 AASV Foundation news
AASV Foundation grants
help students gain swine practice experience
The AASV Foundation is continuing its program to provide $200
grants to veterinary students who participate in a swine
externship. The Swine Externship Grant Program is now available to
all veterinary students, in an effort to encourage veterinary
students to consider swine medicine as a career option early in
their training. Formerly, the grants were available only to
students in their senior year. Students who complete an externship
of at least 2 weeks’ duration in a swine practice or a mixed
practice with a considerable swine component may apply for the
grant. Both the student and at least one member of the hosting
practice must be members of the AASV.
Applications are now available for students who will participate
in swine externships during the 2008–2009 school year.
In addition to student information, the grant application
requests a letter from the hosting practice containing details of
the planned externship. After the externship has been completed and
the practice has confirmed the student’s participation, the
student sends a brief report of his or her experiences to the AASV
Foundation before the funds are disbursed.
Nearly 50 students from the US and Canada have benefited from
the grant program since its inception in 2002.
Grants are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis to those
successfully completing the requirements. Students are encouraged
to submit their grant application as soon as they have confirmed
their externship dates. The grants are limited to one per
student.
To obtain grant application materials, go to www.aasv.org/students/externgrant.htm, or contact the
AASV office:
902 1st Avenue, Perry, IA 50220
Tel: 515-465-5255; Fax: 515-465-3832
E-mail: aasv@aasv.org.
Please also see the  PDF
of Foundation Fundraising Auction information.
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