The University of Tennessee, College of Veterinary Medicine received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Higher Education - Multicultural Scholars Grant Program (CFDA 10.220).
The grant will fund a program to recruit and support underrepresented minority students pursuing Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees, with the goal of increasing diversity within the veterinary profession. Key deliverables include monitoring recruitment and academic progress of multicultural scholars, collecting data on scholars' clinical training competencies, conducting cultural competence assessments of all students, and tracking post-graduation outcomes like licensure exam passage and employment. Aggregated data will be shared with faculty and students to advance diversity and cultural understanding at the College. The five-year program aims to create a more diverse and skilled veterinary workforce able to better serve diverse communities.
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