Opportunities
Check out opportunities sent to us from external partners. This will be regularly updated
AVS/BVA Student Event Grant
AVS offers financial funds for student-led events that champion positive student welfare within veterinary schools. Are you gearing up to organise events that place the wellbeing of your peers at the forefront? Complete the form below with your event details, and the AVS committee, in collaboration with BVA, will carefully evaluate your submission and provide feedback accordingly.
While there is no set limit on the funds allocated per university, grants are distributed based on the perceived impact on student welfare. Please bear in mind that there is a finite pool of funds available for all awards throughout the year, which may necessitate partial funding for successful applicants. Kindly note that requests for alcohol-related funding will not be considered.
Meraki EMS Grant
In partnership with AVS, Meraki are giving away a £70 and £30 clinical EMS grant every month for 12 months from 1st July 2024.
The purpose of the grant is to encourage you to build the personable relationships necessary to achieve your learning goals and have a great placement.
To apply send in a cool or fun picture of you on placement interacting and engaging with the team and a completed application form.
Applications open 1st of the month and close 23.59 on the last day of the month. Applications will be assessed by Olly King, Founder of The Meraki Initiative and Evonne Lo of AVS committee.
Download your application form here.
Open to registered users of Meraki only. Register here now.
Go to Meraki for full details on how to apply, eligibility criteria and T&Cs.
Vets4Pets EMS Bursary
Vets4Pets will be funding students to complete Clinical EMS Placements in their practices. Bursary recipients will be given £407 per week for a 2 week placement, gaining practical hands-on experience in supportive practices. They will also have access to a Fast-Track application to our award-winning Vets4Pets Graduate Programme upon qualification.
Eligibility Criteria:
· The bursary is open to all the UK and Ireland vet schools
· Bursaries will only be awarded to students for their Clinical Years EMS placements
· Placements must take place from 1st June 2023 - 30th June 2024
· Placements must be at one of the specific Bursary-Practices listed below
· A maximum of one bursary will be allocated per student for a 2-week placement
Applications will run from 27th February – 26th March 2023 and will be via a single online form on this website: www.vets4pets.com/EMS
AVS / VDS EMS Grant
The Association of Veterinary Students (AVS) and The Veterinary Defence Society Limited (VDS) are delighted to announce the opening of 5 x £200 (or equivalent euro amount) AVS x VDS EMS Grants for 2024/5.
One of the key objectives of the AVS is to support students throughout their veterinary training. As a response to member feedback, AVS announced the inaugural AVS EMS (Extra Mural Studies) Travel Grants in May 2018 as part of a two-year project to support students with their extra mural studies.
The grants were designed to support students with financial aid to help complete EMS weeks, in particular, clinical EMS, at veterinary practices in the UK and Ireland. In 2019, the VDS launched the VDS Student Club to share tips, training and advice with students before they graduate and from 2021 onwards, the VDS sponsor this grant.
Further information is available here: AVS VDS EMS GRANT DOCUMENT
Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) offers the opportunity to see veterinary work from a non-practice perspective.
RCVS Fellows of the Future competition – present your original research at the Royal Institution in London!
RCVS are looking forward to welcoming new Fellows, existing Fellows and our aspiring Fellows of the Future at Fellowship Day
They will be running the Fellows of the Future competition so that undergraduate vet students, including those who have just completed their undergraduate studies and graduated no earlier than 2022, can contribute to the day by presenting their original research.
Students who are shortlisted will present their research live to the audience and judging panel.
Presentations should be no longer than five minutes.
The judging panel will make the final decision with results announced in the afternoon.
The winner will be awarded a prize of book tokens.
If you would like to enter this year’s competition, please complete the form below providing a title and summary of your research (500 words max) in Microsoft Word .doc or a PDF. You may also include up to two illustrations or diagrams in your uploaded document.
The deadline for submissions is Friday, 06 October 2023. Successful applicants will be informed in the week commencing Monday, 16 October 2023.
If you are selected to present, we will reimburse all reasonable expenses up to £150 for attending.
Enter here: https://www.rcvs.org.uk/forms/fellows-of-the-future-student-research-submissions/
Please direct any queries to fellowship@rcvs.org.uk