Grants & Awards

The following grants and awards are available to members of the CGS in the year 2012/13:

Application Deadlines

Program Deadline
CGS/ Iams Eukanuba Professional devlopment Awrds (GUT SKI and GUT SEA Travel Awards) January 15 2013
CGS/Waltham Research Grant October 15, 2012
CGS Veterinary Student Summer Research Scholar Program February 1st, 2013


CGS/ Waltham Research grants - Program Description

For many yearsnow, Waltham sponsored the CGS/Waltham research grant.

The Board of the CGS is pleased to announce the winner of the 2013 CGS/Waltham Grant. The grants were judged by CGS Board members and volunteer CGS members.

This year's grant is awarded to Dr. Yasushi Minamoto from the Texas A&M University Gastrointestinal Laboratory for his project, Evaluation of serum metabolite profiles and fecal microbiota in dogs with idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease. Dr. Minamoto is a PhD candidate under the mentorship of Dr. Jan Suchodolski.

Congratulations to Dr. Minamoto and many thanks to Waltham for their continued generous support of this grant!

The dates for the next funding cycle for this grant are:

Submission deadline: October 15, 2013

Funding decision and Grant funding: February 1, 2014

On behalf of the CGS, I would like to express our SINCERE APPRECIATION to WALTHAM by way of Karyl J Hurley, DVM, DACVIM (Internal Medicine), DECVIM-CA; Global Scientific Affairs, WALTHAM; MARS PET CARE for sponsoring this award!

The winners of the CGS/Waltham Research grant of the last years can be found here!

CGS Veterinary Student Summer Research Scholar Award- Program description

The CGS Board is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 CGS Veterinary Student Summer Research Scholar Program. This year the top two projects are being awarded grants:

First place goes to Mr. Douglas Donovan, veterinary student, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK. Mr. Donovan will work with his mentor, Dr. Karin Allenspach, this summer evaluating a non-invasive diagnostic test for IBD. The title of his project is, "Clinical usefulness of antibodies against flagellin as a diagnostic test in dogs with IBD".

Second place goes to Ms. Lauren Foster, veterinary student Texas A&M University. Ms. Foster will work with her mentor, Dr. Jan Suchodolski, this summer evaluating the fecal microbiome of cats. The title of her project is, "Characterization of the fecal microbiome of cats with acute and chronic diarrhea".

Please join us in congratulating Mr. Donovan and Ms. Foster for their accomplishment!

The Board of the Comparative Gastroenterology Society (CGS) will announce the CGS Veterinary Student Summer Research Scholar Program 2014 in January 2014.

·         The maximum dollar amount for each award grant is $8,000.00.

·         No indirect costs will be paid by CGS.

·         $5,000.00 should be considered part of a stipend for the student and $3,000.00 is to be allocated for consumables by the mentor.

Please send your application to Jan Suchodolski, the secretary/treasurer of the CGS Board (jsuchodolski@cvm.tamu.edu) by e-mail attachment by February 1st 2014. The winners will be announced by February 15th, 2014.

CGS/Iams Eukanuba Professional Development Awards - Program Description

The winners of the 2012 professional development awards are:

Dr. Sarah Crain, third year small animal internal medicine resident at the University of Minnesota

Dr. Romy Heilmann, first year small animal internal medicine resident and PhD student at Texas A&M University

Dr. Kathleen Aicher, Small Animal Intern at the University of Tennessee

Each award covers travel related expenses up to $1,500, kindly sponsored by P&G PetCare.

Please join me in congratulating Drs. Crain and Heilmann. They have shown a passion for gastroenterology/hepatology through their past work and a desire to continue to contribute in these areas. Well done!

The Board of the Comparative Gastroenterology Society (CGS) is pleased to announce the CGS/Iams-Eukanuba Professional Development Awards for travel to Digestive Disease Week 2013, which will be held in Orlando, FL from May 18 to May 21, 2013. As always, this meeting promises to be very exciting and the CGS Board would like to encourage everyone to attend.

CGS members in training (must be in good standing, i.e., dues are paid for the current membership year) are eligible to apply for these CGS/Iams-Eukanuba Professional Development Awards for travel to DDW 2013.

There will be two Travel Awards for up to $1500 each, which will be given to members in their clinical training (e.g., residency) and/or in research training

Please send your application to Jan Suchodolski, the secretary/treasurer of the CGS Board (jsuchodolski@cvm.tamu.edu) by e-mail attachment by January 15th 2013. The winners will be announced by February 1, 2013.

Thank you to P&G PetCare for sponsoring this grant opportunity!


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