ACVS Resident Travel Education Grant
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Community
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Networking
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Education • Community • Networking •
Our Why
The American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS), with funding provided by the ACVS Foundation, is
partnering with the Diversify Veterinary Medicine Coalition (DVMC) to offer Resident Education Travel
Grants to the 2025 ACVS Surgery Summit in Seattle, WA.
This grant supports both ACVS’s strategic goal of improving residents’ access to continuing
education opportunities and DVMC’s aim to increase representation from historically underrepresented
communities in the veterinary profession, improving access to quality care for more animals and
service to the community.
Join us for the 2025 ACVS Surgery Summit
The ACVS Surgery Summit is the largest gathering of the ACVS community, offering valuable learning and networking opportunities for residents. Five surgery residents (residents (ACVS)) will receive education travel grants for complimentary registration to the 2025 ACVS Surgery Summit, domestic airfare (economy coach ticket), and hotel accommodations. Rideshare costs to and from the airport will be eligible for reimbursement upon submission of receipts after the Summit. Receipts for meals during travel and meals not already provided by ACVS as part of the Summit may also be submitted for reimbursement within the College’s reimbursement limits.
Learn more about the opportunities at the 2025 ACVS Surgery Summit!
May 1, 2025
Applications Open
June 1, 2025
Application Deadline
June 19, 2025
Recipients Notified
Who should apply?
The grant application is open to residents (ACVS) currently training at all ACVS-registered veterinary surgery training programs.
Residents from historically underrepresented communities are strongly encouraged to apply.
How to Apply
Residents must submit a personal statement (maximum 500 words) addressing the following:
“Explain your journey towards becoming a veterinary surgery resident. Focus on how attending the Surgery Summit aligns with your goals and how specific experiences and milestones have shaped your
path. Discuss how diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) have played a role in your career path and if you personally faced any challenges due to underrepresentation.” (Word limit: 500 words)
In addition, submit a one-page letter of support from a mentor or supervisor who is a board-certified ACVS Diplomate.
All responses will be kept anonymous during review.
Apply for the 2025 ACVS Surgery Summit Resident Education Travel Grant
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“There were so many talks. I wish I could split myself into three at times so that I could go catch all of the lectures because there was just so much I wanted to see.”
Dr. Anya Morrissey | ACVS 2024
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"There are seats for you in rooms that you didn't even know about, and that is basically what this grant embodies."
Dr. Brittany A. Veerasammy | ACVS 2024
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"My favorite experience in the event was actually the networking - talking to persons that are in my same position to people that do the same amount of what we do clinically."
Dr. Pedro Olivencia-Morell | ACVS 2024