Research
$51M NIH grant, among the largest to the university and medical center since 2017, brings ELVIS to VUMC
Sep. 19, 2023—The grant will help biomedical scientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in launching a research platform devoted to molecular underpinnings of early-childhood determinants of health. The project, called ELVIS, or, less connotatively, the ECHO...
Major Jackson wins 2023 Academy of American Poets Fellowship for distinguished poetic achievement
Sep. 18, 2023—For his “eclectic but refined, musical, talky and witty” poetry, renowned poet Major Jackson, professor of English, director of creative writing and holder of the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities, has been awarded the 2023 Academy of...
Alex Lupsasca wins New Horizons in Physics Prize from the Breakthrough Prize Foundation
Sep. 13, 2023—Alex Lupsasca, assistant professor of physics and mathematics, wins New Horizons in Physics Prize for black hole research.
Multi-institutional Center for the Mechanical Control of Chemistry awarded $20M CCI grant
Sep. 12, 2023—The Center for the Mechanical Control of Chemistry received a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support its expansion to 11 partner institutions, including Vanderbilt University.
Vanderbilt philosopher says optimism about existential risk is central to reducing it
Sep. 10, 2023—Philosophy scholar David Thorstad’s mathematical modeling approach may spark counterintuitive discussions about existential risk and how to mitigate it. He concludes that we must rethink recent arguments in favor of prioritizing existential risk over o...
Wernke and Huo awarded NEH grant to conduct the largest archaeological imagery survey in the Western Hemisphere using AI
Sep. 5, 2023—A $350,000 grant to develop next-generation archaeological mapping technology will let a Vanderbilt-led research team reveal information about the ancient civilizations of the central Andes.
Vanderbilt launches Center for Research on Inequality and Health to study causes and consequences of health-related inequalities
Sep. 5, 2023—Supported by Discovery Vanderbilt and a collaboration between the College of Arts and Science and the School of Nursing, the center will deepen society’s understanding of the causes and consequences of health-related inequalities. An event marking the ...
Vanderbilt hosts one-of-a-kind political science Research Experiences for Undergraduates program funded by NSF
Aug. 21, 2023—New research experience will expose undergraduates to diverse career paths and provide graduate-level training, mentoring and professional networking in the social sciences. This is the first year of a three-year program in the Department of Political ...
Jonathan Gilligan receives 2023–24 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award
Aug. 9, 2023—Jonathan Gilligan has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award for the 2023–24 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Two Vanderbilt nuclear physicists win early-career grants from U.S. Department of Energy
Aug. 3, 2023—The U.S. Department of Energy is funding two Vanderbilt early-career nuclear physicists’ exploration of the universe’s properties and composition. Raghav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli and Jean-François Paquet, assistant professors in the Department of Physics...