Additional Opportunities
Opportunities as a Student: Summer/Short-Term
Research | Year-Long Research |
Lab Animal Medicine
Post-Graduate Opportunities: Research | Lab
Animal Medicine
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Last update: May 18, 2015
Opportunities as a Student
Summer & Other Short-Term
Research Opportunities
TAMU One Health Educational Program, including
Research:
"We offer One Health-related high-impact educational opportunities
involving experiential student teams. Every One Health student
project, exchange, and collaborative experience includes a team of
at least two students from two different Texas A&M University
schools or colleges. Texas A&M University is offering several
high-impact One Health experiences including an undergraduate
learning community, One Health case studies, study abroad
opportunities, and local and national summer research experiences
for professional and graduate students.
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Merial Veterinary Scholars Program at other
CVMs:
"Veterinary scientists play a critical role in the discovery and
development of new vaccines and pharmaceutical products for
veterinary and human health. The Merial Veterinary Scholars Program
provides an opportunity for veterinary schools to introduce first
and second year veterinary medical students to biomedical research.
By providing a supportive environment in which students can
experience research in an established laboratory, complemented by
seminars and discussion groups on the scientific process, ethics,
and research opportunities, the participants will gain insight into
careers in biomedical research."
[ MVSP,
with links to specific college programs ]
NIH Summer Programs for Veterinary Students
(T35)
NIH funds several Colleges of Veterinary Medicine and Colleges of
Medicine to support short-term, summer research training
programs.
[ Listing with program descriptions ]
Morris Animal Foundation
"The Veterinary Student Scholars (VSS) program gives veterinary
students hands-on involvement in research early in their career so
they will consider entering this field where they are so critically
needed. Through the program, veterinary students or non-veterinary
graduate students receive stipends up to $4,000 to participate in
clinical or basic animal health and/or welfare research."
[ information ]
Cornell Summer Research and Leadership
Program
"The Leadership Program for Veterinary Scholars at Cornell
University is a unique summer research experience for veterinary
students who seek to broadly influence the veterinary profession
through a science-based career. The program is an intensive,
research-oriented initiative that combines faculty-guided research
with vocational counseling, student-directed learning, and other
professional enrichment activities."
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National Cancer Institute's Center for Cancer
Research
"The National Cancer Institute's Center for Cancer Research (NCI
CCR), in collaboration with the Intramural Research Divisions of
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases (NIDDK), and The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
(NHLBI), is interested in providing a select number of pre-doctoral
veterinary medical students the opportunity to participate in the
NIH Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research conducted by
the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education. Veterinary
medical student participation in summer research internships at the
National Institutes of Health is coordinated through the NCI CCR
Comparative Molecular Pathology Unit. This unique opportunity is
offered for veterinary medical students to gain exposure to
research while working at the government's key institution
combining both clinical and basic research."
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Kennedy Krieger Institute: Ferguson Fellowship
Program
"The program begins ... with a one-week orientation at Kennedy
Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland that focuses on research
design, infectious diseases, urban health issues, and other health
equity topics. During the remaining eight weeks of the program,
students receive mentored educational and professional development
experiences at the CDC in Atlanta, Georgia, or in Baltimore,
Maryland at Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical
Institutions, Bloomberg School of Public Health, or the Maryland
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Three experiences may be
offered at both sites: ... Research Externship..., Clinical
Externship ..., [and] Leadership Externship.
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Southwest National Primate Research
Center
"The Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) [in San
Antonio] will once again provide educational and training
opportunities for a limited number of students during an 8-week
summer session (June 16 through August 8). Both undergraduate and
graduate (Ph.D. and veterinary) students at accredited academic
institutions will be eligible to participate."
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US Food and Drug Administration
Summer Intern Program: Windows to Regulatory Research Internship
Program
"The Windows to Regulatory Research Internship Program offers
academically superior undergraduate, graduate, and professional
students hands-on experiences conducting basic and applied research
as well as performing in-depth technical reviews of data applicable
to animal health and food safety. Ultimately, the internship
benefits not only students themselves but the Center, FDA, and the
nation. Students gain career experience in a supportive yet
challenging atmosphere while the Center develops and guides future
scientific and regulatory leaders. Today's interns are CVM's
experts of tomorrow."
[ information ] This program was not offered in
2015.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"The Division of Comparative Medicine at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology has a number of NIH funded openings for
veterinary students who have an interest in pursuing research
during the summer months. Research Fellows will participate in
existing research projects in the laboratories of established
investigators at Massachusetts Institute of Technology or
collaborating institutions such as Harvard and Tufts. Research
fellows will augment their understanding of animal based research
by participating in clinical and laboratory rotations."
