• AAAP FOUNDATION EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM
    Deadline: December 15
     
  • The American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP) Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation engaged in charitable, scientific and educational activities. The Kenneth Eskelund Externship Poultry Medicine Training Program was established in 1988 by Dr. Eskelund as evidence of his ardent support of the AAAP. The purpose of the externships is to enable interested veterinary students to participate in poultry medicine training programs in order to expand their education, training, and veterinary skills through practical experience in their specialized field. The Foundation annually offers individual awards of up to $1,500.00 to veterinary students to help them defray housing, living and travel expenses incurred while attending poultry medicine training programs under the auspices of their veterinary medical schools. Eligible students must be in the 2nd, 3rd or 4th year of study at an AVMA accredited college of veterinary medicine located in the U.S.A., Canada, Mexico, or the Caribbean Islands. The AAAP has solicited the cooperation of its members in establishing a variety of training sites including universities, diagnostic laboratories, poultry production companies and poultry breeding companies.  
    Application Process 1. The application and faculty endorsement forms found on the AAAP website must be completed by December 15, 2024 in order to be considered for the 2024/2025 academic year. Also the applicant’s veterinary school transcripts must be mailed, emailed or faxed to the AAAP business office by the December 15th deadline. 2. Applicants selected to receive this externship will be notified by February 1, 2025. 3. Applicants must then negotiate with the contact person from the provided list of externs to determine the exact training period. (The student may propose other externs known to them, but they must first be approved by the committee before final approval of the externship.) 4. AAAP must be notified by March 30, 2025 of when and where the applicant will do the externship, providing the name of the contact person and the extern. 5. Final approval for the externship will be when all above items are completed. 
    Application Instructions A complete application consists of: 1. A completed application form. The online application form can be found below. Before beginning the application, applicants will need to gather address/contact information for themselves, their veterinary school, undergraduate school and any other graduate school. Also needed is a contact name, telephone number and email address for the applicant’s Academic Affairs Office and the applicant’s number of completed hours of course work. 2. Two completed faculty endorsement forms. Faculty endorsement forms can be found on the AAAP website. The faculty member should be familiar with the applicant’s interest in poultry medicine. The faculty member will send his/her recommendation to the applicant who will upload the endorsement form as part of this application. 3. An official transcript of grades. Please send to: Eskelund Externship Scholarship AAAP Foundation 12627 San Jose Blvd., Suite 202 Jacksonville, FL 32223-8638
    E-mail: aaap@aaap.info   
     
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  • CONDITIONS OF SCHOLARSHIP It is expressly understood that students will not be provided with insurance by the extern unless otherwise stated on the externship information sheet. Students will be serving their externship at their own risk and that neither the AAAP Foundation, Inc., its affiliate, successors, nor assigns shall be liable for any claims damages or causes what-so-ever arising out of or in conjunction with student participation in this externship program. It is expressly understood that students awarded externship will be under no obligation, contractual or by expectation, to perform future services for either AAAP Foundation, Inc. or the organization operating the training facility. Financial reimbursement, up to $1,300.00, will be paid following the submission to the Foundation of: 1. The completed externship evaluation form 2. An itemized list of expenses incurred during the approved time period at the approved training site. Original copies of the hotel, airline and rail receipts are required. Meals should be itemized by day and must be reasonable expenses not exceeding your university limits. Use of a private vehicle will be paid at 57 cents per mile when itemized by day. Any expenses submitted for reimbursement other than what is outlined in this paragraph are subject to Foundation approval. Recipients of externship awards will be required to substantiate the proper use of their grants and the foundation will seek to recover any improperly used funds.  
     
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