The Discovery Grant Program is one of the primary ways Vanderbilt invests in advancing core disciplines, thereby strengthening the scholarly profile of the university. The program is designed to serve as a catalyst to significant external funding sources, supporting new ideas, cutting-edge research and the development of infrastructure. The Discovery Grant Program provides a springboard to make possible external grants that will be more attractive to large federal funding agencies such as the NSF, NIH, DoD, etc. This program is open to VU-employed faculty in all schools and colleges.

Recent Blogs

• A New Surgical Robot for Diagnosing and Treating Lung Cancer
• Innovative Water Collection Project Could Help Create More Drinking Water in Developing Countries
• Glucose Cycling: A Discovery Grant Project Funding the O’Brien and Young Laboratories (Part I)
• X-Ray Diffractometer and Enchiladas
• Methane Rising: A brief description of how we measured escaped methane at hydraulically fractured gas wells