Applications now open for the IDEA CompetitionMay 14, 2019The IDEA Competition, a yearlong contest for entrepreneurial veterinary students, is now accepting applications. The grand prize winner of the competition will be awarded $10,000, second place will receive $5,000, and third place gets $2,500. "Our mission is to have the largest positive impact on improving the delivery of veterinary health care by building the capacity for entrepreneurship and innovation from within the profession," says VEA director, Robert Trimble, DVM. "Students are incredibly creative and often have transformative ideas about the future of veterinary medicine. Yet, many lack the confidence, resources, education, and mentorship that is needed to turn those ideas into reality. "The VEA provides students with these resources; our work with VetPrep and the IDEA competition reflects our efforts to achieve this mission. It's an opportunity to provide the type of guidance I wish was available when I was a student." The competition is hosted by the Veterinary Entrepreneurship Academy (VEA) in collaboration with VetPrep and in partnership with Merck Animal Health and the Student American Veterinary Medical Association (SAVMA). Finals are broadcasted live at the SAVMA Symposium in March 2020, which will be held at Cornell University. During season three, more than 43 teams from North …
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The Idea Competition sparks veterinary student innovationMarch 23, 2017Three teams of veterinary student teams, who competed in the first-ever The Idea innovation competition held during the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Annual Symposium held last week at Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine, discovered that good ideas pay off.
