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Workshops and peer review sessions for applicants to the 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Jul. 18, 2024—The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program is a prestigious fellowship opportunity for early-stage STEM graduate students, including PhD students in the biosciences. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Fellowships provide 3 years of funding for graduate education in a STEM field, and PhD students must apply no later than fall of the second year in their PhD...
ASPIRE Workshop on Preparing for a Faculty Career and Job Search
Jun. 24, 2024—This ASPIRE workshop is for postdocs and late-stage grad students in the biomedical and life sciences who are interested in faculty careers. The full day event will feature interactive sessions and panel discussions with current faculty on topics ranging from exploring faculty roles, to interviewing for faculty jobs. Advanced registration is requested. Participants may register for the...
Beyond the Lab: Celebrating 100 Episodes!
Feb. 7, 2023—This week, The BRET Office of Career Development ASPIRE program is excited to announce the alumni interview series — Beyond the Lab – has reached 100 podcast episodes published! The podcast, which began as a YouTube video series in 2013, has interviewed 100 Vanderbilt University Biomedical Research Education and Training graduate student and postdoctoral fellow...
ASPIRE Micro-Credentialing through Badgr
Nov. 3, 2021—The ASPIRE Program is now awarding badges through Badgr to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who fully complete any of our ASPIRE modules. We will be back issuing badges to trainees who participated in an ASPIRE Module in the 2020-2021 academic year. This micro-credentialing program will continue to grow in the coming months. To see criteria...
ASPIRE Grant Repository
Mar. 9, 2021—The ASPIRE team maintains a repository of funded grant applications written by Vanderbilt graduate students. Access is restricted to Vanderbilt graduate students who are currently writing a grant application. Currently the repository contains example F31 NIH NRSA , AHA, and NSF GRFP grant applications. If you are a VU student who is interested in viewing the repository,...
ASPIRE Internships
Sep. 28, 2018— The ASPIRE Program is excited to offer ASPIRE Internships, which will be advertised on a rolling basis throughout the year. Please check back regularly! For a curated list of internships available outside of ASPIRE, please see: Internships Outside of ASPIRE. Eligibility requirements Applicants must be a current Vanderbilt University Ph.D. student or a current postdoctoral fellow....
Join us on Twitter!
Jul. 30, 2018—The ASPIRE Program uses Twitter to publicize resources and events as well as job postings for Ph.D.s and postdocs in the biomedical and life sciences. @VUbretASPIRE Launched May 2018, the VU BRET ASPIRE Twitter feed provides resources, seminar notices, event photos, and more. @VUBRETPhDJobs Created in October 2014, the VU BRET Jobs Twitter...