Volunteer Opportunity

The Pen Pals with a Purpose program is now recruiting! Graduate students are paired with an MNPS middle school student to exchange monthly letters that encourage higher education and explain what graduate research is like. The program ends with an in-person meetup and celebration!   This program is incredibly important… Read More

The ASPIRE Program frequently is sent opportunities, either within BRET or from outside sources, to write articles or blog posts. Usually, these writing opportunities are for a general audience. Let us know your interest level through this brief Survey Monkey form. Questions? Email kate.stuart@vanderbilt.edu. Read More

The Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) annual conference is in Nashville (!!) this spring and they are seeking volunteers to help at the conference, April 12-15. More information about the conference and the ACRP can be found here at their website: https://2019.acrpnet.org/ Sign-up… Read More

Your school’s BEST career development program is part of a national effort to help biomedical PhDs and postdocs prepare for a variety of career options. Only a handful of schools have programs like yours and we want to give others a taste of your experience. We are looking… Read More

Health:Further August 27-29, 2018 Music City Center| Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Nashville, TN The Health:Further team is seeking volunteers to join them at the 2018 Festival.  As a volunteer, you'll have free access to the three day event which includes: exciting keynotes, a startup pitch competition, panel discussions,… Read More

The Vanderbilt Summer Science Academy (VSSA), a summer research program for undergraduates, is looking for graduate students, post-docs, and other lab staff to help judge abstracts and posters at the VSSA 16th Annual Student Research Symposium.  The symposium will be held August 2nd, 2018 in the Engineering and Science Building.  Judges… Read More

Looking for a fulfilling volunteer opportunity? Come volunteer for MEGAMicrobe on October 27, 2018 to educate children from the Nashville community and their families about what it means to be a scientist. Volunteers willing to help with ground-level operations as well as designing educational modules are welcome. We are also looking… Read More

Are you interested in writing about topics related to healthcare and biotech/life sciences from health tech to drug development to AI to blockchain?  Health:Further is interested in hearing from you!  They are seeking user-generated content to share with their readers.  Take a look at their blog to see what they… Read More

The Vanderbilt Summer Science Academy (VSSA), a summer research program for undergraduates, is looking for graduate students and post-docs to help coordinate and lead the VSSA 16th Annual Student Research Symposium.  The symposium will be held August 2nd, 2018 in the new Science and Engineering Building across from the 25th Ave parking… Read More

We are still looking for volunteers for the Career Reading Pilot. Volunteers will bring industry related publications, texts, and artifacts and discuss them with high school students in the health science academy at Glencliff High School. The program is to help 10th graders become more proficient in reading subject matter… Read More