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Research

”Vanderbilt is a community of intellectuals at all different stages of their scholarly careers.  We foster and furnish the means by which all our scholars can thrive, mature, and evolve their research in order to increase the sum quantity of knowledge and insight available in this world.”

Total research expenditures in 2006: $387.9 million

23rd in federal research and development funding
among U.S. colleges and universities based on fiscal year 2004.

Centers and Institutes

Research and teaching that join traditionally diverse disciplines are prevalent at Vanderbilt through more than 120 centers and institutes that include the Center for Latin American & Iberian Studies, The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, the W.M. Keck Free–Electron Laser Center and the Vanderbilt–Ingram Cancer Center.  Numerous other research centers and institutes are listed here.

Schools, Colleges, and Departments

Most faculty at Vanderbilt are engaged in scholarly research in association with graduate or advanced undergraduates.  Much of this research takes place through the School of Engineering, the Peabody College of Education and Human Development, the Owen Graduate School of Management, the School of Nursing, and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Libraries

The Jean and Alexander Heard Library contains 3 million volumes, 30,000 journals and maintains an online catalog called ACORN.

Student Resources

Undergraduate Research Journal
Exploration Vanderbilt’s Online Research Magazine
Research Research: Newspaper for the research world