A small, spotted cat from Bolivia's cloud forests, first kept as a pet by someone who thought it was a house cat, has been confirmed as a species new to science.
|Articles|October 21, 2008
AVMA accepting Congressional Science Fellows applications
Washington -- The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is accepting applications for its Congressional Science Fellows.
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Washington
-- The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is accepting applications for its Congressional Science Fellows.
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AVMA fellows provide science-based knowledge and information to the public policy-making process. Additionally, the fellowship program offers veterinarians a wide variety of opportunities to learn how federal public policy is made and to influence outcomes.
Fellows spend one year in Washington, D.C., beginning at the end of August, and receive a stipend plus other reimbursable expenses.
For more information or to apply, contact Dorothy Gray, associate director of the AVMA Governmental Relations Division, at (800) 321-1473, Ext. 3209, or at [email protected].
The application deadline for the 2009-2010 AVMA Congressional Science and Executive Branch Fellowship is Feb. 12, 2009.
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