Ten $5000 Scholarships to be Awarded in 2018

November 28, 2017 — AASV Staff

The AASV Foundation is pleased to announce that Merck Animal Health has doubled its support for the AASVF-Merck Veterinary Student Scholarship Program, enabling the foundation to award ten $5000 scholarships to sophomore and junior veterinary students in 2018. Now in its third year, the program seeks to identify future swine veterinarians and assist with their educational expenses. Applications are due December 31, 2017 for scholarships that will be announced at the 2018 AASV Annual Meeting.

Second- and third-year veterinary students enrolled in AVMA-accredited or -recognized colleges of veterinary medicine in the US, Canada, Mexico, South America, or the Caribbean Islands are eligible to apply. All applicants must be current (2017-18) student members of AASV. To apply, students submit a resume and the name of a faculty member or AASV member to serve as a reference, along with written answers to four essay questions. The application and instructions are available at www.aasv.org/foundation/2018/AASVF-MerckScholarships.php.

A committee of four conducts the selection process. Two foundation board members and two AASV members-at-large rank the applicants by scoring their past and current activities, level of interest in swine veterinary medicine, future career plans, and financial need. The scholarship recipients will be announced during the 2018 AASV Annual Meeting in San Diego, and the scholarship funds will be disbursed after the conference.

The AASVF-Merck Veterinary Student Scholarship Program is but one way in which the AASV Foundation fulfills its mission of "supporting the development and scholarship of students and veterinarians interested in the swine industry." For more information on scholarships and other AASV Foundation programs, see www.aasv.org/foundation.

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