Stories & News

March 13, 2025 – Morris Animal Foundation’s Veterinary Student Scholar program celebrates 20 years of funding the best and brightest students from around the world, empowering them to pursue research that improves the lives of animals everywhere.

Morris Animal Foundation announced funding for seven new feline health-focused grants aimed at improving health and well-being in cats.

February 27, 2025 – Dr. Aude Castel and colleagues at the University of Montreal wanted to learn more about pain management in cats and study the associated brain activity but were faced with a tough puzzle – how do you measure brain waves (as a marker of neurons activity) in awake cats?

MEDIA ALERT: DENVER/February 12, 2025 – Researchers discuss how stress and inflammation affect cognition in older cats and what veterinarians and cat caretakers should know to slow progression of cognitive decline into disease.

MEDIA ALERT: DENVER/January 27, 2025 — Morris Animal Foundation announced funding for four new wildlife Fellowship Training grants to provide much needed funding to train the next generation of wildlife health researchers.

MEDIA ALERT: DENVER/January 23, 2025 – As dogs live longer lives, their health challenges also change. The Foundation recognized this trend and made senior dog health the focus of our October call for research proposals. We selected eight for funding that are slated to begin in early 2025.

January 9, 2025 – Who doesn’t love penguins? With their adorable “tuxedos”, wobbly gait and amazing swimming prowess, penguins are perennial animal favorites. Here at the Foundation, we’ve been interested in keeping these iconic birds’ healthy since funding our first study in 2000.