Veterinary Services Grant Program
- Posted
- January 15, 2026
- Closed
- April 16, 2026
- Award ceiling
- $300,000
- Award floor
- $75,000
- Program funding
- $11,309,708
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 10.336
- Category
- Agriculture
- Archives
- May 16, 2026
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 10.336 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $3.6M
- FY2026 obligated
- $7.6M
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 78
Top recipients: Texas Tech University System, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Texas State University Research Foundation, Utah State University, Arkansas State University
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
Veterinarians play significant roles in assuring food and fiber animal health, food safety and security, public health, and producer profitability, especially in rural areas of the United States where most livestock production occurs. The VSGP, Assistance Listing 10.336, and its companion Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP), authorized by the National Veterinary Medical Services Act (NVMSA), were established to address concerns that long-term uneven distributions in the veterinary workforce have left some rural communities with insufficient access to food/large animal veterinary services. The objectives of the VSGP are to develop, implement, and sustain food animal veterinary services and relieve veterinarian shortage situations in the United States, which includes Insular Areas (see Appendix III of this NOFO for a definition of “Insular Area”), and to provide education, extension, and training programs for the food animal veterinary workforce.
Who can apply
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Eligibility RequirementsApplicants for the VSGP must meet all the requirements cited in this NOFO. Failure to meet the eligibility criteria by the application deadline may result in exclusion from consideration or preclude NIFA from making an award. For those new to Federal financial assistance, NIFA’s About Grants provides highly recommended information about grants and other resources to help understand the Federal awards process. Applications may only be submitted by the entities listed below if they plan to carry out programs or activities that will: 1) substantially relieve veterinary shortage situations; 2) support or facilitate private veterinary practices engaged in the care of food animals; and 3) address food safety and agricultural animal health concerns. Eligible Applicants for EET1. State, regional, or national organizations supporting food animal veterinary programs.2. Allied or professional food animal veterinary organizations recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association. 3. Colleges or schools of veterinary medicine accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association. 4. University research foundations or veterinary medical foundations. 5. Departments of veterinary science or departments of comparative medicine accredited by the U.S. Department of Education. 6. State agricultural experiment stations or Research Farms (1890 institutions). 7. State, local, or tribal government agencies. Eligible Applicants for RPE1. For-profit or nonprofit entities located in the United States or an Insular Area, such as veterinary clinics or hospitals, that provide mixed, food or large animal veterinary services in a rural area, as defined in section 343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)) within a current VMLRP shortage area. FY2026 veterinary shortage situation areas are found here. a. Shortage situations must qualify as rural (as defined in Section 343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7…
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