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AVMA External Opportunities

AVMA Fellowship Program

Every veterinarian possesses the skills needed to make a difference. The AVMA Fellowship Program is an unparalleled opportunity to shape public policy while enhancing your knowledge of the political process.  

Here's what AVMA fellows do:

  • Serve for one year in Washington as scientific advisors to members of Congress or congressional committees.
  • Shape and influence key legislation on a variety of issues.
  • Receive up to $6,000 to offset the cost of health insurance premiums.
  • Use science-based decision-making in public policy development.
  • Influence important public policy discussions.

Click here to access more details about the program and the application on the AVMA Website.

 

AVMA Veterinary Leadership Conference Emerging Leader Application

The Veterinary Leadership Conference (VLC) is the veterinary profession's premier conference for leadership development. Through a unique mix of CE sessions, AVMA governance meetings, and networking, attendees expand and hone leadership skills while connecting with a diverse network of colleagues from all walks of the veterinary profession.

The application will only be open from September 1st - October 1st each year.  To access the application, click here.

Click here to access more details about the conference on the AVMA Website.

 

AVMA Governmental Relations Student Externship Program

The AVMA extern program pairs talented veterinary students with the AVMA Government Relations Division for a four-week program that introduces the breadth of public policy issues facing our profession and provides hands-on lobbying experience with Capitol Hill legislators and staff.

Externs discover the scope of veterinary medicine in the various branches of government while expanding your understanding of the legislative process and the veterinarian's role in that process.  It's an opportunity to learn a facet of the profession that you won't find in school – and make a difference in shaping the profession.

AVMA provides a $1,200 stipend for each government relations extern.

Click here to access more details about the program, including qualifications, on the AVMA Website.

 

AVMA Annual Legislative Fly-In

The AVMA regularly hosts legislative fly-in events that bring veterinarians and veterinary students to Washington, D.C., for hands-on advocacy experience. Participants receive in-depth briefings about the top policy issues affecting veterinary medicine and meet with their members of Congress to advocate on those issues. These important events ensure that the voice of the veterinary profession is amplified on Capitol Hill.

Fly-in participants also learn how to develop relationships with their elected officials and become trusted voices of veterinary medicine. In this way, the fly-ins showcase the many ways in which AVMA and SAVMA members can use our veterinary expertise to shape public policy.

For more information visit the AVMA website.