Grant Guidelines

Maddie's Shelter Medicine Course Grant Guidelines

Maddie's® Fund is offering funding to U.S. Colleges of Veterinary medicine for the development and implementation of a pre-clinical, didactic Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Course.

Criteria:

  • The proposed course must support the no-kill philosophy.
  • The proposed course must help advance adoption guarantee shelter practices and methods.
  • At least half of the proposed teaching material must demonstrate direct relevance to adoption guarantee shelter practices and methods.
  • Colleges awarded funding must honor Maddie's Fund's core values of honesty, integrity and mutual respect.

General Information:

  • The maximum grant amount is $15,000 per institution per year. The grant is potentially renewable annually.
  • Applicants must be faculty veterinarians.
  • All colleges receiving a grant for a Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Course are required to name the course Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Course.
  • All colleges receiving a grant for a Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Course are required to follow a recognition plan provided by Maddie's Fund.
  • An annual report is required and must include a summary of student evaluations.
  • There is no deadline for grant submission.
  • To apply for a Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Course, submit a proposal with all the items listed below to Dr. Laurie Peek via e-mail (grants@maddiesfund.org) or mail two copies to Maddie's Fund, 2223 Santa Clara Avenue, Suite B, Alameda, CA 94501.

Each copy of the proposal must include a:

  1. Cover page that clearly articulates how the course supports the no-kill philosophy and how it will help advance adoption guarantee practices and methods.
  2. Description of current level of involvement by the college with area animal shelters and any existing teaching, service or research that may overlap with the proposal.
  3. Description of the course demonstrating how at least half the teaching material is directly relevant to adoption guarantee practices and methods.
  4. Description of the naming opportunities, including naming the course Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Course.
  5. Budget.
  6. Curriculum vitae of the Course Coordinator.

Colleges awarded funding for a Maddie's® Comprehensive Shelter Medicine Program and/or a Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Teaching and Research Program are not eligible for funding for a Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Course.