About us

At Allied Scholars for Animal Protection, we’re defending both human and nonhuman animals.

We support students with a variety of backgrounds and interests, including science, healthcare, policymaking, business, and more! Everyone can contribute something, whether you are a student, animal advocate, environmentalist, healthcare professional, or engineer!

ASAP focuses on both short term (1 to 5 years) and long term (20 to 30 years) changes.

We mentor the next generation of leaders to ensure that there is a united effort to end animal oppression on campuses across the country.

How we do it

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Education & Careers
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Outreach & Community
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Vegan-friendly Campuses
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Research
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Education & Careers

We provide extracurricular educational experiences for university students and community members:

  • Nutrition education for healthcare professionals, medical students, and pre-med undergraduates
  • Animal law presentations and opportunities
  • Seminars on alternatives to animal testing and resources for those interested in the biological sciences
  • Connections to the alternative proteins industry
  • Lectures on legislation and policy-making and connections to lawmakers
  • Bioethics presentations and discussions
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Outreach & Community

We enable students to maintain a continuous presence on campuses to find new leaders and promote veganism.

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Vegan-friendly Campuses

We’re committed to making plant - based diets more accessible on college campuses.

  • We research and document the food served at university dining halls, clinics, and hospitals.
  • We provide resources for students and athletes who want to pursue or promote plant-based nutrition
  • We mentor students to work with dining services on implementing plant-based reforms.
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Research

Advances in food, nutrition, and biomedical science increasingly make it possible to meet human needs without using animals, and in many cases these approaches produce more reliable, human-relevant results. Our work is grounded in the position that animal-free methods are not only ethically preferable but scientifically capable of matching or outperforming animal-based ones.of campus discourse.

ASAP brings together decades of experience in biomedical engineering, biotechnology, medicine, nutrition, and public health, and collaborates with students, researchers, faculty, and university communities on this work.

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Our work centers on:

Alternatives to animal testing

Alternative proteins

Plant-based nutrition

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Other Initiatives

We see great potential in students to make meaningful and long-lasting change. With ASAP’s guidance, students can make animal rights a prominent part of campus discourse.

At ASAP, we:

  • Help our chapters recruit enthusiastic members
  • Provide connections to prominent speakers
  • Help students find pursue impactful careers after graduation, including mentorship for alternative proteins careers
  • Provide a database of materials that advocates need to perform effectively
  • Provide mentorship and support for vegan healthcare professionals
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