USDA Moves Vet Loan Forms Online
Published Date: 6/22/2026
Notice
Summary
The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture is updating the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program forms and moving the application process online to make things smoother. This affects vets applying for loan help and means changes to how info is collected and stored. If you want to share your thoughts, send comments by August 21, 2026—no cost changes, just a tech and form refresh!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Estimated Annual Time Burden
NIFA estimates an annual reporting burden of 4,530 total hours across applicants, recommenders, employers, State Animal Health Officials (SAHOs), and participants. For example, 300 applicants are estimated to provide one 0.5-hour eRA Commons response and one 7-hour eRA ASSIST response (7.5 hours per applicant), producing an applicants subtotal of 2,250 hours; SAHOs are estimated at 60 respondents × 4 responses × 2 hours = 480 hours.
VMLRP Moves Parts of Application Online
The Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) will move Application Part 1: Program, Application Part 2: Financial, and Service Verification into the electronic Research Administration (eRA) platform. The change modifies how applicant and participant records are collected, managed, and stored, and NIFA will also revise all forms to align with 7 U.S.C. 3151a and 7 CFR 3431.
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