Monetary Opportunities From SAVMA
The following scholarships and grants are sponsored by SAVMA
and its committees throughout the year. All SCAVMA and affiliate members that
have paid dues for the current year are eligible for these opportunities. If the deadline has passed, look for updated deadlines
within the next year.
Tufts SCAVMA Travel Grant Guidelines 2010
Award guidelines:
The Tufts SCAVMA Travel and Externship Grant is funded by the Tufts Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association.
The scholarship is awarded to deserving SCAVMA members who demonstrate a strong desire to do veterinary-school related travel during their 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year of school.
At least twenty scholarships of at least $250 will be awarded in 2010.
Applications must be submitted by April 5th to Lillian Maselli via email at Lillian.Maselli@tufts.edu or as a hard copy to Lillian in her office: Room
215 Admin Bldg. Lillian will remove any personal identifying information
from the applications, and the SCAVMA board will then rate the applications.
Grant guidelines
Grant application
Auxiliary to the AVMA - 3% loans
Auxiliary to the AVMA offers 3% loans to qualified veterinary students. We are not a loan institution, but rather the Auxiliary to the AVMA trying to encourage veterinarians and veterinary students. Our loans are offered only to veterinary students. There are requirements:
1. A minimum credit score of 650.
2. Applicants must be citizens of the United States.
3. Applicants must be members of the SAVMA.
4. Applicants are eligible to apply for a maximum of $5,000 as a third-year student and a maximum of $5,000 as a first semester fourth-year student.
Separate application forms and credit check fees are required for each loan cycle. Completed applications must be submitted to the Auxiliary to the AVMA office by September 1, December 1, March 1, or June 1 of the year in which the student is eligible. Checks will be distributed to students approximately October 1, January 1, April 1, and July 1 respectively.
Deadline:September 1, December 1, March 1, or June 1
More information and applications: Website - http://www.avmaaux.org/student.html
Committee on Communications - Grant
The Committee on Communications awards Public Relations grants to student groups completing projects that promote the veterinary medical profession to the public or provide some kind of outreach to the community. We will be giving out four (4) $250 grants at the AVMA convention in July 2007. Download application here [.doc].
Deadline:May 20, 2007
Submit application to:Michael Altmeier - altmeiem@vet.upenn.edu
Economics, Finance, and Management Committee - Awards
Two awards are available: one $750 award for club excellence and one $250 award for start-up clubs (within the first two years of club inception) to help business clubs at veterinary schools promote business education for students. The start-up award can only be given once to an organization. Once the club has been honored with the start up award, they are then eligible for the excellence award the following year. The start-up award is not a prerequisite for the excellence award. An organization is eligible every year for the excellence award, regardless of previous awards received. A school is eligible to win both awards in the same year, as long as applications are filled out properly. Additionally, the student that completed the applications for the winning clubs each year will be rewarded with a $50 prize. Contact for an application.
Contacts:Melissa Austin - mcaty4@mizzou.edu or Whitney Miller - whitney.miller@colostate.edu
Education & Licensure Committee - Essay Contest
The question for this year's contest is: "What is the best piece of advice you have gathered from a mentor/teacher for getting through veterinary school, the profession, or clinics and why?" The winner will receive $150 and a set of Mosby Review books will be donated to the winner's school.
Deadline: February 29, 2008
Submit essay to: Savma Elc - savma.elc@gmail.com
Education & Licensure Committee - Grant
The Education and Licensure Committee offers a grant to veterinary student organizations to provide funding for wet labs or lectures supplementing their college’s curriculum. The vision for this grant is for student organizations or clubs to design either a lecture and/or wet lab for a topic that students would not otherwise be exposed to. One $250 dollar grant will be offered each Fall and Spring, and the grant applications will be judged by members of the SAVMA Education and Licensure Committee.
Fall Deadline: October 5, 2007
Spring Deadline: February 29, 2008
Submit essay to: Savma Elc - savma.elc@gmail.com
Emerging Issues Committee - Essay Contest
The Emerging Issues Committee acts as a resource/contact/information center for emerging issues in the profession which affect veterinary students. The Committee is a dynamic entity that is currently serving in four main areas: ecological health, public health, non-traditional career paths, and bioterrorism and agro-terrorism. The EIC sponsors an essay contest each year, with winners selected at the AVMA Convention in July. Essay topics are announced each spring - check the SAVMA website for more details.
International Veterinary Student Relations Committee - Award and Scholarships
One $500 award to the student chapter that best exemplifies the mission of the IVSRC and two $500 scholarships to students that participate in an approved International Veterinary Student Association exchange.
Student Chapter Award
Memo download here [.pdf]
Application download here [.pdf]
Deadline: March 1, 2007
Submit application to: Amanda Ardente - ajardent@ncsu.edu
Scholarships
Guidelines download here [.pdf]
Application download here [.pdf]
Deadline: February 1, 2007
Submit application to: Amanda Ardente - ajardent@ncsu.edu
Multicultural Student Outreach Committee - Grants
The Multicultural Student Outreach Committee communicates and addresses the concerns of our diversifying student body to the SAVMA House of Delegates, strives to educate students about the importance of diversity and multicultural compentency within our profession and provides public awareness of the multifaceted field of veterinary medicine. It awards ten $100 diversity grants each year for outreach organizations or events. Download application here [.pdf].
Deadline:3 weeks prior to event
Submit application to:Kristin Repyak - ksrepyak@wisc.edu
Native American Project Committee - Stipends
The Native American Project Committee coordinates student externships for veterinary students wishing to work with the Navajo Nation Veterinary Program in Arizona. This position enables students to assist with implementation of veterinary programs offered on the reservation and provides them with the opportunity to experience some of the cultural aspects of Navajo life. Each year they award five $500 stipends for student externships. For more information, see the NAP homepage.
The Teaching Excellence Awards (TEA)
Committee judges two nominations from each University, one Clinical Science nomination and one Basic Science nominations. Judges will submit their results one week before the first day of Symposium, and the TEA winners will be announced to the SAVMA House of Delegates (HOD) during Symposium. The two winners (one professor of Basic Science and one professor of Clinical Science) and the other professors that were nominated will be notified by mail immediately after Symposium. Download application here [.doc].
Deadline: January 1, 2007
Submit applications to: Michael Altmeier - altmeiem@vet.upenn.edu
The Vet Gazette - Prizes
The Vet Gazette, the official journal of the Student AVMA, awards prizes for content submitted. For each issue: the school with the most submissions receives $100 for their SCAVMA chapter, the author of the best overall submission receives a total of $125, the authors of the best submissions for "Life as a Vet Student" "Forum Topics", or "Case Reports/Research Abstracts" receive $75 each, the top two submissions for "Creative Corner" each receive $50, and two correct responders for the trivia topic each receive $50. For more information, check out The Vet Gazette.
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