Veterinary Students Invited to Apply for the 2013 Pfizer Animal Health Scholarship Program

November 14, 2012 — 

For the fourth consecutive year, Pfizer Animal Health and the American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF) invite second- and third-year students of veterinary medicine to apply for the Pfizer Animal Health Scholarship. In an effort to help alleviate some of the burden of student debt, a minimum of 330 scholarships of $2,000 each will be awarded to assist students across various disciplines in veterinary medicine.

To apply for the Pfizer Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarship Program, students can visit http://www.vetstudentconnect.com or http://www.avmf.org/pfizer from October 1 to December 2, 2012.

Scholarship recipients will be selected based on traditional scholarship selection criteria, such as academic excellence and financial need. In addition, the scholarship will focus on meeting the ongoing needs of the veterinary profession: increasing diversity among practitioners in ethnic heritage, gender, socioeconomic background, professional aspirations, and improving the availability of veterinarians to serve in areas of the profession that have increased demand.

In 2013, Pfizer Animal Health will provide a minimum of $660,000 in student scholarships to eligible students in colleges of veterinary medicine in the U.S. and the Caribbean. Scholarships will be awarded to students in all areas of study, including food animal medicine, equine and small animal medicine, research, academia, and government services, among others. Award eligibility is subject to the guidelines established by individual schools.

In 2012, the program awarded 331 students with scholarships. The group included:

• 31 percent from diverse backgrounds
• 47 percent studying to practice food and mixed animal veterinary medicine
• 28 percent going into small animal practice
• 8 percent entering academia (research and clinical)
• Remaining students going into other areas of practice, such as public health, lab animal medicine and poultry

To learn more or apply for the Pfizer Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarship Program, students can visit http://www.vetstudentconnect.com or http://www.avmf.org/pfizer.