Grant Guidelines

Maddie's Shelter Medicine Externship Grant Guidelines

Maddie's Fund® is offering grants to U.S. Colleges of Veterinary Medicine to offer stipends to third and fourth year veterinary students interested in a Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Externship at adoption guarantee shelters.

Criteria:

  • All student externships must take place at approved adoption guarantee shelter facilities that employ at least one full-time veterinarian responsible for the care of the animals.
  • Recipients should have an appreciation of the no-kill philosophy.
  • All students awarded a Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Externship must honor Maddie's Fund's core values of honesty, integrity and mutual respect.

General information:

  • The maximum grant amount is $6,000 per institution per year with a $1,500 stipend limit for each student.
  • Applicant must be a faculty veterinarian.
  • All colleges receiving a grant for a Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Externship are required to name the externship Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Externship.
  • Reporting requirements include a final report from the awarded student(s) detailing their experiences and understanding of the no-kill philosophy.
  • There is no deadline for grant submission.
  • To apply for a Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Externship grant, 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 describing the criteria for how students will be selected to receive the Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Externship award.
  2. Curriculum vitae of the Faculty Coordinator.

    Adoption Guarantee Shelter Reporting Forms