Veterinary Student Scholarships
Call for Abstracts – 2025 Student Seminar and Poster Session
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians announces an opportunity for veterinary students to make a scientific presentation at the AASV Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Interested students are invited to submit a one-page abstract of a research paper, clinical case study, or literature review for consideration. The submitting student must be a current (2024-25) student member of the AASV at the time of submission (renew here; new applicants apply here), and must not have graduated from veterinary school prior to March 2, 2025. Submissions are limited to one (1) abstract per student.
Abstracts and supporting information must be submitted online; see here for abstract submission instructions. Submissions must be completed before 11:59pm Central Daylight Time on Wednesday, September 11, 2024 (firm deadline). Late submissions will not be considered.
Students will receive an email confirmation of their submission. If they do not receive the confirmation email, they must contact Dr. Justin Brown (brownjt@iastate.edu) by Friday, September 13 with supporting evidence that the submission was made in time; otherwise the abstract will not be considered for judging.
The abstracts will be reviewed by an unbiased, professional panel consisting of private practitioners, academicians, and industry veterinarians using this Initial Abstract Review scoresheet. Fifteen abstracts will be selected for oral presentation in the Student Seminar at the AASV Annual Meeting. Students will be notified of the review results by October 15, 2024, and those selected to participate will be expected to provide the complete paper or abstract, reformatted for publication in the conference proceedings, by November 15, 2024.
Student Seminar
Student participants will receive presentation awards and compete for scholarships awarded through the AASV Foundation. The oral presentations at the meeting will be judged using this scoresheet to determine the scholarship amount.
The Zoetis Foundation has provided a $26,250 grant to the AASV Foundation to support awards and the top student presenter scholarship. This includes a $750 award for the student presenter of each paper selected for oral presentation at the meeting. Through the Zoetis Foundation’s grant, the AASV Foundation will also award a $5,000 scholarship to the student whose project and oral presentation are judged best overall.
Elanco Animal Health provides $20,000 in additional funding, enabling the AASV Foundation to award scholarships of $2500 each for 2nd through 5th place, $1500 each for 6th through 10th place, and $500 each for 11th through 15th place.
Student Poster Session
Abstracts that are not selected for oral presentation in the Student Seminar will be considered for presentation in a poster session at the annual meeting. Those who participate in the poster session will receive a $500 presentation stipend funded by the AASV Foundation through a grant from the Zoetis Foundation. All students selected to make a poster presentation will be expected to supply a brief paper, formatted for publication in the conference proceedings, by November 15.
Poster Competition
The presenters of the top fifteen poster abstracts compete for scholarship awards ranging from $200 to $500 in the Veterinary Student Poster Competition, sponsored by United Animal Health.
In all cases, the student presenter is required to attend the meeting in person to make the presentation. Recorded/virtual presentations will not be accepted unless the meeting converts to an entirely virtual event.
Instructions for Submission of Abstracts
Follow these instructions carefully. All submissions must be entered no later than 11:59 pm Central Daylight Time on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.
Scholarship Recipients
The roster of the past 25+ years of veterinary student scholarship recipients includes many active AASV members and current leaders.