• 11 week faculty mentored program
• Professional support and introduction to the research process
• Weekly seminars on a variety of topics
• Field trips to local laboratories
• Social events to meet and network with your Veterinary Scholar peers
• Poster presentations
• National Veterinary Scholars Symposium
• Funding for stipend, travel, activity support

Mission: To provide an opportunity for veterinary schools to expose students in their first and second years of veterinary medical school to biomedical research.

Eligibility: Interested 1st-2nd year veterinary students from any accredited veterinary college in the United States or Canada are encouraged to apply. Travel expenses for non-local students are not provided.

Stipend: $459/week for 10-12 weeks. Taxes, medicare and mandatory retirement contributions (in lieu of social security) are automatically deducted by payroll. Additionally, NIH trainees will receive funding for some training related expenses (such as travel to the National Symposium in August 2013 at Michigan State University).

Program Commitments: Students will commit to completing a 10-12 week research project during the summer term under the guidance of an approved CVMBS faculty mentor, participate in program activities (weekly seminars and tours), and produce a final poster presenting their research findings. Students must certify that they understand this is a full time commitment (40 hours/week) over the summer and that they can devote the required time if they accept an offer.

Exchange Program: The College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has funding available for summer research at (1) Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Scotland and (2) University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Funded positions will provide stipend and up to $2,000 in travel expenses. Students who do not have pre-existing connections with faculty at University of Alaska-Fairbanks should contact Dr. Todd O'Hara after reviewing potential mentors on the UAF website. Please cc Cathy Griseto on the correspondence, and refrain from contacting faculty directly first. Students who are interested in the summer research exchange at the Royal Dick School of Veterinary Science/ the Roslyn Institute should contact Dr. Randy Basaraba to discuss possible faculty contacts.

Application Deadline: February 8, 2013 at 1 p.m. Apply here.

Questions about application procedures? Contact Aimee Oke, Program Administrator, at 970-491-7053 or aimee.oke@colostate.edu

Mentor Selection:

Participating mentors and a description of their research are listed in the navigation box to the right. Potential summer research mentors may be located in three ways:

1. Review projects that have been pre-identified by mentors. This list will be updated continuously as mentors send in opportunities.
2. Browse participating mentors and a description of their research in the navigation box to the right (Faculty by Research Area and Mentors), or
3. Contact Drs. Sue VandeWoude, or Steven Dow, Program directors, for assistance in identifying a research interest or faculty mentor.

Summer Program Open Positions Summary

*Please review application instructions for special instructions for both Morris Animal Foundation and American Humane Association Summer Fellowships

ASLAP-Pfizer Summer Fellowship

CSU-Lab Animal Resources will also be sponsoring an ASLAP-Pfizer Summer Fellowship in 2013. Applications for this program are due on February 8, 2013. Information about the program and instructions on how to apply can be found at the ASLAP-Pfizer Summer Fellowship webpage.

American Humane Association 

American Humane Association’s Animal Welfare Research Institute wishes to provide veterinary students with the opportunity to conduct research that enhances the health and welfare of animals.
Students should apply directly to the American Humane Association (deadline 3/1/13).

A separate application via the CSU VSS site is NOT required; however, the AHA application does require a letter from CSU providing a statement of the applicant’s good standing in the professional curriculum. Students may obtain this by emailing Aimee.Oke@colostate.edu with the following information:

1. Proposed project title
2. Mentor name
3. Whether the student is also applying for a VSSP position (funded via Merial, NIH or MAF).

The AHA will review applications and provide $4000 in summer stipend to selected students. The CVMBS Dean’s office will provide additional funding to awardees to bring final stipend levels to $5000 for selected awardees. Students that receive funds from AHA will not be eligible to receive additional stipend funding as students are only allowed a single position in the summer program, regardless of funding source.

Center for Companion Animal Studies PVM Student Research Grants

The Center for Companion Animal Studies currently has approximately $50,000 in pledges to support companion animal research that involves PVM students. Proposals are due to Dr. Michael R. Lappin by 5 p.m., Sunday, March 10, 2013, and must be submitted electronically as an email attachment.

Other Summer Research Opportunities

Apply for the Summer Veterinary Program at other institutions and facilities (stipend is covered, travel and lodging expenses are not).

Indiana University Laboratory Animal Medicine Fellowship

Iowa State Clinical Research and Development Internship

Iowa State Summer Scholar Research Program

Iowa State Swine Veterinary Internship

Kansas State University

Louisiana State University Veterinary Scholars Program

Merial Veterinary Scholars (all programs)

Michigan State University

NIH T35 Scholars (all programs)

Purdue University

Summer Study Tour: College of Vet Med at Makerere University, Uganda

Tulane National Primate Research Center

University of Georgia Veterinary Scholars Program

University of Saskatchewan

Virginia Tech Summer Research Program