The WVPA awards travel grants for attending WVPA meetings to deserving members who without the grant would not be able to attend the meeting. Grant applications are invited by the organiser of the meetings and the application must be submitted in the forms prescribed by the meeting organiser. 

In the case of repeated application, the WVPA reserve the right to reject the application or offer a reduced grant.

Grants for attendance at WVPA meetings will only be paid personally to the recipient at the meeting.

On the occasion of each World Veterinary Poultry Association (WVPA) Congress, the Houghton Trust sponsors the Avian Pathology Lecture (formerly the Houghton Trust Lecture), which is given by a young scientist, preferably not more than 45 years old, who has made major contributions to the field of poultry disease research.

To mark the occasion, the Lecturer is presented with a certificate and an engraved commemorative award. All costs of attending the Congress at which the Lecture is given are met by the Houghton Trust.

Nomination for the Avian Pathology Lecturer

Nominations can be made in two ways:

1. 1. 1. By the Corresponding Officer of a National Branch of the WVPA
      2. By an individual member of the WVPA.

In either case, the nomination must be sent directly to the Houghton Trust. Further details can be found on the Houghton Trust website (https://www.houghtontrust.org.uk/sponsored-lectures).

Past winner of the former Houghton (now Avian Pathology) Lecture Award

The Dr. Bart Rispens Research Award (BRRA) was established in 1973, in memory of the Dutch poultry veterinarian. The goal of the Dr. Bart Rispens Memorial Award Fund, an initiative of his former colleague Dr. Henk Maas, is to honour the great contribution of Dr. Rispens to the control of Marek’s disease.

Marek’s vaccine CVI988, which was developed as part of the research of Dr. Rispens, is successfully used to prevent Marek’s disease in poultry all over the world. The vaccine had been made available to the vaccine industry free of charge only because of the attitude of Dr. Rispens towards commercialisation of research subsidised by the government.

The Award will be given biennially to the first author of the best paper published in the WVPA journal Avian Pathology during the two calendar years preceding the WVPA Congress. The recipient of the Award is elected by the Dr. Bart Rispens Research Award Committee, which includes representatives of the Board of the WVPA, a representative of Avian Pathology, a representative of the corporate sponso,r MSD Animal Health, and four other appointed scientists.

The Award consists of a medallion, a certificate and a monetary award. Further information about the Award can be obtained from the Secretary of the Award Committee, Prof Dr Clara Marín Orenga.

Previous winners of this award are listed below.

This Award was launched in 2012 and is presented annually to a young (less than 35 years old) poultry veterinarian who is seen to be a credit to the profession, who is an ambassador and a communicator and who would be seen as a worthy winner by all sections of the poultry industry.

The Award is judged by a panel of members of the WVPA and is led by the President of the WVPA. This panel shall have a broad base and be balanced in its composition. The Award is generously supported by Zoetis. The recipient of the Award receives $US5,000, which is to be used to attend scientific meetings in order to further develop their professional knowledge.

The WVPA Young Veterinarian of the Year Award is presented at the WVPA’s biennial congress and at the WVPA Asia Meeting in the intervening years. Details on how to apply are notified to all national branches of WVPA, announced in the media and placed on the WVPA website.

Previous winners of this award are listed below.

This Award was launched in 2015 and is awarded at each global WVPA Congress to a poultry veterinarian or avian health scientist for an outstanding contribution in the field of innovation in poultry vaccination.

The Award is judged by a panel of representatives from WVPA and Boehringer Ingelheim and is chaired by the President of the WVPA. The recipient of the Award receives €5,000 to help fund his/her ongoing professional development or training as well as a suitable memento of the occasion.

The WVPA-Boehringer Ingelheim Innovation in Vaccination Award is presented at the WVPA’s biannual global congress and in intervening years at the WVPA Asia Meeting. Details on how to apply are notified to all national branches of WVPA, announced in the media and placed on the WVPA website.

This award was previously known as the WVPA-Merial Innovation in Vaccination Award.

Previous winners of this award are listed below.