CFDA 10.313 · retired · Funded this fiscal year
Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE · AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF · Program page ↗
Objective
The program responds to the current shortage of large animal veterinarians in rural areas by encouraging veterinarians, through loan repayment, to provide veterinary service in designated shortage areas. To carry out a program of entering into agreements with veterinarians under which the Secretary shall pay specified amounts of the principal and interest of qualifying educational loans of the veterinarians.
Who Can Apply
- Other
The Secretary may enter into agreements with veterinarians under which the veterinarians agree to provide, for a period of time as determined by the Secretary and specified in the agreement, veterinary services in veterinarian shortage situations.
Who Benefits
- Other
The Secretary may enter into agreements with veterinarians under which the veterinarians agree to provide, for a period of time as determined by the Secretary and specified in the agreement, veterinary services in veterinarian shortage situations.
Assistance Types
- Direct Payment for Specified Use
Program Contact
VMLRP@usda.gov
833-208-8205