Office of the Provost launched the Climate, Environment and Energy Futures Working Group to evaluate and plan for the future of energy, environment and climate research and advocacy at the university. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) 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 University ranks 35th on the list of the top 100 worldwide universities granted U.S. utility patents in 2020. This is up one spot from 2019. Read More

The Office of the Provost has announced the inaugural round of grant recipients for the Seeding Success Grant program established in March. Fifteen faculty members across four Vanderbilt schools and colleges will receive support for their work. Read More

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

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) 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. Read More

This program supports individual scientists of exceptional creativity who have an M.D. or Ph.D. degree and who have completed by July 1, 2022, a minimum of three years of a postdoctoral fellowship in the field of basic or clinical neurosciences at a medical school. Read More

Vanderbilt may submit one application to the Oak Ridge Associated Universities Events Sponsorship Program. Applicants may request up to $4,000 to support events that involve participants from more than one ORAU institution, including students. Read More

Vanderbilt University may nominate up to three tenure-track faculty per department for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's 2022 Sloan Research Fellowships. The goal of the fellowships is to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. Read More

Amber Pursley, a staff member in the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, died suddenly on Monday, June 21. To help process this loss, an in-person grieving session open to the entire Vanderbilt community will be held on Friday, June 25, from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Great Room of E. Bronson Ingram College. Read More

 A new online gallery of photos taken in the days, weeks and months following the March 2020 tornados that struck Middle Tennessee is the work of Daniel Perrucci, a Ph.D. candidate in civil engineering, who wants to make disaster recovery more equitable. 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 2022 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

For the second year in a row, Professor of Biochemistry Houra Merrikh has been named a finalist for the 2021 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists in the life sciences category for her discovery of a potential solution to prevent the evolution of antimicrobial resistance and, in some cases, even reverse existing resistance. Read More

"See You Again: Students Respond to COVID-19," an exhibit of Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy Scholars' artwork about the pandemic and vaccine rollout, is currently showcased through virtual reality on ArtSteps and augmented reality on the mezzanine level of Vanderbilt University Medical Center's adult hospital. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Data Science Institute has kicked off the third year of its undergraduate summer research program. The program engages students who are interested in carrying out data science-related research with a Vanderbilt faculty member and integrates them into the institute’s community of data science scholars. Read More

The Nashville Jazz Workshop and the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt will participate in the Juneteenth Jazz and Art Live Experience from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 19. The event will feature a community art exhibit, children’s interactive art zone, music and more. Read More