2nd Opportunity Research Scholarship

The AVMA/AVMF 2nd Opportunity Summer Research Scholarship is intended to provide support for students who have previously conducted a summer research project and are seeking to gain a second summer of research experience.  Five $6,000 awards will be provided in 2018. ($5,000 scholarship and $1,000 to assist with travel expenses to the NIH Symposium.)

Applications for the 2017 - 2018 AVMA/AVMF 2nd Opportunity Research Scholarships are accepted October 15, 2017  through January 12, 2018.   Please read the applications for submission directions.

Congratulations to 2017 AVMA/AVMF 2nd Opportunity Research Scholarship Recipients!

	Samantha Fousse University of California - Davis Genetic Determinants of Atrial Fibrillation in Irish Wolfhounds		Courtney Rousse North Carolina State University Investigation of Quantitative Trait Loci in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels with Chiari-like Malformations and Syringomyelia
	Kim Haight University of Georgia Combined Nanoparticle and Neural Stem Cell Therapies in a Pig Model of Stroke		Courtney Smith Texas A&M University Next-generation Panfungal Sequencing of Formalin-fixed, Paraffin-embedded Tissues for Improved Identification of Fungal Pathogens
	Rachel McMahon University of Wisconsin-Madison Obesity Promotes Breast Tumor Development and Metastases in an Immunocompetent Mouse Model

 2016 AVMA/AVMF 2nd Opportunity Research  Scholarship Recipients

	Mitch Caudill Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine The Proline Utilization System of Brucella abortus is Required for Virulent Infection	No Photo Available	Kimberly (Schreiber) Young North Carolina State University
	Sarah Chung Texas A&M University SCP-2/SCP-X Gene Ablation Impairs Endocannabinoid Induction in Fabp1 null Mice		Sarah Linn The Ohio State University Experimental modeling of the  nonspecific protective effects of measles virus vaccination
	Jordan Ford Cornell University Parvovirus Detection by PCR and ISH is Associated with Myocarditis and Cardiomyopathy in Young Dogs

2015 AVMA/AVMF 2nd Opportunity Research Scholarship Recipients 

Amanda Kortum – North Carolina State
Katherine Bachman – The Ohio State University
Jennifer Storer – University of Tennessee
Hannah Savage – University of California, Davis
Taylor Pursell – Texas A & M University