The ACVP/Pfizer Scholarship in Veterinary Pathology

The purpose of the ACVP/Pfizer Scholarship is to train a minority student in veterinary pathology, with the goal of ACVP certification. One time funding is available. The training program may be a residency in anatomic or clinical veterinary pathology (with the goal of certification in the ACVP).

Program Requirements

1. The student/resident must be a member of an under-represented minority in science (Native American, African American or Hispanic American only).
2. The student/resident must be a U.S. citizen, legal permanent resident, or legally covered under a student visa. If not a U.S. citizen, the student should have the intention and ability to remain in the U.S. after the training program.
3. Prerequisites include a DVM (or equivalent) and prerequisites of the training institution/program from which the student/resident is applying.
4. The student/resident may spend a minimum of 3 months in a Pfizer laboratory during the training program to gain perspective of the roles of veterinary pathologists in industry.
5. The student/resident must plan to study for and take the ACVP Board Examination in Clinical or Anatomic Pathology. Individuals already boarded in one discipline (either clinical or anatomic pathology) are not eligible for this fellowship.
6. A pathologist on the Pfizer scientific staff will serve on the graduate training committee (or equivalent) of the student. This scientist must meet the requirements of the training institution for adjunct faculty status or equivalent position.

Funding
$50,000 is available for funding this position. The money may be used toward the student/resident’s stipend, benefits, fees, tuition, publication costs, travel to the ACVP annual meeting, and other educational expenses. The student/resident’s stipend and benefits should be equivalent to those of other trainees in similar positions or should follow NIH guidelines for post-doctoral fellowship funding. The training institution may supplement the funding to support the student/resident for more than one year. General university ‘overhead’ fees will not be granted from these funds.

Send your application by email to wcoe@acvp.org or to the ACVP office at 7600 Terrace Avenue, Suite 203, Middleton WI 53562.
Deadline: at this time, ACVP has no deadline for the Pfizer Fellowship.

Download the application form [PDF file - 37 K]

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