Announcements
2025 MassBio Drive in partnership with SCbio-offering two accelerator cohorts this fall! Applications due June 20, 2025
May. 21, 2025—MassBio Drive’s Fall 2025 accelerator cohort is now open until June 20, 2025 at 12:00PM (noon) ET. New this year, MassBio is partnering with SCbio to offer two programs this fall (free to selected participants), expanding our support for scientific founders and emerging life sciences companies. Those programs will focus on: Techbio, powered by MassBio:...
What is MedComms?
May. 15, 2025—Ever considered a career in MedComms? Considering a career to use your writing skills post-PhD? Check out this nice article and blog by Dr. Meredith Wright Whitaker about her professional experience is medical communication and science communication. From SciComms to MedComms: An Intro to Medical Communications
Funding Opportunity: 2026 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
May. 12, 2025—The Vilcek Foundation will award three Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise of $50,000 each to young, immigrant biomedical scientists who demonstrate outstanding early achievement. Applications are open through June 9, 2025. Who Should Apply You were born outside the United States to non-American parents You are not more than 38 years old You are a...
Funding Opportunity: Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholars Fellowship- Translational Immunology (non-cancer)
May. 12, 2025—Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholars Fellowship- Translational Immunology (non-cancer) This program supports individual postdoctoral scientists of exceptional creativity who have an MD or PhD degree and who have completed by July 1, 2026 three-six years of a postdoctoral fellowship. These awards are to enable a postdoctoral researcher to advance to become a full-time faculty member at...
2025 NSF Scholarships in STEM Network (S-STEM-Net)
May. 9, 2025—These instructions are for VU investigators. VUMC investigators should visit the OOR funding opportunity site. Vanderbilt University may submit one S-STEM Hubs proposal, either as single institution, subawardee, or member of a collaborative research project, to the NSF Scholarships in STEM Network (S-STEM-Net) program. Internal deadline: May 22, 2025 S-STEM Research Hubs The primary goal of each S-STEM Research...
ADA Pathway to Stop Diabetes Awards (Initiator and Accelerator)
May. 9, 2025—Vanderbilt University may submit two (2) nominations to the American Diabetes Association for the Pathway to Stop Diabetes Awards, one (1) nomination spanning basic through preclinical research and one (1) nomination spanning clinical through public health research. Each nomination can be for either of the Pathway Program funding mechanisms. Deadline: May 15, 2025 The Pathway to Stop Diabetes...
Life Science Tennessee Foundation’s Scipreneur Challenge
May. 9, 2025—The application window for the next Life Science Tennessee Foundation’s Scipreneur Challenge is open and we will be hosting the online cohort over the Summer. We are thrilled to expand our programming this year by adding an additional track that allows participants to bring their own intellectual property. (We will still offer our traditional Scipreneur...
ASCB’s “Break Into Biotech: A Virtual, Hands-On Course to Launch Your Career”
May. 9, 2025—Break Into Biotech: A Virtual, Hands-On Course to Launch Your Career Virtual Course Dates: June 2-4, 2025 If you’re thinking about a move into biotech, medtech, or pharma, ASCB’s 3-day virtualBiotech Course is your launchpad. Through real-world case studies, networking, and a team-based project, you’ll gain the business acumen, career insights, and confidence needed to...
The Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants
May. 9, 2025—The Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants are $150,000 research grants given annually to support promising researchers applying disruptive concepts and inventive processes to advance human immunology, vaccine discovery, and immunotherapy research for major global diseases. The application portal for the 2025/2026 cycle is now open. Now in their 8th year, the Grants are awarded by...
Finding the right fit: understanding faculty roles at US institutions and overview of the faculty job search process
Apr. 16, 2025—Finding the right fit: understanding faculty roles at US institutions and overview of the faculty job search process Do you know the different types of academic faculty positions that are available in the U.S.? What skills do you need for each type? What type of faculty position is right for you? Join Kathy Gould, Ph.D,...
Virtual Seattle Postdoc Opportunities Recruitment Event
Apr. 15, 2025—Explore engaging postdoc opportunities in Seattle, WA! Join us on May 6th from 8am-1:00pm PST for Seattle DROP (Discover Research Opportunities for Postdocs), a virtual postdoc recruitment event for biomedical researchers seeking the next step in your scientific journey. This event is a collaboration between the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Washington and Seattle...
Human Biology and Disease (Path GS-8345) course
Apr. 15, 2025—Summer course: May 9 – June 2, 2025, 9 am until 11 am each day (in-person) Credit: 1-3 hours Registration: Opens March 25, 2025 Enrollment limit: endless HUBD Flyer 25 Schedule For HuBD 2025 Description: requirements and attendance Course organizers The course has been organized by Dr. Mark de Caestecker MB BS, Ph.D., Dr. Matt...
ASCB’s Mentoring Program
Apr. 8, 2025—Applications for ASCB’s Faculty Research and Education Development (FRED) Mentoring Program will open soon! FRED is designed for postdocs and early-career scientists who are preparing a research or education grant for submission to the NIH, NSF, or other funding agencies. Through FRED, you’ll work closely with a mentor of your choosing to strengthen your grant-writing...
April 3: SciLine “Engaging with the media” training for scientists
Mar. 27, 2025—Engaging with the media: Essential skills for successful interviews A NEW free training opportunity from SciLine, based at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Thursday, April 3, 2-3 P.M. ET – NEW COURSE Scientists are often wary of speaking with the media because of concerns about being misquoted, misunderstood, or otherwise...
Vanderbilt Healthy Dores Week 2025
Mar. 27, 2025—Events are free and open to all! Free food and giveaways throughout the week! Monday End Overdose Training Learn a life-saving skill! Learn about opioid medical intervention and how to confidently use Narcan and fentanyl test strips from End Overdose at Vanderbilt. When: Monday, March 31 from 4:30 – 5:30 pm Where: MPH Classroom, 10th floor ...
Pint of Science… show off your research!
Mar. 27, 2025—Nashville’s “Pint of Science” is a 3-day event where we gather around a local brewery and hear speakers give presentations upon anything science. This year’s event is May 19-21 and will be hosted by Bearded Iris Brewery Last year, Pint of Science returned to the US (from Europe), where we presented in 5 cities. This...
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network and Stellar Science Foundation Global Science Scholars
Mar. 27, 2025—ABOUT The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network (CZ Biohub Network) and the Stellar Science Foundation (SS-F) invite applications for the Global Science Scholars program, an up to two-year international postdoctoral fellowship program between the U.S. and Japan designed to advance excellence in bioengineering and biomedical research by supporting early-career researchers to advance their careers and conduct groundbreaking science in U.S....
VSPG Monthly Meeting and Advocacy Training
Mar. 22, 2025—Vanderbilt Science Policy Group nows meet the last Wednesday of every month at 5pm witt the next meeting on Wednesday 26th at 5pm in Light Hall 412! The discussion will focus on fellowships and opportunities in science policy. VSPG has also partnered with the national science policy network to attend their Advocacy Training for Scientists...
Announcement-NIH NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship changes for April 2025 submission date
Mar. 20, 2025—Predocs, the NIH has paused its planned transition to new application forms and review criteria for most NIH NRSA F30 and F31 predoctoral fellowship applications. If you are planning to apply for an NRSA fellowship this cycle (Apr 8/May 7 deadlines) under the Parent Announcement PA-23-260 or PA-23-272, you will use the ‘old’ application Forms-H...