The Hill's Public Health Award is sponsored by Hill's Pet Nutrition of Topeka, Kansas and coordinated by the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges. The annual award encourages the submission of veterinary-related papers to the Secretary's Award for Innovation in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. This writing competition mirrors the Secretary's Award and encourages both single discipline and interdisciplinary proposals. The written proposals must have a veterinary-related theme and award applicants must be enrolled in a veterinary medical curriculum.
The 2009 competition is now open. For an entry form, please click here (this is a 63k Adobe Acrobat PDF document).
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AAVMC is pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Innovations in Public Health Award. Click on the links below to read the winning entries.
2008 First Award ($2,000): Catherine Schmidt, Iowa State University, "Seniors for Seniors Hit the Streets." (719KB)
2008 Second Award ($1,500): Maureen Carolyn Gates , University of Pennsylvania, "One Health Continuing Medical Education: Advancing interdisciplinay communication on One Health issues." (1.2MB)
2008 Third Award ($1,000): Emily J. Cottam, Auburn University, "Drown Out Lyme Disease." (2.8MB)
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The Harold Wetterberg Foundation Scholarship.
The Harold Wetterberg Foundation is awarding scholarships for current or former New Jersey residents who are enrolled in post-graduate education in the field of veterinary medicine. Consideration will also be given to veterinary students who are currently enrolled in the second or third year of the DVM curriculum.
The 2009 competition is now open. For an entry form, please click here. (This is a 122k Adobe Acrobat PDF document).