Scholarships for Veterinarians

Winner's Circle Scholarship Program

• The American Association of Equine Practitioners collaborates with the Race for Education to provide one student with a scholarship from 33 veterinary medicine colleges in North America each year. Recipients must be in their senior year in a school program and pursue equine veterinary medicine studies, and be an active member in their AAEP; the AAEP recognizes strong leadership roles in these organizations. The AAEP designed the Winner's Circle Scholarship Program specifically to help students with the cost of studies in equine veterinary medicine for future practitioners, and to encourage loyalty to the Race for Education and the AAEP and thoroughbred racing industries. Students may apply during their junior year in an accredited school program by filling out an application and submitting it to the AAEP student chapter faculty advisor at their school.

  Winner's Circle Scholarship Program
  American Association of Equine Practitioners
  4075 Iron Works Parkway
  Lexington, KY 40511
  859-233-0147
  aaep.org/

Zimmer Foundation

• The Zimmer Foundation offers one student a $20,000 scholarship annually for studying at an accredited institution for veterinary medicine. The Zimmer Foundation welcomes applicants who have volunteered at a non-profit organization for a year that offers care to orphaned felines. Applicants interested in this scholarship should research geriatric feline care issues because the application requires an essay outlining original research regarding felines. Winners of the scholarship can renew the award on an annual basis to defray educational expenses.

  Zimmer Foundation
  PO Box 6815
  Santa Fe, NM
  505-466-1676
  zimmer-foundation.org/

American Kennel Club

• The Veterinary Student Scholarship Program sponsored by the American Kennel Club has aided potential veterinarians by offering scholarship awards to cover school expenses for over a decade. The Veterinary Student Scholarship award offers $135,000 that is separated into numerous awards. Examples of scholarship awards include three awards offering $15,000: President's Award, Chairman's Award and the Dr. Asa Mays Award, plus twenty other scholarship awards totaling $5,000 each from the American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery. The American Kennel Club provides these scholarships to students for their academic achievement and for past and present research or work with purebred dogs.

  American Kennel Club
  8051 Arco Corporate Drive
  Suite 100
  Raleigh, NC 27617-3390
  919-233-9767
  akc.org/