News you can use
News You Can Use
This site is designed to help you, the veterinary student, seek, find, and apply for research education and training opportunities. These opportunities vary in location (from locally to internationally) throughout various times of the year.
This site is brought to you be the Office of Research and Graduate Education Programs, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis. If you have any questions or suggestions, do not hesitate to let us know at VetMedResearch@ucdavis.edu.
"Science" Careers Magazine click here to view
AVMA Student Externship Locator click here to view
Dog Fence DIY Invites Applications for Veterinary and Pre-Veterinary Academic Scholarships
Scholarships provide $2,000, distributed in increments of $500 per semester, to qualified applicants enrolled in a doctor of veterinary medicine program, an undergraduate biology or pre-veterinary studies program, or the equivalent.... more information click here
Deadline: June 1, 2013
Plum Island PostDocs/Grad Students
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS, USDA), is immediately seeking a highly motivated and energetic Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) with post-DVM training to join the Foreign Animal Disease Research Unit team at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC). This position is available immediately and is funded for 1 year, with the opportunity of renewal for up to 5 years. The position will primarily involve working within the facility’s BSL-3 containment laboratory conducting research related to pathogenesis, vaccinology, epidemiology, and screening tools for foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) and/or African swine fever virus (ASFV).
PIADC is the only U.S. laboratory facility performing research, development and diagnosis of foreign animal diseases of highest threat to the U.S. This critical national asset is located off the northeast coast of Long Island, NY, and accessible by government-provided ferry from Orient Point, NY, and Old Saybrook, CT. Research at PIADC is performed on animal diseases that threaten the nation's animal industries and exports. One of the missions of PIADC is to develop technologies to help mitigate the risks of catastrophic economic losses caused by foreign animal disease (FAD) agents accidentally or deliberately introduced into the United States.
The PIADC Research Participation Program does NOT have application deadlines. Applications are accepted on a continuing basis.
For more information click here
NIH Sponsored Opportunities
NIH T35 Summer Research Training for Veterinary Students
Summer Internships at NIH
NIH Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
NIH Summer Internships in Pathology
NIH T32 and T35 Training Grants for Veterinary Students
Participating Institutions
Other Opportunities
Cornell University Leadership Program for Veterinary Students
Dr. James A. Ferguson Emerging Infectious Disease Fellowship Program
Student and Summer Employment Opportunities - USDA, Agriculture Research Services
Havemeyer Foundation Equine Fellowship
Summer Fellowships in Lab Animal Medicine in the US
American Society of Laboratory Animal Medicine Preceptorships
Tulane National Primate Research Center
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
Research training opportunities for veterinary students at CDC
The Epidemiology Elective Program for Senior Medical and Veterinary Students
Post-DVM Research Opportunities at CDC:
Epidemic Intelligence Service
All Training Opportunities at CDC:
http://www.cdc.gov/fellowships
NIH Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP)
A superb opportunity for nurturing veterinary students towards an academic and research career! The program is the NIH Medical Research Scholars Program, a one-year research-training program on the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD). Applications are accepted annually from Oct 1 through Jan 15. The MRSP is designed for veterinary, medical, and dental students who already have had some clinical training experiences. To be eligible to participate, students must be US citizens or permanent residents, attend an appropriately accredited school, and receive permission from their school to participate in the MRSP. The academic and practical benefits of the program are excellent, and the operating philosophy is completely consonant with the One World, One Health, One Medicine concept. We need more veterinary students to apply to this special program, which we believe can be of great benefit to academic veterinary medicine. For more information: (http://www.cc.nih.gov/training/mrsp/)
NIH Includes Veterinarians as Eligible for Loan Repayment
In a new development, veterinarians are now listed under the “general eligibility requirements” for student loan repayment programs administered by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on the NIH website, click here. The site states that, to qualify for loan repayment, “you must have a health professional doctoral degree (M.D., Psy.D., Pharm. D., D.O., D.D.S., D.M.D., D.P.M, D.C., N.D., D.V.M., or equivalent doctoral degree) from an accredited institution…”
The specific inclusion of DVMs resulted from meetings with NIH representatives, arranged by the AAVMC’s governmental affairs firm of Cavarocchi, Ruscio, Dennis (CRD) Associates, LLC.
AAVMC will continue to work with CRD Associates to expand the inclusion of veterinarians to clinical NIH loan repayment programs.
For more information, click here
FDA Veterinary Clerkship Program
Experience the power of protecting human and animal health. The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Veterinary Clerkship Program is the only one of its kind in the United States. The program is designed to give fourth year veterinary students a real-world opportunity to see how policies guiding the approval of new animal drugs are developed and implemented by FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM). Application to the FDA Veterinary Clerkship Program is open worldwide to veterinary students currently enrolled in both AVMA and non-AVMA – accredited veterinary schools. All students must be U.S. Citizens or permanent residents and in good academic standing. For more information, click here.
Matching Funds for External Fellowships
External fellowships represent important opportunities to increase graduate student support and provide valuable professional development. The Graduate Studies office has announce a new policy on matching commitments for external graduate fellowships available on our policy page, click here.
This new policy significantly expands the number of external fellowships for which Graduate Studies will provide matching commitments. Our goal is to stimulate students to apply for fellowships and to encourage programs to work with their students to develop competitive applications. At the same time, we hope to simplify the process by which Graduate Studies provides matching funds.
There are two main lists of fellowships, one for which Graduate Studies will provide a match and the other for which Graduate Studies will partner with the program to provide a match. These lists are expected to be dynamic and will be revised as students apply for and are successful in receiving fellowships from new extramural sources.
