This news item is about: Doctors practicing human medicine have many opportunities for conducting research, but for DVMs, the path to a career in veterinary research is much less clear. Recently, a delegation of 31 Cornell students traveled to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland to attend the annual Veterinary Scholars Program Symposium, where participants discussed new ways to support students who wish to pursue veterinary research. The American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges, the National Institutes of Health, and Boehringer Ingelheim (formerly Merial) hosted the meeting, which included student research presentations and informational sessions on alternative careers in veterinary medicine.