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Funded Grants Library

More than 300 funded grant applications written by Vanderbilt and Meharry investigators
The Adrienne Babcock Funded Grants Library allows Vanderbilt and Meharry students, trainees, and faculty to view and download funded grant applications.

Reading successful applications can help investigators understand structure, level of detail, reviewer expectations, and grantsmanship strategies that contributed to a favorable funding decision.

To access the Funded Grants Library with a vanderbilt.edu or mmc.edu email, please complete the one-time registration process.

GRANTS AVAILABLE

  • Rs [R01, R61, R03, R21]
  • Ks [K01, K08, K23, K24 mentoring awards]
  • Fs [F30, F31, F32]
  • NIH Loan Repayment Program applications
  • U01
  • VA Merit and VA CDA grants
  • PCORI awards
  • Department of Defense awards
  • Foundation career development awards

 

VUMC & MEHARRY USERS

To access the Funded Grants Library with a vanderbilt.edu or mmc.edu email, please complete the one-time registration process.

Learn more about Adrienne Babcock.

 

ACCESS
Access is restricted to Vanderbilt and Meharry faculty, postdocs, and graduate students.

Graduate students, postdocs/fellows, and early career faculty should copy their primary mentor on the request so the mentor can confirm the need for access. Our PIs have been extremely generous to include their grants and we want to ensure they don’t get out in the wild.

SECURITY
Before visiting the Grants Library, users agree to:

  • Keep the contents of the example grants confidential
  • Not share any part(s) of the grants in the repository.
  • Not to utilize any text of the grant in my own grant.
  • Understand that the individuals who provided grants will be able to view a list of names of those who accessed their grants.
  • Provide a copy of the grant to the Office of Research after submission to be kept on file and reviewed for compliance to this agreement.
mentor notes

To donate a grant to the library, email Rebecca Helton.

If you resubmitted, we appreciate having both versions of the grant and both sets of summary sheets to aid in teaching how to respond to reviewer feedback.

How it Works
Gain Access

Email Rebecca Helton

Graduate students, postdocs, and early career faculty should copy their primary mentor on the request so the mentor can confirm the need for access.

Visit Library

If you have received access, visit the Funded Grants Library.

 

To access the Funded Grants Library with a vanderbilt.edu or mmc.edu email, please complete the one-time registration process.

Add Grant

Email Rebecca Helton to add your grant to the library.

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Email Rebecca Helton to request access. If you are an Assistant Professor, Instructor, postdoc, fellow, resident or grad student, copy your primary mentor on your request.

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Email the grant to Rebecca Helton. You can either send the entire grant file as downloaded from eRA Commons or send selected pieces, whichever you prefer. We will black out any salary information. Please include summary sheets. If you resubmitted, we appreciate having both versions of the grant and both sets of summary sheets to aid in teaching how to respond to reviewer feedback.

Questions

Email the Edge team at info@edgeforscholars.org

upcoming Funded Grants Library events [ view all events ]
November 5, 2026 | 12:00 pm (Virtual) Dr. Mark de Caestecker
EFS Seminar
Grants & Funding
Faculty Life
Writing & Publishing
Pre/Post Doc
RCR
November 12, 2026 | 12:00 pm (Virtual) Tara Helmer & Kayce Gill
EFS Seminar
Writing & Publishing
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
January 14, 2027 | 12:00 pm (In-Person) Panel Discussion | Location TBA
EFS Seminar
Mentoring
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
January 28, 2027 | 12:00 pm (Virtual) Dr. Stephany Duda and Dr. Alvin Jeffery
EFS Seminar
Productivity
Life Hacks
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
January 29, 2027 | 9:00 am (In-Person) Student Life Center
Forum
Doing Research
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
Mid career faculty
Senior faculty
February 4, 2027 | 12:00 pm (In-Person) Panel Discussion | Location TBA
EFS Seminar
Grants & Funding
Writing & Publishing
February 18, 2027 | 12:00 pm (Virtual) Dr. Alvin Jeffery
EFS Seminar
Faculty Life
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
February 25, 2027 | 12:00 pm (Virtual) Dr. Evan Brittain
EFS Seminar
Faculty Life
Early career faculty
March 4, 2027 | 12:00 pm (Virtual) Dr. Antentor Hinton
EFS Seminar
Writing & Publishing
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
PIs have been extremely generous to include their grants
Testimonials
Funded Grants Library
view grants
Success
Dr. Jonathan Martin

Research Assistant Professor

Department
Radiology
Award Type
  • K25
Assistant Professor
Department
Pediatrics
Award Type
  • K01 Recipient
Dr. Myrick Shinall
Associate Professor
Department
Surgery and Medicine
Award Type
  • R01
EFS Programs Used
Dr. Fabian Bock

Assistant Professor

Department
Medicine/Nephrology & Hypertension
Award Type
  • ASCI Physician Scientist Award
EFS Programs Used



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