ORIP offers Institutional Research Training Grants to encourage veterinarians to consider a career in biomedical research. Awards are made directly to veterinary schools and other research institutions that are in a position to provide advanced training in comparative medicine or comparative pathology. The Postdoctoral Program for Veterinarians (T32 [funding opportunities]) trains highly qualified veterinarians for research careers in biomedical areas related to comparative medicine. The research accomplished under this training program should provide the trainee with the necessary tools to successfully compete for independent grant funding (often a K01 [funding opportunities] or K99 [funding opportunities]). The Summer Programs for Veterinary Students (T35 [funding opportunities]) provide research training experiences for selected veterinary students for periods of 2 to 3 months. The objective is to attract highly qualified veterinary students to biomedical and biobehavioral research. Further information can be found in the relevant notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) originally published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts or the Division of Comparative Medicine (DCM) Program Guidelines.
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University of California, Davis
Major Areas of Interest
Biomedical research, especially infectious disease, cancer, genomics, and animal models of human disease
The mission of the Comparative Medical Science Training Program (CMSTP) is to prepare post-D.V.M. Ph.D. students to become exceptional veterinarian-scientists in comparative medicine at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). This postdoctoral T32 is highly successful in training veterinarian-scientists for research careers, with more than 90% utilizing their research training.
To ensure the success of our new trainees, we have a comprehensive 4-year program at UC Davis, which supports D.V.M.s in pursuit of their Ph.D. We will prepare trainees for the next stage of their careers through provision of research colloquia, individualized mentoring, networking opportunities, and grant writing workshops. Thus, CMSTP provides a comprehensive, integrated research-mentoring program for D.V.M.s at UC Davis, particularly those from historically marginalized and disadvantaged backgrounds, to remove barriers that exist and deter some from pursuing a research career. We are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse body of trainees.
We have 36 highly qualified faculty trainers to choose as a mentor or a co-mentor if the trainee has already chosen a lab. The CMSTP takes advantage of outstanding research and teaching opportunities in the biological sciences at UC Davis by bringing together faculty from the School of Veterinary Medicine, the nation’s top veterinary school; School of Medicine; College of Engineering; and College of Biological Sciences. Our faculty trainers participate in established Centers and Institutes that promote collaborations and employ diverse evidence-based approaches to solving scientific problems through state-of-the-art equipment in individual labs, as well as campus shared facilities.
The objectives of the CMSTP are to (1) prepare all of our trainees to become future leaders in academia, government service, public health, and biomedical research; (2) provide greater exposure to career paths outside academia; (3) maintain the average time of 4 years to degree; and (4) attract and train a diverse group of veterinarian-scientists.
Contact Information
University of California, Davis
Center for Comparative Medicine
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/research/cmstp
Grant Number: T32OD011147
Program Director
Sara Thomasy, D.V.M., Ph.D., DACVO
Phone: 530-752-1770
smthomasy@ucdavis.edu
Colorado State University
Title
Biomedical Research Training for Veterinarians
Major Areas of Interest
- Prion biology
- Immunology
- Mycobacterial pathology
- Retroviral research
- Vector-borne and infectious disease
- Cancer biology and diagnostics
- Reproductive technology
- Orthopedic research
- Pathobiology
- Translational and comparative medicine
Contact Information
Grant Number: T32OD010437
Program Co-Director
Kelly Santangelo, D.V.M., Ph.D., DACVP
Phone: 970-491-5015
kelly.santangelo@colostate.edu
Cornell University
Major Areas of Interest
The Cornell Graduate Training Program in Comparative Medicine combines the very best that Cornell offers in the form of didactic graduate-level instruction, faculty supervision, and training related activities. Trainees can follow one of two tracks: one is geared to a career in basic research and a second to a career in translational science. Training is structured to ensure the orderly progression of scholars to independence. Research areas available to trainees are broad and include infectious disease, immunology, epidemiology, cancer biology, cell biology and signal transduction, genomics and genetics, developmental biology, molecular medicine, biomedical engineering, and neuroscience.
