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Support Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences on Giving Day!
Every Gift, A Step Forward. On Giving Day, every gift, no matter the size, takes us one step closer to achieving bold new heights.
Why Give to School of Medicine Basic Sciences? By investing in School of Medicine Basic Sciences, you are investing in the biomedical research that is the foundation of modern medicine. Your support of our extraordinary faculty, students, postdocs and staff fuels world-changing research into understanding, preventing, diagnosing and treating diseases that impact humanity.
When you choose to give to School of Medicine Basic Sciences, your gift will directly support:
- Our world-class laboratories and departments that provide students the opportunity to advance research, to design and develop new techniques and to collaborate across disciplines.
- Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research (VCAR) which advances solutions around the causes, prevention and treatment of substance abuse disorder through research, translational drug applications and community outreach and education.
- Financial security through discovery grants for our forward-thinking faculty so that they can take the risks necessary to address the most difficult biomedical research challenges.
- Funding for the Roger Chalkley, Ph.D. Critical Need Fund which directly supports Ph.D. students who are in a moment of crisis to help them continue in their studies.
- The Simple Beginnings Fund, which welcomes our new Ph.D. students in the biomedical sciences each year and provides student programming throughout the year.
- The Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery Fund which directly supports the advancement of drug discovery and the creation of novel technologies to address some of the world’s most prevalent brain disorders including Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, dystonia and autism, among many others.
By supporting School of Medicine Basic Sciences on Giving Day, you ensure that our students, faculty and programs continue to thrive.
Make Your Gift Go Further. This Giving Day, your impact can be amplified through exciting matches and challenges!
Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research (VCAR) Participation Challenge
- When 100 donors make a gift, then a $30,000 gift to Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research from Erin Calipari will be unlocked.
2025 Basic Sciences Dean’s Power Hour Challenge
- From 9 to 10 a.m. CT on April 10, Dean Kuriyan will match dollar-for-dollar all gifts made to School of Medicine Basic Sciences up to $5,000.
Be Part of Something Bigger. Your involvement fuels us as we dare to grow.
Leaderboards
View All DonorsDesignations and Initiatives
| Designation | Donors | Raised ($) |
|---|---|---|
| William K. Warren, Jr. Chair in Medicine | 0 | $0 |
| Haley Award | 0 | $0 |
| Center for Stem Cell Biology | 1 | $100 |
| Department of Cell and Developmental Biology | 3 | $90 |
| Vanderbilt Medical School M.D./Ph.D. Scholarship Fund | 0 | $0 |
| Stanley Cohen Innovation Fund | 0 | $0 |
| School of Medicine Basic Science Dean's Discretionary Fund | 0 | $0 |
| Aileen M Lange & Annie Mary Lyle Chair-Cardiovascular Res | 0 | $0 |
| The Karpay Award in Structural Biology | 0 | $0 |
| John Exton Memorial Fund | 0 | $0 |
| Quantitative Systems Biology Center (QSBC) | 0 | $0 |
| Elaine Sanders-Bush Fund in Pharmacology | 0 | $0 |
| Lee E. Limbird Chair in Pharmacology | 0 | $0 |
| Thomas Lance Research | 0 | $0 |
| Vanderbilt Biochemistry-Armstrong Fund | 0 | $0 |
| Pharmacology-Tina Iverson Lab | 0 | $0 |
| Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory Fund | 0 | $0 |
| Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) | 0 | $0 |
| Joel G. Hardman and Mary K. Parr Chair in Pharmacology | 0 | $0 |
| Annie Mary Lyle Chair | 0 | $0 |
| Beck Shultz Schizophrenia Research Fund | 0 | $0 |
| Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Graduate Educ Fd | 4 | $114 |
| Lisa Monteggia Research | 0 | $0 |
| School of Medicine Basic Sciences | 51 | $10,794 |
| Biochemistry Department Graduate Education Fund | 9 | $1,138 |
| Pancreatic Cancer Research | 0 | $0 |
| Grant R. Wilkinson Lectureship in Clinical Pharmacology | 0 | $0 |
| Doctor of Audiology Degree Program | 0 | $0 |
| ASPIRE Scholar Fund | 0 | $0 |
| Interdisciplinary Graduate Program | 0 | $0 |
| Richard M. Caprioli Award for Technology Education | 0 | $0 |
| Biomedical Research Education & Training (BRET) | 0 | $0 |
| Stanford Moore Chair in Biochemistry | 0 | $0 |
| Department of Biochemistry | 5 | $500 |
| O D Carlton II Scholarship | 0 | $0 |
| Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics | 5 | $700 |
| Roger Chalkley, Ph.D. Critical Need Fund | 0 | $0 |
| Hearing & Speech Sciences Graduate Education | 6 | $501 |
| Vivien Casagrande Scholarship in Systems Neuroscience | 0 | $0 |
| MD/PHD Program Scholarship Fund | 0 | $0 |
| Biostatistics Education Program | 0 | $0 |
| Department of Pharmacology | 3 | $750 |
| Masters of Imaging Science | 1 | $2 |
| Microbiology and Immunology Graduate Education | 0 | $0 |
| Charles R Park Student Education Fund | 0 | $0 |
| Jerri Rook Research Lab | 0 | $0 |
| Jackie Corbin & Sharron Francis Travel Award | 4 | $114 |
| Pharmacology Graduate Education Enhancement Fund | 1 | $100 |
| John N Shell Endowment Fund | 0 | $0 |
| Carrie Jones, Ph.D. Laboratory Support | 0 | $0 |
| Vanderbilt Brain Institute | 0 | $0 |
| Vivien Casagrande Lectureship in Systems Neuroscience | 0 | $0 |
| Dudley F. Peeler Jr. Graduate Student Research Fund | 0 | $0 |
| Allan & Sara Bass Pharmacology Grad Student Assistance Fd | 0 | $0 |
| Alpha Kappa Kappa Scholarship Fund | 2 | $50 |
| Barbara D Murnan Memorial Scholarship Fund | 0 | $0 |
| Graduate School Epidemiology Program/Studies | 0 | $0 |
| Center for Structural Biology | 0 | $0 |
| Dr. Ann Richmond Research Lab Fund | 0 | $0 |
| Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research (VCAR) | 31 | $32,113 |
| Medical Physics Program | 0 | $0 |
| Young Biomedical Research Scholar Fund | 0 | $0 |
| Simple Beginnings Fund | 2 | $501 |
| Limbird Dissertation Award | 0 | $0 |
| Department of Pharmacology Graduate Education Fund | 2 | $40 |
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