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Summer Veterinary Student Research Program / Merial Veterinary Scholars Program

The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VA-MD Vet Med) is pleased to offer the Summer Veterinary Student Research Program (SVSRP) to train first- and second-year veterinary students in biomedical research.

The SVSRP is sponsored by:

The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The Merial Veterinary Scholars Program (MVSP)

Students applying to this summer program need to commit to a continuous 11-week program without interruption. The program application (PDF | DOC) is now available and the deadline to apply is Monday, February 9, 2015.

Inquiries about SVSRP should be addressed to jessica.e.adkins@gmail.com.

Program Highlights

SVSRP students

One week of short courses in proposal writing, experimental design and analysis, humane care and use of laboratory animals, research ethics/management, common experimental techniques, and computer-based reports.
Funded travel to Washington, DC to meet with DVM/PhDs in research and policy positions at NIH, USDA, FDA, and HHMI.
Nine weeks of mentor-guided laboratory training in animal models of diseases.
Wednesday breakfast seminars on veterinary careers in research.
Funded travel to present research at a national meeting: Merial NIH National Veterinary Scholars Symposium.

View the program overview to learn more.

Program Administration

	S. Ansar Ahmed, BVSc, PhD SVSRP Director Professor of Immunology Head, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology ansrahmd@vt.edu
	Roger J. Avery, PhD SVSRP Co-Director Senior Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies Professor, Virology avery@vt.edu

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