EVSSAR Research Grants
EVSSAR supports research projects on basic or clinical aspects of small animal reproduction.
→ General regulations for EVSSAR Grants (Version Nov 2022)
Call for proposals – EVSSAR Research Grants 2024/2025
EVSSAR aims to support research projects on basic or clinical aspects of small animal reproduction with up to 4.000,00 €.
Application deadline:
To be announced briefly.
Download the application form here.
How to apply:
EVSSAR grants are open to all EVSSAR members (except board members and their affiliates or members granted in 2022). Please send your application form to: chiara.milani@unipd.it
Assessment procedure:
Applications will be kept strictly confidential. Names and affiliations will be blinded and the proposals will be submitted to the board grants committee. The blinded proposals will then be reviewed and ranked according to their scientific and clinical relevance and also according to their scientific validity.
What else?
The applicant agrees to submit the results of the study to the scientific committee of the following EVSSAR congresses for presentation as an oral communication.
Funded Grants for 2022, are the following:
| Title | Contact | Affiliation |
| Infertility in male dogs – gaining insights into the role of sertoli cells | Pauline Rehder | Reproductive Unit, Clinic for Small Animals, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover |
| Canine semen microbiome | Penelope Banchi | Department of Internal Medicine, Reproduction and Population Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium |
| Reduction of capacitation-like-changes for improvement of canine frozen-thawed semen | Sabine Schäfer-Somi | University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna vetmed · Plattform Besamung und Embryotransfer |
| Three-dimensional cat oocyte cryopreservation | Martina Colombo | University of Milan | UNIMI · Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences (DIVAS) |
Funded Grants for 2020, are the following:
| Title | Contact | Affiliation |
| Immunolocalization of selected aquaporins in feline sperm cells | S. Prochowska | Department of Reproduction and Clinic of Farm Animals, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland |
| Characterization of virulence traits of E. coli strains isolated from canine and feline pyometra. | L. Mateus | Reproduction and Development Lab, Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em sanidade Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
| Puppy meconium microbiome in relation with vaginal and fecal dam microbiome | A. Rotas | Largo Paolo Braccini 2-510095 Grugliasco (TO) Italy |
Funded Grants for 2018, are the following:
| Title | Contact | Affiliation |
Establishing a semen bank for the endangered Scottish Wildcat | A. Heimendahl | Veterinary Reproduction Service, REED VETERINARY SURGERY, LONDON ROAD (A10), Herts SG8 8BD, London, UK |
Characterization of seminal plasma proteins associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia in dogs | M. Genov | Central Vet Clinic, Sofia, Bulgaria |
Funded Grants for 2017, are the following:
| Title | Contact | Affiliation |
Evaluation of the ultrasound techniques to characterize testicular lesions in the dog | E. Vallesi | Tyrus Veterinary Clinic, Via A. Bartocci 1/G 05100 Terni (TR), Italy; 2 Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Via S. Costanzo 4, 06126 Perugia, Italy |
Semen quality as a predictor of health and physical performance in military working dogs | S. Tal | Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agricultural, Food & Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Follicle-like structures for in vitro development of cryopreserved oocytes in domestic cat | M. G. Morselli | SAR BioLAb (Small Animal Reproduction & Biotechnology Lab) |