Project Grant HDTRA12210043

This Project Grant award of $249,975.00 was provided by the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Veterinary Services Grant Program (CFDA 10.336) to the American Association of Bovine Practitioners. The funding will support the "Building Excellence in Rural Veterinary Practices" program, a new veterinary business management training initiative for early career veterinarians. Over 3 years, the program will provide direct training to 135...

This $249,602 Project Grant awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Veterinary Services Grant Program (CFDA 10.336) aims to enhance food animal welfare and reproduction training at Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine (TUCVM). The overarching goal is to stimulate interest and prepare TUCVM students for careers in livestock veterinary practice by strengthening the curriculum and expanding hands-on experiential learning opportunities. Key objectives include:...

This $146,796 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program (CFDA 10.217) will fund enhancements to the Transboundary and Emerging Diseases of Animals/Initial Accreditation Training (TEDA/IAT) online course developed by Iowa State University's Center for Food Security and Public Health. The project aims to leverage the existing TEDA/IAT course infrastructure to create...

The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $249,194 Project Grant to Texas A&M Agrilife Research under the Veterinary Services Grant Program (CFDA 10.336). The grant will fund a national survey of veterinary schools, private practitioners, and state animal health officials to determine attributes needed to recruit recent veterinary graduates and private veterinarians to areas with veterinary shortages. Based on the survey findings, the project will...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Veterinary Services Grant Program (CFDA 10.336) provides $244,491 to Midwestern University to address the shortage of food animal veterinarians serving Native American reservations. The program involves training veterinary students on rural food animal practice while exposing Native American youths on reservations to veterinary medicine career opportunities. Midwestern...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Veterinary Services Grant Program (CFDA 10.336), aims to enhance veterinary services and address veterinarian shortages in the Texas Panhandle, Eastern New Mexico, and Oklahoma Panhandle regions. The $249,996 award to Texas Tech University System will fund a three-year study to: (1) identify attitudes, beliefs, and challenges surrounding...

This federal Project Grant award of $249,319 from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Veterinary Services Grant Program (CFDA 10.336) aims to enhance veterinary education and training in underserved rural communities. The four key objectives are to: 1) Provide additional educational opportunities for veterinary students to gain experience in population health, practice management, and communication; 2) Enhance training for...

This Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program (CFDA 10.217) aims to strengthen and expand a collaborative program between the University of Illinois and Parkland College. The $293,948 award will fund focused student advising and expanded instructional capacity to accommodate increased enrollment in the joint Bachelor of Science in Animal Sciences and Associate of Applied Science in Veterinary Technology...

The Cheyenne River Animal Hospital in Edgemont, South Dakota was awarded a $125,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Veterinary Services Grant Program (CFDA 10.336) to address the shortage of large animal veterinary services in the South Dakota and Wyoming regions. The funding will support the clinic's efforts to enhance large animal veterinary services and expand service delivery through equipment upgrades, consulting services, staff allocation, producer education, and...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (CFDA 10.313), will provide $104,250 to incentivize a qualified veterinarian to deliver professional veterinary services for 3 years in a designated high-priority food supply shortage area in Pukwana, SD. The purpose of the VMLRP is to address critical shortages of veterinary professionals in rural and underserved...