This is the portal to complete and submit an application form for the 2022 NANDI THERIOGENOLOGY SCHOLARS Program. The fillable application form of 18 Items is found below.
Before attempting to submit an application form, it is highly recommended to first read and become thoroughly familiar with the “Instructions and Additional Information” found at this site: https://www.theriofoundation.org/page/NandiScholarsProgram.
Applicants for this program must be veterinary students who are active members of the Society for Theriogenology (SFT) and who will graduate from veterinary school within the 12 months immediately preceding the Theriogenology Annual Conference in Bellevue, Washington, USA, July 20-23, 2022.
Fields in the application form Items that are underlined contain additional instructions that can be viewed by hovering the mouse over the underlined area. Fields with red asterisks are required. For further explanation and clarification of what is required for each application Item, go to https://www.theriofoundation.org/page/NandiScholarsProgram.
NOTE CAREFULLY:
- Applications will be accepted on-line beginning January 3, 2022. An acceptable application requires submission of the 18-Item form found below, including several required accompanying uploaded documents (Veterinary school transcript(s); Biography; Professional Plans & Goals; First Essay; and Second Essay), AND three separately email submitted letters of reference from the references themselves. All applications materials must be submitted to and received by the Theriogenology Foundation by the absolute deadline of midnight, February 14, 2022.
- Once the application form is submitted electronically (Item 18), it cannot be retrieved or edited in whole or in part. Therefore, it is highly recommended that you familiarize yourself with the details of the entire form before completing and submitting it. Compose and edit your Biography/History (Item 13), your Statement of Professional Plans and Goals for at Least the Next Five Years (Item 14), and your responses to the two essay questions (Items 15 & 16) as separate Word documents before pasting them into the application and submitting it.
- After the application window closes, each successfully completed application will be evaluated and scored by an experienced review team of Theriogenologists representing all facets of the discipline. No reviewer will score an application from an applicant with whom he/she has a conflict of interest.
Instructions for Three Required Reference Letters
In Items 10–12 of the application form you will provide the names and contact information for three (3) different persons who will each write and separately submit a letter of reference for your application by email to the Theriogenology Foundation. These letters are very important sources for the review team’s evaluation and scoring of your application.
At least one (1) of the three references must be a member of the Society for Theriogenology (SFT) and/or a Diplomate of the American College of Theriogenologists (ACT).
All three reference letters are confidential. You will not see a letter unless its writer decides to share it with you. You should discuss this with each reference when you request them to write a letter.
Each of your three reference letter writers must have agreed that they (i.e., not you) will each submit their letter in the prescribed format by email to Tara Beasley, Exec. Director of the Theriogenology Foundation (tara@franzmgt.com) prior to the absolute deadline of midnight, February 14, 2022.
Your first reference letter must be from a faculty member at your current veterinary school. The format for that letter is at this link: FACULTY REFERENCE LETTER.
Your two (2) additional reference letters may be from anyone, including faculty members at your current or any other previous educational institution at any level, or any other person who knows you and supports your application. The format for those letters is at this link: ADDITIONAL REFERENCE LETTER.
It is your responsibility to ensure that all three letters are submitted by the absolute application deadline of midnight, February 14, 2022. If they are not all successfully received by that deadline, your application will not be considered.
In Item 9 you will affirm that you understand that at least one of your three references must be an SFT and/or ACT member. If you answer “No,” your application is disqualified and will not be considered.
In Item 9 you will also affirm that you have read, understand, and will comply with all the above instructions about your three required letters of reference. If you answer “No,” your application is disqualified and will not be considered.
Instructions for Candidate's Written Submissions
As part of this application each candidate must compose the following four documents using the templates & formats located in the bullets below. Each document is limited to 500 words. All words in excess of 500 will be deleted by the Theriogenology Foundation office and will not be seen by the reviewers. Once you have written and saved these four documents, upload each file separately in items 13–16 of the application.
Please complete the following fields in the 18 numbered Items for the 2022 Nandi Theriogenology Scholars Program Application. ONCE SUBMITTED, AN APPLICATION CAN NOT BE RETRIEVED OR EDITED.
