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VOS Meeting Registration
For Registration, contact:
VOS Executive Secretary
Maralyn Probst
PO Box 705
Okemos, MI 48805 USA
Tel. - (517) 381-2468
FAX - (517) 381-2468
E-mail Maralyn
Meeting Travel
Daman-Nelson Travel
1061 Laurel Dr, Suite 100
Lafayette CA 94549 USA
Tel - (800) 782-4554
FAX - (925) 299-7011
E-mail Daman-Nelson

Veterinary Orthopedic Educational Foundation

Veterinary Orthopedic Society

Mission Statement

Enhance the educational opportunities for members of the Veterinary Orthopedic Society by supporting outstanding members with academic scholarships, travel grants, and/or challenging professional development fellowships.

Funding Initiatives/Educational Opportunities:

Mark Bloomberg Award

  • $1500 for travel to the annual VOS meeting
  • Awarded to young investigators to present orthopedic research (in abstract form)
  • Awarded to small and large animal residents under supervision of Scientific Session Chair

Hohn-Johnson Research Award

  • $40,000 maximum to foster research related to musculoskeletal problems confronting veterinarians

Professional Development Scholarships*

  • $1500 maximum for travel and/or tuition
  • Awarded to surgeons-in-training who are existing VOS members seeking additional professional training to increase their ability to perform veterinary orthopedics.
    • Examples: arthroscopy, total joint replacement, or microvascular surgery course
  • Number of scholarships awarded annually is dependent upon the Foundation's available support for this initiative.
  • Mechanism of award: submit request to Foundation BOD. Submissions are continually accepted, but are reviewed only on a semi-annual basis by Foundation BOD - at the ACVS and VOS meetings.

Educational Scholarships*

  • $15,000 maximum for tuition, books, and stipend
  • The mission of the Educational Scholarships is to encourage excellence in academia amongst veterinary surgery residents and veterinary students.
  • Awarded to veterinary surgery residents and veterinary students willing and capable of becoming clinician - scientist in the academic arena.
  • Mechanism of award:
    • annual submission of request for funding due on February 1st of each year.
    • A request for proposals for the upcoming academic year (June to June) will be advertised on the web page on November of the preceding year.
    • Submissions will be reviewed at the annual VOS meeting by the Foundation's BOD and a recommendation put forth to the VOS BOD.
    • In general, funding will be towards concurrent residency/PhD programs and concurrent undergraduate/PhD programs which focus on orthopedics

* indicates initiatives under development

How to Give to the Foundation

There are several ways for individuals, corporations, and foundations to provide financial support to the Foundation to support the educational opportunities described above. Through annual gifts including cash, pledges, securities or real property; non-cash gifts; matching gifts; or planned gifts - or a combination of any of these methods - individuals may structure their contributions to benefit the Foundation and achieve their personal charitable and financial objectives.

The majority of gifts made through the Foundation's annual giving program are made during the VOS meeting, but your gift is welcome at any time. These gifts are the basis of all support for the VOS's educational programs and impact almost every initiative of the Society.

When you are ready to send your gift, please click here for the VOSEF gift/pledge form. Please fill it out and send it to Maralyn Probst, Executive Secretary of the VOS, at the address given on the form.

Depending on the amount and method of giving, individuals may qualify for membership in one of the Foundation's gift clubs. Gifts will be publicized, with the donor's permission, at the VOS meeting via a formal poster and on the VOS web page.

Click here to read more information about the policies and procedures of the VOSEF.

The VOS Educational Foundation has charitable status 501(c)(3) with the IRS.

All initiatives of the Foundation are educational and are 100% tax deductible.