2025 VETERINARY STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

Thank you for your interest in the 2025 Mike Dunn, DVM Veterinary Student Scholarship created by Becky Godchaux.

Please read the 2025 Scholarship Rules below, and follow the How to Apply steps below to apply for this scholarship. If you have questions, please email scholarship@vinfoundation.org.

2025 SCHOLARSHIP RULES:

This scholarship will award two students who apply to and are accepted to the first year of veterinary school, up to $35,000 per year each, for a total of up to $140,000 for the duration of awardee’s attendance at veterinary school, up to four years.
Scholarship is restricted to first-year veterinary students admitted for Fall of 2025 only.
Scholarship is restricted to veterinary students who are committed to practicing companion animal veterinary medicine.
Scholarship awards are to be used for tuition and fees only, paid directly to the awardees’ schools.
This scholarship only funds veterinary students who attend a veterinary school in the United States with estimated total tuition and fees at time of award not exceeding $170,000 for the duration of the program.
Only the first 300 applications will be accepted for consideration.
AI tools are not allowed to be used for application questions and personal statement.
Each applicant must have a letter of recommendation submitted by October 15, 2024 in order to be eligible for this scholarship. Each applicant is responsible for sending their recommender the Letter of Recommendation page link.
If an applicant is a top ranked finalist, a video interview is required along with proof of acceptance and commitment to a qualifying veterinary school based on the scholarship rules.
Scholarship recipients are required to participate in a follow-up process to help promote and evaluate the impact of the scholarship. This includes, but is not limited to, providing VIN Foundation with feedback on the scholarship application and funding process along with supporting outreach efforts for future potential awardees.
Scholarship recipients are required to participate in VIN Foundation mentoring support programs including targeted mentoring support (mental health and financial wellness, and other programs available through VIN Foundation).
Scholarship recipients are required to show continued proof of enrollment in veterinary school.

HOW TO APPLY:

Complete the application form below. Make sure to pay attention to word count limits.
Include a 750 word statement, highlighting why you are the best choice to receive this scholarship:
- This is your opportunity to explain in more detail why you are a deserving applicant. Tell us who you are, not just how good you are. What personality traits and goals do you have that make you the best applicant for this scholarship? Do you have unique financial needs? In short, why you?
- It is recommended for your personal statement to be unique, and not the same as your veterinary school application statement.
- Your statement must be in English, with a maximum of 750 words.
- You will paste your statement into the submission field titled “Please paste your personal statement”.
- To reduce the impact of unconscious bias in judging, we suggest you omit your name and other identifying information from your personal statement. However, if your personal background or intersecting identities are key to your story, you should feel free to include them.
Submit the application by October 1, 2024 at 11:59pm PT. Double check that you have answered all the questions and click the “Submit your scholarship application” button at the bottom of the page.
Make sure your letter of recommendation is submitted by October 15, 2024 through the Letter of Recommendation page. The recommender must provide the same email for you in their form submission as you do on this application. You as the applicant are responsible for sending your recommender the Letter of Recommendation page link.

You may use this Google Doc template as a working space for your answers prior to pasting them into the application fields below.