This award was endowed through a gift of royalties from publication of “Pathology of Wildlife and Zoo Animals” by the editors to the ACVP. To apply for this award, submit an abstract and indicate your interest by selecting the appropriate box under the Awards tab in the abstract submission system.

Purpose
Travel awards are given to encourage veterinary students, residents and graduate students to present research and investigations into naturally occurring diseases of non-domestic species at the ACVP/ASVCP Annual Meeting. Awardees will be selected based on the quality of the submitted abstract, and judged on scientific merit, health, and conservation (in situ or ex situ) significance. The Awardee will receive $500.

Eligibility
To be eligible to compete for this award, submitters must be a veterinary student, resident or graduate student and have had their abstract accepted for presentation (oral or poster). Awardees should plan on presenting at the meeting.

Award Announcement
Recipients will be informed of the award in late September. 

To qualify, veterinary students must submit an abstract and present a quality poster of pathology-related research or case work material at the Annual Meeting. Meeting registration will be at the expense of the student. One abstract per student will be considered.

To be eligible for the Veterinary Student Poster Award, the student must:

• Be the first author of the presentation
• Have performed the major portion of the work
• Be currently enrolled as a veterinary student
• The poster must present original work of the competitor or group completed during the period of student training.

All veterinary student abstracts are considered for the ACVP Veterinary Student Poster Award. A limited number of veterinary student abstracts will be selected for oral presentation at the Veterinary Student Selected Poster Platform Presentation Session, in addition to their poster presentations. The Veterinary Student Selected Poster Platform Presentations is not a component of the award. Veterinary students will be notified after the review period if they are selected for an oral presentation. Given that the oral presentations are selected prior to judging, it is possible that an awardee may also be providing an oral presentation.

Awards of $250 each will be presented for: 

• Best diagnostic pathology poster
• Best experimental disease poster
• Best natural disease poster

An additional award of $250 will go to the ACVP-recognized Student Chapter (if the recipient is a member of a Student Chapter).

Purpose
The American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP) and the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) encourage trainees in veterinary pathology to participate in the Annual Meetings of both organizations. The ACVP/AAVLD Diagnostic Pathology Travel Award is available to graduate students and/or residents in veterinary pathology for travel to and participation in the Annual Meeting of the AAVLD.

The recipient will be awarded a $1,000 grant from the ACVP to help defray travel and lodging costs associated with attending and presenting at the AAVLD Annual Meeting. The recipient will be granted a waiver for the AAVLD meeting registration fee.

Eligibility
Candidates for the Diagnostic Pathology Travel Award must be veterinarians or other medical professionals currently enrolled in a full-time residency program and/or graduate program in veterinary pathology or a related discipline in the U.S. or Canada. Candidates who have completed a graduate and/or residency program in veterinary pathology within a year before the AAVLD meeting are eligible to compete.

Candidates should be aware of the requirement for the award recipient to attend and present their work at the AAVLD Annual Meeting in the calendar year following the ACVP meeting at which the award is given (2024 AAVLD Annual Meeting).

Application and Selection Procedure
The presentation must represent original work of the applicant completed during his/her residency or graduate program.

A limited number of oral presentations will be invited from abstracts submitted for the Diagnostic Pathology Focused Scientific Session at the ACVP Annual Meeting. If an individual wishes to compete for both the ACVP/AAVLD Diagnostic Pathology Travel Award and the ACVP Young Investigator Award from the same abstract, they will be required to make both a poster and an oral presentation. On the abstract submission site, an applicant can choose either a poster (if also applying for YIA) or oral presentation and still be eligible for this award, but only the travel award finalists will be asked to give oral presentations.

Judging
The judging panel consisting of ACVP Diplomates will select the best oral presentation by a trainee as well as a runner-up*. The presentation will be judged on originality and creativity, impact, organization, interpretation of findings and quality of the visual aids.

*If the selected candidate is unable to attend the next AAVLD Annual Meeting, then the runner-up will receive the award.

Timeline
If you would like to be considered for this award, submit your abstract online by the stated deadline and indicate your interest by checking the applicable award box. Trainees will be notified in August if their abstract has been selected for oral presentation in the Diagnostic Pathology Focused Scientific Session. 

Purpose
This ACVP Young Investigator Awards recognize quality poster presentations by veterinary pathology residents and graduate students.

Eligibility
Individuals eligible for this competition must be veterinarians currently enrolled in a residency or graduate program in veterinary pathology or who have completed such a program within the same year as the Annual Meeting. The poster must present original work that the competitor completed during the period of residency or graduate training.

Award Categories:

• Diagnostic Pathology
• Experimental Disease
• Industrial and Toxicologic Pathology
• Natural Disease

Each of these categories will offer up to three awards:

• First Place: $750
• Second Place: $500
• Third Place: $300

If fewer than three abstracts are submitted within a specific category, the YIA category will be combined with the most compatible group.  If there are more than three submissions but less than five submissions, one award will be given in the category.  If there are greater than five participants in a category, three awards (1st, 2nd and 3rd place) will be given.

Judging
The posters will be judged by Diplomates representing each focused scientific group. Judging is based on the poster only. 

If you would like to be considered for this award, submit your abstract by the published deadline and indicate your interest by checking the applicable awards box. 

The Latin Comparative Pathology Group (LCPG), the Latin branch of the Davis-Thompson Foundation, encourages professionals and students in veterinary pathology teaching, working, or studying in Latin America to participate and present their research work in scientific meetings. The annual LCPG Travel Award is intended to support the development of the discipline of Veterinary Pathology.

The recipients (one award, US $1,000) will be awarded a grant from the LCPG to cover the costs associated with attending the ACVP Annual Meeting.

• Applications must be received no later than September 15, 2024.
• The recipients of the award will be announced by email by September 30, 2024.
• Applicants must have an abstract accepted for presentation (poster or oral) at the ACVP/ASVCP Annual Meeting.
• Applicants must be LCPG members.
• The LCPG and/or ACVP are not responsible for visa processing to attend the meeting.

Contact Dr. Francisco Carvallo for the application materials and any additional questions. If you would like to be considered for this award, submit your abstract online by the published deadline.

Purpose
The Society of Toxicologic Pathology (STP) is pleased to announce the Annual STP Resident and Student Poster Award to encourage residents and veterinary students to pursue careers in the field of Toxicologic Pathology. The awardee will be selected on the basis of the quality of an abstract and poster presented at the 2023 ACVP Annual Meeting.

The award recipient will receive free registration plus $1,000 to be used for lodging and travel to the 2024 STP Annual Meeting. The recipient should plan on presenting the poster at this meeting; an oral presentation may also be requested in some circumstances.

Eligibility
To be eligible to compete for this award, students must either be currently enrolled full time in a professional veterinary program, or in a residency or graduate program in toxicologic pathology/general pathology/clinical pathology or a related discipline. The abstract must describe original work of the competitor involving clinical or experimental research that relates to toxicologic pathology. The content may include in vitro or in vivo studies. The award selection will be determined by an independent panel of judges and will be based on the scientific content, relevance to the field of toxicologic pathology, composition of the poster, clarity, and the presenter’s ability to answer questions. Trainees in clinical and/or morphologic pathology are encouraged to apply for the award.

Judging
Judges will select the top finalist veterinary student and finalist graduate student/resident abstracts prior to the meeting and contact the submitters prior to the meeting to ensure students are at their posters to discuss their submission with the judges.