In a series of cluster hires, Vanderbilt FIRST will recruit 18-20 tenure-track, early-career scientific faculty. Vanderbilt FIRST will implement policies that enhance comprehensive faculty hiring, retention, promotion, and tenure, and employ strategies to cultivate success and belonging.
Vanderbilt FIRST Principal Investigators are internationally-recognized scientists with decades of NIH funding who currently hold institutional roles critical to the success of Vanderbilt FIRST. The leadership is keenly aware of the demands and expectations of transforming Vanderbilt’s culture and each leader has a long-standing commitment to comprehensive recruiting, mentoring, and promoting faculty, and experience creating institutional change.
Vanderbilt launches $17 million program to advance diversity of research faculty
Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University are launching a $17 million multiyear transformative program with support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to… Continue Reading
Elevating Excellence & Transforming Institutional Culture
Through funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformative (FIRST) Program, Vanderbilt FIRST (V-FIRST) is an initiative that seeks to build a thriving, diverse scientific faculty and a sustainable culture of inclusive excellence that enables high-impact scientific discoveries.
Vanderbilt FIRST
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Vanderbilt FIRST is a collaboration between Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Vanderbilt University
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
The official website for Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
