Zoetis Foundation Grantees
2025 Zoetis Foundation Grantees
The Zoetis Foundation focuses its giving around three grantmaking priorities – Education, Well-being and Livelihoods – enabling thriving and inclusive professions for veterinarians, veterinary technicians and farmers around the globe.
Education Grantees
American Association of Bovine Practitioners Foundation (AABPF): This grant awards $7,500 scholarships to 16 bovine veterinary medicine students to alleviate tuition expenses, supporting the next generation of bovine veterinarians.
American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation (AASVF): The AASVF/Zoetis Foundation Educational Debt Relief Grant Program awards $7,500 grants to 10 swine veterinarians to help reduce student debt, and the AASVF Student Seminar and Poster Presentation Awards provides a platform for veterinary students to showcase their research and hone professional skills.
American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC): Veterinary Research Scholarship: this grant awards $25,000 scholarships to two recipients with the aim of encouraging students to pursue research in veterinary science.
American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC): Veterinary Student Scholarship Program: this grant awards $7,000 scholarships to 250+ 2nd and 3rd year veterinary students to help address student debt and foster an inclusive veterinary profession.
American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF): This grant awards $2,000 scholarships to 175+ veterinary technician students, recognizing the critical role they play in advancing animal health.
China Agricultural University (CAU): Elite Cattlemen Program Alliance, facilitated by Give2Asia: this grant provides hands-on and classroom education to program participants from universities and farms, promoting animal health and productivity while cultivating future leaders of animal husbandry in China.
China Agricultural University (CAU): Advanced Veterinary Continuing Education Program, facilitated by Give2Asia: this grant supports veterinary clinicians’ education in China through specialized graduate faculty expertise aimed at strengthening the country’s veterinary workforce.
Diversify Veterinary Medicine Coalition (DVMC): This grant helps create an inclusive veterinary profession through scholarships and innovative educational programming supporting underrepresented prospective and current veterinary students.
The Foundation for the Horse, the charitable arm of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP): this grant awards $10,000 scholarships to 10 equine veterinary medicine students to alleviate tuition expenses, supporting the next generation of equine veterinarians.
Kansas State University Foundation: US-China Center for Animal Health: this grant supports pre-veterinary training for six Chinese DVM students at Kansas State University who will return to China after completing DVM training equipped with the skills to support a thriving veterinary profession.
National FFA Organization: This grant engages underrepresented youth, encouraging their participation in agricultural education and the FFA. It also supports inclusion efforts in 15+ states to engage students and promote inclusive farming and veterinary professions.
North American Veterinary Community (NAVC) Believe & Belong in Veterinary Medicine Events: inspires middle and high school students to pursue veterinary careers through events that provide hands-on experience and exposure to veterinary medicine.
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS): Veterinary Residency in Zoological Medicine and Surgery: this grant supports a WCS veterinary resident, strengthening the next generation of veterinarians contributing to animal health in zoos and aquariums.
Well-being Grantees
Australian Veterinary Association (AVA): This grant supports the “Cultivating Safe Teams” program, which delivers free mental wellness and psychosocial safety training for veterinary professionals in Australia. The program aims to foster safety, trust, and collaboration within veterinary workplaces and teams.
Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE): This grant seeks to empower veterinary workplaces by providing guidance, coaching, and support to promote positive workplace culture and mental well-being. FVE offers high-quality, free resources and access to a network of reputable coaches, mentors and courses on mental well-being.
The Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI): this grant supports the vital role of the human-animal bond in the health and well-being of people, pets, cultures, communities, and veterinary medicine across the globe through research and education.
Not One More Vet (NOMV) Outreach Program: This grant provides outreach services to veterinary professionals to improve mental health and support those in crisis through direct fiscal support and referral services, including microgrants of up to $1,000 for expenses such as therapy, medical bills, and living expenses.
Not One More Vet (NOMV) Veterinary Mental Health Support: This grant promotes veterinary mental health and well-being through evidence-based, culturally competent and multi-level health support. It provides free, confidential mental health services tailored to veterinarians and veterinary staff experiences.
Vetlife: This grant sustains and enhances the Vetlife Outreach program, including a helpline, online mental health resources and advisory services. In addition, Vetlife trains representatives and ambassadors to expand the program’s reach and impact.
Viticus Group (Formerly WVC): This grant promotes psychological health and safety in veterinary workplaces through the "Supportive Leader” certificate program, which trains leaders to prioritize the well-being and development of their teams.
Livelihoods Grantees
Instituto Biosistêmico (IBS): This grant promotes the development of sustainable, productive, and high-quality dairy farming among producers in the Valença Region of Brazil through technical assistance activities and resources.
Farm Journal Foundation (FJF): This grant advances systemic solutions to build an adequate, sustainable, and inclusive pipeline of food system veterinary professionals who strengthen livestock farms and ranches, support rural communities, and protect our food supply.
Livestock Industry Foundation for Africa (LIFA): This grant supports a public lectures series aimed at upskilling poultry farm technical teams in Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Resilient Agriculture Fund: this grant supports the livelihoods of dairy producers in the Northeastern U.S. by helping implement conservation practices to improve water quality, restore fish and wildlife habitat, and sustain soil health.
The Nature Conservancy (TNC): This grant supports livestock producers adopting regenerative agriculture in Brazil’s Cerrado region by facilitating train-the-trainer sessions and providing technical assistance.
Uganda Crane Creameries Cooperative Union (UCCCU): This grant supports smallholder dairy farmers’ livelihoods in Southwestern Uganda through training, capacity building, and climate change adaptation.
Veterinarians Without Borders (VWB): This grant enhances food security and livelihood resilience for livestock producers in Torit County, South Sudan through a One Health approach that supports prevention, detection, and response to zoonotic diseases.
World Food Program USA: This grant delivers financial and veterinary services to help build resilience among livestock producers in Kenya and Somalia. These efforts will provide beneficiaries with financial education, savings, livestock insurance, and veterinary services.
Humanitarian Relief
American Red Cross: Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP): this grant supports disaster relief globally, helping ensure the Red Cross can prepare for, respond to, and help people recover from disasters big and small.