University of California Davis
on July 30 – August 2
Research Awards
Awards Overview
Boehringer Ingelheim Veterinary Research Award for Graduate Veterinarians
This award is open to graduate veterinarians who will soon complete or have recently completed a PhD program in the biomedical sciences, or who are in the final 1 to 2 years of residency training in the field of veterinary pathology, medicine, surgery, radiology/imaging, or laboratory animal medicine.
The recipient(s) of the Boehringer Ingelheim Veterinary Research Award will receive a $2,500 honorarium. The recipient(s) of the Boehringer Ingelheim Veterinary Research Award will be invited to present their research at the Boehringer Ingelheim-NIH National Veterinary Scholars Symposium.
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Boehringer Ingelheim Veterinary Research Award for Veterinary Students
This award is open to veterinary students who participated in the summer scholar program, attended the Boehringer Ingelheim-NIH National Veterinary Scholars Symposium, presented their work in the form of a poster, and completed their proposed project work plan by February 28th.
The recipient of the Boehringer Ingelheim Veterinary Scholar Research Award will receive a $1,500 honorarium, a plaque to recognize the recipient, a travel stipend to return to the summer symposium to present their project, and recognition in the Boehringer Ingelheim-NIH National Veterinary Scholars Symposium program.
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National Symposium
2015 Research Awardee
Geoffrey Zann, a third-year student at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, received the highly competitive national 2015 Merial Veterinary Research Scholar Award at the recent Merial-NIH National Veterinary Scholars Symposium.
The award consists of $1,500, a plaque and a stipend to attend the Symposium, where Zann gave a podium presentation of his research involving the study of patellar kinematics in dogs with rupture of the cranial cruciate ligament.
"The quality of Geoffrey's application, strength of his letters of recommendation and the diversity of his research work contributed to his selection as this year's winner," said Monica Figueiredo, a program director with Merial's Research and Development External Innovation Group and administrator of the annual award.