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Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
"Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology offers summer fellowships
for veterinary students (two per year) to gain experience in
Comparative Pathology. This a paid summer fellowship. Students
perform necropsies, examine tissue sections under the microscope
one-on-one with pathology faculty, and attend clinical pathology
rounds to discuss pathology cases in the context of their clinical
histories. Summer students are also assigned small research
projects that can be completed in the short time they are here.
Competition for these summer positions is intense, and we have had
many excellent students go on to advanced training in pathology
after graduating from veterinary school."
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Wake Forest School of Medicine
"First- or second-year students from AVMA-accredited veterinary
schools may apply for these NIH-sponsored Summer Research
Fellowships, which require at least 8 weeks in the department. The
program is open to up to 4 students per summer and provides
research training using animal models of human disease."
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Summer Research Fellowships in Laboratory Animal
Medicine
"The American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners with
several funding partners is supporting 10-16 week Summer
Fellowships in Laboratory Animal Medicine. Are you interested in
clinical veterinary medicine AND research? Do you want to work with
a variety of non-traditional species? Are you curious about cutting
edge science that defines the human and animal biomedical fields?
If you are, then LABORATORY ANIMAL MEDICINE is the career for you,
we can help you explore, AND pay you to do so! Activities in these
programs will include practice of clinical medicine in a research
environment, diagnostic and research pathology of laboratory
animals, surgery, animal colony management, working closely with
laboratory animal veterinarians and residents, participation in
journal clubs, seminars and management teams, regulatory oversight
of animals used in research, laboratory animal medicine research
and a number of other exciting endeavors."
Year-Long Research
Opportunities
NIH T32 programs:
1-Year of Research, with stipends approximately $20-21,000
Note: Other programs may also be available.
last update: May 18, 2015
Howard Hughes Medical
Institute: HHMI Medical Research Fellows
Program
"The Medical Research Fellows Program gives students the
opportunity to immerse themselves in a year of basic,
translational, or applied biomedical research. Medical Fellows
experience the excitement and intellectual rewards of research
before making plans for residency or postgraduate training. The
students select their own mentor at any academic or nonprofit
research institution in the United States (excluding the National
Institutes of Health or any other federal agency) or abroad,
provided the proposed mentor is affiliated with a U.S. fellowship
institution, and work with the mentor to develop a research
proposal. Mentor selection and the research project proposal are
key components of the application. Working with an HHMI
investigator, early career scientist, or HHMI professor is
encouraged but not required."
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"The Year-Long Medical Fellows Program opportunities at Janelia
and K-RITH are targeted to students with specific research
interests and backgrounds, and have additional application
requirements. ... Students interested in neuronal network function
or imaging at the cellular and molecular level are encouraged to
apply for fellowship positions at HHMI’s Janelia Farm Research
Campus [in Virginia]. ... Students interested in conducting
research in HIV, TB, or co-infection in a state-of-the-art research
institute at the heart of the TB and HIV epidemics should apply for
fellowship positions at K-RITH. Fellows will spend the year living
and working in Durban, South Africa."
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NIH: Medical Research Scholars Program
"The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Medical Research Scholars
Program is a comprehensive, year-long research enrichment program
designed to attract the most creative, research-oriented medical,
dental, and veterinary students to the intramural campus of the NIH
in Bethesda, Md. Scholars engage in a mentored basic, clinical, or
translational research project in an area that matches their
personal interests and goals."
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Opportunities in Lab Animal
Medicine
American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM):
Career Pathways Committee
The purpose of the Career Pathways Committee (CPC) is to develop
and implement an outreach program to veterinary medical students
and veterinarians outside the field of laboratory animal medicine.
The goal is to increase the number of laboratory animal
veterinarians in Biomedical Research.
[ information (Note: This page provides
information & links for Travel Awards, Externships, &
more.) ]
American Society of Laboratory Animal
Practitioners
[ information (Links to short-term externships
and summer programs) ]
Charles River Short Course on Laboratory Animal
Science
"The Short Course spans four days and is designed to educate and
update the biomedical research community on current trends and
technological advances in the field of laboratory animal science.
The course is broken into three tracks that include more than 60
topics presented by members of Charles River's professional staff,
as well as guest speakers."
[ information: This links to information on
courses offered. Find the link to the Short Course on Laboratory
Animal Science. Then find the link for "Student Veterinarian" under
the heading "Scholarship Information. ]
Post-Graduate
Research
Texas A&M University's T32: Comparative Biomedical
Research Training for Veterinarians
The Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary
Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University
(together with faculty from the Colleges of Medicine, Agriculture
& Life Sciences, Science and Liberal Arts and with the
Interdisciplinary Programs in Genetics, Nutrition, Neuroscience,
and Toxicology) now offers a T32 training program. "In addition to
numerous research opportunities within the veterinary and medical
colleges in College Station, residents have the option of
performing research at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in
Galveston. UTMB is home of the Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious
Diseases and the Center for Tropical Diseases. The Galveston National Laboratory
is a state-of-the-art research facility that provides BSL-2, BSL-3,
and BSL-4 laboratory space."
