Dr. Conrad and Judy Schmidt Family Student Debt Relief Scholarship

The Dr. Conrad and Judy Schmidt Family Student Debt Relief Scholarships are awarded annually to young swine veterinarians to offset a portion of their student loan debt. The intent is to relieve some of the burden associated with the significant financial cost of completing a veterinary medical education. The scholarships are funded through the Conrad Schmidt and Family Endowment within the American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation.

Two $7500 scholarships will be awarded annually during the AASV Annual Meeting.

The following criteria will be used to select the awardees:

1. Joined AASV as a student enrolled in an AVMA-recognized college of veterinary medicine
2. Attended the AASV Annual Meeting as a student
3. Maintained continuous membership in AASV since graduation from veterinary school
4. Is at least 2 years and at most 5 years post-graduation from veterinary school (2020, 2021, and 2022 DVM/VMD graduates will be considered for scholarships awarded in 2025)
5. Has been engaged in private veterinary practice, 50% or more devoted to swine, providing on-farm service directly to independent pork producers. Veterinarians who work for production companies, pharmaceutical companies, or universities are not eligible for this scholarship.
6. Has a significant student loan debt burden

Previous recipients of the Dr. Conrad and Judy Schmidt Family Student Debt Relief Scholarship or the AASVF-Zoetis Foundation Student Debt Relief Grant are no longer eligible to apply for either opportunity.

The application is available here. Make sure to download the file and use Adobe Reader or Acrobat to open, complete, and save the fillable pdf as Debtrelief_Lastname_Firstname.  (Don’t try to complete the form when it opens in your web browser; download and save it to your computer.)  Submit the completed application to foundation@aasv.org.

Applications are due December 1.