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Vanderbilt International Office

Vanderbilt International Office
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The Vanderbilt International Office - VIO - was established in 2006 to facilitate individual and institutional connections between Vanderbilt faculty, researchers, staff, students, alumni and the larger world.

Announcements

  • The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program is offering funding for graduate students at the dissertation stage for 2012-2013. Because the applications have to be submitted in one packet by Vanderbilt University, the deadline for online submission is NOON on Tuesday, JUNE 12. Click here for details on how to prepare and submit a proposal. Applications must be submitted electronically at http://www.g5.gov. For additional information contact Lyn Fulton-John, director, Office of Honors Scholarships, 204 Student Life Center (322-6329 or lyn.fulton-john@vanderbilt.edu.)
  • The Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) grant proposal deadline is May 15, 2012. PIRE is an NSF-wide program that supports international activities across all NSF supported disciplines. The primary goal of PIRE is to support high quality projects in which advances in research and education could not occur without international collaboration. PIRE seeks to catalyze a higher level of international engagement in the U.S. science and engineering community.
  • María Elisa Velázquez, professor of history at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico, delivered the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities' 2012 Black Atlantic Lecture, February 2, 2012. To listen to a podcast of her lecture, titled "Africans and Afrodescendant Women in Mexico City during Colonial Times: Social Relationships and Cultural Reproduction," click here.
  • 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
  • State Department releases Smart Traveler App The App allows users to see travel warnings, alerts and more.
  • Global Activities Database — Enter your information today and find out what other faculty and staff are doing internationally.
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