Fall 2012

• Congratulations to our Fall 2012 VIO Grant Recipients! View a list of recipients here.
• The STEM Chateaubriand Fellowship Program provides opportunities for outstanding doctoral students who are enrolled in any STEM discipline at universities in the United States to engage in research in a laboratory in France for 4-9 months. The Office of Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in Washington, D.C. offers "a stipend of 1,400 euros per month (depending on other sources of funding) and covers cost of travel and student health insurance." The deadline to apply is February 1, 2013 for fellowships starting anytime between September 1, 2013 and April 1, 2014
• Vanderbilt University Presents: Human Identities: Global, Local, Personal
• CRC-Vanderbilt Hillel events tackle Middle East from Israeli, Palestinian viewpoints: Event Information
• Congratulations to our Fall 2012 VIO Grant Recipients! View a list of past recipients here.
• Listen to Marshall Eakin, Professor of History, discuss Brazil’s long path to a national consensus on what it means to be Brazilian.  Professor Eakin was interviewed by the University of Melbourne’s online talk show, “Up Close,” while participating in Melbourne’s inaugural Latin America Dialogue.
• Vanderbilt and the University of Alberta Collaborate to Host Interdisciplinary Women and Food Workshop
• Identity, Memory, and Experience: Collaboration with the Carlos III University in Madrid, Spain marks four years through the support of a past VIO grant and current grant from the Spanish government.  Listen to a podcast here where Vanderbilt faculty discuss international work onIntimacy and Authority.
• Graduate students interested in going abroad to pursue research and study projects can apply to the Fulbright Scholarship, the NSEP Boren Graduate Fellowship, and the Critical Language Scholarship programs. The final deadline for Fulbright applications is September 15, 2012; all applications must be submitted through Vanderbilt's Office of Honor Scholarships. Students interested in the Fulbright Scholarship should contact Lyn Fulton-John to begin the application process.
• Vanderbilt and University of Melbourne partnership takes another step forward 
• Vanderbilt and the University of Melbourne fund $344,000 in joint research projects
• Prof. Eva Harth interviewed by the University of Melbourne on “Up Close”Targeted delivery: The promise of nanotherapies in treating cancer.