2026 VMSRTP Schedule
*The schedule is subject to change; changes will be announced at weekly meetings and by email.
| Date | Event | Presenter(s) | Location |
| Wednesday, Mar 18 5:30–6:30 p.m. | Organizational Introduction Meeting for all Scholars and Mentors to discuss program expectations, deliverables, and answer Mentor/Scholar questions | All scholars, mentors, and directors | VIDI 102 ZOOM |
| Wednesday, April 15 5:30–7 p.m. | Writing Workshop: Drafting your Research Proposal | Drs. Dana Gaddy and Tracy Vemulapalli | VIDI 102 |
| Friday, May 1 | Proposals Due by email to Dr. Vemulapalli | ||
| Complete before Thursday, 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 |
| Thursday, May 14 | Orientation and Required Responsible Conduct of Research 8:30 a.m.: Welcome 8:45 a.m.: Ethical, Responsible Conduct of Research 9:30 a.m.: Research Grants and Funding 10:15 a.m.: Break 10:30 a.m.: Evaluating & Presenting a Veterinary Medicine Scientific Journal Article 11:15 a.m.: Data Management, Ownership & Conflicts of Interest | Drs. Dana Gaddy, Tracy Vemulapalli, and Chuck Long Dr. Ramesh Vemulapalli Dr. Peter Nghiem Dr. Noah Cohen Sheila Green, Libraries | VIDI 102 |
| Friday, May 15 | Orientation: Required Responsible Conduct of Research 8:30 a.m.: Ethics of Animal Research 9:15 a.m.: Mentor–Mentee Relationships 10 a.m.: Break 10:15 am: Statistics 11 a.m.: Ethical Use of AI in Research 11:45 a.m.: Emburse Travel/Reimbursement Training | Dr. T. Vemulapalli Drs. Dana Gaddy and Chuck Long Dr. Sarah Hamer Dr. Candice Chu Angelia Taylor and Trista Holley | VIDI 102 |
| Wednesday, May 20 6–7:30 p.m. | Kick-off Dinner: Career Paths for Veterinary Scientists and Mentors | Scholars and Mentors | Pebble Creek Country Club |
| Thursday, May 21 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. | Literature Searches, Building Your Professional Profile J Club Organization/Schedule Discussion | Molly Crews Dr. Long | VIDI 102 |
| Thursday, May 28 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. | Data conversion to abstracts | Dr. Gaddy | VIDI 102 |
| Thursday, June 4 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. | Clinician Scientist Careers in Large and Small Animal Medicine | Drs. Noah Cohen and Katee Creevy | VIDI 102 |
| Thursday, June 11 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. | Leveraging VMSRTP in Future Research Careers Alumni Panel early in their research/academic careers | Drs. Catrina Silveira, Tori Baxter, Alexa Mendoza, and Danali Zakers | VIDI 102 |
| Thursday, June 18 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. | Journal Club Presentation by Scholar Group 1 Discussion facilitated by Dr. Chuck Long | Scholars–1 and Dr. Chuck Long | VIDI 102 |
| Thursday, June 25 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. | Journal Club Presentation by Scholar Group 2 Discussion facilitated by Dr. Laura Bryan Journal Club Presentation by Scholar Group 3 Discussion facilitated by Dr. Becky Legere | Scholars–2 and Dr. Laura Bryan Scholars–3 and Dr. Becky Legere | VIDI 102 |
| Thursday, July 2 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. | Organizing Proposal, Project, and Data into Posters, Oral Presentations, and Manuscripts | Drs. Dana Gaddy and Chuck Long | VIDI 102 |
| Thursday, July 9 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. | Journal Club Presentation by Scholar Group 4 Discussion facilitated by Dr. Kate Aicher Journal Club Presentation by Scholar Group 5 Discussion facilitated by Dr. Sarah Hamer | Scholars–4 and Dr. Kate Aicher Scholars–5 and Dr. Sarah Hamer | VIDI 102 |
| ~Tuesday, July 14 | Symposium Abstracts due to AAVMC site | All scholars | |
| Thursday, July 16 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. | Converting Data to Posters and Oral Presentation Formats Data interpretation to Poster/Slide Summary and Conclusion | Dr. Dana Gaddy and Chuck Long | VIDI 102 |
| Thursday, July 23 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. | Converting Data, Figures, and Proposals to Posters and Manuscripts Figure Legends and Headings to Manuscript Results | Drs. Dana Gaddy and Tracy Vemulapalli | VIDI 102 |
| Friday, July 24 1–3 p.m. | Office Hours: Poster help “clinic” (optional) | Dr. Tracy Vemulapalli | VIDI 349 |
| Monday, July 27 Noon | Posters due to print | All scholars | |
| Thursday, July 30 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. | Elevator Speech Delivery Data Interpretation to Manuscript Discussion Program Assessment and Evaluation | All scholars and directors | VIDI 102 |
| Friday, July 31 8:30 a.m.– 3 p.m. 4–5 p.m. 6 p.m. | 2026 Texas A&M VMBS VMSRTP Research Symposium (12-minute oral presentations and 3-min Q/A) VMSRTP Student Poster Presentations and Cocktail Reception (Guests welcome to view poster presentations) VMSRTP Final Banquet and Awards Dinner | Scholars and mentors Scholars, mentors, and company visitors Scholars, mentors, and company visitors | VENI 107A VENI 3rd Floor Commons Casa do Brazil |
| Thursday–Sunday, August 6–9 | Travel to Raleigh, NC, to present posters at the National Veterinary Scholars Symposium | All scholars and directors | |
| Monday, August 31 | Final Manuscripts due by email to Mentors and Program Directors | All scholars |
