SEVEC supports veterinary education research by providing grant funding and facilitating mentoring relationships.
Veterinary Education Research Grants 2024 Request for Proposals
We are pleased to announce the Veterinary Education Research Grants 2024 Request for Proposals. The goal of the Southeastern Veterinary Education Consortium Educational Research Grants Program is to encourage and cultivate collaborative education research scholarship among SEVEC members within and across institutions.
Submissions are due September 30, 2023 at 11:59pm eastern time. Grant review will be conducted by an inter-institutional panel of veterinary educators in mid October 2023, and those invited to resubmit their revised proposals will be able to do so from November 1 – November 15, 2023. Decisions will be emailed to the Primary Investigator no later than November 30, 2023. Funds for successful proposals will be available beginning on or around January 15, 2024, and remain available through January 15, 2025, unless an extension is granted.
Instructions: Review the Request for Proposals below for detailed instructions on writing the proposal. Use the Budget Template link below to access the MS Word version of the template. Save your proposal narrative, budget, and a brief biographical sketch (including veterinary education-related publications and external grant funding received) as one MS Word or PDF file, then click the Submission form link below and complete the form.
Request for Proposals / Budget Template
Please send questions regarding your proposal to any member of the Veterinary Education Research subcommittee: Katherine Fogelberg, Jesse Watson, Misty Bailey, Jennie Hodgson, and Laura Nelson. For technical questions, contact Sherry Clouser.
Funded Project for 2022:
Development and Validation of a Low-Cost Equine Upper Respiratory Tract Endoscopy Model – Undine Christmann, LMU
Funded Projects for 2021:
The Validation of an Equine Castration Model – Elizabeth Devine, LMU
Assessment of a modified equine cadaver as teaching tool of equine arthrocentesis – Carrie Jacobs, NCSU
Funded Projects for 2020:
Multicenter Survey of Veterinary Student Preparedness to Prescribe Antimicrobials – Tessa LeCuyer, VA MD
Is “one session, one skill” always better? The impact of number of skills taught per clinical skills laboratory session on learner cognitive load and skill retention. – Heidi Banse, LSU
The effects of game-based learning on study habits of 4th year veterinary students. – Bobbi Conner, VA MD
Perspectives on failure to fail in veterinary clinical education: Comparing and contrasting student and faculty perspectives. – Mee Ja Sula, UTK
“Dolphin Tank” Program
During the 2020 Vet Ed Boot Camp, we hosted our very first “Dolphin Tank,” including quick veterinary education research pitches. Dolphin Tank has returned at each Vet Ed Boot Camp, funding more projects. Congratulations to them and thanks to all of the participants!
Funded Project for 2023:
Validation of bovine clinical skills training models and rubrics – Lynda Miller, Julie Hunt, & Victoria Morris – LMU
Funded Project for 2022:
Companion animal caretakers’ attitudes and perceptions of veterinary communication in shared decision-making about antimicrobial use in dogs and cats – Amy Snyder & Devorah Marks Stowe – NCSU
Funded Project for 2021:
Reliability and Measurement of the Self-Regulation of Learning Self-Report Scale (SRL-SRS) in Veterinary Students – M. Katie Sheats & Olivia Petritz, NCSU
Funded Projects for 2020:
Development and Validation of a Ovine Caesarian Section Model – Philippa Gibbons, LMU
Development of a Veterinary Medical Peer Evaluation Tool for Use Within a Multi-Institutional Peer Evaluation Exchange Network – Stacey Fox-Alvarez, UF
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