Grant Guidelines

Maddie's Fund^® is offering grants to U.S. Colleges of Veterinary Medicine for Maddie's^® Residency Training in Shelter Medicine.

Criteria:

• Colleges applying for funding for a Maddie's^® Shelter Medicine Residency Training grant must have an established shelter medicine program.
  
  
• Recipients should have an appreciation of the no-kill philosophy.
  
  
• Colleges awarded funding must honor Maddie's Fund's core values of honesty, integrity and mutual respect.
  
  

General information:

• The maximum grant amount is $50,000 per institution per year for a maximum of three years.
  
  
• Indirect costs may not exceed 10%.
  
  
• Applicant must be a faculty veterinarian.
  
  
• All colleges receiving a grant for a Maddie's^® Shelter Medicine Residency Training are required to name the residency Maddie's^® Shelter Medicine Residency.
  
  
• Reporting requirements includes an annual progress report detailing the resident's annual activities. Additionally, core shelters where the resident will receive clinical training will need to submit annual shelter statistics, using the Asilomar Accords Animal Statistics Table and definitions. These statistics will be submitted annually to Maddie's Fund as part of the annual report. [For more information about the Asilomar Accords, go to the Maddie's Fund website (www.maddiesfund.org/organizations/asilomar.html) or to the Asilomar Accords website (www.asilomaraccords.org).]
  
  
• Residency research funded by this grant must aim to improve the health and wellbeing of shelter animals and demonstrate direct relevance to adoption guarantee shelter practices and methods. Studies must follow accepted scientific principles so that results are credible. No terminal research projects will be accepted, and all studies involving the use of live animals must be approved by the institution's Animal Care and Use Committee.
  
  
• Any and all publications and presentations arising from the research are required to recognize Maddie's Fund.
  
  
• Copies of all publications stemming from this project should be submitted to Maddie's Fund at the time of publication.
  
  
• There is no deadline for grant submission.
  
  
• To apply for a Maddie's^® Shelter Medicine Residency Training 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:

1. A description of the College's shelter medicine program.
   
   
2. Cover page describing the criteria for how the resident will be selected to receive the Maddie's^® Shelter Medicine Residency.
   
   
3. A description of the proposed residency program including a description of the animal shelters where the clinical training will be conducted.
   
   
4. Budget.
   
   
5. Curriculum vitae of the Faculty Coordinator.