AVA members contribute in many capacities to the Association, including service to our Board, Group committees and working groups, or representing the AVA in external working groups and the local community.
Every contribution is valued and supports our goal to provide a united voice for the veterinary profession.
Some members offer such a remarkable contribution that awarding them a Fellow of the Australian Veterinary Association is entirely appropriate.
With a limit to the number of active Fellow places available, Fellow are deserved recognition for the dedication and service given by these members to their peers.
Recent recipients include Dr William Howey OAM, Dr Ken Jacobs, Dr Patricia Ellis, Dr David Middleton and Dr Nick Kannegieter – all esteemed leaders in their respective fields and tireless contributors to the AVA.
The Committee, Judges and Board will look at the outstanding service to veterinary science in Australia across:
Members who have given truly outstanding service to the Association, through their service on the AVA Board, Division or Special Interest Groups and the AVA in the local community through animal welfare groups, local council and community promotion.
There is a limit of 70 active Fellow places and the Awards Committee remain cognisant of limiting the number of awardees.
Divisional and Special Interest Group Executive Committees.
The AVA Awards Committee are responsible for receiving the nominations and ensuring that recipients have been judged as per the criteria.
The AVA Board ratifies the recipients before they are announced to ensure suitability of all recipients.
Secrecy should be maintained in relation to nominations.
It may be necessary to speak with the nominee to obtain information required for submitting but we ask that you do this discreetly and let them know that nominations do not guarantee success.
If not successful, the same nominee can be put forward for a further 2 years following their first nomination.
Please note that these nominations will not occur automatically. Subsequent nominations must be resubmitted to ensure that all relevant information is accurate and up to date.
After 2 years the nominator will have to apply to the Awards Committee (via Peta Bortfield) to request consideration to be able to submit another nomination.
The Awards Committee will not provide feedback on the nominations as they are confidential.