Travel awards to support trainees and junior investigators presenting abstracts at regional and national scientific meetings.  These awards are competitive; a limited number of grants are awarded on a rolling basis throughout the academic year.  Each grant provides reimbursement of presentation-related expenses of up to $2,000; more details and the application requirements can be found on the application for funding. Your application must be received by CVRI at least 30 days prior to your presentation.  

Each academic year, CVRI sponsors leaders in cardiovascular research to serve as visiting professors and provide a seminar addressing a cardiovascular topic and of interest to a broad audience.  These visiting professors, hosted by the requesting department, provide lectures to and interact with our research community, with a particular focus on interdepartmental interactions with our early career scientists.  Administration of this award will be handled by the requesting department or division.  Information on CVRI Co-Sponsorship of Cardiovascular Seminars can be found on the Application for Visiting Professor Funding.

The goal of this program is to provide additional avenues of career support to our early career investigators, primarily CVRI’s early career advisory committee and junior investigators who have participated in CVRI’s programs. 

We will aim to pair mentees with mentors based on specific mentorship needs on an as requested basis.  You are welcome to request a specific mentor, however their availability is not guaranteed. 

Specific mentorship needs may include requests for either short-term or on-going mentorship in the following areas of support: 

• Grant or manuscript writing
• Clinical trials
• Career development
• Work/Life balance
• Establishing collaborations
• How to become a successful independent investigator
• Women in Medicine
• Research in Industry
• Other

CVRI Mentorship Request Form

Summer research fellowships for first year medical students. The CVRI sponsors fellowships at $4,000 each for cardiovascular-related research project; UVM mentors of fellowship recipients also receive assistance with research supplies.  These fellowships are awarded through a proposal mechanism at the Office of Medical Student Education.  Please e-mail CVRI at CVRI-VT@med.uvm.edu for more information. 

CVRI provides internal review of grant applications and biosketches to support cardiovascular research. E-mail CVRI-VT@med.uvm.edu for more information.  *NOTE: The request for internal review must be made at least 6 weeks before the submission deadline. Please include the funding mechanism to which you are applying for.