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Vanderbilt Faculty Research Scholars ProgramInternal career development award

Vanderbilt Faculty Research Scholars Application Information at a Glance

Due Dates	Survey of Intent: January 15 (following Monday if 15th falls on a weekend) Application: February 15 (following Monday if 15th falls on a weekend)
Application length	10 pages, including research proposal and career development plan
Annual salary from Faculty Research Scholars program	Covers 75% of salary up to $85,000¹
Departmental contribution for tuition, research, or travel support	$10,000
Additional resource support from Faculty Research Scholar Program	$15,000
Length of appointment	Up to 3 years, renewable annually upon satisfactory academic progress
Citizenship requirements	None²
Doctoral degree requirements	Clinical doctorate (MD, DO, DDS, PsyD, PharmD) or PhD, DrPH
Faculty appointment	Minimum: Instructor appointment
Research focus	Basic, translational, or clinical
Primary mentor faculty appointment requirement	Primary mentor must be Vanderbilt faculty unless applicant is Meharry faculty, in which case primary mentor may be Meharry faculty

¹ All scholars, both on the Vanderbilt University and VUMC sides, will be reimbursed for salary and supply costs based on their current salaries. Salary and research funds will be transferred as they are spent.

² NIH-funded scholars through this mechanism must be US citizens or permanent residents. Internally funded scholars have no citizenship requirement.

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