The program combines independent, faculty-guided research with formal didactic instruction in cell and molecular biology, genomics, and biostatistics; career counseling; and a variety of professional enrichment activities calculated to develop the trainees’ critical capacity, communication, and teamwork skills. Graduate scholars would earn the Ph.D. degree. The average time to degree for veterinarians seeking a Ph.D. at Cornell University is 4.3 years. A Graduate Research Assistantship provided by the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell provides stipend to all scholars during the first 9 months of the Ph.D. while trainees are completing three laboratory rotations.
Almost all Program alumni go on to obtain faculty positions or positions in industry or government. The mission of our program is to train veterinary scientists that can meet the national need for trained veterinarians within academia, industry, public health, and government to address old and new problems relating to animal and human health.
Contact Information
Grant Number: T32OD011000
Program Directors
John S. Parker, B.V.M.S., Ph.D.; Robert Weiss, Ph.D.
jsp7@cornell.edu
Texas A&M University
Title
T32 Comparative Biomedical Research Training for Veterinarians (CBRT)
Major Areas of Interest
Biomedical research: biomedical genomics and bioinformatics, diagnostics and therapeutics, infection, immunity and epidemiology, physiology and developmental biology
Major research areas include infectious and metabolic diseases, toxicology, nutrition, developmental biology, discovery of therapeutic molecules, cancer biology, and neuroscience.
The T32 Comparative Biomedical Research Training (CBRT) Program at Texas A&M University has been a successful interdisciplinary program for over a decade. The program continues to be refined in response to the national need for Doctors of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M/V.M.D) with expertise in cutting-edge biomedical research skills. The mission of the CBRT is to provide trainees with expertise that prepares them to adapt to emerging technologies to solve biomedical and health-related problems. In addition, our program places paramount importance in enabling its trainees to become successful principal investigators in the biomedical research field, able to secure substantial funding to forward their research. The group of research mentors include more than 30 participating faculty across the School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS), School of Medicine, School of Public Health, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and College of Arts and Sciences. The prospective CBRT trainees/mentees are offered a broad range of research options under a high-level mentor support framework offering high outstanding quality training in basic biomedical research.
Contact Information
T32 Comparative Biomedical Research Training for Veterinarians (CBRT)
Texas A&M University
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology (VTPB)
Veterinary & Biomedical Education Complex
660 Raymond Stotzer Pkwy
College Station, TX 77843-4474
Grant Number: T32OD011083
Program Director
Dr. Albert Mulenga, B.V.M. (D.V.M.), M.V.Sc., Ph.D.
Professor and Interim Department Head
Fulbright Fellow | Presidential Impact Fellow
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology (VTPB)
Phone: 979-862-2924
Lab office: 979-458-4300
Fax: 979-458-0321
a-mulenga@tamu.edu; amulenga@cvm.tamu.edu
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
Major Areas of Interest
The NIH T32 post-D.V.M. Animal Model Research for Veterinarians (AMRV) training program at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech provides structured in-depth training to veterinarians in the areas of animal models of human diseases in the fields of immunology and inflammation, infectious diseases, neurobiology, public health, cardiology, and regenerative medicine. Trainees will enroll in the Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences graduate program that will expose them to state-of-the-art research skills leading to a Ph.D. degree and challenge them to become independent problem-solvers. After completion of the training program, trainees are expected to assume leadership roles related to the nation's biomedical research agenda in academia, government, and industry.
Contact Information
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0042
https://research.vetmed.vt.edu/animal-model-research-for-veterinarians.html
Grant Number: T32OD028239
Program Director
Xiang-Jin Meng, M.D., Ph.D.
Phone: 540-231-6912
xjmeng@vt.edu
University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine
Major Areas of Interest
The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, Comparative Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program offers cutting-edge research training to graduate veterinarians in infectious diseases (bacteriology/immunology/parasitology/virology), developmental biology, oncology, regenerative medicine, neuroscience, and cellular and molecular physiology.
Contact Information
Grant Number: T32OD010423-16A1
Training Grant Director
Marulasiddappa Suresh, D.V.M., Ph.D.
suresh.marulasiddappa@wisc.edu
Program Administrator
Jenny Dahlberg
jenny.dahlberg@wisc.edu
Program Director
Marulasiddappa Suresh
Phone: 608-265-9791
Fax: 608-890-1774
suresh.marulasiddappa@wisc.edu
Georgia
Major Areas of Interest
The aim of the Georgia Veterinary Scholars Research Program (GVSP) at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine (UGA-CVM) is to immerse academically talented veterinary students from across the United States in cutting-edge research, inspiring them toward careers in biomedical research and fostering in them a deeper understanding of the goals and needs for veterinarians in research.
