Vanderbilt First – 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.

V-FIRST seeks to hire faculty in the following four thematic research areas:

Infection, Immunology, Inflammation, and Metabolism
Structural Biology and Imaging
Genetic and Omic Discovery and Health Disparities
Neuroscience

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Inclusivity

V-FIRST will implement bold and progressive policies that enhance diverse faculty hiring, retention, promotion, and tenure, and employ strategies to cultivate inclusivity, cohesion, and belonging.

Equity

Using an equity framework, V-FIRST will implement an inclusive faculty search process that proactively identifies early career scientists from marginalized backgrounds, equitably evaluates candidates, removes barriers to applying, provides well-resourced start-up packages, and delivers culturally responsive career development.

Transformation

V-FIRST will help transform Vanderbilt into an institution with a thriving, diverse scientific faculty and a sustainable institutional culture of inclusivity and excellence.

VFIRST Program Launch

Questions?

Please contact the V-FIRST leadership team at info@vanderbiltfirst.com to learn more about the program, open positions, and available resources.