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Graduate Program for Veterinary Scientists/Scholars
The College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University has instituted a unique
research training program for veterinarians with professional service experience
who aspire to an academic career. The program is funded by an award from the
Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health (NIH) through its
Initiative in Comparative Medicine. The Scientists/Scholars Program features
four years of formal instruction, laboratory research, and professional enrichment
activities of singular richness and diversity. Program graduates are expected
to earn the Ph.D. degree.
The program emphasizes close faculty supervision; formal instruction
in biochemistry, cell and molecular biology; special courses in
biomedical ethics, biostatistics, and experimental design, and
a seminar series in comparative medicine that was arranged expressly
for the program. Guidance in the preparation of research proposals,
linked in the later years of training to the submission of proposals
to external sponsors, is an additional feature of the program.
Provision is made for trainees to maintain their service skills
provided those activities do not exceed 10% of the individual's
professional effort.
Program Guidelines