Contact Information
Grant Number: T32/T35OD010433
Program Director
Susan Sanchez, Ph.D., FRSB
Phone: 706-542-4200
ssanchez@uga.edu
University of Illinois
Major Areas of Interest
The focus of this training program is translational biomedical research, broadly encompassing the research areas of infectious diseases, reproductive biology, epidemiology, neuroscience, oncology, toxicology, nutrition, and behavior. The goal of this Summer Research Training Program is to identify and facilitate the career progression of veterinary students who have the ability and motivation to become a veterinarian scientist. Veterinary students are matched to one of 40 research laboratories that investigate a broad range of biomedical research topics. In collaboration with the faculty mentor, trainees formulate a testable hypothesis, design the experiments, collect and analyze the experimental data, and report the conclusions. Extensive instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research is provided through orientation week activities and a seminar series.
Contact Information
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
2001 Lincoln Avenue, 2522 VWBSB
Urbana, IL 61802
Grant Number: T35OD011145
Principal Investigator
Megan Mahoney, Ph.D.
Phone: 217-333-7578
mmm1@illinois.edu
Kansas State University
Major Areas of Interest
The Veterinary Research Scholars Program (VRSP) at Kansas State University (KSU) is a 3‑month summer research experience where veterinary students are paired with faculty researchers to conduct summer research. The goal of the VRSP is to introduce veterinary students to biomedical research through an engaging summer experience and to encourage these talented veterinary professional students to enter veterinary careers involving research. There are many excellent faculty researchers who mentor scholars in this program, both within the College of Veterinary Medicine and across the KSU campus and local U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) facilities. Faculty mentors associated with the VRSP are both clinical and basic scientists and have overlapping strengths providing scholars experience in four areas of research excellence: (1) epithelial function in health and disease, (2) infection–immunity–public health, (3) animal models–translational research, and (4) basic and applied pharmacology. Throughout the summer, scholars work with their mentors day-to-day to learn laboratory techniques and various procedures for data collection and participate in weekly journal clubs and interactive workshops to learn about research ethics, how to present research findings, and veterinary career opportunities involving research. Scholars also meet veterinary researchers from corporate and government settings and tour various facilities to learn about the many opportunities available to veterinarians. At the end of the summer, scholars present their research as a poster at our KSU Summer Research Poster Session and at the National Veterinary Research Symposium.
Contact Information
Kansas State University
College of Veterinary Medicine
1800 Denison Ave
Manhattan, KS 66506
www.vet.k-state.edu/research/student-opportunities/vet-scholar
Grant Number: T35OD010979
Program Directors
Bruce Schultz, Ph.D.
Phone: 785-532-4839
Fax: 785-532-4557
bschultz@vet.ksu.edu
Kate KuKanich, D.V.M., Ph.D., DACVIM (SAIM)
Phone: 785-532-4282
kstenske@ksu.edu
Mississippi State University
Major Areas of Interest
Toxicology/biomedical research (including animal models for human disease)
Population medicine (including antimicrobial stewardship)
Infectious diseases (bacteriology, immunology, parasitology, and virology)
The Summer Research Experience at Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine is called the Vet Med Research Scholars (VMRS) program. The VMRS program is a 12-week investigative program designed to provide veterinary students with training in biomedical research. It provides skills that not only encourage pursuit of research careers but help students develop into leaders within their veterinary profession. Our program is run in conjunction with the Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine, providing 9 positions at Mississippi State and 3 positions at Tuskegee. Major areas of interest within the Tuskegee Veterinary Scholars Program's include One Health, veterinary medicine, and biomedical research.
Contact Information
Grant Number: T35OD010432
Principal Director, Mississippi State University
Barbara Kaplan, Ph.D.