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Post-Graduate Research &/or Laboratory Animal
Training.
| School |
Contact |
Program |
| University Of California Davis |
Baumgarthd, Nicole |
Comparative Medical Science Training Program |
| Colorado State University |
Hoover, Edward A |
PhD Graduate Training for Veterinarians in Biomedical
Research |
| Cornell University |
various |
Graduate Program for Veterinary Scientists
(T32)
Cornell Research Fellowship
Cornell Clinical Fellowship
Equine Medicine Research and Training
Program |
| Harvard Medical School |
Westmoreland, Susan
|
Training Program in Comparative and Experimental Pathology |
| Johns Hopkins University |
Zink, M Christine |
Laboratory Animal Medicine And Pathology |
| Massachusetts Institute Of Technology |
Fox, James G |
Biomedical Research Training For Veterinary Scientists |
| University of Minnesota |
Carlson, Cathy S |
Comparative Medicine and Pathology Training Grant |
| University Of Missouri-Columbia |
Franklin, Craig L |
Postdoctoral Training In Comparative Medicine |
| North Carolina State University |
Jones, Sam |
Comparative Medicine And Translational Research Training
Program |
| Ohio State University |
Rosol, Thomas |
Research Training in Mouse Pathobiology
Mouse Models of Human Disease |
| University of Pennsylvania |
Wolfe, John H |
Training in comparative medical & molecular genetics |
| Stanford University |
Buckmaster, Paul S |
Comparative Medicine Biosciences Training Program |
| Tulane University |
Lackner, Andrew A |
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Experimental Medicine and
Pathology |
| University Of Wisconsin Madison |
Czuprynski, Charles J |
NIH Institutional Training Grant (T32) for Veterinarians |
| Virginia-Maryland Regional CVM |
Meng, Xiang-Jin |
Post-DVM Training Program on Animal Model Research for
Veterinarians |
| Wake Forest University |
Cline, J. Mark |
Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Comparative Medicine |
last update: May 18, 2015
NIH Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career
Development Award (K08)
Overview of K-Awards
The primary purpose of the NIH Mentored Clinical Scientist
Research Career Development Awards (K08) program is to prepare
qualified individuals for careers that have a significant impact on
the health-related research needs of the Nation. This program
represents the continuation of a long-standing NIH program that
provides support and "protected time" to individuals with a
clinical doctoral degree for an intensive, supervised research
career development experience in the fields of biomedical and
behavioral research, including translational research. An award is
for a period of 3 to 5 years and provides support for salary and
research-related costs. The amount funded as salary for a career
development award varies among the NIH participating Institutes and
Centers (ICs).
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National Cancer Institute: Comparative Molecular
Pathology Research Training Program
"CCR NCI has developed a comprehensive NCI Comparative Molecular
Pathology Research Training Program to enhance the integration and
extrapolation of animal models to the study of human disease. … The
Training Program encompasses three distinct yet interrelated
approaches toward training that are designed to answer the specific
needs of individuals at different stages of training and laboratory
experience."
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NIH Loan Repayment Program (DVMs
eligible)
"The NIH invites qualified health professionals who contractually
agree to engage in NIH mission-relevant research for at least two
years, and who agree to engage in such research for at least 20
hours per week based on a 40-hour work week, to apply for
participation in the extramural LRP. Extramural LRPs provide for
the repayment of educational loan debt of up to $35,000 annually
for qualified health professionals performing research within the
mission of NIH at domestic, non-profit, or government entities. …
The objective of the LRP-PR program is to recruit and retain highly
qualified health professionals as pediatric investigators. NIH
defines pediatric research as 'research that is directly related to
diseases, disorders, and other conditions in children.'" "
NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Programs
(LRP)
Extramural Pediatric Research Loan Repayment
Program (LRP-PR): Program Specific Information
Residency
Training Programs in Laboratory Animal Medicine
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"The objective is to train postdoctoral veterinarians in the
conduct of biomedical research in a comparative medicine context.
The program is comprised of a minimum of 3 years of integrated
practical and didactic training in research and medicine that
promote a multidisciplinary approach to questions in biomedical
science. The training is structured to expand upon the unique
comparative knowledge, skills, and perspectives that a veterinarian
brings to biomedical research. Postdoctoral fellows have the option
of pursuing an advanced degree through MIT's Department of
Biological Engineering or through the interdepartmental
Microbiology Graduate PhD Program. An optional six months of
clinical training, funded outside the T32 training grant, are also
available and strongly recommended."
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American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners
(ASLAP)
[ list of training programs with contact
information ]
American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine
(ACLAM)
[ list of training programs with contact
information ]
Please contact Roger Smith (979-845-5167 or email) for additional information on
any of these programs or to correct/update any information on this
page.
