2025 NVMA Veterinary Student Scholarship Application Template

The online scholarship application must be completed in one sitting. To make this easier, we’ve provided a copy-and-paste template you can fill out in advance, then paste into the online form when you are ready to submit.

You can either download a Microsoft Word template here and save it to your computer or copy the questions below into your own document such as Google Docs or another editor and use the template to draft and save your responses before starting the online application.

When you are ready to submit, return to the online application and copy your responses from your document into each matching field.

Questions included in the online application:

Full Name:

Email address:

Your birth date:

This year I am a: Sophomore, Junior, Senior

Your Cell Phone Number:

Street Address:

City:

State:

Postal Code:

Your school name and address:

School Phone Number:

Father's name, phone number, address and occupation:

Mother's name, phone number, address and occupation:

Names and ages of siblings:

Are you a resident of Nebraska? Yes/No

High school(s) and date(s) attended:

High school graduation date:

Pre-veterinary Education (list schools and dates attended):

Total credit hours earned:

Cumulative Undergraduate Grade-Point Average (GPA):

Veterinary Education (list schools and dates attended):

Veterinary School GPA:

Veterinary School Class Rank:

Number of Veterinary Students in Class:

Awards Received for Pre-veterinary Undergraduate and Veterinary Education:

Leadership Positions in Undergraduate Education and Veterinary Education:

Extracurricular Activities (Post High School/College and Civic, Charitable and Volunteer):

Present Employer (if any). Please list address, name of supervisor and length of employment:

List three places of most recent veterinary-related work and/or volunteer experiences (include name and address of employer, position and duties):

Previous Scholarships Awarded (name, amount, year awarded):

Other Financial Aid Applicant is Currently Receiving:

Financial Aid Available from Other Sources (parents, employer). Explain nature and extent of aid:

Present Amount Borrowed to Fund College Studies:

Earned Income Last Three Years (break out by year, and include income on W-2, other):

It is our aim to get to know you as well as possible through this application. With this in mind, please describe why you feel you should be considered for a NVMA scholarship. Please include what you consider to be your most rewarding accomplishment since high school (excluding admission to veterinary school), and your perception of the role played by leadership and experiential learning in preparing to become a professional. Enter Your Personal Statement Here:

Describe your career goals following graduation, where you see yourself practicing, and how you see yourself fitting into organized medicine, such as the NVMA and AVMA: