AWSELVA is fully committed to supporting students and offers student membership FREE of charge as well as heavily discounted conference registration. 

We can offer students practical assistance in many ways; for example, providing speakers for animal welfare, ethics and/or law-themed Clinical Club Evenings, Symposia or Congresses, or helping find an academic supervisor for a research project.

If students wish to form their own AWSEL (Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law) association at their university or college, AWSELVA will happily provide assistance and support for this.

Student Funding

AWSELVA is aware of the following sources of funding for students wishing to pursue animal welfare-related projects and activities. The list is checked regularly, but please let us know about any others or if you find a broken link.

 

 

Animal Welfare Foundation Student Research Grants

AWF student grants were created to support the development of veterinary medicine, veterinary nursing, agricultural studies or animal welfare students in the field of animal welfare and are intended for extracurricular research projects only. The projects must be designed to have a practical and positive impact on raising animal welfare standards and be based on sound scientific principles

 

Association for the study of Animal Behavioiur

ASAB has a number of different grants available for students and researchers, and those interested in attending conferences or workshops in the field of Animal Behaviour

 

BVA Travel Grants

Student travel grants are awarded by the BVA to allow vet students to contribute to veterinary work in developing countries

 

British Veterinary Zoological Society (BVZS) Zebra Foundation

The Zebra Foundation for Zoological Education invites applications from individual vets and vet students to undertake research projects that will further their skills and knowledge of zoo and wildlife health. The Foundation awards grants according to the Trustees’ assessment of the project’s contribution to the applicant’s zoological education and the field of zoological medicine in general

 

European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology

The ESVCE offer the Rudy de Meester grant for clinical research in behavioural medicine, aimed at improving and widening knowledge in practical clinical ethology at large to the benefits of companion animals, including horses.Applications are welcomed from students or qualified veterinarians working in the field of clinical ethology

 

Humane Slaughter Association

The HSA has a number of grant schemes for research and other projects aimed at improving animal welfare during transport, marketing, slaughter and killing for disease control and welfare reasons

 

RCVS Knowledge Grants and Awards

Assist veterinary undergraduates planning to undertake a research projects

 

UFAW Animal Welfare Student Scholarships

Aims to encourage students to develop their interests in animal welfare and their abilities for animal welfare research

 

Wellcome Trust Biomedical Vacation Scholarships

Provide research experience in the summer vacation for students considering a career in research