Grant Guidelines for Colleges of Veterinary Medicine
Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Externship
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 suitable adoption guarantee shelter facilities.
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 (info@maddiesfund.org) or snail mail (Maddie's Fund, 2223 Santa Clara Avenue, Suite B, Alameda, CA 94501).
Each copy of the proposal must include a:
Cover page describing the criteria for how students will be selected to receive the Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Externship award.
