# Dual-Degree Medical Scientist Training Program for Veterinarians

> **NIH NIH T32** · COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $330,042

## Abstract

This new Medical Scientist Training Program application from Colorado State University requests funds to
support a DVM-PhD dual-degree program with a 15-year history of translational clinician-scientist training. The
program currently recruits two students per year from a pool of approximately 40 applicants and has had a 100%
retention rate. Nineteen trainees have graduated; 79% are employed in a variety of academic, agency, and
nonprofit research positions. Five students have received NIH F30 dual-degree training awards since the first
year DVM-PhD students were eligible applicants in 2015. Over the last seven years, 5 of 13 recruits (38%) have
been from under-represented minority backgrounds and approximately 75% of all trainees are women. Trainee
research projects span diverse fields across the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, which
has supported exemplary pre- and post-doctoral veterinary research training programs for more than four
decades, and has provided nearly $2.4M in direct support for this program since 2004. Forty participating mentor
faculty (21 male, 19 female), represent a variety of career stages and expertise, and hold 172 active research
awards totaling over $22M (average $568K/mentor). These mentors have trained, or are training, 112
predoctoral and 145 postdoctoral trainees. Pre-doctoral trainees have published 403 total publications during
the last 10 years and 90% of those completing training have continued in research careers. MSTP students
supported by this application participate in a rigorous program of biomedical research training (3-4 years)
integrated with DVM didactic and clinical training (4 years). Students participate in ‘Translational Medicine’, a
dual-degree specific course that delivers expert instruction in communication, leadership, grant and manuscript
writing, team/interdisciplinary science, and importantly, encourages a sense of community and purpose for
trainees. New to this application is instruction in data reproducibility and management, mentorship training
provided by participating mentors in the CSU Center for Inclusive Mentorship, enhanced career development
training during final DVM clinical years, and robust program evaluation and outcomes assessments provided by
a senior evaluator from the CSU STEM center. An External Advisory Committee with experience in MSTP
programs has been assembled to provide expert guidance in directing programmatic success and growth. Over
the five-year award period we request funds to support a total of 22 trainee years to be distributed in years one
and two of DVM training. This funding will leverage institutional funds to expand the program by enrolling 4
additional trainees by the end of the award period, thereby maximizing the impact this MSTP T32 in fulfilling the
national need for translational biomedical scientists.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10854792
- **Project number:** 5T32GM136628-05
- **Recipient organization:** COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** ANNE C AVERY
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $330,042
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-07-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10854792

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10854792, Dual-Degree Medical Scientist Training Program for Veterinarians (5T32GM136628-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10854792. Licensed CC0.

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