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• Active Internal Calls for Limited Submission Nominations 
• Active Calls for NON-Limited External Opportunities

 

Contact us...

• Email LSO@vanderbilt.edu if you are interested in an opportunity not listed below or have questions regarding the LSO submission process.

 

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Active Internal Calls for Limited Submission Nominations 

Internal review process required to choose institutional nominees

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Limited Submission Eligibility Guidelines

The following tags serve as a guide for submission instructions.

Vanderbilt (VU + VUMC)

• VU and VUMC submit collaboratively to this LSO. ALL investigators should follow the guidelines posted on this site.

VUMC

• VU and VUMC submit separately to this LSO. VUMC investigators should follow the guidelines posted on this site. VU investigators should apply through InfoReady and address any questions to VU-LSO@vanderbilt.edu.

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• High-profile or prestigious awards of particular interest to Vanderbilt investigators

 

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2019 J&J WiSTEM2D Scholars Program

VUMC

Internal Applications due August 14th

Overview:

The Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Program is a new program that 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: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design. VUMC anticipates the opportunity to nominate one applicant per each STEM²D discipline, for a total of 6 applicant submissions. The goal is to fuel the research passion of the awarded women and inspire career paths in their respective STEM²D fields. The award is $150,000 over three years.  

Eligibility:

1. Candidate must be a non-tenured female professor at the time of application. ("The Scholars Program is open to non-tenured females who are in Associate or Assistant Professor / Lecturer or Senior Lecturer" positions.) See FAQ for additional details. 
2. The female scholar should have the following minimum degree for the appropriate field:

• Science; PhD
• Technology; PhD
• Engineering; PhD
• Math; MS, PhD
• Manufacturing; PhD
• Design; MA, MS, MDes, MArch, MLA, PhD

Internal Review Process:

Anyone interested in being considered as Vanderbilt’s nominee must submit the following (in PDF format) to LSO@vanderbilt.edu by 5 p.m. on August 14, 2018:

1. Brief (2 page maximum) research plan including summary budget;
2. Brief statement of support from department chair/center director;
3. NIH Biosketch

Submissions should reference the program name and applicable STEM discipline(s) in the subject line of the email.

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VentureWell Faculty Grants for programs in STEM entrepreneurship

Vanderbilt (VU + VUMC)

Internal Applications due September 3rd 

Vanderbilt can submit 2 proposals for the VentureWell Faculty Grants Program. The program supports the creation of new or transformation of existing courses and programs to help students develop novel, STEM-based inventions and gain the necessary entrepreneurial skills needed to bring these ideas to market. The grant will provide $30,000 (overhead not allowed) for a duration of 1-3 years.  

Focus Areas include:

• General (technology-based) entrepreneurship
• New materials
• Clean tech/renewable energy innovation
• Technologies that address poverty alleviation and basic human needs
• Tech-based entrepreneurship led by women and other underrepresented populations
• Biomedical and healthcare innovation

Previously successful faculty grant proposals include these elements:

• A focus on technology entrepreneurship.
• Experiential learning by doing, and creative pedagogical approaches to solving real world problems.
• The formation of student teams focused on technology invention, innovation and entrepreneurship with a positive social/environmental impact. An intention to encourage the best teams to apply to the VentureWell E-Team program.
• A supportive entrepreneurial ecosystem for the most promising student teams to pursue commercialization beyond the proposed course/program.
• A plan for continuation (and financial sustainability) of the course or program post-VentureWell funding.
• If the program focus is outside the campus community or outside the US, a local partner must be identified.
• VentureWell welcomes proposals that are multidisciplinary in nature (this is not required as we understand that each campus is different).A simple work plan/table that outlines major milestones during the grant period.

Interested faculty should visit https://vanderbilt.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1774826 to apply for the internal LSO competition and to find additional information about the opportunity.  The deadline for the internal competition is Monday, September 3, 2018.

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Active Calls for NON-Limited External Opportunities 

Internal review process NOT required- Submit directly to Sponsor​