Merck Animal Health Veterinary Student Innovation Awards
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Eligible organizations
- Graduating seniors at AVMA-accredited veterinary schools in the U.S. and Canada
- Students in good academic standing
- Award Recognition: One award recipient per accredited veterinary school (one per school)
- Student wellness and mental health initiatives
Other requirements
- Demonstrated innovation, entrepreneurship, and creative forward-thinking in development of a project or product
- Project/product must inspire others within the veterinary profession
- Focus Areas: Innovation in:
- Business development and entrepreneurship
Overview
Funder: Merck Animal Health in partnership with American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF)
Purpose: Recognize graduating seniors at accredited veterinary schools who have demonstrated innovation, entrepreneurship, and creative forward-thinking
Geographic Scope: United States and Canada (schools accredited through the American Veterinary Medical Association)
Eligible Applicants:
- Graduating seniors at AVMA-accredited veterinary schools in the U.S. and Canada
- Students in good academic standing
- Demonstrated innovation, entrepreneurship, and creative forward-thinking in development of a project or product
- Project/product must inspire others within the veterinary profession
Award Recognition: One award recipient per accredited veterinary school (one per school)
Focus Areas: Innovation in:
- Business development and entrepreneurship
- Student wellness and mental health initiatives
- Community outreach and education
- Technology and software development
- Clinical innovation and technique development
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
- Environmental wellness
- Practice management solutions
- Research methodologies
- Digital health and telemedicine
Address: 1931 N Meacham Rd # 100, Schaumburg, IL 60173
What American Veterinary Medical Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 115
- Total given
- $2.07M
- Median grant
- $8,000
- Range
- $5,005–$500K
- By dollars: Illinois 26%, Ohio 13%, New Jersey 11%. Top recipient cities: Tampa, FL; Raleigh, NC; Richmond, VA.
- <1% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 58% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
American Veterinary Medical Association · Schaumburg, IL
General operating support
$500K
Medvet Associates LLC · Worthington, OH
Disaster relief
$241K
Everycat Health Foundation · Wyckoff, NJ
Research
$211K
GSV Holdings LLC · Wheat Ridge, CO
Vccf
$81K
Worldwide Vets Incorporated · Lees Summit, MO
Disaster relief
$40K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Education
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