The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today posted a notice requesting applications for the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP). The FY 2011 VMLRP application package is now available online and applications are due by July 8. The law that established funding for the VMLRP program was passed in January 2003. The law authorizes the secretary of agriculture to carry out a program of entering into agreements with veterinarians under which they agree to provide veterinary services in veterinarian shortage situations. To get more information contact Gary Sherman with the U.S. Department of Agriculture at gsherman@nifa.usda.gov. <Home>
