Below is a list of scholarships that have been provided for Karen Pryor Academy's Dog Trainer Program. Please read the description for each scholarship to determine current availability.
B.F. Skinner Scholarship 2010
Karen Pryor Academy announces the immediate availability of B.F. Skinner Memorial scholarships to Karen Pryor Academy’s Dog Trainer Program. The scholarships, each in the amount of $300, honor and celebrate the life and work of B.F. Skinner, and coincide with the 20th anniversary of the B.F. Skinner Foundation.
According to Skinner Foundation president Julie Vargas, “The Foundation supports the basic science underlying humane educational practices from Autism to Zoology. Karen Pryor's Dog Trainer Program is a fine example of those humane and effective practices. The Foundation is pleased to join with the Academy in furthering the positive-only training made possible by practitioners in the dog-training world.”
For the 2010 calendar year, there are fifty $300 scholarships available for the KPA Dog Trainer Program commencing between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010. Scholarships will be awarded to individuals accepted into the Academy's Dog Trainer Program on a first-come, first-served basis, although the Academy reserves the right to limit awards in a particular location in order to help create geographic diversity. Applicants will be notified of scholarship awards along with their acceptance to the Academy.
Note that students receiving other sources of financial aid are not eligible for these scholarships. Scholarships cannot be applied to the International edition of the Dog Trainer Program.
The Karen Pryor Academy Dog Trainer Program serves students who are looking for education and certification from world-renowned trainer, author, and behavioral biologist Karen Pryor, a pioneer of force-free training technology. The program combines the convenience of online learning with hands-on teaching from a top-notch faculty. Students receive intensive training in the force-free techniques needed to teach both animals and their human caregivers, and are offered access to business training, curriculum plans, and instruction programs as well.
With teaching locations in the US and Canada (CA, IN, LA, MA, MD, NM, NY, OR, TX, WA, Calgary, and Ottawa), already the school has graduated more than 150 Certified Training Partners who participate in a unique program that introduces their services to pet owners and veterinary professionals. Karen Pryor Academy is the only non-franchised dog trainer school in the country with national reach and teaching locations from coast to coast.
AVBT "Faith" Scholarship
The organizing committee for the Academy of Veterinary Behavior Technicians (AVBT) and the Society of Veterinary Behavior Technicians (SVBT) scholarship committee are proud to introduce the AVBT "Faith" Scholarship to the Dog Trainer Program at Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training & Behavior.
The scholarship is named after Faith, the service dog trained using clicker training methods for Julie Shaw's son Dylan nearly 14 years ago. Faith died of lymphosarcoma at the age of six, but her memory will live on through the recipients of the "Faith" scholarship.
Two or three scholarships will be awarded annually, each valued at $2,500 (the scholarship recipient is responsible for the remaining $2,800 tuition fee). The SVBT scholarship committee, along with the AVBT board of regents, will select a recipient who has demonstrated a commitment to advancing the role of the veterinary technician in the discipline of animal behavior and has a desire and the ability to pursue his or her Veterinary Technician Specialist-Behavior (VTS-Behavior) credentials. (Scholarships are still available.)
More information can be found here.
Kong Scholarships (All scholarships have been awarded.)
Karen Pryor Academy is pleased to announce that KONG Company is sponsoring scholarships to Karen Pryor Academy’s flagship Dog Trainer Program. The $4,000 in KONG Company scholarship funds will support eight students with scholarships of $500 each.
KONG, a leader in the dog and cat toy industry, supports the expansion of the educational experience offered by Karen Pryor Academy. The scholarships will make the Dog Trainer Program's educational benefits more accessible to greater numbers of students in the shortest period of time.
Students who apply to the program after April 18, 2008 are eligible for these awards. Scholarships are awarded to individuals accepted into the Academy on a first–come, first-served basis, although the Academy reserves the right to limit awards in a particular location in order to help create geographic diversity. Applicants will be notified of scholarship awards along with their acceptance to the Academy.
Note that students receiving other sources of financial aid are not eligible for these scholarships. International students are also not eligible.
Bravo Scholarships (All scholarships have been awarded.)
Karen Pryor Academy is pleased to announce that Bravo! is sponsoring scholarships to Karen Pryor Academy’s flagship Dog Trainer Program. The $4,000 in Bravo! scholarship funds will support eight students with scholarships of $500 each.
Bravo!, a leader in the raw food diet and natural treats industry, supports the expansion of the educational experience offered by Karen Pryor Academy. The scholarships will make the Dog Trainer Program's educational benefits more accessible to greater numbers of students in the shortest period of time.
Students who apply to the program after April 1, 2008 are eligible for these awards. Scholarships will be awarded to individuals accepted into the Academy’s Dog Trainer Program on a first-come, first-served basis, although the Academy reserves the right to limit awards in a particular location in order to help create geographic diversity. Applicants will be notified of scholarship awards along with their acceptance to the Academy.
Note that students receiving other sources of financial aid are not eligible for these scholarships. International students are also not eligible. (All scholarships have been awarded.)
Klinghammer Scholarships (All scholarships have been awarded.)
Sixteen $500 "Klinghammer" scholarships have been announced for students of the Karen Pryor Academy Dog Trainer Program.
The scholarships, made possible by an anonymous donor, honor the work of Erich Klinghammer, a field biologist who has made enormous contributions to our understanding of the behavior of wolves, dogs, and other canids. The scholarships make the Dog Trainer Program's educational benefits more accessible to a greater numbers of students in the shortest period of time.
For the 2008 calendar year, there are sixteen $500 scholarships available for Dog Trainer Programs commencing between March 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008. Students who apply to the program after February 1, 2008 are eligible for these awards. Scholarships will be awarded to individuals accepted into the Academy's Dog Trainer Program on a first-come, first-served basis, although the Academy reserves the right to limit awards in a particular location in order to help create geographic diversity. Applicants will be notified of scholarship awards along with their acceptance to the Academy.
Note that students receiving other sources of financial aid are not eligible for these scholarships. International students are also not eligible.
The Karen Pryor Academy Dog Trainer Program serves students who are looking for education and certification from world-renowned trainer, author, and behavioral biologist Karen Pryor, a pioneer of force-free training technology. The program combines the convenience of online learning with hands-on teaching from a renowned faculty of trainers nationwide. Students of Karen Pryor Academy receive intensive training in the force-free techniques needed to teach both animals and their human caregivers, as well as access to business training, curriculum plans, and instruction programs.
With 11 teaching locations in 8 US states (CA, MA, IN, WA, OR, NM, NY, and FL) plus Ottawa, Canada, the school expects to certify between 60 and 100 new trainers in its first year of operation. Graduates then participate in a unique program to market their services to pet owners nationwide. Karen Pryor Academy is the only non-franchised dog trainers' school in the country with national reach and teaching locations from coast to coast. New locations will be added regularly.
"We've launched the Academy to ensure that great clicker trainers are successful in the marketplace," said Karen Pryor. "To do that, we need to make certain that they get the education they need to meet the highest standards for training, and we need to give them greater marketing support than they've ever experienced." (All scholarships have been awarded.)
