Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Graduate Cohort Form

IMPORTANT NOTICES

The Graduate Cohort Form must be submitted no later than 4:30pm EST, March 2, 2026.
The Graduate Cohort Form is IN ADDITION to the Background Information Form, which is required by all candidates.
Please note: if selected, students will receive their notice of interview and interview details via their University of Guelph email address.

Applicant First Name

Applicant Middle Name

Applicant Last Name

Applicant Birthdate

Applicant Email Address

1. Describe the most significant findings from your graduate program (1700 characters, including spaces).

2. Briefly explain how you see a training in research contributing to your future career as a veterinarian (1700 characters, including spaces).

3. Please list peer-reviewed papers in which you are an author and indicate the status of each (e.g. submitted, in press or published). 4 lines maximum per paper. For each paper, indicate your contribution (eg. authorship and condition of authorship). 2 lines maximum per paper.

Please provide a link to the published papers you have listed or provide the DOI to the online version. For submitted papers that are under the peer-review process please provide the authorship, title, journal submitted to, submission number, and date submitted.

If the status changes prior to April 1st, please inform DVM Admissions at admdvm@uoguelph.ca

4. Please list abstracts in which you are an author. For each, indicate:

i. The conference the abstract was accepted for.
ii. The date of the conference.
iii. Whether the abstract was presented as a poster or talk.
iv. If you presented the poster/talk.

5. Please list any other ways you disseminated the results from your graduate program (e.g. lay articles, presentations, research activity).

6. Please list all awards and/or scholarships you received as a graduate student. For each award please indicate what the award/scholarship was for and provide the website (URL) that describes each award.