In a series of cluster hires, Vanderbilt FIRST will recruit 18-20 tenure-track, early-career scientific faculty with a commitment to inclusive excellence. Vanderbilt FIRST will implement bold, progressive, and equity-focused policies that enhance diverse faculty hiring, retention, promotion, and tenure, and employ strategies to cultivate inclusivity, cohesion, 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 DEIB, experience recruiting, mentoring, and promoting faculty from minoritized groups, and experience creating institutional change.
We are currently accepting applications for our second recruitment cycle. Learn more and apply here.
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
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