2026 VMSRTP Draft Schedule (updated weekly)
*The schedule is subject to change; changes will be announced at weekly meetings and by email.
| Date | Event | Presenter | Location |
| Wed, Mar 18 5:30pm-7:00pm | Organizational Introduction Meeting for all Scholars and Mentors to discuss program expectations, deliverables, and answer Mentor/Scholar questions | Scholars/Mentors/Directors | VIDI 102 ZOOM |
| Wed, April 15 5:30pm-7:00pm | Writing Workshop: Drafting your Research Proposal | Drs. Gaddy, Vemulapalli | VIDI 102 |
| Fri, May 1 | Proposals Due by email to Dr. Vemulapalli | ||
| Complete prior to May 14 | Emburse Training, Responsible Conduct of Research & Compliance Training: – Emburse online training – BSL-2 – Biological Safety – Cabinet Training (Train-Traq) – Blood Borne Pathogen – Radiation Training (Train-Traq) – CITI training–Working with IACUC | ONLINE | ALL training is ONLINE |
| Thurs, May 14 | Orientation and Required Responsible Conduct of Research 8:30am: Welcome 8:45am: Ethical, Responsible Conduct of Research 9:30am: Mentor-Mentee Relationships, Agreement 10:15am: BREAK 10:30am: Research Statistics 11:15am: Data Management, Ownership & Conflicts of Interest | Drs. Dana Gaddy, T. Vemulapalli, Chuck Long Dr. R. Vemulapalli Dr. Peter Nghiem Dr. Noah Cohen Sheila Green, VPR | VIDI 102 |
| Fri, May 15 | Orientation: Required Responsible Conduct of Research 8:30am: Ethics of Animal Research 9:15am: Research Grants and Funding Opportunities 10:00am: BREAK 10:15am: Evaluating & Presenting a Veterinary Medicine Scientific Journal Article 11:00am: Ethical Use of AI in Research 11:45am: Emburse Travel/Reimbursement Training | Dr. T. Vemulapalli Drs. Dana Gaddy, Chuck Long Dr. Sarah Hamer Dr. Candice Chu Angelia Taylor, Trista Holley | VIDI 102 |
| Wed, May 20 6:00pm-7:30pm | Kick-off Dinner: Career Paths for Veterinary Scientists and Mentors | Scholars/Mentors | Pebble Creek Country Club |
| Thu, May 21 11:30am-1:00pm | Literature Searches, Building your Professional Profile J Club Organization/Schedule Discussion | Molly Crews Dr. Gaddy | VIDI 102 |
| Thu, May 28 11:30am-1:00pm | DVM to PhD Career Panel Discussion | DVM/PhD Scholars | VIDI 102 |
| Thu, June 4 11:30am-1pm | Clinician Scientist Careers in Large and Small Animal Medicine Noah Cohen and Katee Creevy | Drs. Cohen/Creevy | VIDI 102 |
| Thu, June 11 11:30am-1pm | Leveraging VMSRTP in Future Research Careers: VMSRTP/T32 Alumni Panel early in their research/academic careers | TBD | VIDI 102 |
| Thu, June 18 11:30am-1pm | Journal Club Presentation by Scholar Group 1 Discussion facilitated by Dr. Chuck Long Journal Club Presentation by Scholar Group 2 Discussion facilitated by Dr. Chuck Long | Scholars | VIDI 102 |
| Thu, June 25 11:30am-1pm | Journal Club Presentation by Scholar Group 3 Discussion facilitated by Dr. Chuck Long | Drs. Cohen/Creevy | VIDI 102 |
| Thu, July 2 11:30am-1pm | Organizing Proposal, Project, and Data into Posters, Oral Presentations, and Manuscripts | Dr. Gaddy | VIDI 102 |
| Thu, July 9 11:30am-1pm | Journal Club Presentation by Scholar Group 4 Discussion facilitated by Dr. Chuck Long Journal Club Presentation by Scholar Group 5 Discussion facilitated by Dr. Chuck Long | All Scholars | VIDI 102 |
| Tue, July 14 | Symposium Abstracts due to AAVMC site | All Scholars | |
| Thu, July 16 11:30am-1pm | Converting Data to Posters and Oral Presentation Formats Data interpretation to Poster/Slide Summary and Conclusion | Dr. Gaddy All Scholars | VIDI 102 |
| Thu, July 23 11:30am-1pm | Converting Data, Figures and Proposal to Poster and Manuscript Figure Legends and Headings to Manuscript Results | Drs. Gaddy, Vemulapalli | VIDI 102 |
| Fri, July 24 1pm-3pm | Office Hours: Poster help “clinic” (optional) | Dr. Vemulapalli | VIDI 349 |
| Mon, July 27 noon | Posters due to print | All Scholars | |
| Thurs. July 30 11:30am-1pm | Elevator Speech Delivery Data Interpretation to Manuscript Discussion Program Assessment and Evaluation | All Scholars, Directors | VIDI 102 |
| Fri, July 31 8:30am-3pm Fri, July 31 4pm-5pm Fri, July 31 6pm | TAMU Summer Veterinary Student Research Symposium (12-minute oral presentations+3 min Q/A) VMSRTP Student Poster Presentations, Cocktail Reception (Guests welcome to view poster presentations) VMSRTP Final Banquet & Awards Dinner | Scholars/Mentors Scholars/Mentors, company visitors | VENI 107A VENI 3rd Floor Commons Casa do Brazil |
| Thurs-Sun Aug 6-9 | Travel to Raleigh, NC to present posters at the National Veterinary Scholars Symposium | All Scholars,Directors | |
| Mon, Aug 31 | Final Manuscripts due to Mentors and Program Directors | All Scholars |