Phone: 662-325-1113
bkaplan@cvm.msstate.edu
Principal Director, Tuskegee
Temesgen Samuel, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Phone: 334-724-4547
tsamuel@tuskegee.edu
Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Major Areas of Interest
The Cornell Graduate Training Program in Comparative Medicine combines the very best that Cornell offers in the form of didactic graduate-level instruction, faculty supervision, and training-related activities. Trainees can follow one of two tracks: one is geared to a career in basic research and a second to a career in translational science. Training is structured to ensure the orderly progression of scholars to independence. Research areas available to trainees are broad and include infectious disease, immunology, epidemiology, cancer biology, cell biology and signal transduction, genomics and genetics, developmental biology, molecular medicine, biomedical engineering, and neuroscience.
The program combines independent, faculty-guided research with formal didactic instruction in cell and molecular biology, genomics, and biostatistics; career counseling; and a variety of professional enrichment activities calculated to develop the trainees’ critical capacity, communication, and teamwork skills. Graduate scholars would earn the Ph.D. degree. The average time to degree for veterinarians seeking a Ph.D. at Cornell University is 4.3 years. A Graduate Research Assistantship provided by the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell provides stipend to all scholars during the first 9 months of the Ph.D. while trainees are completing three laboratory rotations.
Almost all program alumni go on to obtain faculty positions or positions in industry or government. The mission of our program is to train veterinary scientists that can meet the national need for trained veterinarians within academia, industry, public health, and government to address old and new problems relating to animal and human health.
Contact Information
Grant Number: T35OD010946
Program Directors
John S. Parker, B.V.M.S., Ph.D.; Robert Weiss, Ph.D.
jsp7@cornell.edu
The Ohio State University
Major Areas of Interest
The training program at The Ohio State University provides short-term intensive research experiences to professional veterinary medical students. The program is based upon a research-intensive summer experience that is part of a larger Summer Research Program. First- and second-year veterinary students select mentors from graduate faculty with primary appointments in Ohio State’s Colleges of Veterinary Medicine (CVM); Medicine; Public Health; and Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. Projects are developed in collaboration between student and mentor, assuring that the project reflects student interests and ideas. Development of the proposal and preliminary training activities occur prior to summer, and presentation and publication of research results are emphasized in the period following summer. The latter includes an end-of-summer research symposium, during which students make oral presentations of research results and poster/platform presentations at the CVM Research Day the following spring. The faculty-mentor-to-student ratio is 3.3-to-1, providing many training options that ensures a fit with student interests. Summer seminars emphasize science communication, commercialization and intellectual property, and career development. A journal club reinforces concepts in scientific rigor and reproducibility. Topics reflect the breadth of summer projects, and individual sessions include moderation of student presentations by a faculty subject matter expert. A measure of success is a high percentage of student projects leading to publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Contact Information
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine
1900 Coffey Road
Columbus, OH 43210
https://vet.osu.edu/research/programs/veterinary-student-research-opportunities
Grant Number: T35OD010977
Program Directors
Michael Oglesbee, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Phone: 614-668-1189
oglesbee.1@osu.edu
Ian Davis, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Phone: 614-292-2954
davis.2448@osu.edu
University of Pennsylvania
Major Areas of Interest
The Penn Vet Short-Term Research Training Program provides research opportunities during the summer months. Students are exposed to multiple areas of biomedical research, including genetics, reproduction, pathogenesis, neurobiology, and cellular and molecular biology. Students gain experience in all aspects of biomedical research including grant writing, bench research, manuscript preparation, poster presentations, and PowerPoint presentations.
Contact Information
University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine
3800 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Grant Number: T35OD010919
Principal Investigator
Michael Atchison, Ph.D.
Phone: 215-898-6428
atchison@vet.upenn.edu
University of Wisconsin
Major Areas of Interest
The School of Veterinary Medicine provides an opportunity for current first, second, and third-year veterinary medicine students to work with mentors on a wide variety of research projects. Areas of interest include infectious diseases, mouse models of disease, developmental biology, neurosciences, ophthalmology, oncology, orthopedics, pharmacology, stem cell research, reproductive biology, and transplantation.
Contact Information
University of Wisconsin
Department of Surgical Sciences
School of Veterinary Medicine
2015 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
https://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/research/dvm-student-research-experience/summer-scholars-program/
Grant Number: T35OD011078
Principal Investigator
Joan S. Jorgensen, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Phone: 608-890-2337
joan.jorgensen@wisc.edu