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The Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust welcomes inquiries from organizations seeking funding for projects that meet its funding interests in ornamental horticulture. Vanderbilt University may submit one application to the grant program. Read More

Beginner- and intermediate-level research administrators are invited to participate in an on-campus two-day training provided by the Society of Research Administrators International. Please RSVP by March 23.  Read More

Research Development and Support will offer an online seminar to discuss the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, a new independent entity within HHS The seminar will outline the ARPA-H funding model and agency priorities and include a discussion panel about how to approach applying for this type of funding, which differs from traditional HHS grants. Read More

Vanderbilt anesthesiologist Susan Eagle will be the inaugural speaker in a new seminar series, “From Concept to Commercialization: Translational and Entrepreneurial Journeys.” Eagle will speak on Tuesday, March 21, at 2 p.m. in Light Hall, Room 208. Read More

The Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Innovation has appointed Jean Mercer as senior assistant provost for Sponsored Programs Administration and Compliance. Mercer most recently served as associate vice chancellor for research administration at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit only one application to the TN Arts Commission’s Arts Build Communities program. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one application to the July 2023 cycle of the Conservation, Food and Health Foundation Grants program. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one application to the 2023 Incyte Ingenuity Awards in graft versus host disease. Read More

Paul C. Taylor, W. Alton Jones Professor and professor of philosophy, has received an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to seek out patterns in the way people and organizations think about equity, diversity and inclusion, which can impact EDI interventions. Read More

Vanderbilt University leaders hosted visitors from the health care investment firm Deerfield Management on Feb. 23 for a series of events celebrating the ongoing collaboration between Vanderbilt and Deerfield to rapidly advance new therapeutics from the research bench to patients. Read More

Over the past five years, Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have collectively received more than $15 million to purchase cutting-edge instruments through National Institutes of Health S10 programs that support path-breaking research and innovation for hundreds of Vanderbilt researchers. Pre-proposals for these NIH programs are currently being accepted. Read More

Dr. Karen Parker, director of the National Institutes of Health’s Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office, will present “Advancing Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research at NIH and Beyond” on Thursday, March 9, at noon in Light Hall, Room 208. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may choose one nominee for the V Foundation 2023 Adult Translational Cancer Research (Therapeutic Resistance) Grants Program. Read More

Two highly accomplished Vanderbilt faculty members will leverage their leadership experience and research expertise in new roles within the Office of the Provost. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may nominate two early career faculty members for the Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering Program. Read More

Vanderbilt University may select one nominee per major school/division for the William T. Grant Foundation Scholars Program. Read More

Vanderbilt University may nominate one candidate for the Pew Charitable Trusts’ 2024 Pew Biomedical Scholars Award. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one concept note to The Henry Luce Foundation’s 2023 American Art Exhibition Competition, which supports scholarly loan exhibitions that significantly advance the study and understanding of art of the United States, including all facets of Native American art. Read More

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center may nominate one candidate for the Pew Charitable Trusts' 2024 Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research Program. Read More

Current biomedical sciences Ph.D. students, postdocs affiliated with the School of Medicine Basic Sciences, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center postdocs interested in transitioning from research to entrepreneurship are invited to apply for the next ASPIRE to Innovate Postdoctoral Fellowship through the Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training. Read More