Student Travel Grants
| BVA Overseas Travel Grants |
| TAWS/BVA Overseas Travel Grants |
| Donkey Sanctuary Overseas Travel Grants |
| Harry Steele-Bodger Memorial Travel Scholarship |
| Other travel awards |
The BVA Overseas Group has produced guidance notes on working overseas. Intended to provide some basic information and guidance to those who are interested in this sort of work these notes are also very helpful to veterinary students undertaking projects overseas.
The BVA Overseas Travel Grants
Notes on the Form of Application
2008 Application Form as .pdf (for printing & posting)
2008 Application Form in MS Word (for e-mailing)
The BVA travel scholarship scheme, instituted in March 1983, awards grants (of up to £500 each) annually to undergraduates attending a veterinary school in the United Kingdom.
Applicants are required to be in their clinical years and should be undertaking a project (in a developing country) which contributes to sustainable development, including the promotion of good animal welfare. The project should be of benefit both to the student and the country concerned.
Since 1983 grants have been awarded to 87 veterinary students enabling them to undertake projects in 37 different developing countries.
The 2007 BVA grants were awarded to:
DAVID MILLS (Cambridge) to study on-farm welfare of Kenyan beef cattle and to carry out an assessment of the potential of developing countries to access niche high welfare export markets in the EU;
EMMA PEARSON (Glasgow) to raise community awareness about the importance of specific diseases in Masai cattle in Tanzania and help to sustain an enhanced food security involving small scale poultry and goat production;
ANIKET SARDANA (Bristol) to study the impact of extensive versus intensive cattle systems of livestock and environmental health in the Brazilian Pantanal: and
KATE WOOLLEY (Liverpool) to investigate the prevalence of tick-borne diseases of domestic dogs in the Serengeti region of Tanzania.
BVA Overseas Travel Grants previous recipients
Advice on overseas projects
Veterinary school staff and others willing to give advice and guidance - or provide contacts - to students interested in undertaking projects overseas.
Over the years the reports and presentations by grant recipients have been inspired and inspirational. The majority return fired with enthusiasm and grateful for opportunities they found to be fascinating, challenging and mind-broadening. The beneficial life skills of communication, adaptability and open-mindedness have been gained in the process. See below for a selection of reports.
BVA Overseas Travel Grants reports by recent recipients
Anisha Aiyappa Thailand 2006
An education strategy focusing on the perception of stray dogs with respect to welfare and public health
Louise Appleton Zambia 2006
An investigation into livestock diseases in the Liuwa Plains National Park
Amy Jennings Tanzania 2006
Research into tsetse flies and sleeping sickness
Sioned Timothy Uganda 2006
Goat farming in Uganda: investigating gastrointestinal parasites and their impact
Rosie Akester Mongolia 2005
Clinical problems affecting production in domestic livestock
Ruth Morgan - Ethiopia 2005
Research into the epidemiology of lameness in working donkeys - report 1 and report 2
Menai Edwards - India 2005
Cultural perception of animals in India: the effects on animal welfare and veterinary medicine
Margaret Clark - Peru 2005
Investigation into endemic populations of equine Babesia spp
Wendy Beauvais Kyrgyzstan 2004
Ways of improving productivity in Kyrgyz herds
Charlotte Joyce Kenya 2004
Resistance to parasitic helminths in indigenous African ruminants
Rachel Steele South Africa 2003
Epidemiology of FMD and tick-borne disease around Kruger National Park
Sean Wensley Uganda 2003
Research project on health monitoring of African owls in and around Kampala
Harriet Auty Tanzania 2002
Impact of brucellosis on agriculture and human health
Andy Morris Namibia 2002
Experience of local community and wildlife veterinary work
TAWS/BVA Overseas Travel Grants
Notes on the Form of Application
2008 Application Form as .pdf (for printing & posting)
2008 Application Form in MS Word (for e-mailing)
In addition to the BVA awards, TAWS (World Association of Transport Animal Welfare and Studies) - in collaboration with the BVA - supports veterinary undergraduates undertaking projects involving working transport animals or animals used for draught work in developing countries.
The aim of TAWS is to promote improved management, health and welfare of transport and draught animals. Many of the worlds poorest people are dependent on horses, oxen, donkeys, camels, mules and buffaloes to cultivate land and transport goods and people. The charity concentrates on long term health, welfare and management programmes and focuses on methods of treatment and management which are technically, culturally and economically right for the users.
The 2007 TAWS grants were awarded to CAROLINE FOALKS (RVC) to consider factors affecting the welfare of working equids in Mexico assessed using observational means and PATRICK SELLS (Liverpool) to travel - by motorbike to raise funds for SPANA! - to carry out a study of harness sores and injuries.
