# Comparative Medicine Biosciences Training Program

> **NIH NIH T32** · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $225,073

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
Our program provides veterinarians with rigorous research training leading to the PhD
degree at Stanford University. They join top-ranked graduate home programs in the
biosciences, are mentored by outstanding researchers, and develop stronger ties to
their veterinary profession through the Department of Comparative Medicine. The
rationale is that intense research training will enable more veterinarians to compete
effectively for research grant support and become independent principal investigators,
which will address a national need. Trainees choose one of 14 graduate home
programs in the Biosciences: biochemistry, biology, biomedical informatics, biophysics,
cancer biology, chemical & systems biology, developmental biology, genetics,
immunology, microbiology & immunology, molecular & cellular physiology,
neurosciences, stem cell biology & regenerative medicine, and structural biology.
Program faculty include six comparative medicine mentors (who are veterinarians and
faculty in the Department of Comparative Medicine), and 17 research mentors. During
the next funding cycle, funds are requested to support 4 trainees at any one time.
Overall, we seek to produce highly trained veterinary researchers that will assume
leadership roles and exert a sustained, powerful influence in their research field and in
the veterinary profession.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9970560
- **Project number:** 5T32OD011121-15
- **Recipient organization:** STANFORD UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** PAUL S. BUCKMASTER
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $225,073
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2005-07-01 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9970560

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9970560, Comparative Medicine Biosciences Training Program (5T32OD011121-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9970560. Licensed CC0.

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