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Apply by Dec 1 - Early-Career Swine Veterinarians for Debt Relief

November 22, 2023 — AASV Staff

Twelve $7500 grants to be awarded!

The AASV Foundation is pleased to announce two opportunities for AASV members to apply for debt relief. Applications are due December 1 for a total of twelve $7500 grants to be awarded at the 2024 AASV Annual Meeting. While the application process is the same for both opportunities, the eligibility requirements are different, as described below and at aasv.org/foundation/debtrelief.php.

Dr. Conrad and Judy Schmidt Family Student Debt Relief Scholarships

The foundation will award two $7500 scholarships to AASV members 2 to 5 years post-graduation from veterinary school (2019, 2020, or 2021 graduates) who are engaged in private veterinary practice devoted 50% or more to swine, providing on-farm service directly to independent pork producers. The recipient must have maintained continuous AASV membership since joining as a student and must also have attended the AASV Annual Meeting while in veterinary school.

AASVF/Zoetis Foundation Student Debt Relief Grants

New this year! The AASV Foundation has partnered with the Zoetis Foundation to award ten $7500 grants to swine veterinarians to help relieve their student debt burden. In addition to private practitioners, AASV members who work for production companies, universities, and pharmaceutical companies are encouraged to apply. Any member who graduated from an AVMA-accredited college of veterinary medicine in the years 2014 through 2021, joined AASV as a student member, and whose career since graduation has been 50% or more devoted to swine is eligible to apply.

Those who meet eligibility requirements for the Schmidt scholarship also qualify for the AASVF-Zoetis Foundation grant and will automatically be considered for both opportunities from the same application. Previous recipients of either award are not eligible to reapply.

To Apply

To apply, complete and submit the application available at aasv.org/foundation/debtrelief.php to foundation@aasv.org by December 1. The scholarship recipients will be announced during the 2024 AASV Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.

For more information, contact foundation@aasv.org.

AASV staff contributed to or researched this story. For more information about the AASV, please visit http://www.aasv.org/.