Veterinary Scholars Program	AVMA/AVMF Summer Research Fellowship	Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Program	Morris Animal Foundation Veterinary Student Scholar Program	Hitchings Award
Students Accepted and Number of Applications allowed	1st or 2nd year, 2	Any with VSP experience, 1	DVM or PhD students, 2	1st or 2nd year, 1	2nd year and DVM or PhD, unlimited
Research Experience	N	Y	Y in DVM or PhD program	NA	NA
Application due, notification of acceptance or review process	Early February, Early March, Internal matching process	January, Late February, Internal review process and selection	Early February, Early March, Internal matching process	Early March, March - April, Internal review process and selection	Early March, March - April, External Triangle Community Foundation
Mentors	One from mentor list	Submitted with a faculty member	Two from mentor list	Submitted with a faculty member	Submitted with a faculty member
Weekly Seminar Series	R	SR	R	SR	O
Practice Oral Abstracts and Presentations	R	R	R	R	O
Attendance at BINVSS	O	R	R	O	O
Presentation at CVM Research Forum	R	SR	R	SR	SR
Duration and Compensation	10 Weeks (May-July) $5,000 Lump sum in June	10 Weeks (May-July) $5,000	12 Weeks (May-July) $5,750 Lump sum in June	10 weeks (May-July) $5,000	12+ Weeks (May-July) $5,000
Funding	NCSU-CVM/CMI, Resnick FFD, Endowments	AVMA/AVMF	NIH-T35 Grant	MAF	BWF, Hitchings

Mentor List
R = Required, SR = Strongly Recommended, O = Optional