AASVF-Zoetis Foundation Student Debt Relief Grants

The AASVF-Zoetis Foundation Student Debt Relief Grants are awarded to 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 a grant provided by the Zoetis Foundation and awarded through the American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation.

Ten $7500 grants will be awarded during the 2025 AASV Annual Meeting.

The following criteria are used to select the awardees:

1. Graduated from an AVMA-accredited college of veterinary medicine
2. Joined AASV as a student while pursuing a veterinary degree
3. Maintained continuous membership in AASV since graduation from veterinary school
4. Is at least 2 years and at most 10 years post-graduation from veterinary school (2015 through 2022 DVM/VMD graduates for grants to be awarded in 2025)
5. Career focus has been 50% or more devoted to swine since graduation
6. Currently has a 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.