TAWS Overseas Travel Grants previous recipients
TAWS Overseas Travel Grants reports by recent recipients
Caroline Foalks - Mexico 2007/08
Welfare of working equids in Mexico
Patrick Sells Morocco 2007/08
Veterinary research trip with SPANA
Katherine Bunker - Morocco 2006
Dental disease in working equines in Morocco
Kelly Bowlt Egypt 2004
Harness injuries in equids
Kevin McPeake Tanzania 2004
Welfare of donkeys and oxen in the Dodoma area
Andrew Wallace Morocco 2003
Work with SPANA team trying to assess the value of their anthelmintic treatment exercise
TAWS Officers would be willing to give guidance on suitable countries, projects and contacts. Contact:
TAWS
Hardwick Court Farm
Hardwick Lane
Chertsey
Surrey
KT16 0AD
Tel/Fax: 01932 564366
E-mail: info@taws.org
Website: www.taws.org
Donkey Sanctuary Overseas Travel Grants
Notes on the Form of Application
2008 Application Form as .pdf (for printing & posting)
2008 Application Form in MS Word (for e-mailing)
The Donkey Sanctuary also makes available grants to cover travel and subsistence expenses to support veterinary undergraduates visiting a project site in Mexico, Ethiopia, Egypt, Kenya or India.
Projects are selected by the Donkey Sanctuary UK in conjunction with the overseas teams in each country. For further information about the grants and the type of work that may be offered please contact Joe Anzuino, Veterinary Adviser at the Donkey Sanctuary, on tel: 01395 573105, e-mail: joe.anzuino@thedonkeysanctuary.com
This year LUCY MEEHAN (Liverpool) and LIDEWIJ WIERSMA (Bristol) were selected to visit Donkey Sanctuary project sites in Ethiopia.
The aims of The Donkey Sanctuary are to prevent the suffering of donkeys worldwide through the provision of high quality, professional advice, training and support on donkey welfare. Overseas, teams of staff are helping literally hundreds more donkeys every day, by providing free veterinary treatment and giving practical advice to the owners who are dependent on their animals. For further information about the charity visit: www.thedonkeysanctuary.com
Harry Steele-Bodger Memorial Travel Scholarship
Particulars of the Award
Notes on the Form of Application
2008 Application Form as .pdf (for printing & posting)
2008 Application Form in MS Word (for e-mailing)
The Harry Steele-Bodger Memorial Fund was established in September 1953 to honour the memory of Henry W Steele-Bodger, President of the Association from 1939 to 1941, and Chairman of the Survey Committee from 1939 to 1946, in recognition of his great services to the veterinary profession and agriculture, particularly during the war years of 1939 to 1945.
The scholarship is intended to assist a visit by an individual to a veterinary or agricultural school or research institute, or some other course of study approved by the governing committee. The award is open to graduates of the veterinary schools in the UK and Ireland who have been qualified not more than three years, and to penultimate and final-year students. Applicants must be members of the BVA. The sum available for the 2008 award is expected to be about £1100.
The winner of the 2007 Award was JOE NEARY from Cambridge Veterinary School who visited northern Cameroon to undertake an investigation into the filarial nematode Onchocerca armillata, a parasite of West African cattle.
Harry Steele-Bodger Memorial Scholarship biography of Harry Steele-Bodger
Harry Steele-Bodger Memorial Scholarship reports by recent recipients
Saul Ing USA 2006
Ultrasound and small animal emergency service externship July/August 2006 North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Tim Potter USA 2005
Role of veterinarians in providing herd health consultancy services to large-scale dairy operations: visit to the Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center, Tulare, California (part of The University of California at Davis)
Claire Millard USA 2003 (Word format)
Externship programme Food Animal Reproduction and Herd Health at the University of California, Davis
Nial OBoyle Sweden & Switzerland 2003
New methods and concepts in the prevention of claw disease in dairy cattle
Helen Carty Uganda 2002
Relationship between coat colour and presence of trypanosome parasitaemia in Small East African Zebu cattle in South-East Uganda
For further information contact Helena Cotton at BVA on 020 7636 6541 (020 7908 6342 direct) or helenac@bva.co.uk
Other travel awards
Cats Protection & Dogs Trust Veterinary Student Research Scholarships
Cats Protection and Dogs Trust are inviting entries to their Veterinary Student Research Scholarships 2008 and are looking to sponsor two studies - one for cats and one for dogs. Each winner will receive £1,000 prize money plus project costs of up to £3,000 and a runner-up for each award will receive £500. Applicants are required to submit a detailed proposal for a research project on either cats or dogs, including a details budget and curriculum vitae. The closing date for entries is 1 March 2008.
For further information please contact:
Maggie Roberts at Cats Protection on 01825 741991, email veterinary@cats.org.uk
Chris Laurence at Dogs Trust on 0207 833 7662, email chris.laurence@dogstrust.org.uk
The Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust offers Fellowships to men and women from all walks of life and from every corner of the UK to acquire knowledge and experience abroad. In the process, they gain a better understanding of the lives and cultures of people overseas and, on their return, their expertise is enhanced greatly as is their effectiveness at work, and their contribution to the community. Applications are often invited from a wide spectrum of interests in science and technology.
For further information, see www.wcmt.org.uk or contact:
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
15 Queen's Gate Terrace
LONDON
SW7 5PR
Tel: 020 7584 9315